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23 December 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today Revenue officers seized 21,000 illicit cigarettes branded ‘Marlboro Gold’,and ‘Rothmans’, when they carried out a search under warrant of a house in south Cork city. The smuggled cigarettes have a retail value of over €11,500 representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €9,300. A Latvian...
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23 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A tender competition has been advertised on e-tenders.ie for a major flood relief scheme for the town of Clonakilty in Cork. The Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief is Seán Canney T.D. “Clonakilty is one of many towns in Cork that...
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22 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Karen O’Mahony is the founder of the ‘Masquerade Ball Rainbow Club for Autism’. She has been named December ‘Cork Person of the Month’. This means her name will also go forward for possible selection as ‘Cork Person of the Year’ at a Gala Awards Lunch on January...
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19 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital today, 19th December, officially launched its new Education Centre at the Old Blackrock Road, Cork. The centre, which is linked with University College Cork, will cater to over 1,000 people each year, including medical and nursing students and hospital staff. The newly-renovated...
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19 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Recuperation from knee surgery, such as arthroscopy or knee replacement, can take some time, varying from three months to one year depending on the patient. A new ‘smart knee’ device could improve and accelerate recovery from knee surgery, thanks to scientists at Tyndall National Institute and German-Serbian...
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19 December 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Swap your Sunday drive for a run, walk or jog as the 2017 Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon launched today with a new race date of Sunday 4th June announced. After a decade of participants marking the end of their June Bank Holiday weekend crossing the finish line...
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16 December 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Boston Scientific, Cork has received the 2016 Shingo Award for ‘Excellence in Manufacturing’ from the Shingo Institute, part of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. The Shingo Prize is based on a thorough assessment of organisational culture and operations and was awarded in...
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16 December 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A national recruitment day aimed at offering jobs to people home for the festive season is to take place on December 29. The recruitment day, which will be held in four different locations including Cork, is part of the ‘Home for Work’ campaign, which was launched earlier this...
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14 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The staff and Board of Management of Coláiste Treasa raise the roof with excitement as construction begins on a brand-new extension to their school in Kanturk. Supported by patrons Cork Education and Training Board, this new addition valued at almost €1million includes two state of the art...
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14 Dec 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie SHARE (Students Harness Aid for the Relief of the Elderly), the organisation for the care of Cork’s older people, will launch its traditional fast and fundraising campaign at the SHARE Crib, Daunt’s Square, Cork, (near Grand Parade) this evening Wednesday 14th December 2016. It is the 47th...
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13 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie On Christmas Day, a group of students from Carrigaline Community School, along with their families and friends will meet at 10.30am at Myrtleville Beach and take to the water in memory of their friend, Danny Crowley, who passed away after a long battle with Leukaemia in November...
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17 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The 61st Cork Film Festival will hold a new flagship Documentary Industry Day on Friday (November 18) at The River Lee hotel, to be presented in partnership with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board. Doc Day will bring Irish and international industry leaders together to discuss...
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