14 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie New Madagascan Village in which Fota Wildlife Park invested €750,000 is opened by Minister of State for Tourism, Brendan Griffin TD Fota opens the latest development in a series of weatherproof educational areas to enhance the visitor experience in shoulder periods Minister of State for Transport, Tourism and Sport,... Read More
14 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Past and present students and staff of the Youthreach Education Centre in Knocknaheeny joined together this week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the centre. The centre, which is under the auspices of Cork Education and Training Board, opened in September 1989. For the past thirty years the... Read More
14 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The 2020 Cork County Council Library Calendar, featuring 12 original artworks from talented children across the County, was officially launched by the Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Christopher O’Sullivan, at the LHQ Gallery in County Library Headquarters on the Wednesday of Library Ireland Week. In October... Read More
13 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie
13 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie True Christmas spirit will be felt on the streets of Cork City over the next two weeks, as hundreds of students from 22 schools across the City don the familiar yellow jackets and rally the troops for the annual SHARE (Students Harness Aid for the Relief of the... Read More
12 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy, T.D. and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton, T.D., have today (12 December 2019) launched a public consultation on proposed revisions to the Wind Energy Development Guidelines. The guidelines relate to onshore wind developments... Read More
12 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City and Bantry will be allocated significant funding by Fáilte Ireland to develop their potential as tourism ‘destination towns’. The funding has been allocated through Cork City Council and Cork County Council as part of the €15.5million ‘Destination Towns’ initiative launched earlier this year by the National... Read More
11 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Mr. Kevin “Boxer” Moran, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief today clarified the position regarding the progression of the Glashaboy-Sallybrook Flood Relief Scheme. The Minister said “My Office, under the provisions of the Arterial Drainage Acts, has submitted the... Read More
11 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Airport welcomes today’s announcement that Ryanair is to commence a new direct service from Cork to the Croatian coastal city of Zadar for its summer 2020 schedule. Commencing in April 2020, the twice-weekly service is the second new route revealed by Ryanair for its extended summer schedule... Read More
11 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Three Cork students have received awards for academic excellence from CPA Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. The award winners were Hanna Gilicze from Dillon’s Cross who was the top performer in the Formation 2 paper on Information Systems (award sponsored by DNA IT); Eileen Hurley from Castledonovan, Drimoleague... Read More
11 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has launched a colouring book titled ‘The Colourful Heritage of County Cork’. Supported by the Heritage Council, and through the Creative Ireland Programme, Cork County Council and the Creative Ireland Culture Team worked with a range of different illustrators to produce a delightful colouring book... Read More
10 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie