13 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Education and Training Board (also known as Cork ETB) has recently announced the appointment of three Principals, three Deputy Principals, two Youthreach Co-Ordinators and a Training Centre Manager. The new appointees will be taking up positions within Cork ETB schools, colleges, and centres. In Bandon, Teresa Vaughan... Read More
12 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Culture Night is returning to Cork County on Friday 17th of September, with over 70 family friendly free events throughout Bandon, Carrigaline, Clonakilty, Cobh, Fermoy, Macroom, Mallow, Midleton and the surrounding areas. Culture Night is a national initiative by the Arts Council of Ireland and is being delivered locally... Read More
11 September 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Did you know there is a 9/11 memorial on the Wild Atlantic Way driving route, in County Cork, Ireland? Most people have not heard of ‘Ringfinnan Garden of Remembrance’. It has no website, just a Facebook page. The garden is located South West of Kinsale town, Co Cork,... Read More
9 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Bike week will take place from September 12th to 18th 2021 Junior Minister (Minister of State), Hildegarde Naughton TD paid a visit to Gaelscoil Mhainistir na Corann in Midleton, Co. Cork in advance of Bike Week 2021, which will place from 12th to the 18th of September.... Read More
9 September 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland’s Best Managed Companies 2021 25 new companies have been announced as Ireland’s Best Managed Companies, entering the awards programme for the first time in 2021. The programme is led by Deloitte Ireland, in association with Bank of Ireland. With this year’s new winners, there are now 139... Read More
6 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Inland Fisheries Ireland, the state agency with responsibility for the protection and conservation of freshwater fish and habitats and promotion of angling, has announced funding for 38 projects under its annual Sponsorship Programme, including two in Cork. The programme supports novice or ‘beginner’ anglers and the development of... Read More
4 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI were called out twice within 12 hours today (Saturday 4 September), firstly to provide assistance to two people when their vessel went aground, and secondly to provide assistance to a sailing boat that had capsized. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 6.16am, following... Read More
1 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie While many have been missing family over the past year and a half, one West Cork woman was thinking outside the box and created a unique, heartfelt new product to keep families connected and keep loved ones close. Maura O’Connell, originally from Fermoy, has lived in West Cork... Read More
31 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Lone sailor rescued after his boat suffers engine failure and sail blow out off Old Head of Kinsale The Courtmacsherry All-Weather Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat was called out this afternoon Tuesday at 2pm, to go to the aid of a 30-foot Yacht with a lone sailor on board... Read More
29 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Jellyfish Surf Shop in Clonakilty, West Cork, is one of Ireland’s leading surf and swim specialist shops. Since first opening in Summer 2003, this business has recovered from recessionary times, flooding, lengthy street closures and disruptive weather events but the forced closures due to the covid pandemic has... Read More
28 August 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie What is a Peace Commissioner? In other countries, it’s called a Justice of the Peace, but in Ireland – following independence in the 1920s – it was renamed as Peace Commissioner. It is one of a variety of names for a person who is authorised to sign legal... Read More