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19 October 2019 By Mary L Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie ‘Big Drive’ to grow golf tourism for Cork – at International Golf Travel Market in Morocco Tourism Ireland’s drive to grow the number of golf visitors to Ireland continues this week – at the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) in Marrakech. Sixteen (16) Irish golf and tourism...
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18 October 2019 By Jean Pollard Carew news@TheCork.ie The Westlodge Hotel in Bantry in spectacular West Cork once more was home to the annual Wild Atlantic Set Dancing Festival 11th to 13th October. This year we celebrated our fifth year of this magical weekend of traditional music and set dancing. The weekend got underway with...
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18 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The development will provide a 22 km road improvement from the Cork side of Macroom at Coolcour, will bypass the town of Macroom, the villages of Baile Mhic Íre and Baile Bhuirne, the infamous ‘Ballyvourney Bends’, and will finish west of Baile Bhuirne itself before the County bounds...
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17 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Matkanalen, a popular Norwegian TV channel dedicated to food, has been filming in Cork city and county this week, for a travel and food show called KulTour – which has around 600,000 viewers. The film crew is here as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. KulTour involves...
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16 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie If you’re looking for a mix of jazz and coastal beauty over the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival weekend, then swing on down to the picturesque town of Kinsale! The Guinness Kinsale Jazz ‘Fringe’ Festival has announced an exciting line-up of more than 100 free gigs for the October...
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16 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie When: Thursday 24th October, 9pm Tickets: €17.50 incl. booking fee Widely considered to be one of the finest songsmiths of his generation, Dublin-born Mark Geary will play an intimate show, as part of his Irish Autumn Tour, at DeBarra’s, Clonakilty with very special guests, The Strawhall House Band....
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16 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Senator Tim Lombard has confirmed an additional €41,250 has been allocated for the development of a playground for Bere Island, with funding now totalling €91,250 for the project. Senator Lombard said: “Today’s additional funding allocation has been provided by Islands Section of the Department of Culture, Heritage...
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16 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has – this week – signed contracts with MMD Construction Cork Ltd for the development of 57 homes at Beechgrove, Clonakilty. The units will consist of a mix of 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom houses with the total scheme expected to cost €12.5million. This...
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15 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Excellence in the Irish food and drink industry was celebrated in Dingle, Co Kerry on Saturday, October 5th at the annual Blas na hÉireann Awards 2019. Continuing their winning streak – the food producers of the Dunnes Stores Simply Better Collection were presented with an impressive 35 Blas...
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14 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie I won’t beat about the bush, I love Clonakilty Black Pudding (and the White version also) so how does the new Vegetarian version fare? Have you ever wanted a Coke, but bought a Pepsi by mistake? it’s not the end of the world. The product you will soon...
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11 October 2019 By Byran Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie St. Brogans College and Kinsale College of Further Education have rolled out new cutting-edge technology for teaching and learning St. Brogans College and Kinsale College of Further Education, which are under the auspices of Cork Education and Training Board (CETB), this week hosted Digital Innovation events on their campuses....
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10 October 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Senator Tim Lombard has welcomed West Cork Connect, a private bus operation servicing the West Cork area, and praised the venture for providing the area with affordable transport options. Senator Lombard said: “I have been campaigning for the reduction of bus fares in West Cork for a...
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