5 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie National Christmas Jumper Day comes back this year on Friday 11th December 2020 and Irish rugby legend Rob Kearney has once again lent his support to Children’s Health Foundation Crumlin (formerly CMRF Crumlin) to help raise vital funds for CHI at Crumlin and the National Children’s Research Centre... Read More
4 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Castletownbere RNLI were launched last night (Tuesday 3rd November 2020) at 22:54 to go to the assistance of a seriously will fisherman on board a fishing vessel off the West Cork Coast. Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat was tasked by Valentia Coastguard Radio at 22:46 last night to go to... Read More
4 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Have you ever been to a meeting of your local City or County Council? It is rare or there to be an audience. Usually, most people in the room are paid to be there! Either as an elected member (i.e. Councillor), or an official of the Council (i.e.... Read More
4 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East TD Seán Sherlock has said an ‘honest broker’ is needed for all sides in the debate on flood defences in the city. Deputy Sherlock was speaking on a motion in the Dáil this morning on flooding. The Labour TD said: “There’s been a lot of rhetoric... Read More
4 November 2020 By Roger LD Jones roger@TheCork.ie Lebanon expert promoted He has extensive overseas peacekeeping service with the United Nations, EU and NATO; deploying to Lebanon, Western Sahara, East Timor, Cote D’Ivoire, Chad, and Afghanistan. Brigadier General Brian Cleary has now been appointed as General Officer Commanding 1 Brigade based in Collins Barracks, Cork... Read More
4 November 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Whiddy Island is an island near the head of Bantry Bay, West Cork, Ireland. It is about 5.6 km long and 2.4 km wide. The island is noted for its oil terminal facilities – and the related Whiddy Island Disaster of 1979 which involved a ship called the... Read More
4 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is looking forward to Christmas Cork County Council is encouraging citizens to celebrate “A Real Cork Christmas” in our towns and villages in the run up to December 25th. Conceived as a symbolic “ARCC”, the initiative is designed to bolster communities and businesses in County... Read More
4 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Cork TD has received confirmation that the 2021 Tidy Towns competition will proceed. Cork East Labour TD Seán Sherlock was working late, as the Dail sat beyond midnight. The issue of the future of the Tidy Towns Competition was raised by Deputy Sherlock as a Topical Issue... Read More
3 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Government’s new Community Resilience campaign: #KeepWell The launch of the Government’s #KeepWell campaign is an invitation to individuals, communities, voluntary groups, sporting organisations, those involved in creativity and the arts, local heritage and businesses across Cork to find ways to support everyone as we navigate the crisis.... Read More
2 November 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ornua and the National Dairy Council (NDC) are pleased to announce the Starrett family, supplying Aurivo Co-op in Donegal, as the winner of the 2020 NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards. Now in its 11th year, the awards, dubbed the ‘Oscars of the Dairy World’, acknowledge, and celebrate the... Read More
2 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Revenue seize smuggled cigarettes and tobacco worth over €53,000 at Cork and Dublin Airports Yesterday as a result of routine profiling and with the assistance of one of Revenue’s x-ray scanners, Revenue officers seized 26,200 cigarettes at Cork Airport. The smuggled cigarettes were discovered in the checked and... Read More
2 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Eight young people from Gaelcholáiste Mhic Shuibhne in Knocknaheeny, North Cork City were honoured for their creativity in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) at the 2020 ESB Creative TechFest. Sophie Stewart, Ruby Cullen, Julie Duffy, Sean Healy, Erin Egan, Shane Power, Thomas Coffey and Callum Gately... Read More