PHOTOS: Cork Simon Community annual awards ceremony

top of page 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

top of page 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... Read More

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6th October, 2017

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

top of page 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... Read More

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6th October, 2017

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

top of page 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... Read More

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6th October, 2017

HALLOWEEN: #NightmareRealm Cork returns to Kennedy Quay

top of page 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... Read More

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5th October, 2017

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

top of page 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... Read More

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5th October, 2017

HERITAGE: First register of burials goes online

top of page 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... Read More

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5th October, 2017

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

top of page 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... Read More

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5th October, 2017

EVENT CENTRE: City Council in contact with Government Department about stalled South Main Street event centre project

top of page 5 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald has confirmed that Cork City Council has supplied legal advice, as requested, to the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the granting of additional funding, within the existing public procurement process, to the proposed Events Centre, being... Read More

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5th October, 2017

DIPLOMATIC VISIT: French Ambassador visits Cork Institute of Technology Tourism & Hospitality Department

top of page 5 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Department of Tourism & Hospitality at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) welcomed a visit by the French Ambassador to Ireland, his Excellency Mr Stéphane Crouzat. Mr Crouzat was joined by the new Cultural Counsellor, Ms Frédérique Tarride along with Mr Thierry Lagnau, Director of... Read More

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5th October, 2017

EAST CORK: Whats’s on in Ballymaloe Grainstore in October?

top of page 5 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie October is a busy month in Ballymaloe Grainstore with four shows in the Shanagarry, East Cork venue. The one-and-only JACK L performs his new show, ‘Magic Days’, on Friday 6 October. The concert is based on his new album of the same name which has been deemed his “best work... Read More

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5th October, 2017

KINSALE: Bastion Restaurant retains Bib Gourmand status in Michelin Guide

top of page 5 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Popular Kinsale restaurant Bastion has retained its Bib Gourmand status in the new Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2018 just published. Michelin Bib Gourmand awards recognise those establishments that offer good food at affordable prices of EUR40 or less for a three-course meal. Bastion... Read More

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