12 February 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has submitted a parliamentary question to the European Commission on the possibility of European aid for shellfish famers in West Cork and Kerry. “As we know, high temperatures last summer resulted in a late and extensive autumn bloom of the most common naturally... Read More
12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The new Cork Harbour Festival will see Cork Harbour Open Day, which normally takes place in September, move to Ocean to City week to coincide with the Ocean to City race An Rás Mór. Taking place over the June Bank Holiday Weekend, May 30th – June 1st, the... Read More
12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s only Senior Minister Simon Coveney, today concluded his promotional visit to the US, with a high profile launch in Boston. The event celebrated the entry of Irish beef to the US market for the first time in 15 years. The Boston event was hosted in the iconic... Read More
12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie According to the Higher Education Authority, the number of females taking up Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects and third level courses has declined significantly during the last decade. In a bid to curb this decline, a new initiative called I Wish invited more than 1,000 female... Read More
12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Noel Harrington has today welcomed today’s launch of the Action Plan for Jobs – Regional by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD. This is a five year, €250million strategy aimed at accelerating the jobs recovery in every... Read More
12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, Jerry Buttimer, has welcomed the announcement of €50,000 in funding for Cork Film Festival and Cork Jazz Festival. “Both Cork Film Festival and Cork Jazz Festival are an integral part of Cork’s events calendar for and the announcement by Minister for... Read More
12 February 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan T.D. today (Thursday) performed the official sod turning on the site of the new community school at Gortnacloughy, Skibbereen in Co. Cork. Construction is already underway at the 19 acre site, which will cater for 900 post-primary school students on... Read More
10th February 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Northern Ireland model, who has switched to being an actor was a good sport and tried the accent game on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon, on Monday night. The usual stereotypical accents were in there: Scottish, French… but for some reason there was “County Cork” (we... Read More
10 February 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Visiting restrictions at Cork’s Mercy University Hospital (MUH), Cork have been lifted and normal visiting arrangements have fully resumed. The management at the hospital have praised staff for dealing effectively with the recent cases of influenza and have also sincerely thanked the public for their cooperation with the... Read More
10th February 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Jim Daly, met this week with Minister for the Office of Public Works (OPW), Simon Harris TD to discuss progress of the Bandon Flood Relief Scheme. Speaking following the meeting, Deputy Daly said: “the Government remains fully committed to the provision... Read More
10th February 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fáilte Ireland today met members of the Cork tourism industry in the Celtic Ross Hotel, Roscarberry part of a series of Fáilte Ireland briefings, with a focus on the Wild Atlantic Way. Over the coming week a number of workshops will take place along the Wild Atlantic Way... Read More
10th February 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Teaching Council is calling on Cork teachers to showcase their work in leading innovative learning in schools at FÉILTE 2015. FÉILTE, the Festival of Education in Learning and Teaching Excellence, takes place on 3 October 2015 in the RDS, Dublin. The event, which is attended by teachers... Read More