Cork stars Rena Buckley and Briege Corkery are joint winners of Sportswoman of the Year 2015

18 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork dual stars Briege Corkery and Rena Buckley have been crowned joint winners of The Irish Times Sport Ireland ‘Sportswoman of the Year Award 2015′. The Cork camogie and gaelic football players won the award for their record breaking achievement in becoming the most medalled women in the... Read More

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18th December, 2015

Cork Lord Mayor Welcomes Approval for €50m Capital Site

18 December 2015, 10.30am By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The decision of an Bord Pleanála to grant approval for the €50 million redevelopment of the former Capital Cinema on Grand Parade has been warmly welcomed by Lord Mayor, Cllr Chris O’ Leary. ‘The development will be a major catalyst for the City Centre and has... Read More

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17th December, 2015

One person dead after car and truck accident near Kanturk, Co Cork

17 December 2015, 4.15pm By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Gardaí in Mallow, Co Cork are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Kanturk, Co Cork this morning. The collision occurred at Glen South, Naan, Kanturk at approximately 11.30am on the Kanturk/Banty to Cork Road between a car and a rigid truck. The female... Read More

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17th December, 2015

Cork traffic on Model Farm Road, Bishopstown and Western Suburbs is crazy!

17 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin General Election Candidate Cllr Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has called on the local authorities in Cork, to work with other key stakeholders, such as Bus Éireann, to take urgent action to help tackle the increasingly difficult levels in the Western Suburbs. In particular, he has called for... Read More

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17th December, 2015

Flow from Inniscarra Dam to increase to 180 cumecs

17 December 2015, 4.10pm By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The ESB advises that flows from Inniscarra Dam will increase to 180 cumecs (cubic metres per second) this evening Thursday 17 December, from 165 cumecs. There was rain overnight and inflows into the Lee Dam reservoirs at Inniscarra and Carrigadrohid have increased. This was the level of... Read More

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17th December, 2015

Cork County Council move close to opening Incubation Kitchens for startups

17 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has awarded the contract for new state of the art Incubation Kitchens to leading food safety consultant. Mary Daly of the Food Safety Company has been awarded the contract to manage Cork Counties newest food incubation facility in Carrigaline. The Mayor of the County of... Read More

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17th December, 2015

Who are the people in Cork City wearing yellow jackets?

21 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie SHARE (Students Harness Aid for the Relief of the Elderly), the organisation for the care of Cork’s older people, launched its traditional fast and fundraising campaign at the SHARE Crib, Daunt’s Square, Cork, (near Grand Parade) on the wet and windy evening last week. It’s the 46th year... Read More

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17th December, 2015

VIDEO: Ireland’s largest farm is in East Cork and has installed Dairymaster ‘MooMonitor’ to control health and fertility of cows

17 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This week Tom and Simon Browne of Greenhills Farm in Co Cork who own and run Ireland’s largest farm installed Dairymaster’s multi award winning health and fertility monitoring system – MooMonitor+ on their 1000 cow dairy farm in Co Cork. The breeding season for 2016 has begun... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, HEALTH, NEWS

17th December, 2015

Cork’s 364 hackney drivers can now apply to join the Hailo network

17 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s 364 Hackney drivers are now able to join the Hailo network, as Hailo announces that it is extending its current service and is recruiting regional SPSV Hackney drivers to supplement its nationwide service. Hailo has recorded over 10 million passenger journeys across the country since beginning operations... Read More

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17th December, 2015

Social media is great, but don’t give up your privacy! – Cork MEP Deirdre Clune welcomes new EU rules

17 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Ireland South MEP, Deirdre Clune (from Cork City), has welcomed new EU rules voted upon this week in Strasbourg that will tighten how companies can use people’s data. The new rules give the consumer incraesed rights over how their personal data is used by banks,... Read More

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17th December, 2015

Come to Cork City Centre for Christmas Shopping, and atmosphere

17 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie With just over a week to Christmas Day the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Chris O’Leary, is encouraging people to visit Cork city and enjoy its wonderful festive atmosphere and great shopping experience. ‘Cork City Council encourages young and old alike to enjoy and indulge in the wonderful... Read More

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17th December, 2015

Irish Naval Vessel L.É. Samuel Beckett arrives home to Cork after helping in Mediterranean humanitarian crisis

17 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie After a successful 10 week deployment to assist in the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean, the Irish Naval vessel L.É. Samuel Beckett returned today (Thursday) to the Naval Base in Haulbowline. L.É. Samuel Beckett was the third naval vessel to be deployed to the Mediterranean to assist... Read More

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