Govt must plan for economic effects of prolonged weak Sterling – McGrath

17 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Govt plans currently based on FX rate 87p to €1 until 2021 The Government needs to put plans in place now to deal with the prospect of a prolonged weak sterling currency vis-à-vis the euro given the extremely serious consequences it presents for Irish exports to the... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

17th August, 2017

WEST CORK: School traffic warden for Model School Dunmanway

17 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael TD for Cork South West and Minister of State Jim Daly has confirmed the news that the Model School, Dunmanway will now be allocated a school traffic warden. After actively lobbying the Council with a number of years Minister Daly has received confirmation that necessary arrangements... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

17th August, 2017

FINE GAEL: Civilianisation of Garda Posts will see more Gardaí on the beat in Cork

17 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The civilianisation of Garda posts will free up more fully trained Gardaí to be deployed on the beat in Cork, says Fine Gael Cork Senator Jerry Buttimer, who is calling for the process to be expedited. “I would like to see the civilianisation of certain office roles within... Read More

FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

17th August, 2017

INTERNET: 1,698 new .ie domains registered in Cork in first half of 2017

17 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork registrations up 13 percent year-on-year, Munster registrations up 16 percent, according to latest dot ie Domain Profile Report 112 new .ie domains registered every day in first half of 2017 More than 230,000 .ie domains now registered 1,698 new .ie domains were registered in Cork in... Read More

EDUCATION, NEWS

17th August, 2017

ARTS: IndieCork Film Festival Centre secures sponsorship from Blacknight Hosting

17 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Web hosting company Blacknight has confirmed that it has renewed its sponsorship of the Blacknight Festival Centre at the IndieCork festival, to be held in Cork in October. It’s the second year that the independent film and music festival is to have an official centre, envisaged as... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

17th August, 2017

SPORT: Ballincollig Business Association Golf Classic taking place in September

17 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This year’s Ballincollig Business Association (BBA) Annual Golf Classic is taking place on Thursday, 14th September. The event will take place at the Lee Valley Golf and Country Club. All proceeds from this year’s event will be used to set up a specific Town Development Fund, which... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS, SPORT

16th August, 2017

BUSINESS: Canadian firm ‘Telus’ acquires majority stake in Cork call centre VoxPro

16 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie TELUS International, a leading global business process outsourcing (BPO) provider, announced today the acquisition Voxpro, a provider of beautiful customer experience, technical support and sales operations solutions with locations in Ireland, the United States, Romania, and the Philippines. Voxpro powers the customer operations of the world’s leading technology... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

16th August, 2017

FINE GAEL v IRISH WATER: Junior Minister says water utility need to change their method of communication

16 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie West Cork based Minister of State Jim Daly, has today called on Irish Water to improve their methods of communication around the turning on and off of water supply in rural areas. Commenting on the planned shutdown of water in Innishannon, Minister Daly said, ‘Irish Water need... Read More

NEWS

16th August, 2017

PICTURES: Glanmire of Co Cork triumph at the Macra/FBD Farmskills National Finals

16 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Glanmire’s success at the Tullamore show in the Macra/FBD Farmskills competition means the Stephen Cullinane Cup passes to the Seandun Region of Co Cork for 2017. The Macra/FBD Farmskills title will pass from Caheragh, Carbery to Glanmire, Seandun but will remain in Cork for 2017 after Glanmire... Read More

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

16th August, 2017

HOSPITAL WAITING LISTS: 91,197 hospital bed days lost through delayed discharges in first half of 2017

16 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie HSE figures provided to the Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher TD (Cork North Central) show that more than 90,000 bed days were lost in the hospital system so far this year owing to delayed discharges. Patients are classified as delayed discharges when they no longer need to... Read More

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

16th August, 2017

WEST CORK: N71 resurfacing works to begin in late October

16 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for State Jim Daly has today confirmed that progress is being made on the N71 Leap road surfacing. A long outstanding issue for the community, the end is now in sight as a timeframe has now been established for the works. Commenting on the issue, Minister... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

16th August, 2017

HISTORY: Cork marks centenary of the birth of Jack Lynch (1917-1999) who twice served as Taoiseach (1966-1973 & 1977-1979)

16 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Yesterday (Tuesday August 15th 2017) a ceremony was held in St. Finbarr’s Cemetry, Cork to mark the centenary of the birth of Jack Lynch. Cork City Lord Mayor Cllr Tony Fitzgerald, who is also a member of Fianna Fail, made the following speech. Speech of Lord Mayor “Many... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS