Rethink Ireland Calls for Applications from Cork to €3m ‘Equality Fund’

31 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The deadline is approaching for applications from Cork to Rethink Ireland’s €3m Equality Fund. The fund is supported by the Peter Kinney and Lisa Sandquist Foundation and the Government of Ireland via the Dormant Accounts Fund (through the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Department of... Read More

NEWS

30th August, 2020

JOBS: How to train as a dog groomer: Irish academy @BowesBarker secures Ofqual accreditation

30 August 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Barker & Bowes is well known as a dog grooming salon in Castletroy, Limerick. It has already won the title of Retailer of the Year, and Limerick City and County Enterprise Awards, and now it’s expanding. The firm is opening a dog grooming Training Academy for those who... Read More

BUSINESS, EDUCATION, JOBS, NEWS

30th August, 2020

Cork man collects €6.99 million Lotto winnings

30 August 2020 By Mary Bermingham tom@TheCork.ie You might remember a few months ago someone in Cork won the Lotto Jackpot of Saturday 20th June 2020 Well, this week the lucky family actually claimed their winnings of €6,993,904. The family were represented by a man who said they wished to claim their prize anonymously. They... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

30th August, 2020

PHOTOS: Ordination of Church of Ireland Deacons in Bandon, West Cork & and Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork City

30 August 2020, Sunday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS

30th August, 2020

Gurranabraher Credit Union support COVID19 mask wearing campaign

30 August 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Following on from the recent Government decision to make the waring of masks mandatory in all retail settings, Community lender, Gurranabraher Credit Union is providing reusable masks to their members as part of their “Mask-up” Campaign. This announcement comes in the wake of the recent decision not to... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

30th August, 2020

LOTTO WIN! Anonymous Cork family COLLECT €6.9m after buying ticket in Togher CircleK

30 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie It was a life-changing start to the weekend for a number of individual families from Cork, Dublin and Galway who claimed over €14.8 million in prizes at Lotto HQ in Dublin City centre on Friday afternoon. Among the prizes claimed was a €7.3 million Lotto jackpot win from... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

30th August, 2020

Former Fine Gael TD appointed to Board of ‘Home and Community Care Ireland’

30 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie HCCI is the national representative body for 80 companies that employ 10,000 carers, providing home care to 20,000 older and vulnerable people in Ireland. Jim Daly, former Minister for Mental Health and Older People has been appointed to the Board of Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI) Commenting... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, FINE GAEL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS

30th August, 2020

WEST CORK: 2020 Businesswoman of the Year winners announced

30 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Network Ireland West Cork Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2020 ceremony took place in a very different style this year with a virtual meeting. Network Ireland is Ireland’s longest established and leading female focussed business network. It is the go-to national women in business organisation to promote,... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

30th August, 2020

NEW BOOK: ‘Newspapers and Journalism in Cork, 1910-1923’ by Alan McCarthy PhD

30 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Hardback, 320 pages, ISBN 978-184682-848-5, RRP €45.00 Available 4 September 2020 https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2020/newspapers-and-journalism-in-cork-city-and-county-1910-1923/ Newspapers played a key role in shaping and reflecting public opinion during the Irish Revolution, 1910–23. County Cork was home to Skibbereen’s Southern Star and Skibbereen Eagle, and Cork city institutions the Cork Examiner and Cork... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS

29th August, 2020

New artwork on Grand Parade celebrates Cork’s post punk scene

29 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie New artwork on Grand Parade pays homage to Corks vibrant post punk music scene 40 years ago, and heralds the anniversary of an album recorded in Cork in the summer of 1980. Kaught at the Kampus was recorded live in the Arcadia and includes tracks from four of... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

29th August, 2020

Cork accounts for second most Rentokil callouts for seagulls and other pest birds so far this year

29 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Rentokil advises public regarding seagulls and other pest birds following rise in callouts Rentokil, Ireland’s leading pest control provider, is issuing a warning to the public regarding the dangers presented by seagulls and other pest birds following a significant rise in callouts so far this year. The pest... Read More

HEALTH, NEWS

28th August, 2020

Cork County beaches impacted by recent adverse weather

28 August 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Recent storms and continuing heavy rainfall events mean precautionary water quality notices will remain in place for 15 beaches across Cork County until at least September 3rd. High levels of bacteria have been detected at Oysterhaven and Redbarn and following discussions with the HSE, “Do Not Swim Prohibition... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, NEWS