Free printable 2018 Calendar

30 December 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Thre is only one day left in 2017, so it’s time to start thinking about your new calendar. We know that the concept of hanging a piece of paper on your wall seems outdated, and that you might prefer to organise your hectice life in Google Calendar instead,... Read More

NEWS

28th December, 2017

POLITICS: Splitting of the Justice Department ‘not a panacea’ – Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD

28 December 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork South Central Sinn Féin TD and Justice spokesperson Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has welcomed the announcement that the Department of Justice is to be divided into two new Departments, but said that greater detail as to the future delineation is required. Deputy Ó Laoghaire has also called for... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

27th December, 2017

POLITICS: 142,472 delayed discharges are causing severe backlogs in our public hospitals – says Cork TD

27 December 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Better resourcing of home help, home care packages and nursing homes could alleviate ED trolley crisis – says Cork TD Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health, Billy Kelleher TD (Cork North Central) has said that the Government could make progress towards ending the trolley crisis in our emergency departments... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, FIANNA FAIL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS

26th December, 2017

Further funding for Cork City & County sports clubs – Burke

26 December 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork North Central, Senator Colm Burke has said that a further funding allocation of €307,500 will greatly benefit sports clubs across the county over the coming year. He said “ that a further €307,500 is in addition to the monies that was announced in late November which will... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: NORTH CORK, NEWS

24th December, 2017

Christmas Message from Bishops of Cork

24 December 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Joint Christmas Message from the Bishops of Cork: The Most Reverend Dr John Buckley (RC) and the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton (COI) As the season of Christmas approaches, we pray that God will bless the people of Cork during the forthcoming Feast and during the year ahead.... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

24th December, 2017

CHRISTMAS EVE: Cork Tourist Attraction gives out free soup and apple juice

24 December 2017, 8am By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Nano Nagle Place to host charity event in aid of the Cork Simon Community On Christmas Eve, Sunday 24th December, the newly opened Nano Nagle Place on Douglas Street in Cork, will revive a centuries-old tradition by offering a warm mug of soup and mulled apple juice... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, NEWS

23rd December, 2017

SOCIAL PHOTOS: UCC Adult Continuing Education (ACE) Solstice Party

23 December 2017 By Elaine Bermingham elaine@TheCork.ie Andrew Mulcahy and Lyndsey El Amoud, both UCC, attending the Adult Continuing Education (ACE) solstice party in UCC. Picture: David Keane.

EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

22nd December, 2017

Applegreen fundraise for charities

22 December 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Applegreen today announced that their customers and staff all over Ireland have raised a milestone €2 million for charity since the foundation of the company’s charitable fund in 2009, making a crucial contribution to vital children and adult charity services nationwide. Applegreen fundraising efforts in Co Cork, including collections, the One... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

22nd December, 2017

PHOTOS: Cork celebrates Jewish History

22 December 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Evening Echo is a public artwork by New Zealand artist Maddie Leach. It is sited on old gasometer land gifted by Bord Gáis to Cork City Council in the late 1980s. This site was subsequently re-dedicated as Shalom Park in 1989. The park sits in the centre of... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

21st December, 2017

WEST CORK CRIME: Ballinspittle Garda Station to reopen

21 December 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ballinspittle Garda station is to reopen, a Fine Gael Minister has said. Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Cork South West TD Jim Daly, has said the community can now look forward to a safer future after working tirelessly for their Garda station to be restored. Above:... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS

21st December, 2017

Youth Clubs in West Cork get vital Equipment Grant

21 December 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Health, Jim Daly, has today confirmed that almost 40 youth groups in West Cork will receive grants ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 for equipment. Commenting on the announcement, Minister Daly said, ‘I am delighted to confirm that... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

20th December, 2017

MID CORK: Delays to Ballyvourney/Ballymakeera flood relief scheme

20 December 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Aindrias Moynihan TD has said that it is simply not acceptable that the people of Ballyvourney and Ballymakeera are still waiting for the urgently needed flood relief scheme six years after the initial designs were first published. “The people of these communities are living under the constant threat... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS