Lidl now offering home delivery in Cork (using the Buymie service)

25 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 50 personal shoppers to be hired to service 86,000 households across Cork City and Suburbs Buymie, a same-day grocery delivery provider, has teamed-up with Lidl Ireland to offer home grocery deliveries and full personal shopping services to over 86,000 Cork households. Earlier this year, Buymie announced the creation... Read More

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25th August, 2020

‘Millions of investment’ in sustainable transport in Cork City in 2020 and 2021

25 August 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Green Party welcome “millions of investment” in sustainable transport in Cork City in 2020 and 2021 – Cllr. Oliver Moran & Minister Eamon Ryan The Green Party in Cork has welcomed investment of millions of euro in pedestrian, cycle and green infrastructure for the city in 2020 and... Read More

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24th August, 2020

‘The Ilen’ is Ireland’s only surviving wooden sail cargo vessel

24 August 2020, Monday By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland’s only surviving wooden sail cargo vessel revived a tradition lost a century ago when it embarked on a symbolic series of sustainable wind-powered supply trips to islands on the south and west coasts on Sunday. The Ilen, which was built in Baltimore in West Cork in... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

24th August, 2020

CORK BUSINESS: Glanmire firm has contactless water coolers for new COVID19 environment

24 August 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Cork-based company is providing contactless water dispensers to businesses nationwide in a bid to help combat Covid-19 as workplaces and schools prepare to reopen. Richie Madden, CEO of Aquafria said “I have 180 of these dispensers in our warehouse in Glanmire. They arrived over from Italy last... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

24th August, 2020

‘Businesswoman of the Year’ to be named this week

24 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Network Ireland West Cork is a business group for women Network Ireland West Cork will hold its annual ‘Businesswoman of the Year’ awards event online on the 27th August, 2020. The host for the awards event is Margaret Nelson, CEO of FM104 and Q102. Margaret said she is thrilled... Read More

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24th August, 2020

AUDIO: Why should we ‘Recall the Dáil’?

24 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Cork North Central Solidarity TD Mick Barry this morning said that the Dáil should be recalled this week as a matter of urgency. His call came as the Government comes under mounting pressure to relent on plans to leave the Dáil reopening until September. It is expected... Read More

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24th August, 2020

Top 5 Gambling Movies to Watch on Netflix

24 August 2020 By Roger M Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Netflix has become one of the biggest TV and movie studios in the world, with more subscribers than all the US cable TV channels combined. Launched as a DVD rental business, an entirely new streaming business was developed from scratch, and finally invested in original content creation... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

23rd August, 2020

‘1,777 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland’

23 August 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Since the crisis began earlier this year there have now been a total of 1,777 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Saturday 22nd August, the HPSC has been notified of 61 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 27,969 confirmed cases of COVID-19... Read More

HEALTH, NEWS

23rd August, 2020

Cork TD calls for funding for ‘Cork Life Centre’

23 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central, Padraig O’Sullivan has called for the allocation of funding for the Cork Life Centre. The Cork Life Centre is an educational service catering for children between the ages of 12-18 years who for various reasons have not thrived or coped in... Read More

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23rd August, 2020

More parklets to be created in Cork City Centre

23 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The National Transport Authority has allocated funding totalling €55m to 547 projects in 11 counties to support pedestrian and cyclist movement and to enhance accessibility in cities, towns and villages. What happening in Cork? Installation of parklets in Cork City How much money? Cork City Council is receiving... Read More

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23rd August, 2020

Success for County Cork in National Writing Competition ‘Stories From The Waterside’

23 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Storytelling is alive and well in County Cork as evident from local entries to a national story writing competition called Stories from the waterside. Cork had two short story winners selected from almost 500 entries. The first written by Kara Palkki Smemoe from Ballincollig is titled Fording The... Read More

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23rd August, 2020

European Commission approves €26 million Irish scheme for tourism and hospitality

23 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The European Commission this week approved a €26 million Irish scheme to support companies in the tourism and hospitality sectors affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The measure was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework. The public support will take the form of direct grants to cover the... Read More

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