Cork County Council Bike Ride raises almost €3,000 for charity

29 October 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cllr John Paul O’Shea, Mayor of the County of Cork, on a beautiful autumnal morning, ably led out this year’s participants in the Big Bike Ride 2015. The event, which aims to promote a healthy lifestyle for Cork County Council staff while also highlighting the Cork County Council... Read More

29th October, 2015

How much is the state pension? Only 20% of young adults in Cork know

29 October 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A national survey, commissioned by the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) and conducted by IReach, sought to examine retirement planning in Ireland and whether people are being realistic as to their expectations for retirement age. It concluded that people simply avoid thinking about retirement for much... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, NEWS

29th October, 2015

Fianna Fáil must stop scaremongering on Garda numbers – Daly

29 October 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Jim Daly, has said that the Fianna Fáil party must stop scaremongering on Garda numbers, adding that they have got their figures on Garda retirements all wrong. “Fianna Fáil TDs are going around trying to frighten people by saying that 1,500... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, FIANNA FAIL, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

25th October, 2015

Details of 2015 Cork Glow Christmas Festival announced

25 October 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Get your Christmas off to a glowing start this year at Glow, A Cork Christmas Celebration. This 12 day Christmas Festival will take place in city of Cork on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 27th November to 20th December. Experience the magical glow of Christmas as you... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

25th October, 2015

VIDEO: Californian vLoggers visit Kinsale #Cork

25 October 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Popular travel vloggers (or video bloggers) the Vagabrothers have released a brand new online video, called “Kinsale Catch and Cook” – the sixth in a series of nine videos, or vlogs, which they are publishing during October and November. Last month, Tourism Ireland enlisted the help of... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

25th October, 2015

‘International Meeting Planners’ visit Cork to scope out locations

25 October 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Up to €230m in business was up for grabs at the Meet in Ireland 2015 – a five day programme bringing over 100 top international meeting planners face to face with Irish businesses to scope out future opportunities for corporate meetings and incentive travel. Meet in Ireland... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

25th October, 2015

Cork Person of Year organiser expresses condolences to Maureen O’Hara family

25 October 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The organisers of the Cork Person of the Year have expressed their sadness on hearing of the death of actress Maureen O’Hara. The Irish-American hollywood legend attended the awards twice in recent years, as a Person of the Month winner and later as a Guest of Honour.... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

24th October, 2015

Buttimer hosts public meeting on proposed M28 Cork-Ringaskiddy Motorway Scheme

24 October 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork South Central Fine Gael TD, Jerry Buttimer, has organised a public meeting to discuss the Rochestown exit and Carr’s Hill Interchange on the proposed M28 Cork-Ringaskiddy Motorway Scheme. The meeting will take place at 8pm on Friday on 30th October in Garryduff Sports Centre. “This is... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

23rd October, 2015

Cork TD wants to extend Daylight Saving Time

23 October 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork East and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Justice Committee, David Stanton, has said that further consideration should be given to Justice Committee recommendations to extend Daylight Saving Time by three weeks. “The clocks go back this weekend meaning, on the plus side an extra... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

23rd October, 2015

40,000 people expected to attend Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

23 October 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today, Friday October 23rd, the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival gets underway in Cork city and runs through to Monday 26th October. Tens of thousands of people are descending on Cork city from all over the world to enjoy the popular Jazz festival, featuring over 400 music sessions... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

23rd October, 2015

East Cork Sinn Fein TD says Funding cuts to Family Resource Centres are a ‘reactive measure’

23 October 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin spokesperson on Children, Sandra McLellan TD, queried Minister on Children, Dr James Reilly (Fine Gael), about his commitment to Family Resource Centres given government cuts in their funding. Deputy McLellan said: “Family resource centres have had their core funding cut by 17%. I have been informed... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

23rd October, 2015

Garden Conference in Baltimore, West Cork this weekend

23 October 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The West Cork Garden Trail, in association with The Irish Garden/Garden.ie, is hosting the first ever Garden Trails of Ireland conference in Baltimore, Co Cork this coming Saturday. Mayor of County Cork, Cllr John Paul O’Shea (pictured above), in a welcome message to the conference delegates said,... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, NON PARTY, POLITICS