17 September 2021, Friday By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ballycotton RNLI all-weather Trent class lifeboat Austin Lidbury was launched at 7.02pm yesterday evening following a request from Valentia Coast guard to a report of a swimmer in difficulty at Ballycroneen beach. Conditions were cloudy with northerly winds and reduced visibility due to fading light. Crosshaven RNLI... Read More
17 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Students spanning Primary (5th and 6th class) and Secondary (up to Junior Cert) schools are invited to enter the inaugural, national An Post Brain Busters programme announced by Dr Niamh Shaw, award-winning communicator, writer and explorer of space activities. Students must successfully complete a series of numeracy and... Read More
16 September 2021, Thursday By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork City Culture Night takes place on Friday 17th September, for the 16th year running, this one-night extravaganza offers several ways for people to enjoy this annual celebration of culture, creativity and the arts. The event website is www.culturenightcork.ie. The 2021 diverse and impressive line-up features a... Read More
15 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Guinness recently confirmed that the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival will take place over the bank holiday weekend from 22nd – 25th October 2021. The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, one of the biggest and longest running events on the Irish music calendar, was cancelled in 2020 in line with... Read More
14 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie
14 September 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie To say that Thermo Fisher Scientific (Nasdaq: TMO) is a large company would be an understatement. At the time of writing its shares are worth 561.21 US Dollars each, according to Yahoo Finance. It is one of the many foreign pharma firms located in and around Ringaskiddy, Co... Read More
14 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Pride of Place The adjudicators for this year’s All Ireland Pride of Place competition visited County Hall last Monday to meet and interview the Carrigaline Tidy Towns members representing Cork County in the All Ireland final. Due to Covid-19 no physical adjudication took place and each town in... Read More
14 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Kerry Community Healthcare wishes to remind the public that walk-in testing at Covid-19 screening centres in Dunmanway and Cork city is not currently available. The centres are available for testing by appointment, and we appeal to the public to attend for their scheduled appointments. Where that’s not... Read More
14 September 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork have welcomed agreement on the final 200m of the Glanmire greenway A Monday’s night’s council meeting, Cork City Council agreed to route the greenway alongside Aldi in Riverstown, connecting it with the Hazelwood Road, avoiding other controversial proposals. Speaking after the meeting, Green... Read More
14 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork innovation hub uses COVID downtime to undergo €200,000 refurb Republic of Work, a flexible innovation hub in the heart of Cork city, is experiencing a 200% increase in enquiries about its workspaces, as companies explore new options for their development and employees. Based on South Mall, the... Read More
13 September 2021, Monday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Tonight a pre-recorded interview aired on Virgin Media One (a channel previously known as TV3). News Anchor Colette Fitzpatrick spoke with Ian Bailey. Ian Bailey was arrested twice in Ireland, but never charged in Ireland, in relation to the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier at... Read More
13 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie POSITIVE NEWS FOR HISTORY/TOURISM: The Wild Atlantic Way took what already exists, but packaged it and made it easier to follow, now the same has been done with a ‘Michael Collins trail’ A new trail has been launched in West Cork to guide people to sites in the... Read More