19 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Prior to COVID-19 the Beara Distillery in Castletownbere, West Cork, was already a member of SuperValu’s Food Academy programme The Cork headquarted SuperValu – supermarket franchise – have announced that it will make ‘StaySafe’, an Irish produced hand sanitiser available to staff across its 223 stores. ‘StaySafe’ is... Read More
19 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, North Cork based Michael Creed T.D., today announced details of a €3.1m package to assist 10 coastal Local Authorities – including Cork County Council – to undertake and complete 58 development and repair projects on harbours and slipways owned by... Read More
19 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has unveiled a significant suite of measures to support communities, businesses and industry as they look to recover from the impact of COVID-19. Project “ACT”, or Activating County Towns, will see newly formed Town Teams working on individual plans for 23 towns in County Cork... Read More
18 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Water and Cork County Council are pleased to announce the completion of the Courtmacsherry-Timoleague Sewerage Scheme and the end of the decades-long practice of discharging untreated wastewater into local waterways. This will bring big benefits to the area in terms of health, protection of the environment and... Read More
18 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Deaths Looking at the National situation the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 4 people with COVID-19 have died. This means there have now been a total 1,547 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. New cases As of 11am Monday 18 May the... Read More
18 May 2020, 4pm By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Gardaí are currently at the scene of a fatal road traffic collision that occurred at approximately 11:15am today Monday 18th May 2020 on the N22 near Ovens, County Cork. The driver of the car, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene when the... Read More
18 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie An elegant well-proportioned Georgian country house dated circa 1860 5.6 hectares/13.84 acres Croquet Lawn Grass Tennis Court A modern 15 bay horse stable An all-weather horse area all within easy reach of Cork City What: Lissardagh House, Lissarda, Co Cork, P14 K002 5.60 Where: Cork 29 km. from... Read More
16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie From time to time we all like to dream of winning the Lottery, what would you buy? Perhaps a stately home, or a fancy car. While browsing Carzone.ie I just found what I am going to dub ‘the most expensive car in Cork’, and surprisingly it was at... Read More
16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 15 people with COVID-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,533 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of 11am Saturday 16 May, the HPSC has been notified of 92 new confirmed cases of... Read More
15 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie It’s reported today in a trade publication that West Cork food producer Clonakilty Whitepudding and Clonakilty sausages will be rolled out to 100 more Sainsbury’s stores. Back in 2015 selected Sainsbury’s began to stock Blackpudding, then in 2018 Whitepudding along with Clonakilty sausages were added to shelves. Colette... Read More
15 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 16 people with COVID-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,518* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of 11am Friday 15 May the HPSC has been notified of 129 confirmed cases of COVID-19.... Read More
15 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has announced a new photography competition which seeks to inspire amateur photographers to capture their experiences of this unique time at home, embrace their surroundings and take another look at the beauty that exists within 5km of their doorstep. Divided into three categories; Lovely Landscapes... Read More
