Ballincollig Winter Music Festival launched

23rd January 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The 6th Annual Ballincollig Winter Music Festival, running from Thursday 29th January to Monday 2nd February, will see over 70 musicians descend on the town for what promises to be a five day celebration of music featuring the very best of national and international talent. Headline acts confirmed... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

23rd January, 2015

Match Preview: Cork City WFC v Wexford Youths WFC

23rd January 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Leesiders take on Wexford Youths in Ferrycarrig Park this Sunday 25th January 2015 at two o’clock in another Continental Tires Women’s National League game. The Women’s National League resumes this weekend for Cork City after an extended Christmas break, the Leesiders will be glad to get back... Read More

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23rd January, 2015

FF Health spokesman Billy Kelleher accuses Health Minister of “another PR campaign”

23rd January 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher has accused the Health Minister of launching another PR campaign rather than coming up with tangible measures to tackle the real problems facing our health service. On the very morning when we learn that the HSE has launched an investigation into... Read More

FIANNA FAIL, FINE GAEL, HEALTH, NEWS

14th January, 2015

100 new IDA jobs in Fermoy

14th January 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 100 new IDA jobs in Fermoy to add to the 4,562 created in Cork over the past three years – Stanton US Company ABEC Inc. announces expansion of global operations to Cork “The news that US company ABEC Inc. plans to expand its global operations in Fermoy, Co.... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, FINE GAEL, NEWS

12th January, 2015

Slash Gas and Electricity Prices says Cork City Cllr

12th January 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Anti Austerity Alliance Councillor Mick Barry this morning claimed that a “privatisation agenda” was preventing massive cuts in heating and lighting prices for households around the country. Councillor Barry said that the price of crude oil has fallen by more than 50% in recent months and... Read More

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11th January, 2015

Opera Lane Fashion store receives Business Accolade

11th January 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Photographs from last weeks Cork Business Association (CBA) 4th Quarter Award Presentation to TopShop/TopMan on Opera Lane.

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11th January, 2015

Big names for annual ‘Cork Person of the Year’ ceremony

11 January 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie This Friday (16 January 2015) the Cork Person of the Year will be chosen, at a glittering gala awards lunch at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork. Michael Flatley will also be made Honorary Corkman at the event and the presentation will be made by last year’s recipient Jeremy... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

11th January, 2015

Live Register down by 24% in Co Cork says West Cork Govt TD

11th January 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “Live Register Figures show that unemployment has been dropping for 30 months in a row and that in Co. Cork, there has been a fall of 24%.. This is very much to be welcomed” says Noel Harrington, Fine Gael TD for Cork South West. “Another drop in the... Read More

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11th January, 2015

Cork County Cllr is Cathaoirleach of new Southern Regional Assembly

11th January 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie What is the Southern Regional Assembly? We tried for a year to attend a meeting of its predecessor, but they take place in Waterford, alas we are in Cork. Plus there always seemed to be something else more Newsworthy on the day of the meetings. Well the Inaugural... Read More

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9th January, 2015

New intellectual property legislation good for pharma jobs in Cork – says Govt TD

9th January 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork North West, Áine Collins, has said that new intellectual property legislation will be good for pharma jobs in Cork. Deputy Collins was speaking after the enactment of the Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act. “The new intellectual property legislation enacted this week is a... Read More

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8th January, 2015

New School in West Cork

8th January 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Work is scheduled to begin this week on the new state-of-the-art secondary school in Skibbereen to accommodate 1,000 students. The new secondary school will replace Mercy Heights, De la Salle and Rossa College and bring them all together under one roof. Plans to amalgamate the schools on one... Read More

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7th January, 2015

Deputy Lord Mayor angry with naysayers

7 January 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The elegant and eloquent Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Kenneth O’ Flynn has dismissed criticism from fellow Councillors and other critics of the decision to fund and place the Events Centre within the City Centre. Cllr O’ Flynn said “its quite obvious that some people fail to... Read More

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