VIDEO: The most expensive car in Cork – A Red Ferrari for €169,950 ex VRT @FinbarrGalvin

top of page 16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie From time to time we all like to dream of winning the Lottery, what would you buy? Perhaps a stately home, or a fancy car. While browsing Carzone.ie I just found what I am going to dub ‘the most expensive car in Cork’, and surprisingly... Read More

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16th May, 2020

BALLINCOLLIG: €1.6 million Georgian ‘Carrigrohane Lodge’ comes with fishing rights on River Lee

top of page 16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Property for sale: Located just off the Ballincollig end of the Carrigrohane Straight Road, it’s a haven of peace, yet it’s just minutes from the City, or Ballincollig. These days the stately property called Carrogrohane Lodge is accessed via a housing estate. This is because... Read More

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16th May, 2020

Cork City’s 10th LGBTI+ Awareness Week

top of page 16 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie This Sunday, May 17, Cork City will mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biophobia and Transphobia ( IDAHOBIT Day) as it has done each year since 2010 by organising LGBTI+ Awareness Week – a week when public agencies, lgbti+ NGOs and communities come together to say... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS

16th May, 2020

VIDEO: Experience #CorkCultureFromTheCouch

top of page 16 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork arts and cultural organisations come together, in their homes, to create a love letter to the city to remind people of all of the gems that can be found and what they can expect to enjoy when the COVID-19 restrictions are over. In this... Read More

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16th May, 2020

PROPERTY: It’s called the ‘White House’, has electric gates, a sauna, and room for a tennis court

top of page 16 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie With an asking price of €675,000 this is a detached 4 bedroom executive-style residence on approx 1.5 acres at: White House, Leemount, Carrigrohane, Cork. It’s situated on an elevated site with panoramic views. With scope for possible development of the side lawn – suitable, perhaps,... Read More

NEWS, PROPERTY

16th May, 2020

1,346 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Cork

top of page 16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 15 people with COVID-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,533 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of 11am Saturday 16 May, the HPSC has been notified of 92 new... Read More

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16th May, 2020

VIDEO: Virtual panoramic flyover of Cork City

top of page 16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Back in 2017 a YouTube video of a virtual flyover of Cork City (with traffic and people!) went viral online. It was the creation of Antionio Bernal. The Cork resident – Originally from Southern Spain – painstakingly recreated Leeside in a city-building simulator Cities called... Read More

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16th May, 2020

Cork accounts for third highest number of rodent callouts in 2020

top of page 16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth byyan@TheCork.ie Rentokil warns of rodent threats to vacant buildings during lockdown Rentokil, a well known pest control provider, is advising companies of the threat posed by rodents to premises that are lying vacant as a result of the lockdown. The company believes that rats and mice... Read More

BUSINESS, HEALTH, NEWS

16th May, 2020

Credit Union introduces special COVID19 Loan Rate @St_Michaels_CU

top of page 16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie St. Michael’s Credit Union – which is based in Skehard Road, Blackrock – has introduced Loan Rates of 4.5% APR for businesses impacted by COVID-19. St. Michael’s Credit Union, Manager, Ger O’Brien stated; “As a cornerstone of the communities of Blackrock and Mahon we have... Read More

NEWS

16th May, 2020

Should public parks have special hours for elderly and vulnerable? #COVID19 @cllr_twomey

top of page 16 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cllr Danielle Twomey suggests specific times for elderly and vulnerable people in the County’s public parks and public amenities. At Monday’s sitting of Cork County Council’s combined Party Leaders and Corporate Policy Group meeting, Sinn Fein’s sole Councillor in the Local Authority – Cllr Danielle... Read More

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16th May, 2020

Procedures for non COVID-19 patients must continue – says Cork TD

top of page 16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Private hospital capacity should be utilised to ensure patients with critical conditions receive vital surgeries and treatments – Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire said that the underutilised additional capacity acquired by the HSE through the agreement with private hospitals should... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

16th May, 2020

Cork enterprises urged to apply to ‘Restart Grant’ for Small Business

top of page 16 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD Colm Burke has urged small and micro businesses across Cork to apply for the new €250m Restart Grant, which will give direct grant aid to help them with the costs associated with reopening and reemploying workers following COVID-19 closures. Deputy Burke said:... Read More

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