18 October 2013, Friday By TheCork.ie news@thecork.ie Cork Institute of Technology is looking forward to becoming part of a University, it has issued a statement: The decision by the Minister for Education and Skills to allow the Munster Technological University (MTU) proposal jointly submitted by Cork Institute of Technology and IT Tralee to proceed to... Read More
17th October 2013, Thursday By TheCork.ie Entertainment Reporter news@TheCork.ie West Cork businessman Sean Murray had lingerie falling at his feet this morning as he practiced his bra popping skills on Ireland AM. The bra enthusiast issued an appeal for at least 70 volunteers to flock to his store on Saturday, 26th October, to let him... Read More
17th October 2013, Thursday By TheCork.ie Political Reporter news@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Senator Denis O’Donovan, says Cork farmers will be adversely hit by the €70 million cut in funding for Irish agriculture next year. Senator O’Donovan said the €32 million cut in the CAP budget for Ireland along with the announcement of a €37 million cut... Read More
17th October 2013, Thursday By TheCork.ie Reporter news@TheCork.ie The Mayor of Cobh – Labour Cllr John Mulvihill Jnr – has welcomed confirmation that a planning application to transform the State’s largest toxic waste dump into vast public parkland as part of a €40m clean-up is due to be lodged within weeks. The Haulbowline site has... Read More
16th October 2013, Wednesday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie New figures released by the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) show a massive increase in student enrollments in Cork Institute of Technology at a time when both staff levels and budgets have plummeted. The union has warned of the hugely detrimental effects of cutbacks on the... Read More
15 October 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie 103 musicians played for 2 hours in the Largest Céilí Band in the World. The record will be submitted in the coming months to the Guinness Book of Records for approval as an official world record. The event produced by William Hammond of the Cork Folk Festival was held... Read More
15th October 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork South Central Fine Gael TD Jerry Buttimer has welcomed the commitment by Government to invest in a convention centre for Cork. “Over the last few months I have raised the issues of a convention centre in Cork and the economic benefits of such a facility with... Read More
14th October 2013, Monday By TheCork.ie Reporter news@TheCork.ie The vice-chairman of Ballincollig Tidy Town’s committee Pat Clarke has received the September Cork Person of the Month award. “Pat very much epitomises the hard work put in by Tidy Town volunteers, not only in Ballincollig, but throughout the county”, said awards organiser Manus O’Callaghan. Pat was... Read More
10th October 2013, Thursday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, has today (Thursday) welcomed the reduction in the trolley figures for the first nine months of the year at Cork University Hospital, which are 40% lower than they were for the same period in 2011. The Government TD says this improvement... Read More
10th October 2013, Thursday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie H+A Marketing + PR today announced that it has created a number of new positions in its Cork and Galway offices after a number of client wins and investment in the company. These new roles were created across the Public Relations, Marketing and Strategic Communications departments and come... Read More
11th October 2013, Friday By Gareth Flynn news@TheCork.ie Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service, assisted by An Garda Síochána, last night (10/10/13) seized a total of 60,000 cigarettes, €55,000 in cash and 30kgs of tobacco in Co. Cork. The cigarettes and tobacco have a total retail value of €38,560 and potential loss to the exchequer of... Read More
11th October 2013, Friday By TheCork.ie Health Correspondent news@thecork.ie “This is the first time in 27 years that I have spoken my baby’s name in church, back then there was nothing. I couldn’t even talk about him and it broke my heart. Thank you so much.” A mother refers to her baby’s death during the... Read More