9 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cllr. Kenneth O’ Flynn (Fianna Fail) has today called on the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney to follow the French governments lead in banning supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food and instead donating them to charities or allowing them to be turned into animal food... Read More
9 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This week the Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr. John Paul O’Shea will lead a business and tourism delegation on a three city programme of events which will include visits to Chicago, Detroit and New York. The visit follows on from last week’s visit to County... Read More
9 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A symposium will be held at UCC this Thursday (March 10) to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cork-born writer Frank O’Connor’s death and celebrate his legacy. A major figure in both critical and creative contexts, Frank O’Connor was born Michael O’Donovan in Cork in 1903. He... Read More
9 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Learning For Life, the Diageo initiative that equips the long term unemployed with the skills needed to find work in the hospitality and tourism industry, was launched in the Metropole Hotel, Cork yesterday. This is the first year that Learning For Life is available in Cork and... Read More
9 March 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie There has been a record number of entrants for this year’s Local Enterprise Offices (Cork) CIT Prize for Innovation, which awards €10,000 in cash prizes to inventions and business ideas judged most creative, novel, innovative, and likely to succeed in the workplace. The prize forms part of Cork... Read More
9 March 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Institute of Technology’s Innovation Week 2016 is in full swing with a packed schedule of events and activities promoting entrepreneurship and innovation taking place across CIT’s five campus locations. Today’s (Wednesday March 9th) events include an Educators Seminar which will provide an insight into how best educators... Read More
8 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Gardaí in Clonakilty, West Cork are investigating a fatal road traffic collision near Rosscarberry, Co Cork on the 8th of March 2016. At approximately 7.10pm an 18-year-old male pedal cyclist was seriously injured when he was struck by a car at Barley Hill, on the Clonakilty to... Read More
8 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Best known for his incredible dance, choreography and modern art, The Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley has released an epic and poignant musical tribute to the heroes of 1916. Written and composed by Irish songwriter, Brian Flanagan, ‘The Rising’ is performed by Michael Flatley who narrates... Read More
8 March 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The opening film of the Cork French Film Festival, “Mustang”, introduced by the Festival’s Guest Curator, Julien Planté, certainly lived up to its multi award winning reputation. The capacity audience at the screening in The Gate Cinema enjoyed this Preview Screening, the first of many Preview Screenings and... Read More
8 March 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Joan Bergin, one of the world’s greatest costume designers, working internationally in several areas of performance, theatre, dance, film and television will bring some of her very extensive wardrobe to display at the festival, which will run from 25th to the 29th of May in Schull. Joan’s film... Read More
7 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish organisations may have one or two women on their boards, but in 2016 the emphasis should be on equality and parity; a ‘token woman’ or two is not good enough, according to Professor Irene Lynch Fannon, School of Law, UCC. UCC’s School of Law will launch... Read More
8 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The North Cork town of Mallow is set to become the first town in the County to offer free Wi-Fi from next week. This was the news from the recent Kanturk/Mallow Municipal District Meeting of Cork County Council where the members were given an update on placing... Read More
