top of page 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... Read More
top of page 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... Read More
top of page 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... Read More
top of page 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... Read More
top of page 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... Read More
top of page 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... Read More
top of page 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... Read More
top of page 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... Read More
top of page 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... Read More
top of page 28 April 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance Cllr Mick Barry this morning said that the Government’s Spring Statement would paint a rosy picture of economic recovery but that facts presented to last night’s meeting of Cork City Council showed that recovery is not touching the lives of hundreds of... Read More
top of page 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... Read More
top of page 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... Read More