14th May 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The programme for this years Ocean to City Maritime Festival has been launched. It’s the 10th anniversary. The five day event runs over the June Long weekend, from Wednesday 28th May to June 1st. Meitheal Mara: a training centre which produces currachs and replicas is behind the... Read More
12th May 2014 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Board of Cork Midsummer Festival is delighted to announce that this year’s Festival will take place from 19th – 23rd June 2014. This year’s Festival will bring us back to our roots, providing just a snapshot of some of the wonderful arts and cultural activity happening in... Read More
12th May 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP, Sean Kelly, has welcomed An Bord Pleanála’s decision to grant planning permission to Cork County Council to completely transform the toxic Haulbowline site into a public park. “This news will come as an enormous relief to the people of Cobh who have quite rightly feared... Read More
12th May 2014, 7pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Chamber held its 195th Annual General Meeting today Monday May 12th in the Imperial Hotel. The event marked the re-election of Chamber President, Ms. Gillian Keating, for the second of her two year term as well as the announcement of Barrie O’Connell, KPMG as the... Read More
12th May 2014, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Church child protection watchdog has recommended that an East Cork diocese rocked in the past by abuse allegations set up a special whistle-blowers policy. The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland has released a 42 page report looking at the... Read More
12th May 2014, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 10 new jobs are being created at the Cork Internet Exchange in Hollyhill, on the Northside of Cork City. It’s the only large data centre in Ireland outside of Dublin. Established in 2008, C-I-X – as it’s also known – runs a wholesale business where it... Read More
14th May 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Transition year students from Cork, Limerick and Galway are heading to Cork Institute of Technology to take part in the ‘Engineering Your Future’ Transition Year Programme. 72 secondary school students – 12 girls and 60 boys – will attend the programme at CIT starting on Monday, 19th... Read More
By Tom Collins 12th May 2014 tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil local election candidate for Cork City South Central, Tom O’Driscoll, has called on the people of Cork to vote for the City in the ‘Foodie Town of Ireland’ awards, which will determine the top town in Ireland to eat out. Mr O’Driscoll commented: “Cork is one... Read More
12th May 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie H+A Marketing + PR continued its successful run of awards with a win at the 2014 All Ireland Marketing (AIM) Awards. The agency beat stiff competition to win the Best PR Campaign Award at the AIM Awards for the hugely successful ‘Orla Kiely for Kenco Millicano’ campaign... Read More
8th May 2014, Thursday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor’s annual Civic awards took place in City Hall last night. Cllr Catherine Clancy (Labour) presented six Corkconians with awards for their contributions to to the City. Among the names were Camogie Expert Mary Newman Journalist Deirdre O’Reilly for her charity work Declan Kidney... Read More
7th May 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A National political movement, headquartered in Cork, has launched it’s Manifesto. The “Peoples Convention” or C-P-P-C is based on Douglas Street in the City and is running 18 candidates in the Local elections on May 23rd. Of those 7 are running in Cork City and 6 in... Read More
7th May 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Work has begun on the €1.5m renewal of Blackrock village in Cork Harbour. Located 13 minutes drive from Cork City Centre it will have a large plaza area; with steps down to the water, and new street lamps, and benches. The wall of the old Ursaline Convent... Read More