top of page 26 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator for Cork North Central and the party’s Spokesperson for Health in the Seanad, Colm Burke, has said today (Thursday) that the HSE needs a Director of Research in order to boost the profile of medical research in this country and ensure... Read More
top of page 26 November 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie St. Colman’s Community College, Midleton named ‘School of the Year’ at Prestigious 2015 Clean Coasts Ocean Hero Awards To date students from St. Colman’s Community College in Midleton have removed more than 12 tonnes of marine litter from beaches, waterways and rivers across the East... Read More
top of page 26 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork artist Corrine Leland has used drone footage to create painting of Monkstown, and the surrounding areas of Cork Harbour. Her colourful exhibition will take place at the Ivan Wolfe Gallery “Hazelhurst” House Art Gallery, Monkstown village, Co Cork from November 27th until Christmas.... Read More
top of page 25 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland must succeed – where Belgium and France have failed Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has said that we must learn from the experiences of our EU neighbours when it comes to integrating refugees and migrants into our towns and villages across Ireland. The Government... Read More
top of page 25 November 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Christmas FM to Commence Broadcasting The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has granted a 30-day temporary sound broadcasting licence to Christmas FM, to run from 28th November to 26th December 2015. The licence allows the all-Christmas radio station to broadcast from 7am to 2am seven days... Read More
top of page 25 November 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie At least 128,589 people across Cork will begin to receive the Christmas bonus payment for the second time since 2009. This includes 48,762 people on the State Pension, 19,284 Jobseekers, 14,380 Disability Allowance and 7,288 Carers allowance. Labour Deputy Michael McCarthy said: “It is another... Read More
top of page 25 November 2015, Wednesday 5pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Chamber’s Annual Dinner will take place on Friday 5th February 2016 and promises to be another great success with companies from across the business community descending on City Hall. That is more than two months away, but tickets will go on sale 9am... Read More
top of page 25 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mediators Institute of Ireland (MII) have recognised Siun Kearney of RoundTable Mediation for her excellence in family mediation. The MII Award specifically acknowledges her contribution and commitment to mediation in resolving family issues, particulalry those involving children, separation and divorce. Congratulating Siun Kearney, MII... Read More
top of page 25 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Football Club are delighted to announce that Steven Beattie has signed a two year contract with the club. Beattie joined the club in July from Sligo Rovers and made fourteen league appearances, scoring three times. Speaking to CorkCityFC.ie, Beattie said: “This is... Read More
top of page 25 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Christmas is coming early to children in Crosshaven, Co Cork, with the RNLI hosting a special reading of their children’s Christmas story at Crosshaven Lifeboat Station tomorrow Thursday 26 November from 10am. Approximately 90 children are expected to come to the lifeboat station to enjoy... Read More
top of page 25 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Anticipation is building ahead of the 2015 Fáilte Ireland Tourism Towns awards with the top ten towns from across the country all firmly in the running for this year’s crown. Two overall winners, Best Large Town and Best Small Town, will be announced at a... Read More
top of page 24 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Nando’s, home of the legendary flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken, is set to ‘turn up the heat’ (if you’ll excuse the pun) in Cork with the opening of its second restaurant today. The Academy Street city centre location will bring more than 50 full and part-time... Read More
