27 August 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Sinn Fein Cllr Danielle Twomey welcomed the proposed new safety crossings at Rostellan and Aghada and urged the swift implementation of the scheme. Cllr Twomey and Sinn Fein’s local TD Pat Buckley have been lobbying in support of the local community to have these works done. This is... Read More
27 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Oaklodge Nursing Home embark on recruitment drive Call for health care workers to stay in Ireland to help care for the elderly Oaklodge Nursing Home in Cloyne Co. Cork has put a call out for caring and passionate health care workers, especially those who answered Ireland’s call to... Read More
27 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Residential properties in Cobh, Carrigtwohill, and a main street building in Youghal are listed in the upcoming Youbid national online auction which takes place today. Cobh Three homes in Cobh are going under the hammer including a semi-detached home at 55 The Spires in Carrignafoy. The property is on... Read More
26 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie We often pay attention to people with medical conditions, but what about the carers? Now, a free counselling service has been launched aimed at providing coping skills and vital information to people who are caring for the estimated 6,900 stroke survivors living in Cork city and county. The... Read More
26 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Greens thank children & young people The Green Party in Cork have thanked the children of Ireland for their selflessness and conscientiousness ahead of schools re-opening this week. A representative for the group says their sacrifice and discipline throughout the crisis has saved countless lives, and stands... Read More
25 August 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI was launched this morning (Tuesday 25 August) to go to the assistance of two yachts in difficulty in Crookhaven Harbour off the coast of West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 8.47am following a request from the Irish Coast Guard to assist... Read More
25 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Call for all Landlords and Letting Agents to include “No House Parties” in the letting agreement for Student Houses The new academic year is coming, and it is time to think about the implementation of safe studying. Writing companies like DoMyPapers.com are getting ready to provide students with... Read More
25 August 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Thermo Fisher Scientific will be creating 36 new high-level science, engineering and operations positions in Cork, which are to be filled in the next 2-months. The new roles are due to continued growth and business generation at the Cork site, which is a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO). These... Read More
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
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
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
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