25 November 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council and Social Innovation Fund Ireland Call for Applications Social Innovation Ireland (SIFI), in partnership with Cork County Council and all 31 Local Authorities across Ireland officially launched the second year of the €1.6m Social Enterprise Development Fund. The Fund is financed by the Department of […]
23 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Labour Local Election Candidate Peter Horgan has said that the new City Council next May should allow a system of representations in person directly to Council, following a series of issues where those who the Council is meant to serve have felt isolated and shut down. “We’ve had […]
22 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The trolley crisis that caused major disruption to patients waiting for treatment in Accident & Emergency Departments is likely to be repeated this winter, according to the CEO of Mater Private Hospital Cork, Donna Roche. Mater Private Cork regularly accepts patients who have been transferred from public hospitals […]
21 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie
16 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork have called on the two local authorities in Cork to follow Galway City Council in exploring ways to limit election posters. On Monday, Galway City Council voted to develop a law that would prohibit election posters in the city, with the motion noting […]
16 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Chefs from Cork this week gathered for a special mentoring workshop at the Institute of Technology, Cork to support the new Chef De Partie Apprenticeship Programme workshop, supported by Fáilte Ireland and other tourism industry bodies. The workshop was held by Fáilte Ireland to assist existing industry mentors […]
15 November 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Mick Finn joined eir’s Managing Director of Customer Operations, Timothy Spence, as the company begins a major recruitment drive to fill more than 200 jobs at its Cork regional hub at Churchfield. eir will attend the Jobs Expo Cork this Saturday 17th […]
13 November 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie With one more cruise ship left to visit in December, the Port of Cork’s 2018 cruise season is drawing to a close. A total of 92 cruise ships will have visited in 2018, the most significant cruise season ever for the Port of Cork; and with over 157,000 […]
10 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The month of October heralded the return of National Reuse Month and the return to Leeside of the second annual Reuse Republic exhibition at Cork County Hall. Building on the success of last year’s event, the exhibition on Wednesday October 31st was a veritable celebration of reuse, re-imagination […]
8 November 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Labour Local Area Rep Peter Horgan has reiterated his call for Cork City Council and the Government to provide once off assistance to people With trees on private land that are in danger of coming down in extreme weather events. “We are getting more and more storms and […]