3 July 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is anxious to ensure public water is conserved as much as possible and has established a Water Conservation Management Group in response to the current weather conditions to help manage supplies across the county. This group convened today and has issued guidance to staff on the... Read More
2 July 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Olympic race walker and star of RTE’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’, Rob Heffernan joined Bandon fireman, Dave Crean to officially launch this year’s ‘Make Your Mark on Cancer’ charity walk in aid of the Mercy Hospital Foundation. The annual 22km walk will start at 9am on Sunday, July... Read More
1 July 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As the warm weather continues, the demand on water supplies is outstripping the supply across the country. Irish Water is appealing to the public to conserve water as much as possible and to avoid unnecessary use of water. As flows in rivers and water levels in boreholes reduce,... Read More
30 June 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The fourth annual Tracton Arts Festival will run from 5th to 8th July at the Tracton Arts and Community Centre, a restored Georgian former schoolhouse in Minane Bridge, Cork. The festival opens on Thursday 5th July at 7pm, followed by a free gig by funky soul band, Musical... Read More
30 June 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie They were lucky enough to win, but perhaps the luck ran out when it came to keeping the ticket and checking the numbers? A lucky National Lottery player from Cork has less than one week to claim a EuroMillions prize worth €40,872 that they won on Friday April... Read More
30 June 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Carrigaline based Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath has said consumers must now force a mortgage rate war by voting with their feet and following the best rate of interest. Deputy McGrath was commenting following Ulster Bank’s decision to cut its 2-year fixed rate to a... Read More
29 June 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish Water is appealing to customers across Cork to conserve water. Small measures by everybody will help to maintain supply. Due to the increase in the demand for water and the limited availability of raw water as a result of the current dry weather, reservoir levels have dropped... Read More
29 June 2018 By Byran Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Both the Munster and Leinster Senior Hurling Championship take place this weekend with Cork and Galway defending their titles against Clare and Kilkenny. BoyleSports are tipping up the Tribesmen and Rebels to retain their respective titles at 11/8 whilst Clare and Galway to come out provincial champions is... Read More
26 June 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Water is appealing to the public to conserve water as a prolonged dry spell has been predicted by Met Éireann. In several areas around the country where water supplies were already under pressure, warm weather has exacerbated this situation. Demand for water is increasing while levels in... Read More
24 June 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has welcome the news that Cork schools are to get 83 more Special Needs Assistance positions this coming school year. This will bring the number of SNAs in primary and secondary schools in Cork to 1,898. There will be 15,000 Special Needs Assistants... Read More
21 June 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Minister with responsibility for Defence, Mr. Paul Kehoe visited Babcock Marine’s Appledore Shipbuilding Yard in Devon, United Kingdom to witness first hand the continued progress on the build of the fourth new OPV for the Irish Naval Service. The visit came as 11 members of the 56th... Read More
20 June 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The outgoing Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley met for the second time during his term with Minister Shane Ross to continue the discussion on much needed investment in Cork Roads. Top of the agenda was the requirement of transport infrastructure investment for Cork in... Read More
