12 June 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie As the bathing season arrives Cork County Council’s Beach Lifeguard Team are once again preparing to oversee the safety of the public in the water off the County Cork Coast. The beach lifeguards motto this year is ‘Safe on the Sand and in the Sea’ and lifeguards are... Read More
12 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Good news for Carrigaline as work commences on new Running Track Contractors working on behalf of Cork County Council have this week commenced work on the new hybrid Running Track in Carrigaline Park. Access to the park is also being upgraded with additional seating areas being added in... Read More
11 June 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Local community and voluntary groups in Glanmire have being going beyond the call of duty for their community. Working alongside the Cork City Community Response Forum (CRF), local heroes are making sure everyone is being well-looked after from delivering groceries and medication to cutting grass and picking up... Read More
11 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Department of Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht has approved total funding of €192,000 for the maintenance of historic and protected structures in Cork East under the Historic Structures Fund (HSF) and Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS). The Historic Structures Fund (HSF), which has two separate funding streams,... Read More
11 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Airport never closed, per se, in that Emergency and Cargo flights still arrived and departed, but now normal passenger flights are to return Cork Airport has implemented a series of public health and hygiene measures across the airport campus to protect and enhance the health and safety... Read More
11 June 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Attempted Robbery on Merchants Quay, Cork City yesterday Gardaí are appealing for witnesses in relation to an attempted robbery on Merchants Quay, Cork city. Shortly after 12 midday a lady, aged in her 80s, was walking on Merchants Quay when a man tried to steal her handbag. The... Read More
11 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As of today Cork has 1,532 cases The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 8 people with COVID-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,703 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Wednesday 10 June the HPSC has been... Read More
11 June 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Aircoach – which links Patrick’s Quay, Cork City with Dublin City and Dublin Airport – is calling on the Government for clarity and financial support on re-starting and sustaining Ireland’s private bus and coach industry in the coming weeks and months. Aircoach, has many other routes beyond Cork,... Read More
11 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Debenhams stores are reopening in the North and UK, but workers say they are disgusted at their sacking without redundancy and will not allow valuable stock inside the stores be moved out. The protests will also highlight the lack of action by the government as more and more... Read More
11 June 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie When you are thinking about buying a new home, you want all the information possible on the state of the house and any potential problems that might arise. A home inspection is a great way to get information on your future investment. Plumbing is usually an unseen but... Read More
10 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Patricia (Pat) McCluskey has been named as Cork Person of the Month for May to honour her work as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Wound Care at Cork University Hospital and her work with the charity Facing Africa. Pat has worked as a wound care nurse for more... Read More
10 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Aontú Leader & Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has accused Mícheal of putting his own personal ambition ahead of the objectives of rank and file Fianna Fáil members. Tóibín stated “Mícheal Martin is disposing with Fianna Fáil objectives and burning through red lines at a speed of nots.... Read More
