WASHINGTON, DC: District of Cork! Cork street creates new brand in time for Christmas

25 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@THeCork.ie The traders & business people on Washington Street have come together in recent months to form “Washington dC” (District of Cork). This initiative is aimed at welcoming all to the area, not alone those seeking quality food and drink but also those seeking legal, medical & property services... Read More

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25th November, 2017

CORK SPORT: Engineers Ireland Winter Lecture Series looks at new Páirc Uí Chaoimh

25 November 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Close to 200 people attended a lecture by Malachy Walsh and Partners (MWP) on technical aspects of the Redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh which won Engineers Ireland’s prestigious Engineering Project of the Year Award. This event was held in the newly completed stadium and was attended by Cork’s... Read More

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25th November, 2017

VIDEO: Carrigaline Macra na Feirme hold annual Agri Talk in Rochestown Park Hotel – Farming

25 November 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Carrigaline Macra na Feirme in association with AIB recently will hold their now-Annual Agricultural Conference in the Rochestown Park Hotel. The 2017 event will be on Monday 27th November in the Estuary Suite, Rochestown Park Hotel. Agenda Refreshments will be served from 6pm, and there will be a... Read More

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24th November, 2017

CRIME: Cork TD calls for tougher response to repeat offenders in Cork communities

24 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Electronic monitoring must be made condition of bail for repeat offenders – suggests Cork TD Fianna Fáil TD for Cork East, Kevin O’Keeffe has said that a motion put forward by the party is in response to the growing intolerance of repeated criminal activity including burglary which is... Read More

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24th November, 2017

WEST CORK: Clonakilty is “Ireland’s Tidiest Small Town” – TidyTowns Results

24 November 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This year’s SuperValu TidyTowns awards for the South West and Midwest region were presented today, Friday 24th November, at a prize-giving ceremony in the Woodstock Hotel, Ennis, Co Clare. SuperValu TidyTowns winners were presented with their awards by Minister of State, Pat Breen, T.D., and Niall O Callaghan,... Read More

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24th November, 2017

Cork’s Alternative Bread Company marks 20 years in English Market

24 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie This coming Saturday 25 November, the award-winning Alternative Bread Company celebrates its 20th anniversary in the heart of the historic English Market on Grand Parade, and will be marking the occasion with a fundraising day for the Cork Simon Community. ABC will be donating the day’s profits to... Read More

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24th November, 2017

ALUMNI AWARDS: UCC to celebrate outstanding alumni

24 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The first visually-impaired athlete to complete seven marathons on seven continents in seven days, the founders of an initiative to engage girls in STEM, and the coach of Cork senior ladies’ football team during 10 All-Ireland wins are among those to be honoured at UCC today. UCC law... Read More

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23rd November, 2017

EDUCATION: Siún Milne named Best Masters Degree Student at CIT

23 November 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie

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23rd November, 2017

WEST CORK: Expanded SuperValu opens in Castletownbere

23 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie SuperValu, the leading Irish grocery retailer, today opened an expanded state-of-the-art, 15,000-square foot store at Castletownbere, West Cork. Murphy’s SuperValu is one of Ireland’s oldest and most established retail businesses, and has been in the same premises for the past 187 years. The same family has owned and... Read More

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23rd November, 2017

Prepare for the New Year with Newer, Fulfilling Traditions

23 November 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Crowded clubs, overpriced bottle service and dinners, outrageous taxi price hikes (if you’re lucky to even find one). It’s no wonder most of us welcome the idea of a New Year’s Eve celebration with more dread than excitement when preparing for a new year is so limited in scope,... Read More

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23rd November, 2017

ENTERTAINMENT: RedFM launch food series with top Kinsale Chef

23 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork’s RedFM have teamed up with the head chef at the award winning Ballinacurra House David Rice to launch a new online TV series called “Fed by Red”. The new 4-part food series features people from all over Cork who responded to a call out on the Neil... Read More

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23rd November, 2017

POLITICS: HSE consultants must accept that their priority should be public patients – says Cork Fianna Fail TD

23 November 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson, Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central) has said he is deeply disturbed but not surprised following this weeks RTÉ Investigates programme that looked at a number of practices by private consultants in Irish public hospitals. “This is an issue that is having a very negative... Read More

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