UNESCO: International Conference on Learning Cities – hosted in Cork – Day 1 Report

18 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie More than 650 delegates from 92 countries across the world attended the opening day of the UNESCO’s third International Conference on Learning Cities, which opened today in Cork, Ireland. It is the first time that this global UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Conference has been... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, NEWS

18th September, 2017

AUDIO: Will Ryanair cancellations affect you? Cork MEP calls on airline to provide specific details in advance

18 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Transport committee Deirdre Clune has called on Ryanair to be upfront with their passengers and communicate clearly which flights they are intending to cancel. Clune said the uncertainty over flight cancellations is having an impact on both tourism and... Read More

FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

18th September, 2017

MACRA NEWS: Seandun begins new season

18 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Macra season is in full swing in the Seandun Macra region with the final of three competitions being decided over the last week. In the final of Question Time held in the Huntsman Pub, Belgooly Carrigaline Macra came first closely followed by Kinsale Macra in second... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

18th September, 2017

BAN EVICTIONS: where they are based on economic grounds – suggests Cork Solidarity TD Mick Barry as housing crisis continues

18 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork North Central Solidarity TD Mick Barry said this morning that there needs to be a total ban on evictions on economic grounds. His comments came in the wake of weekend reports that the number of tenant-landlord disputes this year has already exceeded the total for the whole... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: NORTH CORK, NEWS

18th September, 2017

POLITICS: Government need to provide more funding to health service – says Fianna Fail’s Cork based Health spokesman

18 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health, Billy Kelleher TD (Cork North Central) said that the revelation in today’s news that the Department of Health does not have the resources needed to complete a number of key infrastructure projects is proof positive that this Government cares more about announcements than... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: NORTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

18th September, 2017

EAST CORK: CHRISTMAS? It’s only September!

18 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Do you have the jingle bells to jitterbug with Santa Claus? If so get ready for ‘Dancing with the Elves’ as Santa Claus needs your help at Beyond at Fota Island Resort Now in its fifth year, the gorgeous woodlands at Fota Island Resort are set to be... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

17th September, 2017

BASKETBALL: UCC Demons lay down early marker with big win over Tralee

17 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Basketball Ireland Super League round-up “We stole one, basically,” admitted UCC Demons Head Coach, Colin O’Reilly, as his side managed to hold on to a narrow two-point win over Garvey’s Tralee Warriors in Cork on Friday evening in the opening game of the 2017/18 Basketball Ireland Men’s Super... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, SPORT

17th September, 2017

IRELAND: Must play active part in ‘European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018’ – says Cork MEP

17 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called on the EU Institutions to sufficiently finance programmes for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The Ireland South MEP made the call for investment in the Cultural Heritage Sector ahead of next year’s inaugural event. “Culture and heritage are... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

17th September, 2017

EAST CORK: Fota Wildlife Park announces birth of Red Panda cubs

17 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Public asked to suggest names for the twin cubs Fota Wildlife Park has unveiled twin Red Panda cubs born to mother Bonnie, aged 6 and father Pete aged 8. The male cubs, born on the 27th June, have only just started to venture out of their nesting box.... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

17th September, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO: Mayor Edwin Lee visits twinned City of Cork, Ireland – focuses on education and artisan food

17 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mr Edwin Lee, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco will lead a delegation of over 80 from the Golden Gate City to Cork. The delegation represents a wide cross section from the business, political, education, government and art and culture sectors. San Francisco is... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

16th September, 2017

POLITICS: Implementation of only 9 from 50 Gardaí reforms highly unsatisfactory – Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD

16 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie In a report carried out by the Policing Authority it has emerged that only 9 of the recommended 50 reforms contained in the Changing Policing In Ireland report have been implemented to date despite senior management in the Gardaí claiming all 50 recommendations had been completed. Sinn Féin... Read More

NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

16th September, 2017

CARRIGALINE TD SAYS: High level of successful appeals suggests a serious flaw in system

16 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork South Central TD, Michael McGrath has said that the high percentage of successful appeals made in respect of Domiciliary Care Allowance applications suggest that many applicants are being unfairly stopped from getting their payment in the first place, and that the decision making process is flawed. The... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, FIANNA FAIL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS