€200,000 investment for increased demand for online public library services

17 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard is applauding the investment from the Department of Rural and Community Development which has enabled the provision of 5,000 additional eBooks and eAudiobooks. Speaking of this allocation, the Cork Senator said: “I commend my colleague, Minister Michael Ring, for making this funding available.... Read More

EDUCATION, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

17th May, 2020

Virtual run to fundraise for Mercy Hospital

17 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie With over 23,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland following a stringent lockdown period, hospitals continue to require the additional PPE supplies and equipment needed to safely treat patients now, and for the months ahead. At the Mercy University Hospital, it’s no different and funds are needed now... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, HEALTH, NEWS

16th May, 2020

This Week in Parliament – from @DeirdreCluneMEP

16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What’s happening this week in the EU Parliament? Below is a summary from Cork-based MEP Deirdre Clune (Fine Gael) “This week in Parliament – Easing restrictions To my constituents, I hope this update finds you well and that many of you will be happy to see Ireland proceed... Read More

FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

16th May, 2020

Remember that time a fellow flew a drone over Cork City? It’s still online

16 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie While this COVID19 ‘lockdown’ continues to ease, many of us haven’t been in Cork City centre for weeks. If you are missing the place then you will be delira and excira to see this drone footage from 2014. At the time is gained considerable publicity, and was the... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

16th May, 2020

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

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 it was at... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

16th May, 2020

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

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 the gate lodge... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS, PROPERTY

16th May, 2020

Cork City’s 10th LGBTI+ Awareness Week

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 that it is... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS

16th May, 2020

VIDEO: Experience #CorkCultureFromTheCouch

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 beautiful poignant video... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

16th May, 2020

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

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, for swimming pool... Read More

NEWS, PROPERTY

16th May, 2020

1,346 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Cork

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 confirmed cases of... Read More

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

16th May, 2020

VIDEO: Virtual panoramic flyover of Cork City

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 Skylines. This week,... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

16th May, 2020

Cork accounts for third highest number of rodent callouts in 2020

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 will seek to... Read More

BUSINESS, HEALTH, NEWS