3rd December 2013, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Earlier this year Cork Institute of Technology took a group of unemployed graduates into the Higher Diploma in Cloud Computing Conversion Programme, now VMware, the industry-leading virtualization software company with a significant local presence in Cork, has offered 19 of these students paid graduate internship positions.... Read More
3rd December 2013, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie A Kinsale RNLI crew on a routine training exercise on Sunday afternoon (1st December) was alerted by members of the public to the plight of a baby seal stranded on the foreshore below Kinsale’s historic Charles Fort. The tiny seal, thought to be around a month... Read More
3rd December 2013, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Allocation of €20,000 announced by Minister Fitzgerald, to assist in the provision of a children’s activity zone in Dunmanway – Harrington Fine Gael TD Noel Harrington, welcomes the allocation of €20,000 announced by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs yesterday, towards the re-location of the Dunmanway... Read More
3rd December 2013, Tuesday By TheCork.ie Business Reporter news@TheCork.ie Fitzgerald & Partners Accountancy firm are delighted to announce the appointment of Fiona Carson Bsc. Acc., A.C.A. to join their team in Kinsale. Managing Partner Cormac Fitzgerald FCPA is the current Vice President of CPA Ireland, one of Ireland’s leading accountancy bodies. The practice based in... Read More
3rd December 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune has today (Tuesday) welcomed the publication of the OECD report which assessed 15 year olds, across 65 countries, in literacy, numeracy and science and showed Irish students recording above average results. “This type of report has been prepared every three years since 2000 and... Read More
2nd December 2013, Monday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Students from across the Cork Region are honing their entrepreneurial skills and preparing for Christmas trade at the South Cork Schools Enterprise Christmas Fair taking place in Douglas Village Shopping Centre on Tuesday, 10 December 2013. This year, more than 100 companies will take part in the fair,... Read More
2nd December 2013, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie O’Donovan welcomes Govt acceptance of FF Bill on decriminalising minor fishing infringements Flanna Fáil Senator Denis O’Donovan, has welcomed the commitment by Minister Simon Coveney to accept the main elements of Fianna Fáil’s bill seeking to decriminalise minor fishing infringements. Last week, the Seanad debated the... Read More
2nd December 2013, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie Newmarket Motors today announced that it has entered in to a sponsorship deal with Presentation Brothers College (PBC) Junior and Senior Cup Rugby teams. The announcement was made this morning by Sean Browne of Newmarket Motors and Damien Philpott of PBC at the school grounds on... Read More
1st December 2013, Sunday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Kinsale Chamber of Tourism & Business launched its ‘Christmas Card from Kinsale’ campaign, to coincide with switching on of the lights on the new Christmas tree in the Town Council Park. Mayor, Tony Cierans helped switch on the lights on the beautiful new 8m Christmas tree as well... Read More
29th November 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today the Mardyke Arena UCC, is hosting a one day Workshop presented by Mark Jarvis, Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach for the English Institute of Sport, entitled ‘Strength & Conditioning: Practical Lessons from the Elite Environment’ Mark has been working as an elite strength and conditioning coach... Read More
29th November 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie A Blackpool G.P., Dr John Sheehan, has been selected as a Fianna Fail candidate for the Cork North Central Ward. Based in Blackpool for the past 10 years Dr Sheehan has seen at first hand the challenges that people face on a daily basis. These range from problems with... Read More
29th November 2013, Sunday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie Cork companies Milestone Solutions, MMD Construction, Prenco Manufacturing Ltd, WiseTek Soultions Ltd, Whitegate Power Station and TAL were among 38 private and public sector organisations to receive awards recently from the Minister of State for Small Business, Mr John Perry T.D. The leading Cork organisations joined... Read More