26 November 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Cork City Council has gone live with a new internal planning system, Agile Planning, and a new external Citizens Portal with effect from Wednesday 26th November 2025. All planning applications submitted to Cork City Council from Wednesday 26th November will be searchable on the Citizens Portal, which will... Read More
27 November 2025, Thursday By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Coffee House Lates Returns to Cork City this Thursday and Friday Cork’s independent coffee shops will once again throw open their doors after dark this week as Coffee House Lates returns this Thursday and Friday (27-28 November) for a two-night celebration of the city’s café culture. A Cork City... Read More
27 November 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Five Co. Cork Gala Retail stores have been named as amongst the best Gala Retail stores in Ireland at the 2025 Gala Retail ‘Delivering the Difference’ annual conference. Held at the Great Southern Hotel in Killarney, two Cork stores also picked up the big awards on the night,... Read More
26 November 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie New National Ambulance Service Base for Mallow Planned for Mount Alvernia Hospital Project progressing towards tender stage with aim to proceed in 2026 The National Ambulance Service (NAS), in conjunction with HSE Capital & Estates, is progressing plans for a new, modern Ambulance Base on the grounds of... Read More
23 November 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie POLITICS: “€2m wasted on planning, €17m site in limbo” – says Cork Senator who is critical of University College Cork Labour’s Further and Higher Education Spokesperson Cork based Senator Laura Harmon said University College Cork must now explain to the Higher Education Authority and the Oireachtas Public Accounts... Read More
22 November 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie The Managing Director of Trigon Hotels has received a special recognition award from the Cork branch of the Irish Hotels Federation for his exceptional contribution to the hospitality industry. Aaron Mansworth, was honoured at the Cork branch of the Irish Hotels Federation annual dinner on Wednesday night. The... Read More
21 November 2025 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie If you’ve ever pulled into a car park on a busy Saturday afternoon and somehow glided in without the usual chaos, consider yourself lucky — or rather, consider the quiet, clever piece of engineering that made it possible. Most people don’t think twice about what happens the moment... Read More
20 November 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie EirGrid, operator and developer of the national electricity grid, has welcomed the successful delivery and installation of large-scale power transformers for the Celtic Interconnector project, the subsea link connecting the electricity grids of Ireland and France. Four transformers, each weighing an impressive 240 tonnes, arrived at Aghada Power Station in... Read More
19 November 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Cork Business Association (CBA), in partnership with Cork City Council, are again running the Cork City Christmas Display Competition — a celebration of creativity, community, and Christmas spirit across Cork city! This year’s competition invites businesses of all sizes to transform their windows and façades into dazzling festive displays that will captivate shoppers,... Read More
19 November 2025 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Historic hotel was named as The Judges Choice at the Better Building Awards The team at The Metropole Hotel are celebrating after the historic hotel was named as The Judges Choice at the annual Better Building Awards. The hotel, which has been part of the MacCurtain Street streetscape... Read More