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

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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

5th August, 2021

Carrigaline News

5 August 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Whirlwind Start The first day of the Carrigaline Outdoor Market in the GAA car park on Friday morning last was a great success with 17 stall holders attending. There was a continuous flow of customers from 10.00am through to 2.00pm and later. The market was located at the... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

5th August, 2021

VIDEO: New cranes at Port of Cork’s Ringaskiddy container terminal

5 August 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie In 2020 the Port of Cork took owner ship of two Ship to Shore (STS) Gantry Cranes for the new state-of-the-art Port facility, Cork Container Terminal in Ringaskiddy. The cranes were built by Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd in Killarney, County Kerry and were assembled onsite under the supervision... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS

5th August, 2021

#WESTCORK Baltimore RNLI called out following activation of a personal locator beacon within Baltimore Harbour

5 August 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI was launched earlier this evening following the activation of an alarm from a personal locator beacon within Baltimore Harbour in West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their inshore lifeboat at 6.54pm following a request from the Irish Coast Guard to help locate an active Personal... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS

5th August, 2021

SOCCER: Cork City FC sign Joe O’Brien-Whitmarsh

5 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City FC are delighted to announce that Joe O’Brien-Whitmarsh has agreed his first professional contract with the club. The 16-year-old has been in the first team squad on a couple of occasions this year, having joined from Fermoy FC in early 2019, and he told CorkCityFC.ie that he... Read More

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