18th November 2013 By TheCork.ie Politics Reporter news@TheCork.ie The Government has drastically reduced the number of grants paid out for the Housing Aid for the Older Persons Scheme in Cork since it came into power. In reply to parliamentary questions from Fianna Fáil, the Government revealed the full scale of their cuts targeting older people... Read More
14th November 2013, Thursday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Christmas lights in Cork City will be switched on this Weekend TV presenter Brendan O’Connor, from Bishopstown, will turn the switch on Patrick’s Street at 6pm on Sunday. The lighting ceremony will include a performance by The “Cork Community Project Choir”, Characters from both Cork... Read More
14th November 2013, Thursday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie €1.2 million is needed to restore the former House of George Boole in Cork City.Boole was the first professor of Mathematics at UCC, which in 1850s was known as “Queens College” Boole is famous for inventing “Boolean Algebra”, the form of mathematics which led to the... Read More
14th November 2013, Thuesday By TheCork.ie Politics Reporter news@TheCork.ie In the wake of Ryanair’s announcement of nine new routes from Dublin which will create 300 additional jobs, Politicians from all parties have urged the management in Cork Airport to engage with Michael O’ Leary to keep Cork Airport on their radar and to actively negotiate... Read More
14th November 2013, Thursday 11.30am By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Due to a serious break in a Trunk Water Main in Cattle Market Street Area, Residents and Business Owners in the following areas may experience some loss of supply. Cork City Council are carrying out essential engineering works to repair the broken main and will endeavour to... Read More
14th November 2013, Thursday 10am By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Green Business, one of the flagship programmes of the National Waste Prevention Scheme, has teamed up with IBEC, Enterprise Ireland and BIM, to host a series of seminars on Resource Efficiency, this November. These seminars – one of which is taking place today in the SilverSprings Hotel... Read More
14th November 2013, Thursday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie The Cork Screen Commission is delighted to announce the appointment of Colm Crowley, Head of Production RTÉ Cork, as Chair of the newly formed Cork Screen Partnership. The announcement was made at a reception at Cork City Hall hosted by the Lord Mayor of Cork to... Read More
14th November 2013, Thursday By Pete Smith psmith@TheCork.ie Susan Hayes, ‘The Positive Economist’ and Managing Director of international financial training company, Hayes Culleton Ltd., will address members of the Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD) and business leaders from Cork, at a dedicated evening briefing on this evening in the Maryborough Hotel, Douglas. Author of... Read More
14th November 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Four Cork companies: UrParts.com, Slattery Validation Systems, PMD Device Solutions Alanya will compete at the InterTradeIreland Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition’s Munster final in the Maryborough Hotel Cork today. The competition, which supports new start and early stage companies, offers a share of a €280,000 cash prize, with no equity... Read More
13th November 2013, Wednesday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Charleville engineering company BCD announced today the creation of 40 new jobs resulting from a new multi million euro vaccine plant project in the Asian market. The jobs will be a mix of engineering and trades roles in the company’s design and manufacturing divisions. The announcement comes after... Read More
11th November 2012, Monday, 11pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The new Hollyhill road on the northside of the city – developed to boost the IT sector and local industries in Hollyhill – is to be named after the late Cllr Dave McCarthy who represented the people of the northside since 1985. Speaking tonight in... Read More
11 November 2013 Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A group of Cork city centre businesses have joined forces to support the redevelopment of the old Beamish & Crawford site as the preferred home for Cork’s new events centre. The project has the full backing of some of Cork’s leading businesses, including restaurant owners, publicans and retailers who today... Read More