29 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Global Leaders in Perinatal Brain Monitoring & Neuroprotection to Convene in Ireland to Share Research & Collaboration. The world’s leading experts in neonatal brain development, monitoring and protection will convene in Killarney from 5 to 7 October 2017 to share innovative research at the Brain Monitoring and Neuroprotection... Read More
29 September 2017, Friday By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork City Women’s FC return to Continental Tyre’s Women’s National League action as they host Kilkenny United WFC this Saturday 30th of September at Bishopstown with a 4pm kick off. Having had a three week since the FAI Cup quarter final victory over Peamount, Cork City Women’s... Read More
29 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie ApisProtect, a business that helps beekeepers globally prevent losses and increase the productivity of their hives, has been named Bank of Ireland/ IGNITE Business of the Year 2017. Founder of ApisProtect, Fiona Edwards-Murphy was recognised at the annual IGNITE Awards and Showcase held in UCC’s Aula Maxima on... Read More
29 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil will hold its selection convention in Cork South Central tonight. Both are sitting TDs in what is one of the most competitive constituencies in the state – because Fine Gael’s Simon Coveney is also a TD in the constituency. The Fianna Fail party convention will take... Read More
29 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Basketball Ireland Super League Preview: Swords prepare for the Mardyke while first game of Women’s season gets underway It’s yet another jam-packed weekend of Basketball Ireland Super League action this weekend, with the Women’s Super League getting underawy on Sunday and some big clashes in the Men’s Super League... Read More
29 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This month will see the third annual Open House Cork weekend running from September 29th to October 1st, 2017. Open House is a design festival which runs in 36 cities across the world, celebrating the best architecture each city has to offer. The public are invited to... Read More
28 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork is generally proud of Jack Lynch. The local chap who rose up the ranks of Fianna Fail to eventually become Taoiseach. He is already remembered through the naming of the Jack Lynch Tunnel – a dual carriageway tunnel that passes under the River Lee East of the... Read More
28 September 2017, Thursday By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The arduous trip to the Antarctic by Kerryman Tom Crean and his colleagues in 1916, will be recalled by his grand-daughter at tonight’s (28th September) Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage lecture at 8.30pm at the Parish Centre. Aileen Crean-O’ Brien – who trekked in her grandfathers footsteps in 2016,... Read More
27 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Double the Magic for Cork in 2018 Earlier in the year Disney Cruise Line announced Cork on their list of first time visits in 2018. Following successful port visits and further dialogue, today Disney Cruise Line have doubled the Magic coming to Cork with two visits of the... Read More
27 September 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Staff and students at Cork Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Tralee have received a letter from the respective Chairs of each Institute’s Governing Body outlining the commitment of both to achieving the goal of designation as the Munster Technological University (MTU). CIT and IT Tralee... Read More
27 September 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie More than 10,000 historic pictures from Ireland’s past, including many from Cork, have been added to a folklore website, Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, has said. “The new redesigned duchas.ie website and Photographic Collection was launched in Dublin last night (Tuesday). Roughly 10,000 photographs from the Collection have... Read More
27 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie In a move to broaden the base of its operations even further, and capitalise on the ever growing global Superyacht market, the Nationl Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) has made significant investments in developing its course programmes for this exciting sector. That investment paid dividends as the College’s... Read More