top of page 27 June 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Chamber of Commerce, the leading business organisation in Cork, has signed a two year contract with Spearline to use their General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance software solution Spearline Data Protection – Managed Service. Conor Healy, Chief Executive and Naoimh Frawley, Data Protection Officer... Read More
top of page 24 June 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has welcome the news that Cork schools are to get 83 more Special Needs Assistance positions this coming school year. This will bring the number of SNAs in primary and secondary schools in Cork to 1,898. There will be 15,000... Read More
top of page 7 June 2018, Thursday By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The beating heart of Cork Penny Dinners, the Queen of crime with more No. 1 original fiction bestsellers than any other author, and the power behind Other Voices are among those set to be honoured by UCC tomorrow (June 8). Caitríona Twomey, Cork Penny... Read More
top of page 31 May 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, along with Cork Education and Training Board (CETB) have agreed on a memorandum of understanding. Their new partnership with CETB forms part of BIM’s innovative strategy to develop a comprehensive skills and training programme for Ireland’s €1.15... Read More
top of page 30 May 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Educate Together and Griffith College Cork today reached an agreement to rent lecture rooms to Cork Educate Together Secondary School, at Griffith’s five-acre, third-level higher education college on Wellington Road. A permanent site for the school was recently purchased by the Department of Education and... Read More
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top of page 14 May 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie University College Cork (UCC) generates €2.3 million per day for the Irish economy, according to a new report to be launched today (May 14). The Economic and Societal Impact Report shows that the University supports almost 15,000 jobs on an annual basis, which equates to... Read More
top of page 25 April 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A total of five teams of young coders from Cork will compete in the national finals of the prestigious Scratch Coding competition. The popular coding competition will take place in the University of Limerick today, Wednesday 25th April. Cork will be represented in the national... Read More
top of page 13 April 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The much anticipated Annual Student Marketing Challenge will take place at 6pm on Thursday, 19th April in Cork Institute of Technology. This event supports students by showcasing up and coming marketing talent and highlighting the innovation and creativity of the next generation of marketers. This... Read More
top of page 9 April 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork will welcome almost 3,500 world class singers and 35,000 visitors from across Ireland, Europe and beyond this April for the 64th annual Cork International Choral Festival, a joyful celebration of music and song from classical to sacred, pop, and rock. The Festival, which runs... Read More
top of page 30 March 2018, Good Friday By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie For 35 years. Mary Crilly has been to the fore in helping the victims of sexual violence. This week she received the March Cork Person of the Month award to mark her work since March 1983. She was the first in Cork to... Read More
top of page 29 March 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East TD, Kevin O’Keeffe has said that the new proposals put forward by his party can have a major impact on ensuring that the teacher shortage crisis in schools is brought to an end. Deputy O’Keeffe was commenting after the publication of a 10... Read More