WEST CORK : Rural Theatre Festival underway – ‘West Cork Fit-up Festival’

25 July 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The West Cork Fit-up Festival aims is to provide “access to professional theatre in rural locations”. The first Fit-up Theatre Festival opened in West Cork in the summer 2009 and toured three shows to five West Cork villages. Nine years later and there are now three Fit-up Theatre... Read More

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25th July, 2017

TRAVEL: Opportunities for Cork and Shannon airports to grow transatlantic traffic

25 July 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Opportunities for Shannon and Cork airports to grow transatlantic traffic as low costs airlines queue up to launch new west bound flights Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Transport committee Deirdre Clune has welcomed a surge in transatlantic flights by low costs carriers comparing it... Read More

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25th July, 2017

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Cork County Council’s 8 Municipal District Local Area Plans are adopted

25 July 2017, Tuesday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Elected Members of Cork County Council have adopted the Local Area Plans for each of the County’s 8 Municipal Districts. These are key documents which set the designation and prioritisation of land use for the next 6 years “giving a set strategic direction for the growth... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS, NON PARTY, POLITICS

24th July, 2017

OUTDOOR TRADING IN MODERN CITIES: Cork’s “Coal Quay” market needs to be opened up while retaining tradition says Cllr

24 July 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Potential new traders with established bona fides unable to get stalls while others remain empty The Cork City Workers’ Party Councillor, Ted Tynan, has said that Cork’s Coal Quay market on Cornmarket Street needs to be opened up to new stall-holders while retaining current ones and being revitalised.... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, NEWS, POLITICS, WORKERS PARTY

24th July, 2017

FARM SAFETY: Farms are a workplace, not a playground – says Cork Senator (who is also a Farmer)

24 July 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork based Fine Gael Senator and member of the joint Oireachtas committee for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Tim Lombard, is urging all farmers to use the opportunities provided during Farm Safety Week 2017, commencing today, to improve awareness and safety on their farms. “Farming has the... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

24th July, 2017

MOTORS: New Jaguar Land Rover and Volvo showroom to open at Bishopstown Roundabout – Johnson & Perrott Motor Group

24 July 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Johnson & Perrott has today confirmed that it is to invest up to €15 million to build a new dealership cluster for their Cork City based Motor Dealership Division, creating a minimum of 30 new jobs. This is the most significant investment in the motor industry in... Read More

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24th July, 2017

PROPERTY: Sale of former mother and baby home – Bessboro – must be halted says Cork MEP

24 July 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called for plans to sell Bessborough House to be frozen at least until a forensic dig of the grounds has been completed. The Ireland South MEP was speaking after it was revealed that the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus... Read More

NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

24th July, 2017

BUSINESS & PLEASURE: Cork Car dealership holds promo week at Fota Island Golf course

24 July 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fota Island Resort’s Open Week is underway. It began today and runs until the 28th July. Whether you are a guest staying in the hotel or the lodges, or simply a keen golfer you are invited to participate at one of Ireland’s premier courses. Fota Island Resort, host... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

24th July, 2017

BUSINESS: Minister of State for financial services visits Cork to promote REGIONAL financial services

24 July 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Today Michael D’Arcy TD, Minister of State for financial services, is in Cork to consult with stakeholders on his IFS 2020 Strategy priority to increase investment and employment into regional hubs. Taking in meetings with IDA and Enterprise Ireland client companies and a roundtable with local authority and... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, POLITICS

24th July, 2017

NORTH CORK: Slí Eile Summer Festival takes place at Burton Park, Churchtown, Co Cork

24 July 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie This year’s Slí Eile Summer Festival will take place on Sunday July 30th and there promises to be something for everyone. Slí Eile is now well known for the work it does to promote mental health recovery and its’ Summer Festival provides an annual dose of fun to... Read More

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23rd July, 2017

WEST CORK: Baltimore RNLI provides medical evacuation from Sherkin Island

23 July 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI carried out a medical evacuation this afternoon (Sunday 23 July) after a man sustained injuries while on a visit to Sherkin Island off the coast of West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew was requested to launch their inshore lifeboat following a request from the Irish... Read More

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23rd July, 2017

EAST CORK: Ballycotton RNLI in 14-hour callout to yacht in difficulty 60 miles off Cork coast

23 July 2017, Sunday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ballycotton RNLI launched their all-weather lifeboat early yesterday (Saturday 22 July) at 9.28am following a request from Falmouth coastguard who reported the activation of an EPIRB (an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) approximately sixty miles off the Cork coast. The three person crew of the 40ft... Read More

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