6 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Padraig O’Sullivan has welcomed Minister for Education Norma Foley’s announcement of €5.7 million in ICT Grants for primary and post-primary schools in Cork, which is to be paid in early December 2020. The funding is part of a €50 million ICT... Read More
5 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Due to COVID19 this years’s Texaco Calendar features pictures from the archives A prizewinning artwork, entered by Cork student Alastair Earley, is one of 13 artworks selected from the archives to illustrate the 2021 Texaco Children’s Art Competition Calendar just published. Amongst artworks drawn from the past 16... Read More
4 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A County Cork man has enhanced his career prospects by obtaining one of the top exam marks in the country. Mature student John McCarthy, who lives in Newmarket, did not have the opportunity to go to college after completing his Leaving Certificate, but completed the Accounting Technicians Ireland... Read More
3 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The tech and financial supports confirmed today by Teagasc for agriculture students are warmly welcomed, Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has said. Senator Lombard, the Seanad spokesperson on Agriculture, raised concerns at an Oireachtas Committee in October that some students were missing out on supports afforded to other... Read More
3 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The passing of all of the necessary legislation recently will now allow the Munster Technological University to be established (MTU) on 1st January 2021, a Fine Gael TD has said. Cork North Central Deputy Colm Burke said: ‘’The passing of this legislation represents a milestone in education in... Read More
23 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Post-Primary Student delighted to be the recipient of the Johnson & Johnson Access to Education Bursary to further his education A Terence MacSwiney Community College student has been awarded a bursary from Johnson & Johnson in recognition of his work and contribution to the school and community. Ciaran... Read More
23 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Students are cold in their classrooms, ventilation plan must be made clear by Government for winter months – Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD Cork South Central TD, and Sinn Féin spokesperson for Education, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has called on the Government to deliver clear guidelines to schools on ventilation,... Read More
22 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Dr Mubashir Husain Rehmani, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), soon to be Munster Technological University (MTU), has been ranked in the top 1% of the most influential researchers worldwide in the field of Computer Science. The latest Highly Cited... Read More
20 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The INFANT Research Centre University College Cork (UCC), in collaboration with IPIC at Tyndall National Institute, are working on a new project called NIOMI (Non-Invasive lung Oxygen Monitoring of Infants). The NIOMI study research team is developing a new optical system for monitoring lung function in newborn infants.... Read More
15 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Institute of Technology’s Rubicon Centre, and Cork County Council, will host a web-based seminar, with an international flavour, tomorrow, November 16th. Featuring Professor Joe Haslam, Executive Director of the Owners Scale-up Programme at the IE Business School in Madrid, the event is targeting Entrepreneurs and Owners of... Read More
15 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Biophotonics at Tyndall features in new RTE’s 10 Things to Know About series The first episode of RTE’s 10 Things to Know About new series, which aired last night (Monday), featured important research into the science of light that is being undertaken in Cork at SFI’s Irish Photonics... Read More
15 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Eight designs will be chosen to be sent around the world with a message from home The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Mary Linehan Foley, is inviting 4th class primary school children from across the county to design special postcards and show what A Real Cork... Read More