15 April 2024 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment Craps is a long-standing favorite casino game that many people including its players have appreciated for many years now. It is based on rolling a pair of dice and making different bets on the final result of the game. Regardless of its apparently cumbersome layout and jargon,... Read More
15 April 2024 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Are you currently preparing for the Junior Cert, Leaving Cert or college and university exams? The run-up to exams can be a stressful time for some people, with many students left feeling that they have not prepared enough. There are plenty of people who feel like this but... Read More
14 April 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The city of Cork will be alive with music this May bank holiday weekend as the Cork International Choral Festival returns from 1st – 5th May. Organisers are gearing up for a spectacular five-day event featuring choirs from around the globe and a lineup of exciting performances and... Read More
13 April 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Now that the evenings a little longer, many people will be setting themselves a target to take part in a 5km, 10km or even a full marathon. Regardless of the distance, setting a target can give one the motivation to train and prepare for an upcoming event. If... Read More
12 April 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie RTE’s Paschal Sheehy will MC the Cork Business Association’s 67th annual President’s Dinner & Cork Business of the Year Awards ceremony this weekend. The prestigious event, which takes place at the Radisson Blu Hotel Little Island on Saturday 13rd April, is always a highlight for the local business community and... Read More
12 April 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Montenotte announces its latest partnership with Cork College of FET- Bishopstown Campus, creating two specialised courses to develop the hotel’s leadership team. Passionate about nurturing it’s employees, the team at The Montenotte has co-designed The Supervisory Development Programme (SDP) and Management Development Programme (MDP) with the Skills... Read More
11 April 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Bantry Bay Port Company marked the beginning of a busy cruise season today, Thursday, April 11th 2024 with the arrival of the Spirit of Discovery. The arrival of the Spirit of Discovery kickstarts a record-breaking cruise season for Bantry Bay Port Company with 22 cruise ships due to... Read More
11 April 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited has announced its financial results for 2023. Two particular highlights, in the delivery of ‘Our Strategy, Our Future 2030’, were the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Vita Actives Limited and the rollout of the Dairygold Grassroots Milk Supplier Sustainability Bonus Programme which confirms the... Read More
11 April 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie BallyCotton Seafood in East Cork is to invest more than €1 million in upgrading its production facilities and improving automation and efficiencies at its headquarters in Garryvoe. The investment is supported by a €300,000 grant under the Brexit Processing Capital Support Scheme, recommended by the Seafood Taskforce established... Read More
11 April 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil MEP and candidate for Ireland South, Billy Kelleher has said that Ireland sending a strengthened Eurosceptic delegation to the European Parliament after the June elections risks damaging Ireland’s global reputation. “In 2019, Irish voters sent four openly Eurosceptic MEPs to Brussels, including one who campaigned for... Read More
10 April 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork consumers should have access to more banks from across Europe which would cut costs and bring more competition into the market. This is according to Ireland South nominee in the upcoming European elections, John Mullins. Rem He said that just like airlines being able to operate in... Read More
10 April 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork Business Association (CBA) welcomes the new Taoiseach Simon Harris’ initial response to addressing key concerns voiced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cork and across the country. President of Cork Business Association Aaron Mansworth said, “We are heartened to see a renewed focus on addressing... Read More