6 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fermoy and Midleton both clean Some improvement in ‘moderately littered’ Mahon Litter levels have fallen in our cities over past decade The final litter survey for 2019 from business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) has shown Cork City Centre to be clean for the 7th year in a... Read More
3 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan T.D., Tánaiste Simon Coveney T.D. and Minister David Stanton T.D. announce a significant Decade of Centenaries (which incidentally uses a .com domain, probably to appeal to the US market) programme for 2020 The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the... Read More
30 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A look back at news this December The Food Institute UCC, Ireland’s largest collaborative research and learning institute for food-related activity, has announced details of a global food finance summit which it will host in partnership with Cork University Business School (CUBS) and Goodbody Stockbrokers on 28 May 2020.... Read More
30 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A look back at news this December Pictured at Delsk Ireland’s sod-turning ceremony at Riverstick, Co Cork The development project, Riverstick Nursing Home, is a two-storey 93-bed residential care nursing home worth in the region of 13 Million Euro. The nursing home will provide a full range of... Read More
27 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie New sustainable café concept, Blue Bird Coffee Roasters opens at Ireland’s fastest-growing and most punctual airport Cork Airport is the first airport in Ireland to roast its own coffee beans as it welcomes the opening of a new sustainable café concept, Blue Bird Coffee Roasters. Opened by KSG... Read More
21 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie
19 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has celebrated 20 years of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). The occasion was marked with the launch of a video and handbook presenting reflections from CIT staff, students, and national and European contributors regarding the impact and future directions of RPL. Attendees were... Read More
18 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In total, 28 school and adult choirs — gospel, traditional and orchestral — will take to the stage in the Arrivals Hall at Cork Airport throughout December, adding to the festive feel for those travelling through the Airport. The Frankfield Gospel Choir will finish the musical programme on... Read More
14 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The 2020 Cork County Council Library Calendar, featuring 12 original artworks from talented children across the County, was officially launched by the Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Christopher O’Sullivan, at the LHQ Gallery in County Library Headquarters on the Wednesday of Library Ireland Week. In October... Read More
13 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie
11 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Airport welcomes today’s announcement that Ryanair is to commence a new direct service from Cork to the Croatian coastal city of Zadar for its summer 2020 schedule. Commencing in April 2020, the twice-weekly service is the second new route revealed by Ryanair for its extended summer schedule... Read More
11 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Three Cork students have received awards for academic excellence from CPA Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. The award winners were Hanna Gilicze from Dillon’s Cross who was the top performer in the Formation 2 paper on Information Systems (award sponsored by DNA IT); Eileen Hurley from Castledonovan, Drimoleague... Read More