13 July 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie An 18 year old student in Clonakilty has completed a “Round Ireland Cycle” of more than 1,500 kilometres Jamie O’Neill from Ahiohill started in Mizen Head on June 25th, and covered about 100km every day The fifth year student undertook the Cycle to raise money for West... Read More
By TheCork.ie Reporter 20 new jobs are being created in aviation training in Cork. The “Atlantic Flight Training Academy” – which is based next to Cork Airport – has signed a contract with the national airline of Kazakhstan called “Air Astana”. The agreement will see significant groups of the airline’s cadets arrive in Cork each... Read More
Cork City Council is stepping up their campaign against gum litter and asking people to “Bin it Your Way”. This is the second year of the three-year campaign and Cork City Council are once again an active participant in the high-profile national Gum Litter Taskforce (GLT) awareness campaign. On Wednesday 10th July 2013, Cork City... Read More
10th July 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mr. Padraig Aherne’s voluntary work as a teacher of adults with severe disabilities earned him a Cork Person of the Month award, meaning also he has a 1/12 chance of collecting the overall Cork Person of the Year award for 2013 at the Ceremony in Jan 2014.... Read More
By Tom Collins tom@thecork.ie Work will finally commence in the next few weeks on a long awaiting Library on the Northside of the City. It’s part of the overall Northside regeneration plan. The new Hollyhill library will be on the grounds of Terence MacSwiney Community College The large scale project willl take 18 months and... Read More
Fine Gael TD for Cork North West, Aine Collins, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte, that a competitive tendering process is now at its final stage and that, after his Department considers the tenders received by interested parties, a definitive decision should be made in September. “I was very pleased... Read More
Fianna Fáil Senator Denis O’Donovan has criticised the announcement that Kinsale Courthouse is to close, saying it represents a further erosion of local services. The Cork South West Senator was reacting to confirmation from the Courts Service that Kinsale court house is to be shut down in the coming months, along with 7 others across... Read More
Ireland’s first sea plane service takes to the skies for its maiden voyage this July, 10th at 10am. It’s from the Company which had once hoped to offer flights from Cobh in Cork to Kinsale and surronding areas. So far Cork plans haven’t progressed but the company is ploughing ahead elsewhere in Ireland. Based at... Read More
The final Mayor of Cobh John Mulvihill Jnr has welcomed new figures released by the Central Statistics Office, highlighting a marked increase in the numbers visiting Ireland. In the period March – May 2013 the total number of trips to Ireland increased by 8.1% to 1,771,700, an overall increase of 132,000 compared with the same... Read More
Cork City face a tough task as they look to bounce back from last weekend’s disappointment, with champions Sligo Rovers the opponents at Turner’s Cross. City, who were defeated 3-0 by UCD in their last league outing, were on the wrong end of a 2-0 scoreline the last time they faced Sligo, and manager Tommy... Read More
Cork Airport have welcomed Ryanair’s announcement of a new four times weekly service from Cork to East Midlands, beginning in October. The announcement came as part of the airline’s new winter schedule for 2013/2014 which also introduces a 100,000 seat sale across Ryanair’s entire European network. Welcoming the announcement, Niall MacCarthy, Airport Director, Cork Airport... Read More