top of page 8 May 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork students have been encouraged to apply for a national accounting technician apprenticeship programme available at Cork College of Commerce which will create 20 jobs in the area this year and 150 positions nationally. The accounting technician apprenticeship is a funded, work-based learning programme that... Read More
top of page 8 May 2020, Friday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Leaving Certificate (or ‘Leaving Cert’) is a rite of passage on Ireland. Wikipedia: A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change of status... Read More
top of page 7 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Simon Coveney is a man with much on his plate. The Fine Gael stalwart from Carrigaline, Co Cork has three titles being: 1) a TD for Cork South Central, and 2) Tánaiste (or for the benefit of UK readers the ‘Deputy Prime Minister’ of Ireland)... Read More
top of page 7 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Council’s cleaning staff and specialist contractors are deep cleaning the streets of Cork as ‘stay at home’ restrictions continue and in advance of the gradual reopening of the city centre. Over the coming weeks, specialist contractors are cleansing high footfall areas of the... Read More
top of page 7 May 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland’s first Horse Trail, the much-awaited Beara Bridle Way, has been completed in West Cork with the assistance of Cork County Council. Managed by Beara Tourism, the Beara Bridle Way will allow visitors to take in the stunning landscape of the Beara Peninsula on horseback.... Read More
top of page 7 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Community spirit on Cork’s Northside is alive and well and never more vibrant than now, as Mayfield’s community groups pull together under the Community Response Forum to help vulnerable locals. Newbury House Family Centre on Old Youghal Road is a hive of activity for the... Read More
top of page 7 May 2020, 6pm By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Today’s COVID19 update 29 people with COVID-19 have sadly died in the past 24 hours, or so (the deaths may have occurred in recent days but have only just been registered). This means that the running total for COVID19 related deaths is 1,403 in... Read More
top of page 7 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Green Party Councillor for Cork City South West, Colette Finn, has joined the Party’s spokesperson for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Steven Matthews TD in calling on Local Authorities to consider allowing businesses including restaurants and cafés access to the public footpath in some areas of... Read More
top of page 7 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Association Plumbing and Heating Contractors Ireland (APHCI) is warning employers to ensure back to work procedures include taking measures in advance of opening premises to employees and the public Due to the current emergency situation, many non-essential businesses including hotels, bars, swimming pools, gyms... Read More
top of page 6 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Senator Tim Lombard is reminding national youth organisations that the deadline for applications to the new Youth Climate Justice Fund is 15th May. Speaking about the funding, Senator Lombard said: “the objective of the Youth Climate Justice fund is to support youth-led action and innovation... Read More
top of page 6 May 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The founder of Cork PR Firm ‘Fuzion’ Deirdre Waldron has joined the board of the Triskel Arts Centre. Triskel is such a major part of Cork’s DNA and I was honoured to be invited onto the Board. It’s such a vibrant and vital cultural hub... Read More
top of page 6 May 2020, Wednesday By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Today a man and a woman, both aged in their 30s, were arrested as part of an investigation into an aggravated burglary that occurred at a house at the cul-de-sac “Bull’s Lane”, off Blackrock Rd, on the Southside of Cork City on Friday 1st... Read More