Cork City & Mardyke Arena UCC announce 2021 Golf Classic

10 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City FC are delighted to announce details of the 2021 Golf Classic, proudly sponsored by Mardyke Arena University College Cork. Associate sponsors for the event are Clonakilty Food Co., who will be providing catering on the day, and Johnson & Perrott Motor Group who will be supplying... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, SPORT

9th August, 2021

Why Irish Passport processing so slow? 112,000 people waiting

9 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie #Delays: Every summer people apply for Passport renewals at the last minute, but now there are COVID working restrictions on top of that, creating a ‘perfect storm’ Sinn Féin’s Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD has called on the Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney (who is also Cork based)... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

9th August, 2021

Revised COVID19 regulations are needed as the vaccination programme nears completion – says Cork MEP

9 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher had called for a complete review of all regulations and restrictions in light of the successful rollout of Ireland’s Covid 19 vaccination programme. “We can be proud as a nation about how we, as a society, have embraced the chance to receive... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, FIANNA FAIL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS

9th August, 2021

WEST CORK: Irish Cattle & Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) row into Bantry Hospital closure controversy

9 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said that Bantry hospital must be fully open to assist the communities of West Cork and South Kerry. Mr Kelleher was speaking at the protest in Bantry held Sunday (8 August) organised by local community activists who are calling for an immediate end... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

9th August, 2021

Cork flood defences are now an urgent necessity – says Cork FG TD

9 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Politics The Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme must be delivered urgently to prevent another flooding catastrophe and widescale damage in the city, a Fine Gael TD has said. Cork North Central Deputy Colm Burke has said city and county officials must press ahead with plans... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: NORTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

9th August, 2021

Cork based Musgrave Group named ‘Graduate Employer of the Year’

9 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Food and beverage business scoops three prestigious graduate recruitment awards Musgrave has been named Graduate Employer of the Year at the prestigious annual gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards for 2021. The leading food retail, wholesale, and foodservice company scooped a total of three accolades at this year’s Awards, including... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

9th August, 2021

LIFE AFTER COVID: Cork County Council re-opens its public counters

9 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is reopening its offices today, so that members of the public will be able to visit the majority of public counters without an appointment. The Motor Tax Office will operate on an appointment-only basis. A vast range of services, over 120, are available online at... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS

9th August, 2021

Ballygarvan woman wins Community Spirit Award

9 August 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Elaine O’Regan from Ballygarvan Community Association has been chosen as “The Cork International Hotel Community Spirit Award” winner for April. The association brings young and older generations together and also promotes the social, economic, cultural and environmental welfare of the entire community. Elaine O’Regan has volunteered as secretary... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS

8th August, 2021

Cork to benefit from Remote Work funding

8 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has welcomed the investment in supporting remote working hubs across Ireland. In total €4 million has been dedicated to several projects in Ireland South by the Government. This funding will help to develop existing remote working hubs and broadband connection points all across... Read More

BUSINESS, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

7th August, 2021

Cork registers more than 3,000 new .IE domain names in first half of 2021

7 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 3,032 new .ie domains were registered in Cork in the first half of 2021 (H1 2021: 1 January–30 June), according to the latest .IE Domain Profile Report, which explores and analyses the .ie database. The figure represents a 10.9% increase on the same period in 2020. The report,... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

6th August, 2021

SOCCER PREVIEW: Cork City FC vs Galway United

6 August 2021, Friday By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City are back on the road this evening, travelling to Eamon Deacy Park to face John Caulfield’s Galway United. It will be the second meeting of the sides this season, after the 1-1 draw in Turner’s Cross back in May. On that night, Jack Baxter fired... Read More

SPORT

6th August, 2021

€3.7m new Public Library for Kinsale Town

6 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan, and Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, jointly marked the official commencement of works on Kinsale’s new state of the art library facility. The event, which took place in Kinsale on Sunday 25th July, marks the... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, EDUCATION, NEWS