29 April 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The newly formed Cork Education & Training Board (Cork ETB) welcomes the publication of The Special Report by the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG) into the Internal Control of County Cork Vocational Education Committee in 2011. A number of issues of concern were highlighted in this Report relating... Read More
29 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tomorrow is the closing date for general marathon entries, Thursday 30th of April. There is still time to submit a late entry (with small penalty) through May 8th. The marathon is a major destination event, attracting participants from all over the world to Cork City. The 8,000... Read More
28 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Rankings for the prestigious European Green Capital for 2017 have just been announced and in Cork’s very first time bidding to be Europe’s Green Capital, the city ranked 7th above cities such as Porto, Istanbul and Cascais. The application was made by Cork City Council supported by... Read More
28 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 50 years ago, in a simple suburban house on the Douglas Road called “Sunview”, Christ King Girls Secondary was founded to answer the educational needs of the local community. To mark this significant anniversary the school have planned a number of events that will run throughout the... Read More
27 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Editorial An annual issue There are a number of chestnuts in Cork news circles: the need for a Cork to Dublin direct flight, the debt at Cork Airport, and the slowness of the Cork to Limerick road. Well, in relation to the latter a joint statement was... Read More
27 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP and member of the European Parliaments Tourism Taskforce Deirdre Clune has appealed to bus unions to call off their planned strike action beginning on the May Bank holiday weekend. MEP Clune has said the planned strike will hurt our fragile tourist industry which is... Read More
24 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dara Murphy TD, Minister of State for European Affairs and Data Protection, has called on small Irish businesses to gear up for e-commerce and embrace opportunities for innovation in the digital economy. Minister Murphy was speaking at the Smart Business Show in the RDS, which he opened... Read More
24 April 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Wexford native joins the club having previously played for Waterford United, making 22 first team appearances for them in each of the last two seasons. The left back told CorkCityFC.ie that he is looking forward to the challenge of trying to nail down a place in the... Read More
22 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The “MyMind Centre for Mental Wellbeing” in Cork City is marking its second year of providing fast, affordable and accessible mental health services for the community. Minister (of State) for Primary Care, Social Care and Mental Health Kathleen Lynch will speak at the event at the Gresham... Read More
21 April 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Barrie O’Connell is the new President of Cork Chamber of Commerce. He will work alongside the Chamber’s permanent CEO for the coming year. Mr O’Connell’s day j0b is Partner in charge with KPMG. At todays AGM of Cork Chamber of Commerce – the 196th of the respected... Read More