A nationwide survey has found a rise in illicit cigarettes in Cork city in the past twelve months.**** ** ** The survey of discarded cigarette packs on the streets and in bins in Cork found that 30.3% were non-domestic, meaning they had no Irish duty-paid stamp on them and so were illegal. **** ** **... Read More
By Adam Murphy adam@thecork.ie Consumer confidence in frozen beef burgers has still NOT recovered from the horse-meat scandal in January The results of a study by The Food Safety Authority of Ireland were published this week. It found more than half of those who used to buy frozen beef burgers, are “less likely” to do... Read More
Cork City FC and first team manager Tommy Dunne have parted company with immediate effect. ** ** Tommy, who took the reins of Cork City FC in 2010 days before the season commenced, led the club back to the Premier Division in 2011. He guided City to a mid-table finish last season, with the club... Read More
The lucky lotto player from Co. Cork who won a cool €500,000 in the EuroMillions Plus draw on Friday 19 July 2013 has collected their prize. The ticket was sold in Centa Crosshaven last week. It was for a EuroMillions Plus draw, the Plus is available to EuroMillions players in Ireland only. For an extra... Read More
Students from Cork performed strongly in the in the Accounting Technicians Ireland 2013 annual national exams with a number of students earning top marks. Announcing the results, Accounting Technicians Ireland, the leading professional body for accounting technicians on the island of Ireland, reported that Ayelen Roger from Cork City placed in the Top 10 exam... Read More
Speaking on the Courts Bill in Dáil Éireann recently, Fine Gael Cork East TD, David Stanton, recommended the introduction of a Community Court system in Ireland. These courts, if established, would be based on the Community Court system which operates in New York and would deal with low level crimes and minor offences. “As part... Read More
Cork South West T.D Michael McCarthy has welcomed a substantial funding allocation for Cork County Council as part of the Governments energy efficiency programme. “The overall funding allocation for Cork County Council will be €451,724.00. Minister Jan O’Sullivan recently announced a €50m three year energy efficiency investment programme for local authority homes. This is a... Read More
20th July 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In BOXING… Cork’s Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan will defend his W-B-O International Middleweight title against unbeaten UK middleweight Billy Joe Saunders tonight [Saturday] O’Sullivan – from Mahon – is 29 and sees his 23 year old opponent as a “boy”, but in the UK Saunders is a “rising... Read More
19 July 2013 By Tom Collins tom@thecork.ie FÁS courses in Cork will be delivered by a new organisation soon It’s called the Cork “Education and Training Board “ or C ETB and was formed by the merger of the old Cork City, and Cork County VEC’s Nationally the Government is saving more than €2 million by... Read More
By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork’s business community has welcomed this evening’s Bruce Springsteen concert More than 40-thousand people have travelled to Cork to see “The Boss”, and there isn’t a hotel bed available within a 15-kilometre radius of the city. Even Springsteen himself is understood to be staying in the 5 star Castlemartyr Resort... Read More
By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Anyone interested in the flooding problem in the Lower River Lee is invited to a public information session this afternoon [Wednesday] Details of the “Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme” which includes Blackpool and Ballyvolane will be on display in Cork City Hall from 3pm to 9pm. Representives of “Arup Consulting... Read More
16 July 2013 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Two celebrities from the Music World have received Cork Passports. Jedward – made up of 21-year-old twins John and Edward Grimes – were presented with their documents in Cork City Hall this afternoon by the Lord Mayor Labour Cllr Catherine Clancy and their upbeat personalities were a big... Read More