23 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The elected members of Cork County Council have passed the Council’s budget for 2021 totalling €348 million, an increase of almost €10m. The 2021 Budget retains several important local initiatives, including the general municipal allocation, town development fund and village enhancement fund, which will all be maintained at […]
23 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Students are cold in their classrooms, ventilation plan must be made clear by Government for winter months – Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD Cork South Central TD, and Sinn Féin spokesperson for Education, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has called on the Government to deliver clear guidelines to schools on ventilation, […]
22 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí have charged a man and seized approximately €35,000 worth of cocaine following the search of a property in the Ballincollig area of Cork, on 21/11/2020. Following the search of the property Gardaí discovered and seized €35,000 worth of cocaine (pending analysis). A man, aged in his 30s, […]
22 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Dr Mubashir Husain Rehmani, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), soon to be Munster Technological University (MTU), has been ranked in the top 1% of the most influential researchers worldwide in the field of Computer Science. The latest Highly Cited […]
20 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The INFANT Research Centre University College Cork (UCC), in collaboration with IPIC at Tyndall National Institute, are working on a new project called NIOMI (Non-Invasive lung Oxygen Monitoring of Infants). The NIOMI study research team is developing a new optical system for monitoring lung function in newborn infants. […]
19 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s trial installation of bike repair stations on the Cork Harbour Greenway, at both Passage West and on the Carrigaline to Crosshaven section, will allow cyclists to carry out minor repairs and pump tyres while on the go. The popular route, used by leisure trippers and […]
19 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The people of Crosshaven are being encouraged to recycle a variety of waste such as baby food pouches, confectionary packaging, water filters and dishwashing, cleaning and fragrance flexible packaging for the first time, saving it from landfill and raising funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) at […]
18 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Airport was highly commended in this year’s ACI Europe Best Airport Award in the ‘under 5 million passenger’ category at the 30th ACI Europe Annual Assembly and Congress which was a virtual event live-streamed from the Skyhall at Brussels Airport this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
17 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie This week the Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr. Mary Linehan Foley has welcomed the 400th anniversary of the foundation of Newport News in Virginia. Newport News was founded by Daniel Gookin of Carrigaline and William Neuce of Newcestown, Co Cork. A commemorative webinar led by historians […]
16 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie “For the golf enthusiast, there is a putting green with a pair of sand bunkers, while active kids of all ages will love the specially installed zip line.” “The indoor heated swimming pool is to the rear in a bright space with a vaulted barn-style celling. Beyond this […]
16 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Founded in 2013 by Ballincollig based pharmacy graduate Shane O’Sullivan, Healthwave’s mission is to “change the retail pharmacy model in Ireland through technology and delivery services”. Healthwave is Ireland’s largest digital pharmacy service, dispensing prescriptions to over 15,000 members each month. Healthwave also has a large traditional pharmacy […]
16 November 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today the Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney (A T.D. from Cork South Cental) confirmed the allocation of an additional €1 million to his Department’s Civil Defence budget for 2021. The additional €1 million was allocated under the Dormant Accounts Action Plan for 2021. […]