Cork’s two Bishops: The Most Reverend John Buckley (Roman Catholic) and the Right Reverend Paul Colton (Church of Ireland) have issued their joint Christmas message. Christmas 2011: Christmas, for many, is the highlight of the year. Each year, the sense of anticipation comes earlier and earlier. It can be a time to get together with... Read More
As part of ongoing operations aimed at the prevention of the sale and distribution of unstamped tobacco products in the Cork area, Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service made a number of significant seizures at the weekend. On Saturday (10/12/11) a male and female were detected selling unstamped cigarettes in the Cork city area from their... Read More
PETER O’Mahony will miss Sunday’s return game with Scarlets after sustaining a hairline crack to his jaw in the round three game in Parc Y Scarlets last Saturday. O’Mahony didn’t return for the second half, replaced by Denis Leamy, and this afternoon an X-ray showed the damage he’s sustained that will keep him sidelined for... Read More
Winter conferring ceremonies continued today (December 8th 2011) at UCC with over 400 undergraduate and postgraduate students graduating from the College of Business & Law and the College of Science, Engineering & Food Science (SEFS). The Conferring addresses were given by Professor Sebastian Green, Head, Department of Management & Marketing; Lt Gen Pat Nash and... Read More
The Passage West Town Council and Joint Policing Committee have written to the Minister for Justice, outlining their concerns. ” To the Minister for Justice The members of Passage West Town Council and Joint Policing Committee call on the Minister for Justice to retain the Garda station in Passage West after the review of stations... Read More
University College Cork Winter Conferrings will take place this week, 5th – 9th December. There will a large influx of people in that area of Cork City, as students and guests attend the ceremonies. Parking around campus, College Road and Donovan’s Road will be restricted and there may be traffic congestion in the vicinity of... Read More
Bus Éireann is to provide late night services on the weekends in the run-up to Christmas from Cork city to Carrigaline, Ballincollig and Midleton. The services will operate from Cork city centre on Friday, December 9th, Saturday, December 10th, Friday, December 16th and Saturday, December 17th. Buses on each service will depart from St. Patrick’s... Read More
Rehab’s innovative JobFit programme which operated a centre in Blackpool, Cork between August 2010 and June 2011 has revealed today that 65 per cent of participants on the employment and training skills course in the city got a job or progressed on to further education or training. A total of 281 people who were unemployed... Read More
On Monday (December 5th) at 12.00 noon at his office in City Hall Cork, the Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Terry Shannon will announce details of the upcoming visit to China of a business and tourism delegation from Cork. The purpose of the visit is to complete an agreement with Shenzhen Tourism Association regarding the... Read More
Everyone has been welcoming today’s jobs announcement in East Cork. David Stanton, Fine Gael TD for Cork East says “I am very pleased that Midleton Distillery is going to benefit from such a large investment. I understand that this will entail the creation of 30 new permanent jobs in the manufacturing plant in Midleton, and... Read More
Cllr Tim Lombard, Mayor of the County of Cork leads the tribute to Member of Cork County Council Michael Donegan. The County Mayor stated that he had the privilege to serve with Michael on Cork County Council from 2003 to date. Michael was a man who was very passionate about North Cork. He was very... Read More
In one of the first press releases from Deirdre Clune since the Seanad Elections before the Summer the Fine Gael Senatorhas welcomed Minister’s Varadkar statement that tolls should not be imposed on the tunnel in Cork. Earlier in the year the National Roads Authority (NRA) indicated the intention to provide a toll system on the... Read More