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18 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Focus Ireland “Shine A Light” Sleep out 2021 took place at Spike Island Co. Cork, and other locations around the City and County overnight, to raise funds to combat Homelessness. This year’s event was the first on the Island and at other physical locations since the pandemic,...
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17 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Energia, Ireland’s greenest electricity supplier has announced that it will supply the Port of Cork Company with 100% renewable energy The green electricity will power several facilities at Cork City Quays, Tivoli Container Terminal, Ringaskiddy Deepwater Berth and Ro-Ro berth, Cobh Deepwater Quay and Cork Container Terminal soon....
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14 October 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Thermo Fisher Scientific, based in Currabinny, have donated €56,000 in IT equipment to four Cork groups, the Carrigaline Family Support Centre, Coláiste Muire in Crosshaven, Barnardos and Ashbourne House Direct Provision Centre in Glounthaune. Speaking ahead of the delivery of 25 desktops to the Carrigaline Family Support Centre,...
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13 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Some 60 tourism companies from Ireland – including The Kingsley Hotel – attended Flavours of Ireland 2021 in London, this week. ‘Flavours’ is Tourism Ireland’s annual B2B tourism workshop, where tourism companies from Ireland meet and do business with top global inbound tour operators. Now in its 19th...
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13 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ireland’s National Environmental Awards, The Pakman Awards has announced that two Co. Cork organisations, IRD Duhallow and Good Fish Processing, have been shortlisted for a 2021 Pakman Award. The Pakman Awards is Ireland’s leading environmental awards programme which recognises excellence in sustainability, recycling and waste management. IRD Duhallow based...
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12 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune is supporting new road safety measures being considered such as a 30 km per hour speed limit and the introduction of lifesaving technologies. MEP Clune highlights how advancements in technology have made vehicles safer in recent years and how we must continue to...
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11 October 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The publication of the National Development Plan 2021-2030 in recent days provided capital funding of over €4.4bn for investment in school infrastructure during the period 2021 to 2025. This funding will facilitate the continued building of modern and sustainable school infrastructure across the country. Approximately 1,200 school building...
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11 October 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A €550,000 machine part-funded by two Cork cancer survivors is generating cancer profiles in 24 hours – eliminating an eight-week wait for patients. The Ion Torrent Genexus sequencer at Cork University Hospital is the first of its kind in Ireland, identifying the DNA profiles of cancers – which...
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11 October 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie J&J employs over 5,000 people at 10 sites in Ireland, including two in Cork (Little Island and Ringaskiddy) Janssen, the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, has appointed Dr Thorsten Giesecke as General Manager, Commercial Business, Janssen Sciences Ireland UC, which is responsible for commercialising six areas of...
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11 October 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Aldi supports UCC students struggling to afford food Aldi Ireland has donated €1,000 worth of gift vouchers to University College Cork (UCC) Students’ Union food bank in response to its national appeal. The Students’ Union ran out of supplies just 50 minutes after opening with Students’ Union representatives...
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8 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan says the artwork on the ‘Cut and Cover’ railway tunnel in Monkstown is something the entire community can be proud of. Mayor Coughlan made the comments at a special ceremony to officially launch the mural which was commissioned...
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8 October 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Singing Talent Carrigaline native, Tenor Peter O’Reilly will be giving a recital in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral on Wednesday, October 13th at 13.10 accompanied by Robbie Carroll. He will be singing a programme with works by Handel, Wolf, Fauré, Godard and others. Admission to the recital is €5. Seating is limited by...
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