3 December 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Airport is celebrating today following the long-awaited announcement overnight that the US Department of Transportation has granted a licence to Norwegian Air International to operate the first direct transatlantic flights between Cork and the United States. Norwegian plans to launch with a new Cork-Boston service and is... Read More
28 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Allsop are bringing over 240 properties to the market for their final auction of 2016, an Online Auction to be held on Tuesday 13th December. The catalogue, which features 13 Cork properties, totals more than €37m on reserve. All of the properties can be viewed here. Jonathan... Read More
27 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What: Engineers Ireland Cork Region Event – Winter Lecture Series: Invasive Alien Plant Species and Engineering Projects When: Tuesday, 29th November 2016 at 7.00pm Where: Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork Dr Vincent O’Malley, Head of Environmental Policy and Compliance at Transport Infrastructure Ireland will talk about Invasive Alien... Read More
25 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Deirdre Clune MEP this morning (Friday 25th November) hosted an information event in Cork’s Rochestown Park Hotel on opportunities for young people that are available through various European programmes, such as Erasmus+, the EU’s Youth guarantee and other programmes supported by the European Social Fund. Speaking ahead... Read More
24 November 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The EPA Urban Wastewater report is a timely reminder of the decades of under investment in wastewater infrastructure in Ireland and the impact that this has had on communities all around the country including Cork. This report reflects the status of over 1,000 schemes across Ireland, the lack... Read More
21 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today brings further positive news at Cork Airport as Iberia Express has announced it is to extend its Cork – Madrid service for Summer 2017. The service to the Spanish capital will take off earlier next year, extending the service initially launched for Summer 2016. This announcement... Read More
21 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 6723 young people in Cork have turned 18 since last year and will have right to vote The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is encouraging young people in County Cork to make sure they are registered to vote before the deadline for inclusion on the electoral... Read More
18 November 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party has strongly criticized the appropriateness of appointments made by Minister Simon Coveney to a group set up to review the recommendation to merge Cork city and county. The group, set up by the minister last month, is to review recommendations made last year to merge... Read More
18 November 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie This afternoon at Cork Airport, following routine profiling, Revenue officers arrested two Lithuanian men who had arrived on a flight from Tenerife, when they were discovered to be carrying 14,000 contraband cigarettes concealed in their baggage. The men are aged in their 30’s and are being held in... Read More
16 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Cork Senator, Tim Lombard, has welcomed the announcement of Damian McDonald as the new Director General of the Irish Farmers Association. “The appointment was made today following an appointment process overseen by KPMG, and a meeting of the IFA’s Executive Council. “Damian McDonald is currently... Read More
16 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport is “flying high” following today’s announcement that Swiss International Air is commence a new Cork – Zurich service. The new service will operate throughout the summer season, starting 2nd June through to 29th September 2017. Swiss will operate a Bombardier C Series aircraft, which carries... Read More
13 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Homeowners in Cork are over two times more likely to have been denied home insurance as a result of past flood damage or increased flooding risk than the national average. In a survey of almost 9,000 AA members and home insurance customers, 0.37% of those surveyed had... Read More
