3rd December 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune has today (Tuesday) welcomed the publication of the OECD report which assessed 15 year olds, across 65 countries, in literacy, numeracy and science and showed Irish students recording above average results. “This type of report has been prepared every three years since 2000 and... Read More
2nd December 2013, Monday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Students from across the Cork Region are honing their entrepreneurial skills and preparing for Christmas trade at the South Cork Schools Enterprise Christmas Fair taking place in Douglas Village Shopping Centre on Tuesday, 10 December 2013. This year, more than 100 companies will take part in the fair,... Read More
2nd December 2013, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie O’Donovan welcomes Govt acceptance of FF Bill on decriminalising minor fishing infringements Flanna Fáil Senator Denis O’Donovan, has welcomed the commitment by Minister Simon Coveney to accept the main elements of Fianna Fáil’s bill seeking to decriminalise minor fishing infringements. Last week, the Seanad debated the... Read More
2nd December 2013, Monday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie Newmarket Motors today announced that it has entered in to a sponsorship deal with Presentation Brothers College (PBC) Junior and Senior Cup Rugby teams. The announcement was made this morning by Sean Browne of Newmarket Motors and Damien Philpott of PBC at the school grounds on... Read More
1st December 2013, Sunday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Kinsale Chamber of Tourism & Business launched its ‘Christmas Card from Kinsale’ campaign, to coincide with switching on of the lights on the new Christmas tree in the Town Council Park. Mayor, Tony Cierans helped switch on the lights on the beautiful new 8m Christmas tree as well... Read More
29th November 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today the Mardyke Arena UCC, is hosting a one day Workshop presented by Mark Jarvis, Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach for the English Institute of Sport, entitled ‘Strength & Conditioning: Practical Lessons from the Elite Environment’ Mark has been working as an elite strength and conditioning coach... Read More
29th November 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie A Blackpool G.P., Dr John Sheehan, has been selected as a Fianna Fail candidate for the Cork North Central Ward. Based in Blackpool for the past 10 years Dr Sheehan has seen at first hand the challenges that people face on a daily basis. These range from problems with... Read More
29th November 2013, Sunday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie Cork companies Milestone Solutions, MMD Construction, Prenco Manufacturing Ltd, WiseTek Soultions Ltd, Whitegate Power Station and TAL were among 38 private and public sector organisations to receive awards recently from the Minister of State for Small Business, Mr John Perry T.D. The leading Cork organisations joined... Read More
26th November 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Cork South Central Deputy Micheál Martin has hit out at the Government for blocking Fianna Fáil proposals to revitalise struggling town centres in Cork and across the country. The Fianna Fáil Bill, which was debated in the Dáil last Friday, proposed the establishment of a Town Team in each... Read More
21 November 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie 50K racewalking champion of the world Rob Heffernan was named November Cork Person of the Month, and his name now goes forward for possible selection as Person of the Year at the 21st Cork Person of the Year awards function on 17th January 2014 next in the Rochestown Park... Read More
18th November 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie What does a soprano, three Munster rugby players and a Cork radio station all have in common? They’re all prepared to team up for the 2013 Annual Christmas Cracker Charity Cycle which was launched at Marymount Hospice on Monday 18th of November. Cara O’Sullivan, Casey Lualala, Sean Dougal, Denis... Read More
18th November 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Four employees from McDonald’s restaurant in Douglas have received awarded City & Guilds qualifications. The employees from Cork were amongst 160 McDonald’s staff members to receive qualifications at the ceremony which took place in Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin. 32 McDonald’s restaurants from across Ireland saw... Read More