Kinsale bus route needs more capacity

14 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The service has experienced a significant amount of added pressure due to the removal of a dedicated service from the city to Cork airport, the 226A in April 2020, forcing tourists onto the Kinsale 226 route bus service. Bus Eireann’s heavily used bus service from Kinsale to Cork... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, CLIMATE CHANGE / ENVIRONMENT, GREEN PARTY, NEWS, POLITICS

14th October, 2022

Criminal Assets Bureau Search Operation in Cork, Limerck, and Donegal

14 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Criminal Assets Bureau conducted a search operation in Counties Donegal, Limerick and Cork on Friday 14th October 2022 targeting a Limerick based OCG. The operation was conducted by Bureau Officers, supported by the Southern Regional Armed Response Unit and Gardaí from Donegal and Limerick. Searches were conducted... Read More

NEWS

14th October, 2022

Famous Maylor Street Chipper ‘Kielys’ celebrates 7 years of Deliveroo in Cork

14 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Deliveroo celebrates its 7th birthday in Cork this week. The Rebel County’s favourite delivery platform served its first Irish order in Cork 7 years ago, and since then 230 restaurants have joined Deliveroo to keep Corkonians well fed. To mark this momentous milestone, Deliveroo is teaming up with... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

14th October, 2022

Just a tiny amount of oil damages seabirds’ feathers, UCC study reveals

14 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Tiny amounts of crude oil on the water surface, less than one percent of the thickness of a hair, can damage seabird feathers, a University College Cork (UCC) study finds. Researchers from the Marine Ecology Group in UCC in Ireland, collected feathers from Manx shearwaters, a seabird species... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, CLIMATE CHANGE / ENVIRONMENT, NEWS

14th October, 2022

Being a Slave to your Mental Health

14 October 2022 By Roger Jones roger@TheCork.ie Opinion/Lifestyle There cannot be enough emphasis on the true importance of mental health. Having a good mind and sane mental health affects all of the human body. It serves as an essential part of our health and wellness that supports our ability to make decisions, develop connections, and... Read More

NEWS

13th October, 2022

ISME roadshow comes to Cork

13 October 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Irish SME Association (ISME) is delighted to be back on the road to continue its Roadshow series with an event in the Harbour Suite 8, Clayton Hotel Silver Springs, Cork City on the 13th October from 9am – 11am. Refreshments will be provided; admission is complimentary, and all... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, NEWS

12th October, 2022

The Most Southerly Pint in Ireland

12 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie News in brief Mizen Head in County Cork is famous for being the most south westerly Point in Ireland. Once it was buzzing with transatlanic ships provisioning before heading across to the USA, or treating it as the first port of the European continent on the Easterly journey.... Read More

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12th October, 2022

Award for Crosshaven Coast Guard

12 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie One of the busiest Coast Guard units in the country is the latest winner of the Cork International Hotel Community Spirit Award. Crosshaven Coast Guard was presented with the monthly award by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney T.D. Crosshaven is one of 44 Coast Guard units around... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS

12th October, 2022

HSE COVID-19 vaccine programme deploys mobile vaccination unit in West Cork

12 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie It’s the first of 12 mobile vaccination units around the country The Cork Kerry Community Healthcare West Cork vaccination team will deploy a new Covid-19 mobile vaccination unit this winter. 12 such units are planned for the country, and West Cork took delivery of the first vehicle recently.... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

12th October, 2022

TD urges Christmas travellers to check passport expiry date now

12 October 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Aindrias Moynihan, has urged people considering travelling abroad over Christmas and the New Year to check their passport expiry date as soon as possible to give them time to renew if needed. Deputy Moynihan commented, “Just like during the Summer, Christmastime... Read More

FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

12th October, 2022

All bereaved parents welcome to support meetings

12 October 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie There is a notable chill in the air as Halloween approaches in the coming weeks. But many don’t need Halloween to wear a mask…. Anam Cara wants to reach out to bereaved parents all over the county, to avail of their free services, to drop their ‘masks’ at... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

12th October, 2022

Sleep Deprivations: How It Affects People’s Lives

12 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Entertainment / Lifestyle Sleep is a state. It is characterized by reduced responsiveness to sensory stimuli. It also has suppressed locomotor activity and rapid reversibility to wakefulness. This is a process that is conserved evolutionary in the majority of organisms, from humans to worms. Humans have four (4)... Read More

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