MTU builds Rover Robot based on NASA Mars Design

10 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission landed its rover in Jezero Crater on Mars earlier this year and now, Munster Technological University’s own miniature rover has had its maiden voyage. Built to open-source specification plans that were supplied online by NASA (JPL) for people around the world to get... Read More

EDUCATION, NEWS

10th June, 2021

Carrigaline Notes: Some News from County Cork’s largest town

10 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie GAA Carrigaline Senior Footballers played their first match in Mourneabbey against Clyda Rovers in the Cork Credit Unions football league 3A on Monday last, June 7th. Clyda won by 12 points to 11 points. The Junior A league against Courcey Rovers was played at home on Monday evening... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

10th June, 2021

Are CBD oil, Cannabidiol, THC, and Hemp legal or illegal in Ireland?

10 June 2021 By Roger L. Jones roger@TheCork.ie Are you an individual or a food business interested in or already selling cannabidiol (CBD) products in Ireland? If so, you should make yourself aware of the legal situation with respect to the sale of cannabis/hemp products and synthetic cannabinoids in Ireland. The Food Safety Authority of... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, NEWS

10th June, 2021

SPORT: Aoife Cooke from Youghal Athletic Club #EastCork receives support from Youghal Businesses

10 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Youghal Business Alliance are proud and delighted to support Aoife in her journey to the Tokyo Olympic Games To compete in the Olympic Games is the dream of every sportsperson because ‘once an Olympian, always an Olympian’. Aoife Cooke, whose pedigree is steeped in the history of Youghal... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, SPORT

10th June, 2021

CORK CRIME: Robbery and Assault on Lower Glanmire Road, Cork City

10 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Robbery and Assault in Cork City on June 4, 2021 – Two Men Arrested Gardaí have arrested two men in relation to a robbery and assault in Cork city on June 4, 2021. Shortly after midnight on June 4, a man was walking on the Lower Glanmire Road... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS

9th June, 2021

Cork site of Biopharmaceutical firm highlights Batten Disease

9 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie BioMarin, Shanbally (adjacent to Ringaskiddy), Co Cork is shining a light for International Batten Disease Awareness Day today. BioMarin’s building has been illuminated with orange lights to highlight the impact of Batten Disease on patients around the world. Batten Disease is an ultra-rare neurological progressive condition that affects... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS

9th June, 2021

Ballincollig gets a new a City Councillor

9 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin’s new Councillor on Cork City Counciil has said he will be “a voice for a generation of Cork people denied an affordable, secure place to live and a champion for community empowerment.” The party this afternoon announced Eolan Ryng (36) as the party’s new Councillor for... Read More

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

9th June, 2021

Euromillions player was 1 number away from €17m Jackpot, so gets ‘only’ €169k instead #Mallow # NorthCork

9 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A EuroMillions player in Cork was just one lucky star number away from winning the €17 million jackpot on offer in last night’s draw. They matched five numbers and one lucky star to win €169,024. The winning numbers for last night’s (8th June) EuroMillions draw were: 02, 11,... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

9th June, 2021

€1.9M in Climate Adaptation Allocation welcomed by Cork County Council

9 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Mary Linehan Foley recently welcomed an allocation of €1,879,650 from the Department of Transport under the Climate Adaptation and Resilience Works 2021. This allocation provides funding for 70 projects, covering flood mitigation and drainage works, adaptations to reduce damage to roads... Read More

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

9th June, 2021

Cork SuperValu group fundraise for Marymount

9 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie

AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

8th June, 2021

Taoiseach Micheál Martin goes walkabout in Cork City Centre, where Prince’s Street is for diners, not drivers

8 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Princes Street, in Cork City Centre is a hard name to pronounce. Old-time Corconians will tell you it should be Prince’s, as in the plural of the word Prince. However these days it is usually written without the apostrophe which leads many quick readers to think it is... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

8th June, 2021

RELIGIOUS NEWS: Two new Readers in Cork

8 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Religious News Today, the eve of the feast of Saint Columba, the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, licensed two new readers – Alan Clohessy and Dr Kieran Hogan – to the Office of Reader. Last year Alan and Kieran both completed... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS