CORK AIRPORT: Reports passenger growth of 7.2% In August

5 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport growth of +7.2% versus August last year makes it the fastest growing State airport last month New routes and extra capacity doing well and delivering more visitors to South of Ireland ·Strong tourism season with new USA and Swiss markets helping diversification pre-Brexit Cork Airport... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

4th September, 2017

SCIENCE: Plant biotechnology congress to attract over 1,000 scientists to Ireland in 2018

4 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The International Association for Plant Biotechnology Congress 2018 (IAPB 2018) was officially launched at an event in University College Cork today. The President of the IAPB is Dr Barbara Doyle Prestwich who is based in UCC. The congress will take place at the Dublin Convention Centre from 19th... Read More

EDUCATION, HEALTH, NEWS

4th September, 2017

CORK COUNTY COUNCILLORS: will use Section 29 of Local Government Act 1991 to formally propose BOUNDARY CHANGES with City- rather than risk having them dictated by a Committee or Minister

4 September 2017, 10pm By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie At a special meeting of Cork County Council, elected members were briefed in full on the current status of the ongoing deliberations on the proposed alteration of the boundary of Cork City Council. The 2pm meeting was held ‘in committee’, meaing that no media or public were... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS

4th September, 2017

POLITICIANS USING SKYPE: Fine Gael Junior Minister to run some clinics via Skype – Jim Daly TD

4 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What: Politician using Skype When: Wednesdays 8pm Where: Politician may be in Dublin, constituents will be in West Cork It will be recalled that in the year 2000 a Dublin Cllr – Eoin Costello – launched an ‘online clinic’. It was the height of sophistication using an implementation of... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

4th September, 2017

THINGS TO DO IN CORK: Cork Comedy Festival 2017 – 21st-24th September

4 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The second Cork Comedy Festival will take place 21st-24th September. Comedy heavyweights confirmed for the festival include: PJ Gallagher; Deirdre O’Kane; Kevin McAleer; Neil Delamere; Eleanor Tiernan; Karl Spain; Bernard O’Shea; Colin Murphy; Barry Murphy; Colm O’Regan; Gearoid Farrelly; Fred Cooke; Bec Hill; Joanne McNally; Alison Spittle;... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

4th September, 2017

ENTERTAINMENT: Lotto luck rolls on with big jackpot win in Cork and Carlow

4 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Two lucky players from Cork and Carlow woke up over the weekend to the news that they are the latest to strike it lucky with high Lotto wins. The National Lottery are advising players in the South and South East to check their tickets with the news that... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

4th September, 2017

EAST CORK: Spanish Tour operators to promote “Ireland’s Ancient East”

4 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Nine travel agents from leading Spanish Agency, Viajes El Corte Ingles, who have an extensive network of more than 500 branches throughout Spain, are in Ireland’s Ancient East to learn more about the brand with a view to selling more packages to Ireland. This is just one... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

4th September, 2017

CORK COUNTY COUNCIL: Shortlisted for 6 National Awards

4 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley has welcomed the announcements of six projects from Cork County Council shortlisted for the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2017. The projects shortlisted are: the Living Space Project Mallow; www.YourCouncil.ie; Dunmanway Community Garden; the Physicality... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS, NON PARTY, POLITICS

4th September, 2017

ADULTS UPSKILLING: Cork Institute of Technology taking enrollments for Evening Classes

4 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Institute of Technology, which incorporates CIT Cork School of Music, CIT Crawford College of Art & Design and the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI), will hold its Registration and Open Evenings for Continuing Education Programmes (Weekend & Evening Courses) from September 5th. For CIT, Continuing... Read More

EDUCATION, NEWS

3rd September, 2017

TOURISM: Cork and Kerry Unite to Showcase Southern Comforts for International Media

3 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A group of seven international journalists and bloggers with a combined audience reach of 3.5 million have arrived today for a showcase of all that can be found on the doorstep of Cork Airport. The journalists – hailing from Canada, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and India... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

2nd September, 2017

ENTERTAINMENT: Endangered Asian lion cubs born at Fota Wildlife Park

2 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fota Wildlife Park have announced that one of their Asian lionesses has given birth to her first litter of cubs in what is also a first for Fota Wildlife Park. The three as yet unsexed Asian lion cubs, were born on the 13th August to first time... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

2nd September, 2017

WEST CORK: Baltimore RNLI called out to assist tug broken down off the coast of West Cork

2 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI were called out this morning (Saturday 2 September) to a tug with three people on board which had broken down north of Drowlaun Point off Sherkin Island in West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 9.45am after they were alerted by... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS