22 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth, in Clonakilty bryan@TheCork.ie The Quality Hotel Clonakilty West Cork Rally will take for the 38th time on 12th & 13th March 2016 and for only the second time in its history it will run under an International permit. The last time the event ran as an in international was... Read More
22 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Are you more likely to back a sure thing versus taking a chance? Are you willing to take a gamble? A recent consumer survey carried out by independent financial advisory firm, City Life Wealth Advisors assessed attitudes to risk when it comes to money and investments. The word... Read More
20 November 2015, Friday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada today met with Mrs. Patricia Mallon, Honorary Consul of France in Cork to express her solidarity and sympathies in the wake of the attacks in France. Above: File photo of Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada Following the meeting Ní Riada... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The headline as Gaeilge means Liadh Ní Riada MEP congratulates Gaelscoil Mhuscraí on E-Twinning project. Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada congratulated the children of Gaelscoil Mhuscraí in Blarney on the completion of the E-Twinning project. The Ireland South MEP was attending a special ceremony at the... Read More
20 November 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s only senior Minister; Minister for Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., this morning attended the Naval Service Reserve Commissioning Ceremony at the Naval Base, in Haulbowline, Co. Cork. Speaking at the Commissioning Ceremony, Minister Coveney offered his congratulations to the three newly commissioned officers of the Naval Service... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie €228 million in new and upgraded water infrastructure for Cork City and County Fine Gael Cork North West TD, Áine Collins, has said that Cork is to benefit significantly from Irish Water investment, with €228 million in new and upgraded water and wastewater infrastructure for the City... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A public meeting will be held in Clonakilty tonight and will focus on the need for greater community care for older people, the future of nursing homes and district hospital and Home Care support. Councillor Margaret Murphy O’Mahony, the Fianna Fáil Dáil candidate in Cork South West, is... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for Agriculture, Food, the Marine and Defence Simon Coveney launched Cork Simon Community’s Annual Report. Facts and figures Cork Simon served 1,314 different people in 2014 – which is up 11%. 11,289 hot meals were served – the highest number in over five years. Cork Simon’s Annual... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The club captain has made ninety-eight league appearances for the club since joining in 2012, and he told CorkCityFC.ie that he feels the future is bright on Leeside: “I am delighted to have signed another contract with the club. Everyone can see the progress the club is making... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The increasingly outspoken* Fine Gael Cork South West TD, Jim Daly, who also is Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Education Committee, said that primary schools must put an end to demanding cash payments from parents. [* it will be recalled that just three months ago in a... Read More
20 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Chamber has called on the people of Cork to support local businesses in the run up to Christmas. Speaking at the switch-on of the Christmas lights last evening in the City Centre, Conor Healy, Chief Executive of Cork Chamber said, “Cork’s Christmas lights cast a festive glow... Read More
20 Novemeber 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin General Election candidate Cllr Donnchadh Ó Loaghaire has hit out at proposals to put tolls on the South Link Road in Cork, saying that it would lead to “suburban chaos”. He was responding to reports in yesterdays Evening Echo, which indicated that tolls on the... Read More