18 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Get ready for a carnival of maritime culture as thousands of visitors descend on this year’s Cork Harbour Festival, 4th-12th of June. Now in its second year, the festival presents a fresh perspective on everything the Harbour has to offer through a programme of over 50 unique... Read More
18 May 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Readers of this website – TheCork.ie – will recall a previous controversy in Cork’s public bike scheme (sponsored by Coca Cola) when a then Minister cycled without a helmet during a photo op at a launch two years ago. Well now, unfortunately, more negative commentary. But let this... Read More
18 March 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Gardaí have charged a man, 29 years, in connection with the investigation into an incident where a firearm was discharged at Hollwell Estate, Cork City on Sunday morning, 15th May 2016 shortly after 1am. He is due to appear before Cork District Court 1, this morning, Wednesday 18th... Read More
17 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that last week’s cave in of part of the roof of Cork Butter Market could possibly have been prevented if a motion he had submitted to the council last September had been acted on sooner. Cllr. Tynan’s motion had called... Read More
17 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork accountant Deirdre Kiely, FCPA, has been re-elected Vice President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland) at the Annual General Meeting of Members held recently in Dublin. Ms Kiely, originally from Mallow, is a Principal of Kiely & Co. Accountants and Business... Read More
17 May 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A partnership in research between the Everyman Theatre and Cork Institute of Technology brought the 2015/2016 academic year to a close for CIT’s Masters of Business Studies students. Valuable ideas and recommendations came to the fore with their impressive ‘Problem Solving’ for local Cork businesses. Under the direction... Read More
16 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Clune urges the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (ICCPC) to conclude their investigation into Volkswagen Ireland and calls on VW to live up to its commitments to its Irish customers and begin compensating Irish car owners who have been effected by the emissions scandal. Nearly 110,000... Read More
16 May 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance TD Mick Barry this morning called for a complete reversal of cuts to school guidance counselling hours after a new report which shows the cuts have impacted most heavily on schools in working class communities. An independent audit by the Institute of Guidance counsellors shows... Read More
16 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ibec, in association with Electric Ireland, will host a free business seminar in Cork this Thursday (19 May) to show how local companies have used state supports and worked with higher education institutions to grow their business through research, development and innovation. The event, entitled ‘The Innovation... Read More
15 May 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Oh BUOY! Get ready for a carnival of maritime culture as thousands of visitors descend on this year’s Cork Harbour Festival. Now in its second year, the festival presents a fresh perspective on everything the Harbour has to offer through a programme of over 50 unique and fun-filled... Read More
14 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie If you want to help the Cork City Marathon celebrate a decade of sporting success then run with the masses on Bank Holiday Monday 6 June 2016 – there is still time. The closing date for registration has been extended to Friday 20 May 2016. In ten... Read More
14 May 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie European Movement Ireland is reaching out to Cork’s twenty six thousand British born citizens to let them know that they have just 4 days to register to vote in the UK referendum on EU membership which will take place on June 23rd. “British people in Ireland simply have... Read More
