Transparency needed on tree felling – Ní Riada

4 April 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Cork-based Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has raised the issue of tree felling in the European Union. The Ireland South MEP was speaking following concerns brought to her by multiple constituents about a spate of tree felling in municipal parks, housing estates and other public areas... Read More

3rd April, 2019

Cork Airport Summer Schedule 2019

4 April 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport, Ireland’s fastest growing and most punctual airport, has officially launched its 2019 Summer Schedule with eight new routes this summer season. In total, there are now 52 routes on offer over the course of the year from Cork Airport to the UK, Continental Europe and the... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

3rd April, 2019

BIS students’ talents published in 21st Anniversary Anthology

3 April 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Each year the Business Information Systems (BIS) programme in UCC invites students to showcase their creative work, and to express those sides of themselves less visible in their academic studies, in its annual Anthology publication which this year is celebrating its 21st anniversary. Recent research by LinkedIn.com has... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, EDUCATION, NEWS

3rd April, 2019

EAST CORK: €103,000 for conservation of historical structures

3 April 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Total funding of €102,697 for the conservation of protected and historical structures is to be allocated between six Cork East projects under two different Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht funding schemes, Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, David... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

3rd April, 2019

What’s on in Cork for Street Feast 2019 on 5th May?

3 April 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Registrations for Street Feast 2019 have opened with the announcement of Sunday 5th May as national Street Feast Day. This year sees the 10th birthday of one of the most successful community initiatives in Ireland with over 120,000 people celebrating Street Feast last year. Overall, Cork hosted 107... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

2nd April, 2019

“Trees Policy” needed to stop the loss of trees in the City

2 April 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has called on Cork City Council to set in place a trees policy for the city. The call comes at the start of National Trees Week and amid concern by communities across the city about the loss of trees in Cork. A trees... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, GREEN PARTY, NEWS, POLITICS

2nd April, 2019

POLITICS: Cork University Hospital so overcrowded it declared a “black escalation level”

2 April 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has said the ‘Status Black’ escalation in Cork University Hospital is the “natural outworking of a legacy of failed policies by Fine Gael and Fianna Fail”. The Ireland South MEP said that while we should all be horrified by the escalation in... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

2nd April, 2019

GOLF: Cork Business Association’s annual Presidents Cup

2 April 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork Business Association’s annual Presidents Cup will take place in the stunning surrounds of Cork Golf Club on Thursday 23 May 2019. The prestigious championship golf course is routed through exceptional golfing terrain incorporating old limestone quarries and the inner reaches of Cork Harbour, so it really... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, SPORT

1st April, 2019

Mental health regulator to host public event in Cork

1 April 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Cork employee of Ireland’s mental health regulator is encouraging people from across the county to attend a special open forum event in The Metropole Hotel on Tuesday, April 2nd, to discuss the future regulation of Ireland’s mental health services. Bantry native, Brian O’Sullivan, who works in the... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, HEALTH, NEWS

31st March, 2019

Carrigaline & District Lions Club Annual Cycle Classic

31 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Carrigaline & District Lions Club Annual Cycle Classic was launched today at Marymount Hospice by Simon Coveney Tánaiste. (who has participated in the cycle on a number of occasions in the past), as well as Event Co-ordinator, Mark Ginn and also Club president Eoin Stack were in attendance.... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS, SPORT

31st March, 2019

Second Boat for Cork City Missing Persons Search and Recovery (CCMPSAR)

31 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Cork City Missing Persons Search and Recovery (CCMPSAR) voluntary group recently took ownership of a second boat. The 5.8m RIB will be based at the Port of Cork City Marina and is fitted with side scan sonar, which will greatly assist in river searches. Left to Right:... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, HEALTH, NEWS

30th March, 2019

West Cork businesses are under threat as a result of the out of control and spiralling costs of insurance

30 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ‘The governments need to act now to ensure that rural businesses that provide jobs and income for families can survive into the future.’ West Cork Independent TD Michael Collins is calling on the government to resolve the insurance crisis that is putting individuals and companies across the country... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS, NON PARTY, POLITICS