7 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Wish Day will take place this Friday (8th April) in Cork with a large number of volunteers and supporters involved in activities throughout the city and county, to celebrate and support the work of Make-A-Wish Ireland. Make-A-Wish volunteers in Cork City Centre, Ballincollig, Fermoy, Macroom, Mahon Point,... Read More
6 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie This weekend Cork’s Red FM are kick starting their bid for 1000 people to run with them at this year’s Cork City Marathon. As the official radio partner to the Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon 2016, Cork’s RedFM officially launched a new charity initiative #RunWithRed at the Clarion... Read More
5 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Construction Industry Federation, Cork Branch, will host a discussion on the future of the construction sector in the Cork region on the 6th April in the Radisson Hotel, Little Island, Cork at 9.30am. Leading experts from the CIF will present their views on the work of the... Read More
5 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The 2016 SuperValu TidyTowns competition is open for entries from today 5th April 2016. This year marks the 25th anniversary of SuperValu’s sponsorship of the competition. Now in its 58th year, the competition is administered by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and is... Read More
4 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Renewed price momentum in the first three months of the year indicates that the property market is set to rebound in 2016 but Dublin is likely to lag behind the rest of the country according to the latest house price survey from MyHome.ie in association with Davy.... Read More
4 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Works to resurface the N40 South Ring Road Cork between Junction 6, Kinsale Rd Interchange and Junction 9, Bloomfield, have commenced this evening. Works will entail resurfacing the section of the N40 eastbound carriageway between Vernon Mount and the Bloomfield interchange. 4th April to 30th April 2016. •... Read More
4 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The figures are revelaed as the airport announced it has a total of 12 new routes operating or scheduled to start in the upcoming months, including a Madrid link which will launch in June. Iberia Express will fly out of the hub starting 18 June with two weekly... Read More
4 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland’s research centre for marine and renewable energy, MaREI, has secured €750,000 in funding from the NTR Foundation. The philanthropic investment will be used to identify and exploit the opportunities for Ireland, the economy and SMEs in relation to how we best meet our future energy requirements as... Read More
2 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mayor of Cork County Cllr. John Paul O’ Shea has today, 2nd April 2016, urged the people of Cork to sign up and support Organ Donation. Organ Donor Awareness Week 2016 takes place over the next week (2nd -9th April) and is organised by the Irish... Read More
1 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Finance spokesperson Michael McGrath (Cork South Central/Carrigaline) has called on the acting Minister for Finance to proceed with the publication of Ireland’s draft Stability Programme Update. Ireland is obliged to submit this document to the European Commission by the end of April but the Minister for... Read More
1 April 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 1,575 people in Cork are eligible to vote in the upcoming Trinity College Seanad Election and their votes could have a major impact on the make-up of the next Seanad, according to Independent Senator Averil Power. She has released the figures to highlight the importance of voting in... Read More
31 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ballincollig’s Daire Hickey was recently named by Forbes magazine as one of its international Top 30 aged under 30 business stars, a list of the world’s most powerful young people under the 30 threshold. Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan was the only other Irish person to make the... Read More
