top of page 3 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Booming corporation tax receipts must be deployed for long term benefit – McGrath Fianna Fáil Finance spokesperson Michael McGrath (based in Carrigaline, Co Cork) has said a long term strategic approach is needed in how the State uses the unexpectedly strong corporation tax receipts... Read More
top of page 3 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Derval O’Rourke, former Olympic athlete, will today launch the Irish Guide Dogs for the blind Christmas campaign for 2015. Derval will attend a photocall at the Guide Dogs Headquarters on the Model Farm Road around lunchtime. The athlete will be joined by her own... Read More
top of page 3 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has questioned the Irish government’s commitment to Irish Culture and the Arts with the impending cuts laid out by the coalition to the sector. The Ireland South MEP said, “The Arts council is the national agency for funding, developing... Read More
top of page 3 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Speaking in the Dáil last vening, Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central Jonathan O’Brien said that the government have a real opportunity to address homelessness in Ireland and are failing to do anything of substance. Deputy O’Brien said: “This Labour and Fine Gael Government,... Read More
top of page 2 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Professional services and consulting firm, Deloitte, and the Department of Accounting, Finance & Information Systems at University College Cork, have collaborated for an exciting partnership that saw them officially launch the Deloitte Innovation Zone@UCC on Tuesday 1st December. The Deloitte Innovation Zone@UCC will be used... Read More
top of page 2 December 2015, Wednesday By Tom Collins tom @TheCork.ie Cork Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has called for the enactment of local bye-laws to regulate the operating times of waste collection companies which, he said, have been causing a nuisance in many estates around the city with some reports of collection trucks... Read More
top of page 1 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Back2Back artists Ber Murphy and Anne Browne’s second joint exhibition was recently launched in On The Pig’s Back Cafe, Douglas. There was a great buzz on the night, with delicious food and refreshments supplied by Isabelle Sheridan and the On The Pig’s Back team... Read More
top of page 1 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr. John Paul O’ Shea who this week leads a delegation from Cork to Boston to help foster Business, Culture & Tourism links will receive a donation of $7,500 on behalf of the three secondary schools in... Read More
top of page 1 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tourism Ireland has launched details of its marketing plans to promote Ireland overseas in 2016 and beyond, at an event attended by Tourism Minister Paschal Donohoe and tourism industry leaders from around the country. The organisation aims to surpass this year’s record performance in... Read More
top of page 1 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City Council are looking for proposal from creative/entrepreneurial/cultural individuals or groups to lease the Lord Mayors Pavilion, Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork as a cultural or creative space for a defined period. The individuals/groups proposals should seek to “animate” the pavillion and “engage” with the public... Read More
top of page 1 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie CoderDojo began in 2011 with the launch of the first free community coding club (Dojo) for young people in Cork and within one year it had spread across the island of Ireland to the UK and then the USA. Today there are over 850... Read More
top of page 1 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The greatest Christmas classic of all time, ‘A Christmas Carol’, comes to life this December in a sparkling production at the Cork Arts Theatre. Dickens’ tale of the power of the Christmas spirit to soften even the hardest of hearts has been adapted and... Read More
