Revenue swoop on West Cork €225,000 illegal cigarettes

22 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Revenue officers, with assistance from An Garda Síochana, seized 445,000 cigarettes yesterday in Cork with a retail value of approximately €222,500*. Following an indication by Harvey, Revenue’s sniffer dog, approximately 42,000 unstamped ‘NZ Slim’ cigarettes were seized at a commercial premises in Cork city by Revenue officers.... Read More

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21st September, 2015

Cork Minister attends Naval Commissioning Ceremony

21 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork’s only senior Minister Simon Coveney TD this morning attended the Naval Service Commissioning Ceremony of the 53rd Naval Service Cadet Class at the Naval Base, in Haulbowline, Co. Cork. Conveney is one of the local TD’s in the Harbour area and attended in his capacity as... Read More

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20th September, 2015

Cork Lord Mayor is against merger of City and County Councils

20 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork City has taken the unusual step of writing an ‘open letter’ to the people of Cork. We have reproduced it below in full. Open letter to the people of Cork by the Lord Mayor of Cork Sinn Fein Cllr Chris O’Leary As... Read More

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18th September, 2015

Cork Regional Chambers elect Maura Hunter as Chair

18 September 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie At its Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 17th of September in Clonakilty, Cork Regional Chambers elected Ms. Maura Hunter of Mallow Chamber as Chair for the coming year. Speaking after her election Ms. Hunter expressed her thanks to outgoing Chairman Brian Curtis of Cobh and Harbour Chamber... Read More

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18th September, 2015

50 Tech jobs announced at Asystec Ballincollig

18 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for European Affairs and Data Protection, Dara Murphy TD, today announced the creation of 50 new highly skilled jobs over 3 years at the Data Management Solutions Company, Asystec. The Minister made the announcement at the official opening of the new Asystec Cork offices in Ballincollig,... Read More

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18th September, 2015

35 Cork Wild Atlantic Way Points receive Govt funding

18 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring TD, today launched a new €3.5m phase of the Wild Atlantic Way with further development for the touring route’s 188 designated Discovery Points. With the intention of bringing each site to life and encouraging visitor engagement, it... Read More

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18th September, 2015

New tech jobs at eSentire Bishopstown

18 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Labour Minister for Trade Promotion, Seán Sherlock TD celebrated the opening of the new eSentire Inc. European-based headquarters and Security Operations Center (SOC) in Cork today and announced the first bursary for the Department of Computing at the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). Speaking at the event... Read More

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18th September, 2015

Daughter of Tip O’Neill meets Cork Lord Mayor and County Mayor

18 September 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Rosemary O’Neill, daughter of Tip O’Neill, the late Speaker of the U.S., Congress, paid a courtesy visit to the Lord Mayor of cork, with a delegation from Mallow, the ancestral home of the O’Neill family. She will attend the Thomas Kent funeral in Cork this weekend and a... Read More

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18th September, 2015

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland meets in Kinsale

18 September 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie There was solid attendance for the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Breakfast Briefing held in conjunction with Fitzgerald & Partners at Blue haven Hotel, Kinsale this morning. The event which was attended by SMEs and business people in Kinsale and surrounding Towns received an excellent briefing by Suzanne... Read More

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18th September, 2015

Cork products could be in line for special EU Protection

18 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork based Deirdre Clune has welcomed the decision of the European Commission to explore the possibility of extending the European geographical scheme to nonagricultural products. Traditional Irish products from Cork Crystal to Clones Lace to hurleys have all been identified in an EU report as products that... Read More

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15th September, 2015

Cork Opera House launches Winter programme

16 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Opera House has launched its new programme, speaking to TheCork.ie CEO of the Cork Opera House, Mary Hickson said “This has been a great year for Cork Opera House, made all the more special by our 160th anniversary. Again, variety is key in our next season’s... Read More

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15th September, 2015

Statue of Sonia O’Sullivan to be unveiled in Cobh

15 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland has few statues Foreign visitors to Ireland often notice a lack of patriotic statues. There are holy statues of course, but few statues of people who lived in the past few hundred years. There are historical reasons for this, related to Ireland’s independence story, and the... Read More

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