28 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A year on since Colette Twomey (of Clonakilty Blackpudding fame) became Ireland’s first ever directly-elected Mayor, she will conclude her term on Thursday 4th June and her successor will be installed. When the Government announced they were going to abolish all Town Councils in May 2014, the... Read More
26 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail is delighted to announce details of the Extra Early Morning Commuter Trains, which have been laid on to operate from Cobh and Midleton to Kent Station, Cork for this year’s Cork City Marathon on Monday, 1st June 2015. One of the Extra Early... Read More
23 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Almost 50 Porsches descended on Kinsale today (23 May) as Porsche Club Ireland, with the support of Fáilte Ireland, complete their 2,000km Wild Atlantic Way driving tour at the Old Head Wild Atlantic Way Signature Discover Point. The convoy of Porsches crossed the finish line at 5pm... Read More
20 May 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Former GAA President and MEP for Ireland South, Seán Kelly, has welcomed the announcement that Munster Rugby will open the gates of Musgrave Park in Cork to the GAA as the €70 million redevelopment Pairc Uí Chaoimh begins. “I am delighted that Musgrave Park has been made available... Read More
18 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City and County Councils have been set a number of key targets in relation waste prevention activities under a newly launched plan. Among the policies and actions included in the Southern Region Waste Management Plan, one of three such plans being launched in Ireland, is a... Read More
16 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fáilte Ireland’s 2015 Competition Now Open with Coolagown, Kiskeam, Castletownroche, Ballincollig, Kinsale, Macroom, Cobh, Youghal, Clonakilty, Rathbarry, Eyeries, Rosscarbery, Bantry, Timoleague (Molaga), Ballydehob, Lislevane and Bere Island town eligible to enter. The Minister for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring and Fáilte Ireland are welcoming applications from eligible... Read More
16 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie I love the Wild Atlantic Way. It’s a 2,500km tourist driving route marketed by Failte Ireland. The route uses existing roads on the Western Seaboard of Ireland, from Kinsale to Donegal. Last summer I drove the Cork section, and I spoke on local radio about the trip... Read More
13 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The death has been announced of RTÉ Broadcaster Derek Davis, at 67 years of age. News of his death emerged on RTÉ’s Radio 1’s Sean O’Rourke show earlier. Derek Davis was a man who loved Cork, and the Kinsale area in particular. Back in 2011 I met... Read More
13 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The world it is a changin’ Hitherto Taxi/Hackney drivers were the only people who could collect passengers from public places. This wasn’t just for licensing reasons, it was also for practical reasons, as a potential passenger would have now way of knowing that a driver wished to... Read More
11 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Labour T.D. Michael McCarthy has welcomed an announcement that funding of over €300,000 for the non-Gaeltacht islands will be provided for the period from mid-May to the end of 2015. The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has reached agreement with Comhar na nOileán Teo who... Read More
5 May 2015, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie he Heritage Council has announced funding for a number of heritage projects in County Cork under its 2015 Community-based Heritage Grants Scheme. A total of 197 heritage projects nationwide have been awarded funding under the scheme, which supports the continuing conservation and development of Irish heritage... Read More
1 May 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a traffic collision in Dunmanway, Co. Cork. At approximately 4pm a 6-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was struck by a bus on the Bantry Road at Tonafora, Dunmanway. He was taken from the scene by Ambulance to Cork University Hospital.... Read More