27 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Yesterday (Tuesday 26th May 2020) Mandate Trade Union formally launched a Debenhams national official strike campaign. Mandate Trade Union members in Cork held pickets at both the Debenhams Patrick Street and Mahon Point locations. Debenhams workers recently voted to engage in industrial action across all eleven Debenhams locations... Read More
26 May 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork IT has moved a step closer to being upgraded to university status, along with IT Tralee. An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD, Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD and Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor today (26 May 2020) announced the decision to... Read More
26 May 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie 1,440 cases in Cork as of today The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 9 people with COVID-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,615 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Monday 25 May the HPSC has been... Read More
26 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie What: Baywood, Rushanes, Glandore, West Cork, P81 K883 (1h 15mins from Cork City, 12mins from Rosscarbery) How much: €1.35m Recently we featured a separate Cork property whose listing boasted that it had “room for a tennis court”, well today we are referring to a house which has an... Read More
25 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork headquartered supermarket franchise SuperValu, forecasts sales of €16.5 million in Irish Lamb in its stores across Ireland this year, as consumer demand for new season fresh Irish lamb surges. All of SuperValu’s lamb is 100% Irish-born and bred and sourced from Bord Bia quality-assured farmers. The... Read More
25 May 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The APC Microbiome Institute is based at Biosciences Building, University College Cork, Cork City. Meanwhile, the Moorepark Food Research Centre is located at Teagasc, Fermoy, Co Cork. New research shows how fermented foods are tightly linked to the gut microbiome Fermented foods can be a primary source of... Read More
25 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Nationally, There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. The running total of COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland is 1,606. As of 11am Monday 25 May the HPSC has been notified of 59 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total... Read More
25 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has said that difficulties with broadband speeds and access during the Covid-19 outbreak emphasise the obvious and urgent need for greater broadband connectivity in rural Ireland. Senator Lombard said: “Whether it be for work, study, or recreation, many people have been experiencing difficulties... Read More
25 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Initial Hygiene is issuing advice to businesses that will be reopening as the Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed in the coming months in response to the Government’s phased approach. First and foremost, the company advises all organisations to continue to adhere to all relevant guidance from the Government and... Read More
24 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 4 people with COVID-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,608 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of 11am Sunday 24 May the HPSC has been notified of 57 confirmed cases of COVID-19.... Read More
24 May 2020, Sunday, 10.01am By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish Water and Cork County Council wish to advise that the water supply, which was disrupted due to a large burst yesterday is beginning to return this morning due to repairs being completed overnight. The communities of Curraghleigh through to West Ballincollig were left without water... Read More