21 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mayor of Clonakilty and members of the Clonakilty Mayoral Council (Cork’s only grouping of Town Mayors) have organised an event to welcome home emigrants at a “Community Christmas Gathering” this Friday 23rd December at 7pm at O’ Donovan’s Hotel. The issue was decided at their recent... Read More
20 December 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Clune calls on social media companies to introduce minimum standards on their platforms to protect teenage users 25% of Irish 14-17 year old school children say they have sent nude pictures of themselves online * Fine Gael Ireland South MEP, Deirdre Clune, has welcomed moves by Facebook to... Read More
17 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Castletownbere’s Lifeboat was tasked last evening to go to the aid of a 36 metre vessel which had experienced mechanical difficulties north of the Bull Rock off the coast of West Cork. The lifeboat, under command of Deputy Coxswain Sean Bawn O’Sullivan, was launched within minutes and... Read More
17 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ho Ho Ho! Heading out for Christmas parties, festivities or late night shopping, why not use Bus Éireann’s late night services at weekends in the run-up to Christmas from Cork city to Carrigaline, Ballincollig, Blarney, Midleton, Carrigtwohill, Innishannon and Bandon. The services will operate from Cork city... Read More
15 December 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A full house attended the AIB-Fitzgerald & Partners Christmas Luncheon At the Blue Haven Hotel in Kinsale yesterday. The event was attended by Lord Mayor, Cllr. Des Cahill, who addressed the large crowd of stakeholders from the region, from all sectors of the local community. This was followed... Read More
4 December 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called on Cork County Council to re-think bye-laws being introduced by that it says will make life more difficult for farmers’ markets. Under the new by-laws, sites where trading is allowed are being restricted, which will reduce the number of stalls... Read More
28 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Allsop are bringing over 240 properties to the market for their final auction of 2016, an Online Auction to be held on Tuesday 13th December. The catalogue, which features 13 Cork properties, totals more than €37m on reserve. All of the properties can be viewed here. Jonathan... Read More
24 November 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The EPA Urban Wastewater report is a timely reminder of the decades of under investment in wastewater infrastructure in Ireland and the impact that this has had on communities all around the country including Cork. This report reflects the status of over 1,000 schemes across Ireland, the lack... Read More
21 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 6723 young people in Cork have turned 18 since last year and will have right to vote The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is encouraging young people in County Cork to make sure they are registered to vote before the deadline for inclusion on the electoral... Read More
18 November 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party has strongly criticized the appropriateness of appointments made by Minister Simon Coveney to a group set up to review the recommendation to merge Cork city and county. The group, set up by the minister last month, is to review recommendations made last year to merge... Read More
18 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork South West TD, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has extended her congratulations to the people of Clonakilty on being voted the best town in Ireland and the UK. “Awarded by the Academy of Urbanism, this is a highly prestigious award, and pitted Clonakilty against some highly prominent towns... Read More
17 November 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Following National Digital Week 2016 last week, the Ludgate Hub in Skibbereen has been awarded second place in the Future-proof and quality of service category at the European Broadband Awards 2016 in Brussels. The European Broadband Awards, which took place in Brussels earlier this week were established... Read More
