13 December 2024 By Tom Colling tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s Iconic SHARE Crib to Light Up St. Patrick Street True Christmas spirit will be felt on the streets of Cork city over the next two weeks, as almost 2,000 students from 22 schools across the city and county don the familiar yellow jackets and rally the troops... Read More
10 December 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is encouraging private owners, custodians and community groups to apply for funding for the care, conservation, maintenance, protection and promotion of archaeological monuments in their area. The 2025 Community Monuments Fund will enable conservation works to be carried out on archaeological monuments deemed to be... Read More
7 December 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A transition year student has raised over €40,000 for Marymount Hospice at a charity coffee morning this week. Rebecca Whelan was inspired to fundraise for the Hospice, having seen first-hand the loving care her grandad received at Marymount shortly before he passed away. The Scoil Mhuire student approached... Read More
4 December 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Dr. Kapal Dev, lecturer at Munster Technological University has been honoured by the Irish Pakistani Professional Association (IPPA) annual award ceremony. Dr. Kapal Dev received the Academic, Technology, and Business Award in front of 400 peers, who gathered to celebrate the achievements of the Pakistani community in Ireland.... Read More
27 November 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Michael Hall’s new book, The Untold Story of the O’Sullivan Beare, will be launched by the author and documentary maker Christy Kenneally at the Sarah Walker Gallery, Castletown at 5pm, Saturday 7th December. All welcome. The Untold Story of the O’Sullivan Beare is a comprehensive account of the... Read More
24 November 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Education 1.The Christmas Deliveries By Thea There once was a young, friendly reindeer from Bandon called Candy-Cane. On Christmas Eve, disaster struck! Santa was ill and he couldn’t deliver any of the presents to the children around the world. Candy-Cane suggested that she could deliver the presents for... Read More
6 November 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie FG Cllr calls for Office of Public Works (OPW) to fund new stage of project Sustained funding for Doneraile House and Court is essential to safeguard its growth and future, a Fine Gael General Election Candidate has said. Councillor John Paul O’Shea, Fine Gael General Election Candidate for... Read More
3 November 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Labour’s candidate for Cork South West, Evie Nevin, has called for urgent reform in the childcare sector following Labour’s launch of a comprehensive plan to introduce a publicly provided childcare system. Across Ireland, parents are struggling to access affordable, reliable childcare, and Labour’s proposal seeks to address this... Read More
30 October 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork East and Youghal resident, Deputy James O’Connor, has announced that Pobalscoil na Tríonóide, Youghal has been given the green light to proceed to tender of a major expansion by the Department of Education on the 29th of October 2024. Once a contractor is... Read More
30 October 2024 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie The subject of homework is a universal feature of education, but the way in which students deal with it can vary across cultures. Ireland and the USA, for example, have very different attitudes towards homework, as their educational models, cultural norms, and societal expectations are quite different. From... Read More
26 October 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Labour candidate for Cork South West, Evie Nevin, is calling for the establishment of a special school in West Cork to meet the growing educational needs of neurodivergent children in the region. This follows the announcement of five new special schools across the country, including one in Cork.... Read More
26 October 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork South-Central, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has said that the worsening shortage of teachers highlights how badly the government has failed on education and housing. A survey of primary and secondary schools published by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO), Irish Primary Principals’ Network and... Read More