4 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Zadie Smith, John Banville, Christina Lamb and Louis de Bernières are just some of the guests expected at the renowned West Cork Literary Festival which runs at various venues in Bantry, West Cork, from July 17th to 23rd. Poetry is also well represented this year with T.S.... Read More
4 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Cllr Michael Creed has today (Monday) welcomed the confirmation that the OPW have allocated €22,500 to Cork County Council to undertake minor flood relief works in Ballingeary. Commenting on the allocation Cllr Creed said: “I warmly welcome this much needed funding for flood relief works... Read More
4 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie University College Cork (UCC) scored top marks across the five core areas ranked in the world’s most comprehensive ranking system. The EU sponsored U-Multirank published today (April 4) judges university performance on 31 indicators marked from ‘A’ (very good) to ‘E’ (weak). The areas ranked include Teaching, Research,... Read More
4 April 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie MAZE is inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP MAZE high security prison, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II. An Irish-Swedish co-production, MAZE has production funding from The Irish Film... Read More
4 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Works to resurface the N40 South Ring Road Cork between Junction 6, Kinsale Rd Interchange and Junction 9, Bloomfield, have commenced this evening. Works will entail resurfacing the section of the N40 eastbound carriageway between Vernon Mount and the Bloomfield interchange. 4th April to 30th April 2016. •... Read More
4th April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie More than 200 delegates attended the Annual Conference of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland) recently which celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the Institute with the theme “90 Years Accounting for Business”. The conference, which took place in Croke Park, was chaired by... Read More
4 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The figures are revelaed as the airport announced it has a total of 12 new routes operating or scheduled to start in the upcoming months, including a Madrid link which will launch in June. Iberia Express will fly out of the hub starting 18 June with two weekly... Read More
4 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland’s research centre for marine and renewable energy, MaREI, has secured €750,000 in funding from the NTR Foundation. The philanthropic investment will be used to identify and exploit the opportunities for Ireland, the economy and SMEs in relation to how we best meet our future energy requirements as... Read More
4 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie European Movement (EM) Ireland is bringing its National Conversation series on the so-called ‘Brexit’ referendum to Munster for a public event at University College Cork from 12-3pm today. Speakers include Senator Jillian van Turnhout, as well as Dr Mary C Murphy of UCC and the Ireland South... Read More
3 April 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Show Racism the Red Card is calling on all schools and youth services in Cork to register for the Anti Racism Creative Competition 2016. The competition – which aims to address racism through education – involves young people developing creative messages about racism and integration, using written, visual... Read More
2 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mayor of Cork County Cllr. John Paul O’ Shea has today, 2nd April 2016, urged the people of Cork to sign up and support Organ Donation. Organ Donor Awareness Week 2016 takes place over the next week (2nd -9th April) and is organised by the Irish... Read More
2 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City travel to The Showgrounds to face Sligo Rovers on Saturday, as John Caulfield’s side look to make it three wins in a row. City have three wins from their opening four games, notching wins against Bohemians (2-0), Longford Town (6-0) and Dundalk (1-0), with their... Read More