8 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Engineers Week – Profile – Déaglán Healy, Project Manager, Irish Water Cork native, Déaglán Healy, was the man in charge of the massive project that put an end to the equivalent of 40,000 wheelie bins of raw sewage being discharged every day into Cork Harbour. The project included... Read More
8 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Education A record number of students from every county in Ireland and 29 countries overseas have been awarded Entrance Exhibition Awards from Trinity College Dublin. Among them were 35 students from Cork city and county. The awards go to the students accepted into the first year of a... Read More
8 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Emergency Department at Cork University Hospital (CUH) is exceptionally busy today and over the last number of days. Due to this increased level of activity and subsequent admissions, it is regrettable that some patients may experience a delay in the ED. The increase in attendance is due... Read More
6 March 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Since 2013, Cork County Council’s Heritage Unit has been producing an annual book in the ‘Heritage of County Cork Publication Series’. This year’s publication, titled ‘Heritage Artefacts of County Cork’ focuses on the fascinating artefacts in the county of Cork, from the earliest of times up to the... Read More
5 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ahead of Local Enterprise Week, Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Offices (LEO’s) have released figures of supports granted to local businesses over the past two years. During the most difficult of trading circumstances for businesses throughout Ireland, client companies of the Council’s LEO South Cork and Cork North... Read More
4 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie RTÉ Broadcaster John Creedon named as ‘Cork Person of the Year 2021’ at a Gala Awards Lunch at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork John received the award for representing the best of Cork City and County through his broadcasting and writings over the years. The Judges also praised... Read More
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4 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Pipe Band Members of the Carrigaline Pipe Band practice every Monday and Friday in their own dedicated ‘Pipe Band Hall’, behind the Catholic Church, from 7.00 pm in preparation for St Patrick’s Day performances. The band will play at the annual Mass for their deceased members on St Patrick’s... Read More
4 March 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has announced the Local Festival Fund for 2022 is now open for applications. A total of €65,000 is available through this year’s fund and applicants can apply for amounts ranging from €500 up to a maximum of €6,000 per festival. Welcoming the return of live... Read More
3 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie JMK Group Announces a Second New Cork City Centre Hotel The JMK Group is set to open a second property in Cork. The Adagio Aparthotel Cork City by Accor Hotels will open in summer 2024, creating one hundred jobs and marking the group’s sixth Irish hotel. The 3-star... Read More
1 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Bundledocs, a cloud-based document bundling software provider, has today announced the appointment of Simon Hill as its new Non-Executive Director. Simon is currently the CEO and co-founder of Xperate, a UK based software development company that offers consultancy services to the wider tech community. He has previously worked... Read More
28 February 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie An all-female team of engineering and business students from Munster Technological University represented Ireland on the international stage in the Engineering and Commerce Case Competition 2022 (ENGCOMM), which was hosted by Concordia University in Montreal, Canada from 22nd to 26th February. This prestigious global competition which has teams... Read More