1 July 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan TD have confirmed that the new special school in Rochestown which was recently announced will operate under the patronage of Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB). This new... Read More
1 July 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork East, Pat Buckley has urged the government to back the party’s plan to cut back-to-school costs. The plan contains a package of measures to ensure families get a much-needed break from the cost of living crisis by cutting spiralling back-to-school costs such as... Read More
28 June 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cllr Michael Creed, Deputising for the Mayor of the County of Cork welcomed Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney to Béal na Bláth in County Cork to see the works which have taken place to date and those that are planned at the memorial in advance of the centenary... Read More
26 June 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Munster Technological University (MTU) has secured €3 million in funding to provide over 1,000 places under the Government’s Springboard+ and Human Capital Initiatives for the academic year 2022/2023. In total, MTU is offering 34 Springboard+ courses as part of its suite of part-time offerings. These funded places are... Read More
25 June 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie West Cork Literary Festival Returns – Various Locations, Bantry, West Cork – July 8th – 15th 2022 The West Cork Literary Festival, is a week-long celebration of writing and reading, with a varied and extensive programme which takes place in and around the town of Bantry from July... Read More
21 June 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Mayor Cllr. Gillian Coughlan visits Cork College of FET’s Life Sciences Centre in Carrigaline Mayor of Cork County Cllr. Gillian Coughlan paid a visit to Cork College of FET’s Life Sciences Centre in Carrigaline this week to meet and engage with learners as well as tour... Read More
21 June 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The travelling exhibition marks the centenary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921 The Treaty, 1921: Records from the Archives exhibition will stay until the 5 July. This follows a hugely successful three-month exhibition at Dublin Castle where the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921 went on... Read More
20 June 2022 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dairygold has partnered with some of Munster’s leading phama companies BioPharmaChem Ireland and Munster Technological University (MTU) on their new industry led Laboratory Apprenticeship Programme. The programme will be delivered for the first time at the Munster Technical University Cork campus this September 2022 and this is Dairygold’s... Read More
19 June 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The annual commemoration in memory of the Battle of the Big Cross will be held this evening 19th June at 8pm at Asna Square, Clonakilty. The battle, which took place just north of Shannonvale about three miles from Clonakilty town on 19th June 1798, between a local force... Read More
16 June 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork History This fascinating history tells the full story of the battle for Cork for the first time, showing all the chaos, bravery, and misery of the largest engagement of the Irish Civil War and the final defeat of Republican Cork. It describes the three days of stubborn... Read More
16 June 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie There are 2 Exhibitions – The Fossil Freaks Exhibit and the Irish Fossils Alive Exhibit, both running until 19th of June – https://www.ucc.ie/en/fossil-heritage/ University College Cork’s education programme Ireland’s Fossil Heritage is launching a new children’s art exhibition on the 9th of June in the Glucksman Gallery. The exhibition... Read More
16 June 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Students from Bunscoil na Toirbhirte, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork took part in a beach exploration workshop hosted by Green-Schools at Tramore beach, Co. Waterford, on Tuesday, June 14. The group is one of 80 classes from 38 primary schools nationwide that recently took part in the SeaKeepers Project, and... Read More
