Might Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur be from Cork?

7 September 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As part of the nationwide search to find ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’, the three Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in Cork launched a campaign in June to find the best young entrepreneurs in their region in three distinct categories, with a €150,000 investment fund up for grabs. From September... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

4th September, 2015

Illegal cigarettes seized in Cork

4 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Illegal cigarettes seized in Cork: what made them illegal? no customs duty had been paid to the Irish state. As a result of an intelligence-led operation, officers from Revenue’s Customs Service yesterday, (03/09/2015), seized over 5 million cigarettes with a retail value of over €2.5m The ‘Eton’... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS

4th September, 2015

Minister Simon Coveney reopens Charity Shop on North Main Street, Cork City Centre

4 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth david@TheCork./ie Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, along with guest of honour four-year-old Tilara Costa Holmes from Midleton, officially reopened Enable Ireland’s new look charity shop on Cork’s North Main Street today, Friday 4th September. The shop underwent extensive renovations and decoration earlier in the... Read More

NEWS

2nd September, 2015

Cork Opera House AGM

2 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today, at the 56th AGM of Cork Opera House, the Chairman and Board of Directors presented the Annual Report and audited statements of the company for the financial year ending March 2015. Speaking at the AGM today, Chairman Damian Wallace outlined how Cork Opera House has continued... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

2nd September, 2015

State Funeral for Historic Irish Nationalist Thomas Kent to take place in Cork

2 September 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Thomas Kent’s State Funeral will take place on Friday 18th September 2015. Kent (Irish: Tomás Ceannt; 29 August 1865 – 9 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist who was court-martialled and executed following a gunfight with the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on 2 May 1916, in the immediate... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS, POLITICS

1st September, 2015

25 Tech jobs to be created in Cork City Centre

1 September 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie United Technologies Research Center announced today the expansion of its Cork facility at The Penrose Business Center, Penrose Wharf (near the Train station). Like many Tech giants their work is B2B so their presence is low key. The addition of the Centre of Excellence in Cyber-Physical Systems for... Read More

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

31st August, 2015

Carrigaline Gaelcholáiste opens in Waterpark House

31 August 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Waterpark House, is the name of the mansion which gave the Waterpark housing estate its name. The house now sits surrounded by schools and houses, The Chief Executive of Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB), Mr. Ted Owens, was in Carrigaline this morning (Monday) to welcome... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, EDUCATION, NEWS

30th August, 2015

400 people run, swim, and cycle in Farran Woods in Musgrave Triathlon

30 August 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Musgrave Triathlon took place in Farran Woods, Cork yesterday with 400 participants taking the plunge in this year’s charity triathlon challenge. The Musgrave Triathlon, which is now in its fourteenth year, has raised over €3.7 million for Irish charities to date. The fundraising target for the... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, NEWS

28th August, 2015

AIB to open new branch in Cork

28 August 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie AIB Bank are to open a new branch in Cork. The unit will be in Eastgate Retail Park, Little Island, in the former Hacketts Bookmakers premises. The building is currently being fitted out.

AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

28th August, 2015

VMWare celebrate 10 years in Cork

28 August 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tech giant VMware this week celebrated its 10th year in Ballincollig, Co Cork. It opened in Barrack Sqaure back in 2005 with 10 staff and now employs 750. Expansion continues and VMWare will take over new adjoining office space in October and the head count will rise... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

28th August, 2015

Alcohol is good for Cork! – says new report

28 August 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A new report by economist Tony Foley, ‘the Contribution of the Drinks Industry to Tourism’, commissioned for the Support Your Local campaign has concluded that the hospitality sector is a significant component of the tourism infrastructure in Cork, with 975 pubs, 65 hotel bars and 275 fully licenced... Read More

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

28th August, 2015

€300,000 for Macroom road, but not where you’d think

28 August 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The dogs on the street agree that the town Macroom of needs a bypass. The picturesque town lies on the main road between Cork (Ireland’s 2nd City) and Kerry (one of Ireland’s key tourist destinations) Macroom has been referred to as a permanent traffic jam by many, indeed... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS