BASKETBALL: Glanmire sees off Killester in opening game

8 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Basketball Ireland Super League Round-Up: Glanmire sees off Killester in opening game while Templeogue struggle against UCD Ambassador UCC Glanmire got their 2017/18 season off to a winning start this afternoon as they overcame Pyrobel Killester 77-62 at the Mardyke Arena in Cork. Top scoring from Claire Rockall,... Read More

NEWS, SPORT

8th October, 2017

HERITAGE FUNDING: Cork MEP encourages groups to apply for EU scheme

8 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork based Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Ríada is encouraging Irish education, research and tourism bodies to apply for funding set aside for the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. The Ireland South MEP said that while she was disappointed with the amount that had been earmarked for... Read More

NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

7th October, 2017

SOCCER: Match Preview – Wexford Youths WFC v Cork City WFC

7 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Womens FC will be looking to earn a spot in the FAI Continental Tyre’s Women’s Senior Cup Final as they travel to Bunclody FC to face Wexford Youth in their semi- final clash this Saturday 7th of October with a 3pm kick off. It is the... Read More

NEWS, SPORT

6th October, 2017

EAST CORK: Garryvoe Hotel cements position as ‘Wedding Hotel’ with another award

6 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie 2017 has been a good year for East Cork’s Garryvoe Hotel and following the recent Gold Medal Awards, which took place on Tuesday 26th September, it got better. The awards ceremony was held at Kilkenny’s Lyrath Estate and was marked with a black-tie ball, attended by 600 nominees and finalists... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

6th October, 2017

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK: needs to INVEST in cycling – says Green Party branch

6 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Members of the UCC branch of the Green Party have called on University College Cork to prioritise cycling infrastructure as part of its recently announced €350 million investment plan. Justin Fleming, Masters in Planning & Sustainable Development student and Green Party representative in the Cork City South Central... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, NEWS

6th October, 2017

250,000 people remain unemployed in Ireland

6 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The number of people signing on the Live Register in Cork has dropped by 16% in the last year. This good news for Cork comes as the CSO revealed that the Live Register has fallen below 250,000 nationally for the first time in nine years (September 2008). This... Read More

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6th October, 2017

CORK FOOD PRODUCERS: Keohane’s of Bantry and Follain Teo win awards for contributions to ‘Dunnes Stores Simply Better Collection’

6 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Last weekend, the amazing food producers who are part of the Dunnes Stores Simply Better Collection scooped an unprecedented 22 Awards at the Blas na hEireann 2017, bringing to over 270 awards, this premium food and drink brand has received since it was introduced in 2013. The Awards,... Read More

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6th October, 2017

PHOTOS: Cork Simon Community annual awards ceremony

6 October 2017 By Mary Bemingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Simon’s annual Awards Ceremony took place in the Port of Cork boardroom, during Cork Simon Week 2017, where the achievements of people using homeless services in Cork and engaged with Cork Simon’s Training and Employment Programme were celebrated.

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6th October, 2017

MEDITERRANEAN RESCUE: Irish Navy Ship (L.É William Butler Yeats) returns to base after latest mission

6 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister with Responsibility for Defence, Mr. Paul Kehoe T.D., was in the Naval Base, Haulbowline today to welcome home the crew of L.É William Butler Yeats who have been deployed on a humanitarian search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean since July 2017. This was the second time the L.É... Read More

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6th October, 2017

HEALTH: Almost 1,900 CORK children waiting MORE THAN a year for ophthalmologist appointment

6 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie “A new list comprising nearly 1,900 Cork children and teenagers who are waiting for an ophthalmological appointment longer than 12 months is yet another example of the HSE’s and Government’s inability to keep up with clear clinical demand for treatment,” said the Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central,... Read More

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6th October, 2017

CORK CITY: When is the IndieCork Film Festival? – October 10th and 11th

6 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Talent is the backbone of any independent festival. IndieCork, Cork City’s independent film and music festival, is built upon the creativity of Cork and Ireland’s filmmakers. This year’s films, running 8 -15 October, will feature an array of talented stories from shorts about serendipitous meetings in Dublin to a feature... Read More

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6th October, 2017

HALLOWEEN: #NightmareRealm Cork returns to Kennedy Quay

6 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Nightmare Realm, Ireland’s most terrifying walk-through Halloween scare experience, is back from this evening, and it now in a new massive location on Kennedy Quay and it will be more petrifying than ever before. There will be triple the terror with three different spine tingling haunts, zombie... Read More

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