18 May 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Welcome News, but raises questions: Are the boats too small? How will they be staffed in a recruitment crisis? Why does Ireland not have a dedicated Minister for Defence? (the role is a job share with the Tanaiste) Following an epic 35 day, 10,000 nautical mile voyage from... Read More
17 May 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie CARA Carrigaline Active Retirement Association took 30 members on a four day outing to Mullingar last week. They left Carrigaline on Tuesday morning and had stops in Cashel and Portlaoise on the way up before arriving at Bloomfield House Hotel in Mullingar where they stayed for 3 nights. On... Read More
17 May 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Montenotte Hotel has partnered with Cork-based water tour-operator Ocean Escapes to treat guests to a thrilling new adventure experience this summer. Guests of The Montenotte will be able to pair a two-night stay with an excursion upon the high-seas on one of Ocean Escape’s state-of-the-art RIBS along the picturesque Irish coastline from... Read More
12 May 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Man was shot very close to Cork University Hospital Gardaí in Togher are appealing for witnesses following a shooting incident in the Wilton Manor area of Wilton on Friday 12th May, 2023. A man in his 40s injured in the course of the incident is continuing to receive... Read More
12 May 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie PepsiCo confirms €127 million expansion at Little Island facility PepsiCo, a global food and beverage leader, is nearing completion on a €127 million investment at its Little Island manufacturing facility, which will see the opening of additional manufacturing capacity and further investment in its R&D campus. PepsiCo currently... Read More
12 May 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The nurses who work at Marymount Hospice are often referred to as angels known for their unique kindness, consideration, and ability to treat all with dignity. Today is International Nurses Day. Management put together a video. O’Flynn’s Sausage Company visited Marymount earlier in the week to assist in... Read More
FARMING: Tirlán (formerly Glanbia Ireland and Glanbia Co-op) paid €102 million for Cork milk in 2022
11 May 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The company behind the Avonmore brandname announces 2022 Annual Results with 36% revenue rise to €3 billion Tirlán (formerly Glanbia Ireland and Glanbia Co-op), Ireland’s largest farmer-owned food and nutrition business, paid €102 million to farm families in Cork for the milk they supplied last year. Payments of... Read More
11 May 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Uisce Éireann and Cork City Council wish to advise that network improvement works in Ballinure Road, Mahon may cause disruption to supply for homes and businesses from 9pm on Thursday 11th May to 2am on Friday 12th May 2023. Areas impacted include, Ballinure Road, Longshore Drive, St Micheal’s... Read More
10 May 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Pictured left to right: Professor Justin Doran, SELKIE research member, Co-Director of Spatial and Regional Economic Research Centre, CUBS; Dr Gillian Barrett, SELKIE research member, Department of Management and Marketing, CUBS; Dr Mari O’ Connor, SELKIE research member Research member of Spatial and Regional Economic Research Centre, CUBS;... Read More
10 May 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 2,100 Cork homes, businesses and farms along the Kerry border near Rathmore will soon be able to connect to fibre broadband on National Broadband Ireland network Close to 18,000 homes, businesses and farms in County Cork can avail of a high-speed connection from this week. National Broadband Ireland,... Read More
9 May 2023 By Bryan McCarthy Bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Cork Senator Tim Lombard has been appointed Fine Gael Spokesperson on Agriculture, Food, Forestry, Fisheries and the Marine. The Minane Bridge/Carrigaline based Senator – who is also a Farmer – has been the party’s Seanad Spokesperson on Agriculture, Food, Forestry, Fisheries and the Marine since 2020,... Read More
8 May 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Three exceedance for pesticides were detected in the public drinking water supplies in Carrignavar, Mogeely and Glanmire in 2022. These exceedances were detected as part of Uisce Éireann’s public water supply monitoring programme. MCPA is still the most commonly detected pesticide in drinking water sources and is present in many... Read More