1 march 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie BoyleSports reports further support for Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin to become the next Taoiseach. Having been available at 11/2 over the weekend continuous support has seen his odds slashed into 7/4 with Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny remaining favourite at 4/9 having drifted from 1/10. BoyleSports can also report... Read More
26 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie New manufacturing facility and laboratory will enhance capability for future product portfolio and underpins GSK’s investment in Cork GSK, has announced the opening of a €12m investment project at its Currabinny-based manufacturing site in Cork. The investments – a €9.5m Kilo Scale Facility and a €2.5m Technical... Read More
26 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In 2012 Bus Éireann, in conjunction with the National Transport Authority, carried out a review of public transport services along the Blarney – City Centre – Mahon Point Corridor. As a result, Route 215: Blarney – City Centre – Mahon Point was introduced in January 2013. Following... Read More
25 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Guide Dogs (which is headquartered on the Model Farm Road, Cork) is delighted to announce their special 40th Anniversary edition of it’s Guidelines Magazine will be available as a supplement in both the Irish Times and Irish Examiner on Friday February 26th. Take a welcome break from... Read More
25th February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Hoteliers in Cork have welcomed the strong growth in overseas travel to Ireland announced today (link to CSO figures), with trips to Ireland up 18.4% year on year for the period November 2015 – January 2016. On foot of a record year in tourism in 2015, growth... Read More
23 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Historically subjected to witty taunts from ‘ginger nut’ to ‘carrot top’, red hair is being celebrated in a new exhibition of of captivating photographic portraits at Cork International Airport from March 7-31, 2016. Photographer Jörg Köster has snapped over a thousand individual red haired men, women and... Read More
22 February 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council will host a high profile trade delegation visiting from Xuzhou, China next week. The delegation will include senior representatives of a number of large, influential companies based in the city of Xuzhou and the wider Jiangsu Province in China. The centrepiece of next week’s visit... Read More
19 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A public meeting was hosted this week by the team at the Irish Redhead Convention. The meeting was attended by Crosshaven local residents. Organiser Joleen Cronin outlined her plans for the 2016 Irish Redhead Convention, which will take place over a weekend from August 19th-21st this year.... Read More
19 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Three new jobs will be created and a suicide awareness initiative rolled out at Cork Life Centre, following a €120,000 donation from the unique philanthropic fund Cork Foundation. Two new counsellors and one teacher will join the two full-time staff and 70 volunteers at the Sunday’s Well... Read More
18 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie John Hurley, CTO, Ryanair will speak in Cork in two weeks time about how technology has transformed Ryanair. The IT@Cork talk will take place on 3 March 2016 at 5:30pm in the Rochestown Park Hotel. John leads Ryanair’s world-leading digital and technology strategy, at the Ryanair Labs... Read More
18 February 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) – which represents youth organisations working with over 380,000 young people nationwide – has called on the next Government to invest in the growing youth population in County Cork City & County. NYCI is asking all parties and candidates to commit... Read More
