1 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie On October 21st 2016 Ireland’s business leaders will sleep-out at Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral and the Cork City Gaol (an atmospheric museum based in a former Gaol) to raise funds and awareness for people experiencing homelessness in Ireland today. Over the past four years, over 300 business... Read More
23 August 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This Saturday, 27th August 2016, the Irish Guide Dogs National Headquarters and training centre on the Model Farm Road Cork will open its doors to the public for its open day from 12pm to 4pm. It’s a great opportunity to meet and interact with our dogs, staff,... Read More
18 August 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This new UCC facility will help centres like INFANT to biobank samples and data for future needs, and meets the critical need for supported storage resources. The INFANT centre, working within Cork University Maternity Hospital and other biobanking researchers throughout the world, has developed a burgeoning and... Read More
14 August 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Simon Community is encouraging people to throw a dinner party this September to raise funds in support of Cork Simon’s hefty food costs. During the month of September, The Great Cork Simon Supper will take place across Cork with friends, family, co-workers and class-mates coming together... Read More
12 August 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Annual classic & Old skool Toyota gathering in aid of Cork Samaritans, takes place on this Saturday, the 13th of August in Corrin Events Centre near Fermoy from 10am to 5pm. It is a static show for all things Toyota, but will also feature attractions for the... Read More
9 August 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 35,000 Irish families live with dementia every day Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has backed calls by the Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland to increase home care supports for families living with dementia in the upcoming budget. The Ireland South MEP was speaking as the Alzheimer’s Society called... Read More
6 August 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork man Oisín Creagh aims to create a new record when he flies from Ireland to Africa this weekend on a craft that is powered by little-more than a lawnmower engine. Oisín will conclude his preparation for his upcoming expedition when he undertakes a day of safety and... Read More
4 August 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie From June 10th to 12th last, a team from Great Island undertook Ireland’s ultimate hillwalking adventure, The Four Peaks Challenge, which saw them climb the highest mountain in each of Ireland’s four provinces, in aid of The Mercy Cancer Appeal, raising a phenomenal €4538.67. The brainchild of Ger... Read More
18 July 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie IMPACT will host a meeting for Early Childhood Care and Education professionals on Thursday 21st July at the Metropole Hotel, Cork, in order to provide advice about service contracts for staff and providers delivering the state-funded Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme. The meeting starts at 10.30am.... Read More
13 July 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork North Central TD Jonathan O’Brien has hit out at the patient referral system currently in place at the MRI Unit in Cork University Hospital (CUH), branding it as “reprehensible to say the very least”. The MRI Unit at the hospital had recently sent letters to Dr Nick... Read More
5 July 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie On a cold winter’s night two years ago, young Ballincollig mother Christina Chalmers posted on her Facebook “Please join me in helping Cork’s Homeless”. Some 60 volunteers responded and now, on an ongoing basis, they help those sleeping rough around the city with hot food, blankets, clothing... Read More
4 July 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Simon Coveney TD, today (Monday 04 July) launched Cork Simon Community’s Annual eReport for 2015. Speaking at the launch Cork Simon’s Director, Dermot Kavanagh described 2015 as the Community’s busiest year ever as more and more people were pushed into... Read More
