Vera Twomey is the Cork Person of the Month

3 June 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Campaigner Vera Twomey is the May Cork Person of the Month in recognition of her courageous fight for her daughter Ava to receive treatment for a rare form of epilepsy. Ms Twomey rose to national prominence during a three-year campaign to secure access to medicinal cannabis to treat... Read More

HEALTH, NEWS

2nd June, 2018

Festivals this summer on the WILD ATLANTIC WAY

2 June 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie West Cork Chamber Festival (29th June – 8th July) In Bantry, it’s one of the leading chamber music events in Europe.A gathering of music lovers replete with evening concerts, beautiful arrangements by string quartets and workshops from respected figures on the classical music scene. Free and ticketed events.... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

1st June, 2018

PHOTO NEWS: Cork SHINE charity travels to Bloom Garden Compeition in Dublin

1 June 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie

ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, NEWS

1st June, 2018

WEST CORK: Bandon Businesses reassured about future of town – at Cork County Council Breakfast Briefing

1 June 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Chair of Bandon Kinsale Municipal District, Cllr Rachel McCarthy hosted the fourth Cork County Council Breakfast Briefing in Bandon recently. The briefings to date have set out the pivotal role played by Cork County Council in fostering growth and development across North, West and Metropolitan Cork. This event... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

1st June, 2018

Irish Water investing €11m to develop Drainage Area Plans for Cork City, Ballincollig and Midleton

1 June 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Irish Water investing €11m to develop Drainage Area Plans in Cork with a view to improving wastewater network performance, protecting waterways and planning for future population growth and economic development. Irish Water is investing €11m to develop Drainage Area Plans for Cork City, Ballincollig and Midleton which will... Read More

NEWS

1st June, 2018

ENTERTAINMENT: Cork Harbour Festival

1 June 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie What: Cork Harbour Festival When: 2-10th June 2018 Cork Harbour Festival grows each year, and its flagship event Ocean to City – An Rás Mor, now in its 14th year, has received a record breaking entry! Over 200 boats and 600 participants from Ireland, U.S, Holland, Germany, Spain... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

31st May, 2018

Bord Iascaigh Mhara Partner with Cork Education and Training Board on Accredited Skills Programme for Ireland’s Seafood Industry

31 May 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, along with Cork Education and Training Board (CETB) have agreed on a memorandum of understanding. Their new partnership with CETB forms part of BIM’s innovative strategy to develop a comprehensive skills and training programme for Ireland’s €1.15 billion Seafood Industry.... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, NEWS

30th May, 2018

Tourism Ireland continues promoting Cork to French, Spanish and Italians – encouraged to discover Cork, the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Ancient East

30 May 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tourism industry leaders from Cork and the South of Ireland attended a Tourism Ireland event in the Montenotte Hotel in Cork this week, where they heard about new opportunities to grow visitor numbers from France, Spain and Italy. Monica MacLaverty, Tourism Ireland’s Manager Southern Europe, said: “France, Spain... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

30th May, 2018

Griffith College to host Cork Educate Together Secondary School at its Wellington Road campus for two years

30 May 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Educate Together and Griffith College Cork today reached an agreement to rent lecture rooms to Cork Educate Together Secondary School, at Griffith’s five-acre, third-level higher education college on Wellington Road. A permanent site for the school was recently purchased by the Department of Education and Skills in Douglas... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, HEALTH

30th May, 2018

New boat tour of Cork harbour connects the City with Cobh

30 May 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A new 72-seater tour boat has been launched for the summer season connecting Cobh and Cork City. Ocean Escapes, a Cork-based company, is investing half a million in the new service and will operate daily guided tours of the harbour from Cobh to Cork City and Cork to... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

30th May, 2018

Concerts in Fota Wildlife Park to celebrate 35th anniversary of opening

30 May 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Entertainment: Summer Series of Events this coming season The stage is set this summer at Fota Wildlife Park for a series of fun and educational events to celebrate the Park’s 35 years in existence as one of Ireland’s top visitor attractions. Fota Wildlife Park, a not for profit... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

29th May, 2018

CORK ECONOMY: New dole office to open in Macroom

29 May 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie It is unusual to think that a new dole office opening is a cause for celebration, but these days such offices provide more than Jobseekers Benefit and Jobseekers Allowance (as the dole is now technically called). Department of Social Protection ‘Intreo’ offices provide a host of information about... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS