How bad is Air Pollution on the Northside of Cork City?

23 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth news@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called for an increase in air pollution monitoring stations on the northside of the city A series of “indicative” monitoring equipment has been installed across Cork by Cork City Council in collaboration with UCC. These are calibrated against high-quality “reference” EPA stations.... Read More

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22nd January, 2020

Quadruplets return to Maternity Hospital to mark 18th birthday

22 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Quadruplets celebrate 18th birthday with midwives and doctors at Cork University Maternity Hospital The Murphy quadruplets from Cork came to Cork University Maternity Hospital today, their 18th birthday, to meet with the doctors and midwives who delivered them. Kellie, Katie, Shauna and Amy Murphy visited with their... Read More

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22nd January, 2020

WEST CORK: Green Party name Bernie Connolly as candidate for Cork South West constituency

22 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth news@TheCork.ie Bernie Connolly, current Coordinator of Cork Environmental Forum, has been added to the Green Party ticket in Cork, being formally announced as the party’s candidate to contest the Cork South West constituency. Ms. Connolly, who previously stood for the party in the 2004 local elections, is the current... Read More

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22nd January, 2020

Plans for Africa Day Cork 2020 commence with public engagement evening

22 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Africa Day is just around the corner and with that, a public engagement evening for Africa Day Cork 2020 is scheduled for today, Wednesday 22 January, in the Atrium at Cork City Hall from 6.30pm. The organising committee is now calling on members of the public to share their... Read More

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21st January, 2020

Davis College hosts seventh annual Model United Nations

21 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Davis College, a multi-denominational secondary school under the auspices of the Cork Education and Training Board, is hosting its seventh annual Model United Nations. The event is taking place at City Hall in Cork and runs from Tuesday 21st February to Friday 24th February. The event this year... Read More

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21st January, 2020

Carrigaline Notes

21 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Scór an bPáistí date change Due to the General Election being held on Saturday February 8th the Scór na bPáistí date had to be changed. The Carrigdhoun semi-final dates are Friday February 7th in Ballinspittle at 7.00pm (no change) and Sunday February 9thin Ballinhassig Hall at 2.00pm. All National School children in the division... Read More

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21st January, 2020

Work continues to stop RAW SEWERAGE entering Cork Harbour

21 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Another major milestone for Cork Lower Harbour project as first of two pipes installed underneath the estuary between Cobh Dockyard and Monkstown Irish Water, in partnership with Cork County Council, is working to end the decades-long practice of discharging raw sewage directly into Cork Lower Harbour with the... Read More

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21st January, 2020

LOCAL POLITICS: Polling centre to be moved closer to voters in Cork City

21 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “the change is small but will make a difference” says Green Party Cork City Cllr Oliver MoranThis general election will be the last time that voters on Grattan Hill in St Luke’s will have to walk past a polling station 200m from their homes to vote in one... Read More

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21st January, 2020

What You Need to Know Before Setting up Your Courier Business

21 January 2020 By Roger M Jones III roger@TheCork.ie Setting up a courier business in the current climate seems like it might be a good idea. While there is plenty of competition from larger brands, there’s always space in the market for someone new. A growing number of people are ordering online nowadays instead of... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

20th January, 2020

Tanaiste Simon Coveney signs nomination papers to run in Cork South Central #FineGael

20 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie

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20th January, 2020

Question: Who is Cork’s largest employer? Answer: Apple, with 6,000 staff

20 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth news@TheCork.ie IDA Ireland’s inaugural ‘Special Recognition Award’ recognising the contribution of our clients to Ireland was presented by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and IDA Ireland to Apple and accepted by its CEO Tim Cook, at a special ‘Looking to the Future’ event in the National Concert Hall this morning.... Read More

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