26 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Main Street, Carrigaline is the place to be on St Stephen’s morning for the annual Wrenboys Festival and South Union Hunt meet. Main Street will be closed to through traffic from 11am until 1pm. A great family day out; locals are asked to walk to town centre... Read More
23 December 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today Revenue officers seized 21,000 illicit cigarettes branded ‘Marlboro Gold’,and ‘Rothmans’, when they carried out a search under warrant of a house in south Cork city. The smuggled cigarettes have a retail value of over €11,500 representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €9,300. A Latvian... Read More
21 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath has reminded Irish consumers in the run up to Christmas and the imminent retail ‘Sales’ promotions, to make themselves aware of the terms and conditions of purchasing and using gift vouchers. “Christmas is one of the busiest times of the... Read More
21 December 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Five angling development projects in Cork have been awarded funding to improve angling access in the area. The projects are some of 50 angling development projects across the country which will receive support from Inland Fisheries Ireland to the value of €500,000 in total as part of its... Read More
21 December 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Catholic and Church of Ireland Bishops of Cork have issued their annual Christmas message. Below is the statement from The Most Reverend Dr John Buckley and the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton: As Bishops of Cork, we join in wishing you all a peaceful Christmas. We pray... Read More
20 December 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Clune calls on social media companies to introduce minimum standards on their platforms to protect teenage users 25% of Irish 14-17 year old school children say they have sent nude pictures of themselves online * Fine Gael Ireland South MEP, Deirdre Clune, has welcomed moves by Facebook to... Read More
17 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ho Ho Ho! Heading out for Christmas parties, festivities or late night shopping, why not use Bus Éireann’s late night services at weekends in the run-up to Christmas from Cork city to Carrigaline, Ballincollig, Blarney, Midleton, Carrigtwohill, Innishannon and Bandon. The services will operate from Cork city... Read More
16 December 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Musgrave today announced that it is to begin exporting SuperValu own brand products to China. Initially Musgrave will supply up to 40 own brand ambient products including SuperValu breakfast cereals, coffee, jam, biscuits and healthy snacks amongst a range of other goods. Musgrave has agreed a partnership with... Read More
16 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie On December 18th, Cork honours one of its native sons and leading supporters of business and many different Cork organisations, with the award of, The Corkonian of the Year 2017. The award will be presented at a celebratory dinner in The Clarion Hotel. The organisers of the... Read More
16 December 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Do you have a significant track record of leadership and achievement? and a proven record of managing change and delivering results in a complex organisational setting? If you also have a high level of educational qualifications and achievement (ideally a PhD/Doctoral Qualification level 10 or equivalent) then here... Read More
15 December 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A full house attended the AIB-Fitzgerald & Partners Christmas Luncheon At the Blue Haven Hotel in Kinsale yesterday. The event was attended by Lord Mayor, Cllr. Des Cahill, who addressed the large crowd of stakeholders from the region, from all sectors of the local community. This was followed... Read More
15 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport has welcomed today’s announcement by Aer Lingus that it is to increase its capacity across a number of its most popular routes for Summer 2017. The announcement by Cork Airport’s largest airline partner will see 1.1 million available seats for next summer to London and... Read More
