130 organisations benefit from Cork County Council Arts grants

8 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has this week announced arts funding to over 130 arts organisations and individual artists in the County. Arts Grants totaling €154,000 were approved by Cork County Council at its meeting on February 8th. This year’s County Council Arts Grants allocations will support the work... Read More

8th February, 2016

Cork Institutions Encouraged to #LoveIrishResearch

8 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Irish Research Council is calling on higher education institutions, public bodies and individuals in Cork to get involved in #LoveIrishResearch, a new initiative launched last week that will run throughout 2016 with the aim of increasing public awareness of the important research conducted in higher education... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, NEWS

8th February, 2016

‘Safer Internet Day’ marked in Cork

8 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day. To mark the occasion secondary school transition year students trained as ambassadors by Intel Security will inform primary school kids in a number of schools on how to stay safe on the internet. Over 67,000 young people and 463 schools and organisations... Read More

EDUCATION, NEWS

8th February, 2016

Taoiseach Enda Kenny visits wastewater firm EPS in Mallow

8 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Taoiseach Enda Kenny visited water and wastewater treatment specialists EPS Group at their head office in Mallow, Co. Cork on Friday to address the EPS team. During his speech, Enda outlined how his long term economic plan focuses on creating more and better jobs throughout the country in... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

8th February, 2016

Bandon Flood prevention works begin this week

8 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Cllr Alan Coleman, an Independent Candidate in the upcoming general election in Cork South West, has said that the works which are due to commence this week are the least the people of Bandon deserve after the two devastating floods suffered by the people of... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS, NON PARTY, POLITICS

8th February, 2016

Basketball: Cork Club ‘C&S UCC Demons’ could retain their Men’s Premier League title

8 February 2016, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie C&S UCC Demons hold hopes of retaining their Men’s Premier League title in their own hands after a 102-73 win over DCU Saints at the Mardyke Arena. The win, coupled with Templeogue’s loss to Pyrobel Killester, puts them three points clear at the top of the... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS, SPORT

8th February, 2016

Cork City Councillor says there IS a recruitment curb in the Health Service Executive

8 February 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance candidate for Cork North Central Cllr Mick Barry this morning said that breaking news of fresh HSE recruitment curbs stand in stark contrast to Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael Ard Fheis promises of hiring thousands of new doctors and nurses if re-elected to Government. This morning’s... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS, POLITICS, SOCIALIST PARTY

7th February, 2016

Dairygold Data and Voice-over-IP contract awarded to eir

7 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie eir Business today announced it has won the contract to design, build, deliver, manage and support Dairygold’s IPT infrastructure for its network of retail Co-Op Retail Stores throughout Munster. The contract delivers an improved communications platform which secures business and financial efficiencies for Dairygold as well as improving... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

7th February, 2016

‘Juno and the Paycock’ at the Everyman Theatre Cork

7 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie ‘Juno and the Paycock’ will be performed at the Everyman Theatre Cork. Written by Sean O’Casey, and directed by Ger Fitzgibbon the production stars Michael Sands, Regina Crowley, Jack Healy, George Hanover, Fionula Linehan, Dominic McHale, Tadhg Dennehy, Emma Willis, Tommy Harris, Patrick Cregan, Fiona Kelly, Eoin... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

4th February, 2016

Cork golf on ‘par’ with the best – at PGA Show in Florida

4 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Tourism Ireland’s golf promotional programme for 2016 kicked off last week in Orlando, Florida. Twelve (12) golf tourism operators from around the island of Ireland, as well as three American golf tour operators, joined Tourism Ireland at the PGA Golf Merchandise Show in Orlando, to highlight our world-class... Read More

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

4th February, 2016

VIDEO: Creator of ‘Martin’s Life’ is Cork Person of the Month

4 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The YouTube sensation cartoon Martin’s Life, which focuses on comical misunderstandings between Martin and his Cork parents, has been named January Cork Person of the Month and a hilarious new “Martin’s Life” video has been created to celebrate the event. The Person of the Month award is... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

4th February, 2016

Cork office of Dell to hold breakfast to mark the launch of Daffodil Day

4 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 2016 is the sixth year with Dell as the lead partner to the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day campaign. To mark this milestone and to officially launch the campaign, Dell is holding a breakfast reception. As part of the reception Dell will be hosting local school children for... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, HEALTH, NEWS