15 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Protestors outside Barry’s Tea HQ in Cork to highlight the issue of plastic in teabags Uplift campaigners today delivered the 13,000 signature petition to Barry’s Tea Headquarters in Cork after the company have repeatedly not met their promises to remove plastic from all of their teabags since they... Read More
15 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 100 Years of Change is an innovative outreach and online project from the Glucksman. Original works of art from the University College Cork Art Collection have been loaned to community centres and libraries in five different Cork neighbourhoods so that people can experience an exhibition a little closer to... Read More
15 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Download your free Christmas Recipes Downloadable Booklet before December 18th at https://ballymaloefoods.ie/christmas-ballymaloe/ The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges this Christmas, and it has been exceptionally hard for individuals and charities. Christmas has historically been a critical time when it comes to fundraising and will now take on added... Read More
14 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City Missing Persons Search and Recovery; BUMBLEance, Covers of Comfort and Shine Centre for Autism among the 49 recipients Almost 50 Cork charities and community groups will benefit from funding from Thermo Fisher Scientific’s €50,000 community partnership grant. Among the local deserving projects announced today by the Currabinny-based... Read More
14 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Conclusion: “Once you are on the network Post Mobile might be wonderful, we simply cannot say! We didn’t get that far. Its staff seem nice, which is always a good start. Our delays in porting could well be due to an issue with our current network. Our main... Read More
14 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Clean Coasts’ Ocean Hero Recognition Awards – Ballynamona Clean Coasts are being recognised under the ‘Against the Odds’ category while Marc McCarthy in Schull, and paddle-boarder Dave Ludgate of Subowti are both being recognised under the ‘Dedicated Individuals’ category. This week Clean Coasts will recognise the work of... Read More
14 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie In Entertainment News The County Mayor has switched on the lights on the impressive 3-storey high tree in the atrium of Cork County Hall. The Mayor was accompanied by children related to her, in what was a much slimmed-down ceremony. Last year – prior to the current COVID... Read More
14 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister for Health to assist patients with access to prescribed medical cannabis products The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has today announced that patients who are prescribed medical cannabis products will no longer need to travel to the Netherlands to collect their medication. Prior to COVID-19 pandemic, patients... Read More
14 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ‘Student nurses’ are ‘nursing students’ who are in a clinical setting – in Ireland, they are not paid. If they were paid where would the money come from? Would already graduated nurses seek back pay? The Government certainly has many issues to consider before making any change, but... Read More
14 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Aircoach is asking you to nominate your friends or family who can’t make it home this Christmas to be in with a chance of winning them a ‘Nostalgic Tastes of Ireland Gift Hamper’ from Carrolls Irish Gifts, packed with lots of iconic Irish snacks, with everything from Barry’s... Read More
13 December 2020, Sunday By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Joe Kavanagh, attended the launch of a Commemoration Garden at the North Monastery Secondary School by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, TD at lunchtime today. The Commemoration Garden is a project being undertaken by the school’s History Club, under the direction of... Read More
13 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The parents of a Crosshaven RNLI crew member is asking Cork people to support the charity’s annual Christmas appeal after volunteers faced an unprecedented year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The RNLI has seen a drop in income in 2020 as traditional fundraising activities had to be cancelled.... Read More