28 August 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fastnet Film Festival, is delighted to announce film and television producer John Kelleher as Festival Director for the 2020 festival. A former Director of IFCO (the Irish Film Classification Office), John’s production credits include feature films, television drama and award-winning documentaries. He is on the board of Troy... Read More
28 August 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Jacobs is to create 200 new jobs in Ireland over the next two years. The company – which already employs 1,100 people across the Republic and Northern Ireland – plans to fill the positions in Cork, Dublin and Belfast. As part of the announcement Jacobs unveiled a €4.5... Read More
28 August 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Amateur Photographers will get a chance to showcase their work on Culture Night thanks to a new partnership between Gurranabraher Credit Union and Sample-Studios in Churchfield. PhotoGo is a photographic competition that will take place around the Hollyhill, Churchfield, Gurranabraher, Shanakiel and Sundays Well areas on Sunday 08th... Read More
27 August 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Arts Service and Local Enterprise Office, in conjunction with Benchspace Cork invite applications for the Dearcan Bursary 2019. The bursary is open to any craft maker, artist or designer, currently resident in Cork County, working in the medium of wood or wood in combination with... Read More
26 August 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Water excavating Donovan’s Road Irish Water, working in partnership with Cork City Council, is completing water main improvement works on Donovan Road’s (near UCC) to tackle high levels of water leakage and improve security of water supply. These works will take place next week, between 7am on... Read More
26 August 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath TD has said all banks should make a public commitment to no longer make a ‘time limit’ objection to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman taking on complaints relating to the tracker mortgage scandal. Deputy McGrath has also called on the... Read More
25 August 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Folk Festival Co-Directors William Hammond and Jim Walsh have been honoured as Cork Persons’ of the Month for August 2019. Between them, the duo have been organising the festival on a voluntary basis for over 40 years. The Cork Folk Festival is an annual event that brings... Read More
25 August 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie These days every story seems to relate to climate change, in some fashion. Cork Senator, and member of the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee, Tim Lombard has said that Government needs to recognise the crucial role that Tidy Towns Committees could play in tackling climate breakdown. Senator Lombard said:... Read More
24 August 2019 By Byran Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Yes! Lucky Cork winner scoops €50,000 with Prize Bonds This week’s Prize Bond Star Prize of €50,000 goes to lucky Prize Bond number TJ 286576 held in County Cork. The lucky bond was purchased in 2013. There were over 4,800 prizes awarded in this week’s Prize Bond Draw,... Read More
24 August 2019 11.55am By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI was called out in the early hours of this morning (Saturday 24 August) to a yacht in difficulty south of Sherkin Island near Baltimore in west Cork. The inshore lifeboat was launched at 12.31am at the request of the Irish Coast Guard to assist a... Read More
24 August 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork South West Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Health, Jim Daly, has proposed to Bus Eireann a technical solution that would save hundreds of families the dreaded wait for the morning school bus. In a letter to Bus Eireann CEO, Stephen Kent,... Read More
23 August 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Lord Mayor John Sheehan, County Mayor Christopher O’Sullivan, and Brendan Keating, CEO, Port of Cork today welcomed the Irish vessel Brian Boru and the Tall Ships Pelican of London and Maybe into the Port of Cork. The three ships having completed voyages as part of the Cork Sail... Read More