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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
22 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Corkman Peter O’Mahony has received a Cork Person of the Month award to mark his glittering rugby career to date, including his recent performances in the World Cup before his enforced departure through injury. Peter’s name now also goes forward, for possible selection as Cork Person of... Read More
22 November 2015 By Elaine Murphy, in University College Cork elaine@TheCork.ie It has been confirmed that the Mardyke Arena, University College Cork will be presented with ISO 14001 (International Environmental Management Systems) & ISO 50001 (International Energy Management Systems) International Standards by Certification Europe and the 2015 All Ireland National Irish Safety Organisation Top Health... Read More
22 November 2015 By Bryan Smyth, in Clonakilty bryan@TheCork.ie The Quality Hotel Clonakilty West Cork Rally will take for the 38th time on 12th & 13th March 2016 and for only the second time in its history it will run under an International permit. The last time the event ran as an in international was... Read More