EDUCATION: Cork Schools encouraged to enter gardening competition

top of page 12 March 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Muintir na Tire, Cork County Council Environment and Heritage Sections, Cork City Council and Griffins Garden Centre have all come together to organise this exciting competition for 2020, which is the eighth year of the competition. Applications are now being accepted from primary schools across... Read More

10th March, 2020

Ireland’s Best Off-Licence… is in Cork

top of page 10 March 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Daybreak Southlink was crowned Best Off-Licence at the annual Daybreak Store of the Year Awards, which took place Wednesday the 4th of March. Hosted in Lyrath Estate Hotel, Co. Kilkenny, the awards recognise retail excellence across 13 categories for Daybreak stores nationwide. Located on the... Read More

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10th March, 2020

East Cork man Michael Loftus appointed as Vice President for External Affairs at CIT

top of page 10 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Michael Loftus, who has been Head of Faculty of Engineering & Science at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) since 2009, has been appointed to the position of Vice President for External Affairs. He will take over the role from Dr Orla Flynn who has been... Read More

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8th March, 2020

EDUCATION: CIT Innovation Week draws to a close

top of page 8 March 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Institute of Technology’s (CIT) Innovation Week 2020 has again given a platform to 35 events and talks throughout the week. These events were held across the 4 CIT campuses, Cork School of Music, Crawford College of Art & Design, NMCI and Bishopstown. The events... Read More

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7th March, 2020

The best SEAT dealer in Ireland is in… Bandon, #WestCork

top of page 7 March 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Finbarr Galvin Ltd named as ‘SEAT Ireland’s Dealer of the Year 2019’ Bandon-based dealership Finbarr Galvin Ltd. has recently been announced as SEAT Ireland’s Dealer of the Year 2019. This is the third time the Cork dealership has claimed the SEAT Dealer of the Year... Read More

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4th March, 2020

If you want to organise a 1920 Commeneration event, then Cork County Council might have a grant for you

top of page 4 March 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council, in recognition of the importance of the War of Independence and Civil War and acknowledging the enthusiasm that exists within the County to commemorate the centenary of this defining period of Irish history, has announced the opening of the County Cork Commemorations... Read More

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28th February, 2020

PHOTOS: @MTU_ie Munster Technological University holds first plenary academic council meeting at CIT

top of page 28 February 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Tralee are in the long process of merging to form the Munster Technological University. The first plenary academic council meeting of the University consortium took place this week.

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26th February, 2020

UCC graduate Michelle Healy to contest Seanad elections

top of page 26 February 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Michelle Healy, a serving member of the University College Cork (UCC) Governing Body, has announced her candidacy for the National University of Ireland (NUI) panel of Seanad Éireann. Healy, a former United Nations (UN) humanitarian aid worker with a background in human rights law, is... Read More

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16th February, 2020

Anam Cara Cork announce new innovative approach to Bereavement Support for parents

top of page 16 February 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie About 2000 families are devastated by the death of a child every year – where can they access support? 3 National Organisations, Anam Cara, Feileacain and Pieta House are combining their resources to support bereaved mothers and fathers by facilitating a Bereavement Support Evenings in... Read More

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15th February, 2020

Ireland’s only balance and hearing degree launched by Minister at UCC

top of page 15 February 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Balance is the number one reason over 65’s visit their GP Ireland’s only education degree that examines the challenges faced by people with hearing and balance difficulties, was launched recently at University College Cork (UCC), by the then Minister for Mental Health and Older People,... Read More

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13th February, 2020

OPEN DAY: Coláiste Íde – All Irish Boarding School for Girls – An Daingean, Co Chiarraí

top of page 13 February 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What: Open day for fee paying Irish language secondary school When: Saturday, 7th March 2020, 12 noon to 4pm Where: Coláiste Íde was founded in 1927 and is based in an elegant Georgian home on the shores of Dingle Bay, on almost 110 acres of... Read More

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11th February, 2020

University College Cork: Former Windle Medical Building reopens as a student centre called ‘The Hub’

top of page 11 February 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie New centre streamlines services to benefit 26,000 students One of the oldest buildings in the centre of the University College Cork (UCC) campus has been conserved and transformed, and opens today for the first time as the Hub, a new centre designed to streamline student services... Read More

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