13 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork South Central Fine Gael TD, Jerry Buttimer, has said that services for young people in Cork will be supported by new funding from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Deputy Buttimer was commenting following an announcement of funding for St. Kevin’s Youth Encounter Project and... Read More
13 May 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork city centre is to host a one-off outdoor banquet for 400 people as part of this summer’s Cork Midsummer Festival in June, as a result of a unique collaboration among the city’s businesses and restaurants. An initiative of the Cork City Centre Forum, which was established last... Read More
13 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The death has been announced of RTÉ Broadcaster Derek Davis, at 67 years of age. News of his death emerged on RTÉ’s Radio 1’s Sean O’Rourke show earlier. Derek Davis was a man who loved Cork, and the Kinsale area in particular. Back in 2011 I met... Read More
13 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The world it is a changin’ Hitherto Taxi/Hackney drivers were the only people who could collect passengers from public places. This wasn’t just for licensing reasons, it was also for practical reasons, as a potential passenger would have now way of knowing that a driver wished to... Read More
9 May 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Students from the Department of Tourism & Hospitality in Cork Institute of Technology showcased over 60 new business ideas at an event held in the Department. The Showcase was opened by the Department Head, Mr Adrian Gregan who said he was extremely impressed by the depth and range... Read More
5 May 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Researchers from The Nimbus Centre at Cork Institute of Technology have been successful in winning funding for two prestigious ‘Horizon 2020’ Projects in the ‘ICT for Energy Efficient Buildings’ call 2015. They will receive approximately €1.5M from the EU funding program as part of the development of two... Read More
5 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Transport Committee, Deirdre Clune, has said that we should harness the potential of drones, but look to regulate some of their negative uses. Speaking in advance of a debate in the European Parliament on drone technology, Deirdre... Read More
1 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator for Cork North Central, Colm Burke has welcomed the news that the national Live Register (which records the number of people claiming unemployment payments) has fallen for the 34th consecutive month and that in Cork the numbers of people signing on has dropped by... Read More
1 May 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Football Club is delighted to announce that, following a review of the club’s underage structures ahead of the forthcoming National Under 17 league, a number of appointments have been made. Having previously been joint-manager of the club’s Under 19 side as well as a brief spell... Read More
1 May 2015, 11pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork honoured one of the leading sports television broadcasters and businessman at a gala dinner in the city earlier today. Bill O’ Herlihy, following on his success as a regular presenter on Sunday Sort, Sports Stadium and the Sunday Sports Show, became RTÉ’s chief sports presenter... Read More
1 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Haulbowline Island in Cork Harbour: what does the name mean to you? The island that houses the Headquarters of the Irish Naval Service? The island which used to house Irish Steel? The island which contains a slag heap of carcinogenic material? Depending on who you ask you... Read More
29 April 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator for Cork North Central, Colm Burke has said that “the Government’s Spring Economic Statement shows a real vision to spread the recovery to all corners of Ireland, including Cork.” “The economic recovery is gaining momentum and the Government has a plan to spread its benefits... Read More