top of page 8 August 2017, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Film In Cork has joined forces the with Local Enterprise Office (LEO) South Cork to offer a six week, Start Your Own Business Programme, specially designed for those working in film, television and animation. The extremely practical course, running one Monday evening per... Read More
top of page 7 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Southern Region Waste Management Office is currently compiling a database of (county) craftspeople skilled in the area of repairing, reimagining and repurposing old items, from which they will engage key personnel for Reuse Month 2017. The success of last year’s inaugural event means... Read More
top of page 6 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork gathered this morning at memorial on South Mall to remember the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bomb. The party gathered at 8:15am, the exact time that the first atomic bomb was dropped on... Read More
top of page 6 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Michael Moynihan has said that Irish agriculture faces a difficult future unless more young people can be convinced that farming is a viable and sustainable career. Deputy Moynihan was commenting after receiving information from the Department of... Read More
top of page 6 August 2017, Sunday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has urged the body established to oversee the extension of Cork City Council to ignore the latest submission by Cork County Council. Last week, the government published the terms of reference for the Cork Local Government Implementation Oversight Group.... Read More
top of page 6 August 2017, Sunday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A place in the EA Sports Cup final is at stake, as Cork City and Shamrock Rovers meet at Tallaght Stadium on Monday. City go into the game on the back of a 1-0 win away to Drogheda United on Friday night, while... Read More
top of page 6 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie It was a bumper weekend for EuroMillions and Lotto players in Ireland this August bank holiday weekend with over a half million in top prizes won by two separate winners in Cork and Monaghan. Monaghan may have been edged out of the GAA football championship... Read More
top of page 4 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie For the second year running Cobh has been ranked second favourite cruise destination in the British Isles and Western Europe in the 2017 Cruise Critic Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards. Cruise Critic is the world’s leading cruise review site and online cruise community and the awards... Read More
top of page 5 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish sailor Nin O’Leary will race with British skipper Alex Thomson in the famous biennial offshore Fastnet Race, starting from Cowes on Sunday 6th August and finishing at Plymouth. Nin is a brother of Peter O’Leary’s, the man competed in the Olympics for Ireland... Read More
top of page 4 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Powering Local Dreams is in association with Johnson and Perrott Honda Mahon Point, Kevin O’Leary Honda Bandon & Silversprings, and Hurley Bros Honda Skibbereen, your local Cork Honda dealers. The competition will award €5,000 to a community project. The company said: At Honda, we’ve been... Read More
top of page 4 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Last week Cork based Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, visited in Union Hall and Courtmacsherry discussing with local community members and public representatives the proposal to have these charming coastal towns, and the drive between them, included in the Wild Atlantic Way. “Tuesday started with... Read More
top of page 3 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The highly anticipated opening of the iconic Oyster Tavern, located in the new Capitol building on Patrick Street, Cork City Centre, will take place this weekend, just in time for the bank holiday. The launch of The Oyster Tavern, which dates back to the... Read More
