By Bryan T. Smyth It’s been confirmed by Cork City Hall that it’s costing 5-thousand euro a month to store plants for the controversial “Sky Garden” The garden won awards at the Chelsea Flower Show two years ago, and this summer it will go on permanent display – in a slightly different form – in... Read More
Public street lighting in Cork City is being compromised by cutbacks and the transfer of the street-lighting contract to Airtricity, a private company, according to Workers’ Party Councillor, Ted Tynan. Councillor Tynan said that where once broken or faulty street lights would be repaired or replaced within days of a fault being reported now areas... Read More
By Bryan T. Smyth Twitter bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Senator Denis O’Donovan has welcomed confirmation that Castle Donovan Castle will open this summer after a lenghty refurbishment project. Castle Donovan or O’Donovan’s Castle is a tower house or túrtheach, in a valley near Drimoleague. It was the so-called “seat” of the Clann Cathail sept of the... Read More
By Bryan T. Smyth Details have been announced of Cork’s latest Film festival. It’s called “IndieCork” and will be run by a host of names including Mick Hannigan and Una Feely. The pair were controversially made redundant from the older “Cork International Film Festival” in March and have now bounced back with their own rival... Read More
By Bryan T. Smyth The second Cork French Food & Wine Festival will returns to Cork again from the today til Saturday. The festival is the brainchild of Frenchwoman Isabelle Sheridan of the famous ‘On the Pig’s Back’ food emporiums. Unusually it’s not in the City, nor East Cork, nor West Cork. Instead it’s in... Read More
8 May 2013 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie It’s official – the Rebel County has become the People’s Republic of Cork with the very first Rebel Passport hot off the press! The organisers of the forthcoming Cork Rebel Week (October 14th – 20th), the flagship Gathering event for Cork, have begun distributing the much anticipated Rebel... Read More
By Bryan T. Smyth A North Cork man who passed away after spending 10 months in Hospital following a crash in England has been laid to rest. Con or “Connie” Twomey from Meelin, County Cork had been holidaying in Devon last summer along with his wife Elber and 16 month old child Oisin when their... Read More
The Government must wake up to the threat to Post Offices in Cork City and County, the Annual Conference of the IrishPostmasters’ Union was told by Cork Postmaster Paddy O’Shea at the weekend. Mr. O’Shea, who is a Postmaster in Upper Aghada, Co. Cork, told the delegates to the conference in Fitzpatrick’s Hotel, Killiney, Co.... Read More
Educate Together is delighted to announce that the new Principal Teacher of Douglas / Rochestown Educate Together National School is Alan Sheehan. Born, raised and educated locally in Douglas, Alan was chosen following an extensive recruitment process and will take up the position on June 1st 2013. Alan is currently working in St. Columbas Boys... Read More
Irish-based American firms are losing out by lack of connectivity Fine Gael Cork North Central Deputy, Dara Murphy, has called for the establishment of a direct air route between Cork and the east coast of the United States, saying the current lack thereof is impeding Irish-based US firms in Cork. Deputy Murphy also made the... Read More
Cork natives Emer O’Donovan, Brig Ryan and Gillian Coughlan have been elected to positions on the National Executive of Fianna Fáil following last weekend’s party Ard Fheis at the RDS in Dublin. All three were elected to the Committee of 20 group, which sits on the governing council of the party. 23-year-old Emer O’Donovan from... Read More
Cork City manager Tommy Dunne says his side need to “kick start” their season ronight, as they travel to the Carlisle Grounds to face Bray Wanderers. City lost out to Dundalk on Friday night, and are back on the road again as they face a Bray side who have also endured a difficult start to... Read More