29 March 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East TD, Kevin O’Keeffe has said that the new proposals put forward by his party can have a major impact on ensuring that the teacher shortage crisis in schools is brought to an end. Deputy O’Keeffe was commenting after the publication of a 10 point plan by […]
26 March 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The fourth annual UCC Planning Conference ‘Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities’ took place on Friday (March 23rd). The event was organised by UCC Planning Society, sponsored by Coakley O’Neill Town Planning, and attended by over 100 people across two venues in UCC. The impressive list of eleven expert speakers […]
26 March 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Murphy O’Mahony secures commitment from Minister on Colaiste na Toirbhirte Gym Roof Repairs Cork South West TD, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has secured confirmation from the Department of Education that progress will be made on the refurbishment of the gymnasium roof at Colaiste na Toirbhirte three years after the […]
25 March 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The School of Building & Civil Engineering at Cork Institute of Technology will host the 28th Environ Conference from March 26th to March 28th next. This annual Conference, Environ2018, is being hosted in collaboration with the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (ESAI), the conference theme is “Arriving at […]
23 March 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Each year the Business Information Systems (BIS) programme in UCC invites students to showcase their creative work, and to express those sides of themselves less visible in their academic studies, in its annual Anthology publication. A special 20th anniversary edition of the Anthology was officially launched at the […]
23 March 2018, Friday By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Teenagers across Ireland made a mad dash from school on Wednesday but with very good reason, as the Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon Youth Challenge Fun 5k kicked off at Tramore Valley Park at 2pm under overcast skies. In spite of this event being cancelled last week […]
18 March 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The eagerly awaited 15th Cork Lifelong Learning Festival will take place from Monday 19 – Sunday 25 of March 2018. The annual festival has grown year on year since 2004 and lives by its motto of ‘Investigate, Participate, Celebrate’, with the public encouraged to do just that by […]
14 March 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces joint SFI-Rockley investment of €3.4m in Washington DC An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, announced today that Rockley Photonics plans to establish an Irish R&D Centre at Tyndall National Institute, Cork. The Centre will support Rockley’s growing global activities, in particular, their Silicon Photonics research […]
13 March 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie While summer 2017 is a distant memory, Cork County Council’s Library Service is ‘basking in sunshine’ following the recent publication of the Summer Stars 2017 Report, the National summer reading programme for libraries. Out of 29 library authorities across the country, Cork County Library topped the charts in […]
13 March 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie