9 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Anam Cara West Cork, will host a parent support evening in the Munster Arms Hotel, Bandon, West Cork on 21st January at 7.20pm. Nobody likes January. Christmas has come and gone. Its dark and cold with the brighter months still a long way away! Now imagine all that... Read More
8 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Twelve IGG members from Cork city, Macroom, Mallow and Kinsale were among a group of 50 Girl Guides who took part in the 10-day trip to Sangam World Guiding Centre in Pune to mark the start of the Senior Branch centenary (Senior Branch is the branch of IGG... Read More
8 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) which represents over 90% of hospital consultants has warned that the decision yesterday (Monday, 6 January 2019) to cancel all elective surgery at Cork hospitals will have severe knock-on consequences for patient health outcomes. Management at Cork Hospitals announced that they intend... Read More
8 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Traditional Singing At the recent Christmas concerts at Douglas Comhaltas the high quality of the singing classes has created new interest in learning traditional singing. The Branch is fortunate to have the services of the renowned singer Micheál Ó Sé. There are vacancies in the adult and teenager... Read More
7 January 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The programme called ‘Gafa sna Líonta’ will air Wednesday 8th January 2020 on Irish language TV channel TG4 @ 9.30pm (it will have English subtitles) Despite having the richest fishing waters in Europe, Ireland’s fishing industry and fishing communities are swimming against the tide. Gafa sna Líonta tells... Read More
6 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fermoy and Midleton both clean Some improvement in ‘moderately littered’ Mahon Litter levels have fallen in our cities over past decade The final litter survey for 2019 from business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) has shown Cork City Centre to be clean for the 7th year in a... Read More
6 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI), recently issued the total new vehicle registrations statistics for 2019. Total new car registrations for 2019, finished at 117,100 6.8% down on 2018 (125,671). New Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) registrations in 2019 saw a marginal decrease of 0.4% (25,350) compared... Read More
5 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Broadband Connection Point for the rural village of Laharn (where Fine Gael Cllr John Paul O’Shea resides) is a step closer this week with the allocation of just over €2,000 in LEADER funding by the North Cork Local Action Group (LAG) through it’s implementing partner IRD Duhallow... Read More
5 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie County Mayor Cllr Christopher O’Sullivan has all the ingredients to be a TD for the constituency of Cork South West, but his Fianna Fail party need to add him to the ticket first, because he says he has no intention of going Independent (as then-Mayor Alan Coleman did in... Read More
5 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Yesterday (Saturday 4th January 2020) from 12pm to 3pm, ladies from West Cork paid €30 per person (+booking fee) to attend the annual Cork Simon Community fundraiser at the Celtic Ross Hotel. All proceeds from the event are in aid of Cork Simon Community services for women and men who... Read More
5 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The search to find the young artists who will excel in this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition has begun. Last year three students from Cork City, and nine from Co Cork, won prizes in the event which is now in its 66th year and widely acknowledged as the longest running arts sponsorship... Read More
4 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork City FC are delighted to announce the signing of Conor Davis from Derry City. Davis, who joined Reading in 2014 and featured for their U18 & U23 sides, returned to Ireland in 2018, signing for UCD and playing a key role in the side that reached the... Read More