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

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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

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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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5th October, 2017

BOOK OF CONDOLENCES: opens in Cork CITY Hall for former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave

5 October 2017, Thursday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Book of condolence will open for former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave at 3.30pm today in the Atrium of Cork City Hall. Speaking before the opening of the Book of Condolences, the Lord Mayor Cllr Tony Fitzgerald said that it was important that the public would be given the opportunity to... Read More

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5th October, 2017

HERITAGE: First register of burials goes online

5 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Council and Cork City and County Archives are delighted to announce the online publication of the first register of burials for St. Finbarr’s Municipal Cemetery, Glasheen Road, Cork City, dating from 25 February 1868 to 12 June 1896. Digitised with support from the Cork City Creative... Read More

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5th October, 2017

TRADE UNION HOSTS CORK CONFERENCE: SIPTU votes to back referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment

5 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie SIPTU delegates voted overwhelmingly in support of a motion for their union to “support the call for a referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment”, at its Biennial Delegate Conference in Cork City Hall today (Thursday, 5th October). Proposing the motion on behalf of the union’s Equality Committee, SIPTU... Read More

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