Cork City Council to discuss Local Property Tax cut at end of month

top of page 8 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Council yesterday set September 29th as the date for its statutory meeting to consider adjustments to the Local Property Tax (LPT) rate for 2016. The three Anti Austerity Alliance (AAA) Councillors this morning said that they would be proposing that the tax... Read More

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7th September, 2015

Delay in Skibbereen Flood Relief Scheme

top of page 7 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Independent General Election candidate Cllr Alan Coleman (who left Fianna Fail earlier this Summer) has described a further Government delay to Skibbereen’s flood relief scheme as shambolic and “an absolute disgrace”. The proposed major flood relief scheme is funded by the Office of Public... Read More

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7th September, 2015

Cork City Women’s FC sign Maggie Duncliffe

top of page 7 September 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City W.F.C. are delighted to announce that Maggie Duncliffe has signed for the club for the upcoming season. The combative midfielder signs back for the club having been a consistent and impressive performer last season in a side that struggled on occasion. She provides... Read More

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7th September, 2015

Might Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur be from Cork?

top of page 7 September 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As part of the nationwide search to find ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’, the three Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in Cork launched a campaign in June to find the best young entrepreneurs in their region in three distinct categories, with a €150,000 investment fund up for... Read More

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4th September, 2015

Illegal cigarettes seized in Cork

top of page 4 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Illegal cigarettes seized in Cork: what made them illegal? no customs duty had been paid to the Irish state. As a result of an intelligence-led operation, officers from Revenue’s Customs Service yesterday, (03/09/2015), seized over 5 million cigarettes with a retail value of over... Read More

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4th September, 2015

Minister Simon Coveney reopens Charity Shop on North Main Street, Cork City Centre

top of page 4 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth david@TheCork./ie Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, along with guest of honour four-year-old Tilara Costa Holmes from Midleton, officially reopened Enable Ireland’s new look charity shop on Cork’s North Main Street today, Friday 4th September. The shop underwent extensive renovations and decoration... Read More

NEWS

2nd September, 2015

Cork Opera House AGM

top of page 2 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today, at the 56th AGM of Cork Opera House, the Chairman and Board of Directors presented the Annual Report and audited statements of the company for the financial year ending March 2015. Speaking at the AGM today, Chairman Damian Wallace outlined how Cork Opera... Read More

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2nd September, 2015

State Funeral for Historic Irish Nationalist Thomas Kent to take place in Cork

top of page 2 September 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Thomas Kent’s State Funeral will take place on Friday 18th September 2015. Kent (Irish: Tomás Ceannt; 29 August 1865 – 9 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist who was court-martialled and executed following a gunfight with the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on 2 May 1916,... Read More

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1st September, 2015

25 Tech jobs to be created in Cork City Centre

top of page 1 September 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie United Technologies Research Center announced today the expansion of its Cork facility at The Penrose Business Center, Penrose Wharf (near the Train station). Like many Tech giants their work is B2B so their presence is low key. The addition of the Centre of Excellence in... Read More

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31st August, 2015

Carrigaline Gaelcholáiste opens in Waterpark House

top of page 31 August 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Waterpark House, is the name of the mansion which gave the Waterpark housing estate its name. The house now sits surrounded by schools and houses, The Chief Executive of Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB), Mr. Ted Owens, was in Carrigaline this morning... Read More

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30th August, 2015

400 people run, swim, and cycle in Farran Woods in Musgrave Triathlon

top of page 30 August 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Musgrave Triathlon took place in Farran Woods, Cork yesterday with 400 participants taking the plunge in this year’s charity triathlon challenge. The Musgrave Triathlon, which is now in its fourteenth year, has raised over €3.7 million for Irish charities to date. The fundraising... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, NEWS

28th August, 2015

AIB to open new branch in Cork

top of page 28 August 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie AIB Bank are to open a new branch in Cork. The unit will be in Eastgate Retail Park, Little Island, in the former Hacketts Bookmakers premises. The building is currently being fitted out.

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