29 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie This day last week Fermoy Library branch manager Jean Cavanagh was presented with the Age Friendly Charter. Jean is the first Age Friendly Champion for Cork County Council’s Library Services. This new initiative emphasizes service enhancement for older adults in the community, as part of a national strategy... Read More
29 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie One of Ireland’s biggest garden centres is on a mission to drive primary school pupils across Cork city and county absolutely wild. CountryLife Garden Centres want to educate the nation about wild bird conservation through its exciting and engaging new Operation WildNation initiative. Ultimately they’re helping to protect... Read More
28 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie REPUBLIC OF WORK, Cork’s leading business innovation campus, has partnered with Logitech to create Ireland’s first Smart Meeting rooms. Over €20,000 has been invested in REPUBLIC OF WORK’s four meeting rooms to offer users the latest technology available anywhere in the world. This includes; Logitech’s latest video conference... Read More
25 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork North West TD, Aindrias Moynihan has questioned the Taoiseach on the commitment given by the Government that there would be a new secondary school in Ballincollig. Deputy Moynihan said it wasn’t good enough that parents are put through unnecessary stress each year making applications to over-subscribed local... Read More
25 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council have delivered a newly refurbished and enhanced playground at Charleville Town Park which will be officially opened by Mr Patrick O’Donovan T.D, Minister of State at the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, later this week. The opening event takes... Read More
24 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie PwC Cork is delighted to announce that three of its people have scooped placements in the recent CAP2 Chartered Accountants Ireland examinations.
23 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The average primary school pupil misses 10 days each school year, and the average secondary student misses 13 days a year, but these students missed none. 100 students from primary and secondary schools in Cork will gather in Cork City Hall today to receive awards from the Cork... Read More
22 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has welcomed the allocation of €2M towards the development of a Technological University (TU) in the South West region which could create a new type of higher education institution to support enterprise needs and drive regional development. Sean Moran, Ibec Cork... Read More
20 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie This bridge is unrelated to the new Cavanagh Bridge, which was also named recently Generations have walked over it and now it has name, as University College Cork (UCC) has named the historic bridge at its ceremonial gate ‘the Alumni Bridge.’ The university’s ornate entrance gate and the... Read More
17 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science will host an Information Evening in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork on Thursday 24th October. The evening will provide an overview of the 12 undergraduate degree programmes offered by the school and available to students entering in September 2020. Information... Read More
16 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Cork Chapter (XI) of Credit Unions is delighted to announce the launch of ‘Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories’ a book about credit union volunteers in Cork. The book launch takes place Thursday, 17th October 2019 in the Rochestown Park Hotel from 12.00pm. The launch coincides with International Credit... Read More
16 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork secondary students were invited to bring their new innovative business ideas to the boardroom this week when seven schools attended an entrepreneurial mentoring day at the new offices of Otterbox on South Mall. Thirty students in total participated in the development and mentoring day, organised by the... Read More