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
4 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork firm Wisetek records a successful year, now has 450 employees Wisetek, a global leader in IT asset disposal (ITAD), re-use and manufacturing services, has recorded sizeable growth in Ireland and globally in 2019. The Cork-based company hired 103 new employees across its global operations and successfully secured... Read More
4 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Communities and organisations across Cork City are to be invited to avail of a new Cork 2020 Commemorations Fund to support local events commemorating the centenary of the War of Independence – a monumental year in the history of the city. Cork City played a pivotal role in... Read More
3 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Padraig O’Sullivan says the Health Minister and his Cabinet colleagues must take responsibility for the shocking trolley figures being recorded in Cork hospitals. According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, there are 55 people on trolleys in Cork University Hospital... Read More
3 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Leader of Seanad Éireann, Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer, is calling for Cork City Council and Cork County Council to install CCTV in Douglas and Carrigaline as a matter of urgency. Senator Buttimer said: “Recent confirmation from my Fine Gael colleague, the Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan,... Read More
3 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan T.D., Tánaiste Simon Coveney T.D. and Minister David Stanton T.D. announce a significant Decade of Centenaries (which incidentally uses a .com domain, probably to appeal to the US market) programme for 2020 The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the... Read More