11 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork today attended the launch of Cork County Council’s Farm Safety Booklet, ‘Sally and Jake Stay Safe on the Farm’ at Mallow Library. The book was launched by Padraig Higgins, who had tragically lost his son, James, on a farm accident in... Read More
11 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork has been selected as the location for a major international aviation conference next year following a competitive bid by Cork Airport. The announcement that the 2017 conference will be held in the South of Ireland was made at the Airports Council International (ACI) EUROPE Regional Airports... Read More
11 May 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Ireland South MEP, Deirdre Clune, has rejected claims made by US Presidential hopeful, Senator Bernie Sanders, that Norwegian Airlines International is merely a flag of convenience. She has compared the opposition to Norwegian Airlines flying between Cork and Shannon airports and the United States, to the... Read More
11 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Many leading managers and representatives from the food industry and higher education gathered in UCC to launch a new postgraduate qualification dedicated to the dairy industry on Monday, 9 May 2016. Dairy processing is a very significant pillar of the Irish economy. In 2013 export values for... Read More
11 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What: Public lecture by Colbert Kearney, UCC Professor Emeritus of English When: Today, 11 May 2016 at 6pm Where: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Geology and Geography Building, Main UCC Campus Entry: Free to attend, the lecture is part of the university’s ‘Reconsidering the Rising’ series. Those familiar... Read More
11 May 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie An extensive flower-planting programme is planned for Main Street, Carrigaline. Three tiered planters have been placed by the AIB and the Bridge, flower boxes are erected on the fencing of the Old Pottery site, many more boxes will be erected on the bridge which has been cleaned and... Read More
11 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Bandon Show 2016 has been launched. Caroline Crowley and ‘Damut’ were pictured in a photoshoot this week. The show will take place in Bandon Show Grounds on Sunday 22 May May 22nd Organisers for Bandon Agricultural Show Society Ltd say there will be “Fantastic Prizes on the... Read More
11 May 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “Adequate parental leave, and encouraging fathers to take up such leave, is a necessity if we are to achieve true equality in the workplace”, Those were the words of Cork based Deirdre Clune MEP (Fine Gael) ahead of a European Parliament debate on Thursday on the implementation of... Read More
11 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Commercial air traffic at the three State airports of Cork, Dublin, and Shannon grew by a robust 9% in April 2016, when compared to 2015. Individually, the April 2016 figures for flights at the three State airports, when compared to the same month in the previous year... Read More
11 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Setanta Sports will continue their coverage of the 2016 SSE Airtricity League season with a live broadcast of the Premier Division clash between Cork City and Dundalk on Friday, 3rd June 2016. Set for Turner’s Cross at 8pm, the game will be the second League meeting between... Read More
10 May 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork SME’s are being encouraged to get involved in Bank of Ireland’s 14th National Enterprise Week runs from Friday 13 to Friday 20 May. In Cork, there will be a business breakfast for SMEs titled “Achieving Ambition” in Rochestown Park Hotel on Wednesday, 18 May from 7.30am to... Read More
10 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport is within “touching distance” of securing the first transatlantic flights to the East Coast of America, according to its MD. “Now is the time for the public to make a difference by registering their support for a US licence for the new routes”. Niall MacCarthy,... Read More
