24th January 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie There were great celebrations at National Lottery offices this afternoon as Mary O’Driscoll from Whitegate, Co. Cork picked up a big cheque for €350,000. The lucky Co. Cork woman won the top prize in last Saturday’s Lotto Plus 1 draw (18 January 2014). Mary was accompanied by her... Read More
23rd Janaury 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Senator, Deirdre Clune, has welcomed confirmation that an interim charities regulator will be installed by the end of next month. Along with many others, “I was shocked by the recent revelations about certain charitable organisations, which have justifiably damaged public trust and confidence in that sector.... Read More
23rd Janaury 2014, Thursday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ryanair today celebrated 10 million passengers at Cork Airport. To mark the occasion we gave our 10 millionth passenger, local Sinead Hurley, a pair of flights to Tenerife. Ryanair began operating at Cork 26 years ago with a route to London Stansted and today offers passengers... Read More
22nd January 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie With 1,243 new buildings, Cork recorded a significant decrease in new buildings nationally with a year on year decline of 21% according to new data published by GeoDirectory today. Though a decrease on last year’s figures, the 1,243 new buildings in Cork is the highest number of new... Read More
21st January 2014, 4pm By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Chairman of the Governing Body of Cork Institute of Technology, Mr Bob Savage, has announced the reappointment of CIT President, Dr Brendan Murphy. Following an open competition Dr Murphy has been appointed for a five-year term, commencing September, 2014. Mr Savage welcomed the appointment of Dr... Read More
21st January 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sean Kelly, MEP and member of the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee, has urgently requested a meeting with Dr.Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research and the world’s top particle physics lab, to progress steps towards Ireland’s membership of CERN.... Read More
21st January 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 14 teams from 10 Cork schools will compete to impress judges at the second annual EMC VEX Robotics championship at the Nexus Centre on the Cork Institute of Technology campus this Friday, 24 January. The top team will qualify for a place at the Vex World championships... Read More
21st January 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, announced today that he has given sanction to SECAD to approve funding of €500,000 to Carrigaline Lions Youth Project Ltd. for the construction of a 6000 sq. ft. youth centre The facility will comprise youth activity/general purpose... Read More
21 January 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The local community of Dungourney, Co Cork gathered to host a ‘Welcome Day’ on 18th January, to welcome the arrival of the first barrels of whiskey to Irish Distillers’ new Dungourney Warehousing facility. The facility, which has recently had a €100 million investment by Irish Distillers, owners... Read More
21 January 2014 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Dr. Martin Collins completed his PhD in what was then the Department of Zoology at UCC from 1990 to 1994 he has been awarded an OBE in the 2014 New Year’s Honours List in the UK. It is in recognition of his “services to science and conservation in... Read More
20th January 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Socialist Party Cllr Mick Barry this morning called for a freeze on health insurance premiums as news broke that the cost of almost 100 health plans are expected to rise on February 1. Health plan costs were increased by Aviva and Glohealth on January 1 and this morning’s... Read More
17 January 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons has been made an Honorary Corkman. The 65-year-old English actor has lived in West Cork since the late 1990’s when he bought and then restored Kilcoe Castle outside Ballydehob. ‘Now I’m an honorary Corkman I am not quite such a blow in’... Read More