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5 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Mervue Laboratories in Cork, the producers of Gelguard, donated 20,000 100ml bottles of their hand sanitiser to UCC to help keep students Covid-free as they returned to education this month. The Cork-based animal nutrition company pivoted part of their manufacturing plant to produce hand sanitiser in partnership with... Read More
4 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Community and voluntary groups are being urged to make their voices heard by joining the Cork County Public Participation Network (PPN). As we emerge from the pandemic that put so much on pause, Cork County PPN has launched a new campaign to encourage local organisations to get vocal,... Read More
3 October 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Blas na hÉireann have announced the award winners for 2021, with 40 winners from Cork With the annual pilgrimage to Dingle – for the in-person awards – stalled, this year’s winners tuned in for a second year running from every corner of the country for a virtual celebration... Read More
28 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A community-led local development company which works with families and businesses in the Ballyhoura region of east Limerick and north Cork is helping develop the accounting professionals of the future. It has congratulated its three current Accounting Technicians Ireland apprentices on their progress. Ballyhoura Development CLG champions the... Read More
26 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 80th Anniversary Celebration Autumn Lecture Series from Engineers Ireland  The Cork Region of Engineers Ireland is celebrating its 80th year. From the first Cumann na nInnealtóirí committee in 1941, chaired by City Engineer SW Farrington, they have successfully represented the interests of their members, and the wider engineering profession. Peter... Read More
24 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Two of Ireland’s Olympic heroes have called on their fellow students to row in behind new research that will see UCC students and staff engage in a new Covid-19 rapid testing project. With students returning to UCC’s campus this month, UCC’s Olympic medal winning rowers Paul O’Donovan and... Read More
24 September 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie An Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Paul Johnston, British Ambassador to Ireland, among the speakers – Conference to host oral history of the families of members of the Treaty Delegation, featuring descendants of those who took part in the talks. – An Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Paul Johnston, British... Read More
23 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Central Library, Grand Parade and Hollyhill Library in Knocknaheeny are to be the venues once again for two exhibitions of the top 21 winning paintings from the 2020 and 2019 Texaco Children’s Art Competitions respectively. Set to run simultaneously, both exhibitions will open to the public on Friday,... Read More
23 September 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Cork-based Musgrave Group isn’t a household name in itself, but the firm owns the well-known franchise brands of ‘SuperValu’ and ‘Centra’ which are in almost every Irish town and village. Today, Musgrave launched their ‘2022 Graduate Programme ’ Cork-based Musgrave Group, Ireland’s leading food retail, wholesale and foodservice... Read More
20 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin’s Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD has called on the Government to urgently provide the early years sector with the investment it deserves, delivering accessible, affordable childcare for parents and securing properly paid careers for early years professionals. This follows reports that many childcare facilities in Cork face... Read More
17 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin spokesperson on Education, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central TD), has called on the Tánaiste to urgently act to provide paid leave for parents who must stay at home with a child who is self-isolating. Speaking in the Dáil during oral questions on Enterprise, Trade and... Read More