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15 September 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Gas Networks Ireland today are now accepting applicaitonsfor its 2025 Graduate Programme, aimed at recruiting energised and ambitious graduates for roles with the national utility. The two-year programme offers students due to graduate next year, and recent graduates, the chance to secure a position within the company, starting...
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5 September 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland uses penalty points to enforce the rules of the road and improve road safety. If you commit a motoring offence, and the penalty for the offence includes penalty points, your driving licence will be endorsed with one or more penalty points. Some traffic offences have other penalties, such as fines...
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31 August 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Library will host the Virtual Treasury Roadshow next month – a chance for people to learn about their local history in this exciting new online resource On Saturday 21 September the Virtual Treasury Roadshow will visit the City Library, Grand Parade to show digital records that...
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30 August 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council Library and Arts Service has launched a new initiative that will help to establish book clubs for older people in Nursing Homes and those attending Day Care Centres around Cork County. The new free service was launched this week at Amberley Nursing Home and Cottages,...
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26 August 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A dramatic march to mark the Battle of Kinsale took place in the town on Saturday last as part of Heritage Week. Organised by Kinsale Cultural and Heritage Society, the event also included a series of lectures delivered by Professor Hiram Morgan, UCC, and Archaeologist Paul O’Keeffe at...
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24 August 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Honda 50 Run The Honda 50 Run in aid of the Carrigaline Men’s Shed on Sunday last was blessed with fine weather and was a great success, 60 bikes participated. Bikers came from as far away as Wicklow, Wexford and from all six Munster counties. They gathered at the...
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19 August 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Three of Ireland’s most important historical characters are brought to life in a unique new show debuting at The Everyman on August 21st and 22nd. Souls, Shadows and Secrets is an original multi-media performance that brings Michael Collins, Countess Markievicz, and Éamon de Valera to life on stage and...
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6 August 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has announced an open call competition for a new artwork in Kinsale Library. The new library was officially opened last December and is ten times larger than the previous premises. Designed by Cork County Council’s Architects Department, the project saw the conversion of the James...
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1 August 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fota Wildlife Park is delighted to announce the arrival of two new meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pups to mother, Biggy, who gave birth on June 22, 2024. Biggy, born on March 17, 2021, arrived from DierenPark Zoo in the Netherlands along with her sister Missy in May 2023. She...
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31 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie “My ambition is to complete the roll-out of Hot School Meals to all remaining Primary Schools as part of Budget 2025” The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced that 168 additional primary schools have been approved for the Hot School Meals Programme. The announcement means...
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24 July 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork student Clíona Marshall, who attends St. Angela’s College, Cork, is among four exceptional Irish second-level students who have been awarded prestigious scholarships by United World Colleges (UWC) to attend a partner college in China. These scholarships will enable the students to pursue the esteemed International Baccalaureate (IB)...
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23 July 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fail Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan has welcomed the establishment of 67 new special classes in Cork. Every one of these special classes will have six pupils, one teacher and one special needs assistant. Deputy O’Sullivan has welcomed confirmation from Minister for Education Norma Foley that budget funding has...
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