ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Sky Garden’ opens at Fitzgeralds Park

16th May 2014 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The New and Improved Fitzgerald’s Park has opened A full programme of free entertainment will take place over the weekend. Public performance areas for theatrical and musical performances, the award winning Chelsea Garden, new planting, plazas and pathways as well as new play areas are amongst the many... Read More

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14th May, 2014

Dan Boyle concerned with GAA funding

14th May 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Green Party Cork City South East candidate Dan Boyle has stated that the government’s decision to announce a grant of €30 million for the development of Pairc Uí Chaoimh while the proposal remains in the planning process and there are contentious elements to what is being proposed, to... Read More

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14th May, 2014

Does red tape in Cork City Manager’s Office hold up Shandon repair?

14th May 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Barry Keane, Fine Gael election candidate for Cork City Council has been following up on an issue he raised months ago. Here is a statement from Mr Keane: Shandon’s famous clock still has not been repaired six months after I first noticed that it was stopped. The fault... Read More

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14th May, 2014

[Audio] Tech Summit takes place in Cork City Hall

14th May 2014 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie More than 300 delegates from the IT industry have attended a conference in Cork City It was the second year of the European Technology Summit organised by IT @ Cork. The one day event heard speakers from the USA, Europe and Ireland. The Summit – now in its... Read More

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14th May, 2014

[Audio] Ocean to City festival launched

14th May 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The programme for this years Ocean to City Maritime Festival has been launched. It’s the 10th anniversary. The five day event runs over the June Long weekend, from Wednesday 28th May to June 1st. Meitheal Mara: a training centre which produces currachs and replicas is behind the... Read More

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12th May, 2014

Date confirmed for 2014 Cork Midsummer Festival

12th May 2014 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Board of Cork Midsummer Festival is delighted to announce that this year’s Festival will take place from 19th – 23rd June 2014. This year’s Festival will bring us back to our roots, providing just a snapshot of some of the wonderful arts and cultural activity happening in... Read More

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12th May, 2014

MEP Kelly welcomes Haulbowline cleanup progress

12th May 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP, Sean Kelly, has welcomed An Bord Pleanála’s decision to grant planning permission to Cork County Council to completely transform the toxic Haulbowline site into a public park. “This news will come as an enormous relief to the people of Cobh who have quite rightly feared... Read More

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12th May, 2014

Cork Chamber of Commerce re-elects President

12th May 2014, 7pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Chamber held its 195th Annual General Meeting today Monday May 12th in the Imperial Hotel. The event marked the re-election of Chamber President, Ms. Gillian Keating, for the second of her two year term as well as the announcement of Barrie O’Connell, KPMG as the... Read More

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12th May, 2014

[Audio] Review of Child Safeguarding in Cloyne Diocese

12th May 2014, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Church child protection watchdog has recommended that an East Cork diocese rocked in the past by abuse allegations set up a special whistle-blowers policy. The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland has released a 42 page report looking at the... Read More

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12th May, 2014

[Audio] Cork Internet Exchange Data Centre doubles capacity

12th May 2014, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 10 new jobs are being created at the Cork Internet Exchange in Hollyhill, on the Northside of Cork City. It’s the only large data centre in Ireland outside of Dublin. Established in 2008, C-I-X – as it’s also known – runs a wholesale business where it... Read More

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12th May, 2014

CIT gives transition year students taste of Engineering

14th May 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Transition year students from Cork, Limerick and Galway are heading to Cork Institute of Technology to take part in the ‘Engineering Your Future’ Transition Year Programme. 72 secondary school students – 12 girls and 60 boys – will attend the programme at CIT starting on Monday, 19th... Read More

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12th May, 2014

Cork could be “Foodie Town of Ireland”

By Tom Collins 12th May 2014 tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil local election candidate for Cork City South Central, Tom O’Driscoll, has called on the people of Cork to vote for the City in the ‘Foodie Town of Ireland’ awards, which will determine the top town in Ireland to eat out. Mr O’Driscoll commented: “Cork is one... Read More

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