2nd May 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan was in Skibbereen, West Cork this afternoon to view construction works on the new building for the West Cork Arts Centre, due to open in 2 months time. Established 20 years ago the WCAC has outgrown it’s current... Read More
3rd May 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork Business Association has a new C-E-O. Lawrence Owens is taking over from Donal Healy; who recently retired having served seven years. Lawrence has a long association with CBA, and has been involved with the retail trade for over 35 years: working his way up in Roches... Read More
2nd May 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 48 schools in Cork will benefit from refurbishment works over the summer being paid for by the Department of Education. It’s called the “Summer works scheme”. The schools which will benefit from Round 2 have been announced. The majority of work will be refurbishing toilets and roofs. The... Read More
1st April 2014 By Tom Collins & Bryan Smyth tom@TheCork.ie & bryan@TheCork.ie The 8-month campaign to restore a “full bus service” to the Glen, Blackpool and Dublin Hill has succeeded! More than 40 residents met last night in the Glen Resource Centre. They voted by an overwhelming majority to accept proposals from the National Transport... Read More
30th April 2014, Wednesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Irish Naval Service have taken delivery of a new vessel. The 50 million euro LE. Samuel Beckett is around 300 feet in length, and was built at a shipyard in Devon, England. She weighs almost 2-thousand tonnes, and can hold 54 people. The Samuel Beckett... Read More
30th April 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Voting in Clonakilty’s independent poll to elect a Community Mayor has been put back by one day. The Local Dúchas Heritage Group want the West Cork Tourist town to have some form of a Mayor to represent the area after the Statutory Town Council, and “Town Mayor”... Read More
29th April 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A campaign to rename Cork Airport after the the famous guitarist Rory Gallagher is continuing to gain momentum. More than 10-thousand people have signed a petition. Gallagher passed away in 1995 at the young age of 47. He was one described by Jimi Hendrix as the “world’s... Read More
29th April 2014, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Labour County Councillor in Cork has called on the leader of his own party to step down. Cllr Noel McCarthy from the Fermoy/Mitchelstown Area says Labour Leader Eamon Gilmore “must go order to save the party”, His views echo those of Phil Prendergast MEP, who... Read More
26th April 2014 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Revenue Seizes Tobacco and Counterfeit Vodka in Cork In an intelligence led operation, Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service seized 56kgs of illegal tobacco and 20 cases of counterfeit vodka on the M8 near Fermoy last night (25/04/14 ). The seizure has a total retail value of approximately €27,500.... Read More
24th April 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic fund exclusively focused on the Cork region, have announced the availability of their second tranche of funding for enterprises in the city and county. They are calling for applications from businesses and community enterprises in Cork who need funding to expand, develop or... Read More
22nd April 2014, Tuesday, 3pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Elections posters are already up in PARTS of Cork City, and the local authority has received a number of complaints. Candidates running in the local and European elections are not legally allowed to erect their election posters on public property until the stroke of midnight,... Read More
20th April 2014, Easter Sunday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin say their party is in a “strong position” for the Local and European elections. Sinn Féin spokesman for Agriculture and Fisheries Martin Ferris TD was in Cork City this afternoon delivering an main oration at the parties annual “Easter Rising commemoration” In a speech... Read More