14 June 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Billy Kelleher says the Minister for Social Protection must take urgent action to tackle lengthy waiting times for Carers who have applied to the Department for certain Carers payments. He made the call during National Carers Week. Deputy Kelleher commented, “Carers... Read More
14 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie How can potential partners, investors, faculty and students know if an institution is really transforming science and technology and affecting the global economy? To answer that question, Reuters set out to find and rank Europe’s top 100 innovative universities, building a methodology that employs 10 different metrics.... Read More
14 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What makes cheese blush? Pink discolouration affects many cheeses throughout the world, leading to significant financial loss for the industry. Despite decades of research, the cause of this defect has remained elusive. Now researchers, led by Dr Paul Cotter and Dr Diarmuid Sheehan, using high throughput DNA-sequencing... Read More
14 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Seabrook Technology Group are to sponsoring an annual Father – Son Open Championship at Douglas Golf Course for the sixth year running. The tournament will take place at 2.30pm on Fathers’ Day, Sunday June 19th. The event involves father and son teams competing in 18 holes and 48... Read More
14 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Comedian Alan Shortt and Irish Race Walker, Alex Wright put on their walking shoes to help launch the 4th annual ‘Make Your Mark on Cancer’ charity walk, which takes place from the The Viaduct to Bandon on Sunday, July 17th, in aid of The Mercy Cancer Appeal. The... Read More
14 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Explore Cork City, Fota Wildlife Park, and Cobh with Bus Éireann’s open top hop-on hop-off summer service which runs until the 31st of August. The tour is a great way for both domestic and international visitors to explore the attractions Cork has to offer, it departs Cork Bus... Read More
14 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Can data cure you? This was the topic under discussion in a recent research conference organised by the Health Information Systems Research Centre (HISRC) in UCC. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Gerard O’Callaghan, Chief Operations Officer at South/South West Hospital Group HSE. There were a number... Read More
14 June 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork is showcased in a stunning new video specially filmed for the Cork Midsummer Festival. With days to go to the start of Cork’s largest annual multi-disciplinary arts festival, (running June 17-19, 21 and 24-26), the team at RTÉ Cork produced a special video for this year’s event.... Read More
14 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Corkman and UCC physics graduate, Professor Patrick O’Shea, has been appointed the fifteenth President of University College Cork today, with effect from 1st February 2017. Professor O’Shea is currently Vice President and Chief Research Officer at the University of Maryland, USA, one of the world’s leading research... Read More
14 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The annual charity ‘Climb to Remember’ takes place on Sunday, June 26th and will see people from all over Munster rise to the challenge of climbing The Galtee Mountains, in memory of a loved one, with funds raised going towards The Mercy Hospital Foundation. Proceeds raised at this... Read More
14 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork Schoolboy League cruised through to the quarter-finals of the Kennedy Cup by making it three wins from three to top Group 6 at the University of Limerick. Cork followed up on their 2-1 victory over South Tipp on Tuesday morning, when Robert Geaney-O’Brien netted a brace,... Read More
13 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A group of classic car enthusiasts from France has been enjoying a week-long touring holiday around Ireland. They’ve been travelling from east to west and back again, incorporating some of our tourism ‘hotspots’. Supported by Tourism Ireland and Irish Ferries, the annual ‘Celtic Classic Rally 2016’ came... Read More
