6 August 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD has announced that under the ‘Town and Village Accelerated Measures in Response to Covid-19’, four applications made by Cork County Council have been successful in securing funding to the value of €104,000. This measure is a new strand... Read More
6 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Many remote workers in Cork are being offered the chance to connect to high-quality broadband for the first time following the launch of a new service with average minimum speeds of 20mbps virtually anywhere in the county. Broadband Anywhere from Magnet Networks is a new mobile technology product... Read More
5 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Through Cork County Council’s Project ACT (Activating County Towns), the community in Carrigaline identified a number of key areas within the town where additional outdoor seating and amenity space could be provided to meet the demand for quality recreation and amenity space. The Council responded with the Carrigaline... Read More
5 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Mayor of County Cork, Cllr. Mary Linehan Foley visited Carrigaline over the August Bank Holiday weekend to raise awareness of the negative impacts that illegal and obstructive parking has on wheelchair users, older people and people with visual impairments. Cork County Council, alongside An Garda Síochána and Cork... Read More
5 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Water main improvement works on Togher Road, Cork City may cause disruption to supply for homes and businesses from 18.00 on Thursday 6 August to 06.00 on Friday 7 August 2020 Irish Water wishes to advise customers on the Togher Road, Tramore Road, Vicars Road, Clashduv Road, Connolly... Read More
5 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Passenger Numbers Decline By 91% At Cork Airport During July Passengers numbers down by over 1 million cumulatively to the end of July 27 routes served in July 2020 versus 53 served in July 2019 (53% reduction in route choice) 5 airlines operating in July 2020 versus 10... Read More
5 August 2020 By Roger Vol M. Jones roger@TheCork.ie Nobody could have predicted the way that 2020 turned out. With a global pandemic, life has come to a standstill and there are a lot of changes happening in society. It is more important now than ever before to improve your lifestyle in order to stay... Read More
5 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 150,000 American baking enthusiasts to read all about Ireland A popular US baking magazine, called Bake from Scratch, has dedicated its entire July/August issue to Ireland’s culinary scene. The bumper ‘Authentic Ireland’ edition features delicious recipes and interviews with many local food producers, as well as some of... Read More
4 August 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie See map here: https://dcenr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=feee728a0ee1427d9a3973a090a9f292 Cork East Fine Gael TD, David Stanton, has confirmed that the smoky coal ban will come into effect in Carrigtwohill, Cobh, Midleton and Mallow from Tuesday, 1 September 2020, making each town a Low Smoke Zone. The ban will be introduced in Cobh, Midleton... Read More
4 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Joe Kavanagh, will open an online Book of Condolences to mark the passing of Mr. John Hume. The Book of Condolences will go live from 12 noon today. “The fulsome tributes to Mr. Hume from right around the world bear testament to... Read More
3 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí in Youghal are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the N25 (from Youghal to Killeagh) in Burgess, Co Cork on Friday afternoon 31st July, 2020 at approximately 4.30pm. Three cars collided at the junction of a filling station on the stretch... Read More
3 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Joe Kavanagh, accompanied by his wife Stephanie (the Lady Mayoress) and Brian Geaney, Asst. Chief Executive, Cork City Council paid a courtesy visit to Collins Army Barracks last Friday. They were greeted by GOC Brig. Gen. Paddy Flynn; Barrack OC, Lt. Col.... Read More