18 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Scientists in Cork, Ireland have discovered a naturally occurring bacterium that can help reduce the damage inflicted on the human body by respiratory viruses such as influenza. The research was conducted by Dr David Groeger and his colleagues at Precision Biotics, a subsidiary of Novozymes OneHealth, and in... Read More
18 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie As the airline industry comes to terms with its most difficult years, a new degree course from CIT in Cork has been unveiled to give trainee business skills while skills also. CIT has enrolled 120 students – all of them commercial pilots – on its innovative Bachelor of... Read More
18 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The 2019/20 season of the Winning Streak game show was concluded at RTÉ studios in Dublin on Wednesday (16th September) as ten players took part in two separate game shows which paid out a total of €401,000 in cash prizes. Among the big winners was Cork woman, Margaret... Read More
18 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie What: Culture Night 2020 When: Friday 18th September, 5pm to 11pm Tickets: All Free Events Venues: Across County Cork , see CultureNightCorkCounty.ie Culture Night, the annual celebration of culture, creativity and the arts, takes place this evening h offering free tours, exhibitions, readings, performances, and films. There will be drama and poetry, music and dance,... Read More
17 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The upmarket Department store Brown Thomas has opened its Christmas Shops in Cork, Dublin and Limerick – with around 99 days until December 25th. Usually open in August, the date was pushed back this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The shop will offer a wide choice of... Read More
17 September 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The gallery will extend its opening hours until 9pm on Culture night Culture night has always been a special evening for the culturally curious in Cork City and the creatives at Crawford Art Gallery are committed to making it a special evening for their audiences, where ever they... Read More
17 September 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie From today – September 17th – until 20th four Cork EUROSPAR Supermarkets will be supporting a new charity initiative called ‘Food For Ireland’, which is aimed at addressing the unprecedented demand on charities and communities across Ireland affected by Covid-19. The charity FoodCloud works with businesses and retailers... Read More
17 September 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Montenotte Hotel has appointed Ray Kelleher as Director of Sales & Marketing. Ray most recently worked as Group Sales & Marketing Manager at Trigon Hotels and previously as Sales & Marketing Manager at the Clayton Hotel Cork City. He is currently the Chairperson of the Cork city... Read More
16 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Marie McCarthy from Carrigaline, Co. Cork is the winner of The National Brown Bread Baking Competition, run by Aldi and in association with the National Ploughing Association (NPA) and the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA). Marie will receive a guaranteed cash prize of €15,000 and her bread will be... Read More
16 September 2020 By Aisling Walsh PRO of Seandun Macra This week was a busy one for Seandún Macra as we had our first meeting of the year. We had a few loose ends to tie up as we hadn’t yet awarded our PRO and club awards from last year. The first two awards we... Read More
16 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie €7,297,182 in total granted to Cork City Council and Cork County Council to refurbish and re-let social housing units – Colm Burke TD Cork City Council has been granted €4,251,500 and Cork County Council has been granted €3,045,682 to refurbish social housing units which will be re-let to... Read More
16 September 2020, Wednesday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This Friday, 18th September, Cork County comes alive for Culture Night with events, activities and performances taking place throughout the county. From a virtual circus performance in Clonakilty to a dramatic look behind the scenes of a theatrical rehearsal in Charleville, there are scheduled events for a wide... Read More