13th Cork Wine & Craft Beer Fair

24 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie O’Donovans – the Cork Wine Merchants – are proud to announce details of the forthcoming 13th Cork Wine & Craft Beer Fair taking place on Thursday 26th November 2015 from 4-9pm in the Kiltegan Suite of the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork. 400 Wines from a worldwide network... Read More

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24th November, 2015

Murphy welcomes launch of public consultation on OPW proposals to deal with Blackpool flooding

24 November 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central, and Minister for European Affairs, Dara Murphy, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the launch of proposals by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to deal with the flooding problems in Blackpool. Minister Murphy said there will be an opportunity for members of... Read More

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24th November, 2015

Information meeting for school secretaries and caretakers in Cork tonight

24 November 2015, 12pm By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ireland’s largest public sector trade union – IMPACT – will host an information meeting tonight at the IMPACT trade union office, Fr. Matthew’s Quay, Cork at 7pm to provide information to school secretaries and caretakers paid from grant funding to schools. A recent arbitration finding has recommended... Read More

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24th November, 2015

Cloyne nursing home wins dementia care award

24 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Oaklodge Nursing Home is celebrating after winning a national award at the Nursing Homes Ireland Care Awards 2015 on November 12th at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Dublin. The Social Care Team from the nursing home in Cloyne, East Cork, was honoured with the Nursing Home Innovations in... Read More

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24th November, 2015

Heineken Sound Atlas brings a taste of Brooklyn to Cork

24 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This Friday, November 27th, Brooklyn comes to Cork’s Havana Browns courtesy of HEINEKEN Sound Atlas, the campaign that is ‘your passport to music and cultural experiences from around the globe’. Taking inspiration from one of Brooklyn’s most iconic institutions, ‘The Barber Shop’, the venue will be transformed... Read More

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24th November, 2015

Cork City Crafts and Design Fair this week

24 November 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Stars of Irish Crafts and Design from a host of diverse careers will be showcased at the biggest crafts fair outside Dublin, which will be held in Cork this week (26th-29th November). Over €150,000 per day will be spent at the City Hall Crafts and Design Fair which... Read More

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24th November, 2015

Farm accident support group to be established for Cork

24 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Meeting in Fitzgerald Vienna Woods Hotel on Sunday to kick-start initiative ‘Embrace FARM’, the voluntary bereavement group established to support families in the aftermath of fatal and non-fatal accidents, is to establish a network in Cork. The move follows one of the worst years on record for... Read More

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23rd November, 2015

Cork based call centre receives large investment from ‘Carlyle Cardinal Ireland’

23 November 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Carlyle Cardinal Ireland joins management to support future growth of the business Carlyle Cardinal Ireland (CCI), the Irish private equity fund established by The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and Cardinal Capital Group, today announced that it has finalised the terms of an investment in Abtran, a provider of... Read More

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23rd November, 2015

Newly refurbished emergency room opens at Cork University Maternity Hospital

23 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A newly refurbished emergency room has been opened at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH). The new unit has individual, walled cubicles to allow privacy and dignity to patients as they are being assessed, examined, investigated and/or admitted. The emergency room (ER) at CUMH is a 24-hour service,... Read More

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23rd November, 2015

Corkmen encouraged to shave off beards to raise money for Cancer services

23 November 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Be brave, don’t shave, and raise funds to help beat bowel cancer this December #Decembeard This December the Men’s Cancer Alliance and the Mercy Hospital Foundation are asking men from all across Munster to grow their beard, raise funds and help beat bowel cancer. Decembeard, Ireland’s newest and hairiest... Read More

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23rd November, 2015

Information Days on the Blackpool (River Bride) Flood Relief Scheme

23 November 2015, 4.30pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Minister of State with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works, today (Monday 23 November) encouraged members of the public to visit Blackpool Community Centre in Cork for the Public Information Days on the Blackpool (River Bride) Flood Relief Scheme. These Public Information Days... Read More

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23rd November, 2015

Number 1 provider of part-time Finance Directors launches in Ireland

23 November 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The FD Centre, the number one global provider of part-time Finance Directors, recently launched in Ireland. Chartered Accountant and experienced financial advisor, David Hyland, has been appointed CEO of the FD Centre in Ireland. The FD Centre provides owner-managed businesses with high calibre part-time Finance Directors who work... Read More

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