BOUNDARY EXTENSION FOR CORK CITY? Housing Minister Simon Coveney to unveil Mackinnon Report into possible merger or boundary extension of Cork City Council and Cork County Council

9 June 2017, 10am By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Housing Minister Simon Coveney to unveil long awaited Mackinnon Report this morning All will be revealed at 11am when Minister Coveney unveils the report which had been due to be published two months ago, but had to wait until after the Fine Gael leadership contest concluded evidently.... Read More

9th June, 2017

CHARITY: KBC Bank staff fundraise for Alzheimer Society of Ireland with nationwide relay race which includes Cork

9 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie KBC Bank Ireland has announced its new Charity Partner of the Year is The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI) as staff get set to take part in a gruelling 600km relay race across Ireland. More than 60 KBC colleagues will join forces for The Alzheimer Society of Ireland... Read More

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9th June, 2017

CORK HARBOUR FESTIVAL: Flagship event ‘Ocean to City’ receives largest number of entries to date

9 June 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Harbour Festival grows each year, and its flagship event Ocean to City – An Rás Mor has received a record breaking entry for the fourth year in a row. Over 200 boats and 600 participants from Ireland, U.S, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, are set to... Read More

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9th June, 2017

CULTURE: One City, One Book – 2017 project to be launched in Cork City Library

9 June 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie One City, One Book 2017 project will be launched in Cork City Library tomorrow, 10th June, 2017 at 3 p.m. The One City, One Book project will attempt to get book loving Corkonians to read and discuss ‘The Things we lose the things we leave behind’ by Cork... Read More

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9th June, 2017

NORTH CORK: Open day at Bawnmore wind farm, near Macroom, Co Cork

9 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bruan@TheCork.ie Bawnmore wind farm, near Macroom, Co Cork will hosting a Walk and Talk Open Day on Friday the 16th of June to mark Global Wind Day 2017 and showcase the positive power of wind. Global Wind Day is an international event that celebrates the power and the possibilities of wind... Read More

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8th June, 2017

ALCOHOL ADDICTION TREAMENT: Tabor Lodge Annual Report 2016 launched by Lord Mayor of Cork

8 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Announcing the publication today of Tabor Group’s Annual Report at Cork City Hall, Pat Coughlan, Chairman, said alcohol continued to remain the ‘drug of choice’ in 2016 with seven out of ten people seeking help for alcohol related problems at Tabor Group. Across Tabor Group’s three residential... Read More

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8th June, 2017

EAST CORK: Order of Malta help at annual Lions Club Holiday for Senior Citizens in Trabolgan

8 June 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The annual Lions Club Holiday for Senior Citizens is taking place in the Trabolgan Holiday Village, Whitegate, Midleton, Co Cork from the 9th – 16th June. This is the largest service project undertaken by any Lions Club in Europe with more than 600 senior citizens and and some... Read More

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8th June, 2017

GENTRIFICATION: €50m investment in Metropole Hotel in Cork City ‘Victorian Quarter’

8 June 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Plans for a €50 million investment in the Metropole Hotel by Trigon Hotels Limited – the owners of the Metropole Hotel, Cork International Hotel and Cork Airport Hotel – represent a unique development opportunity, signaling a renaissance in Cork city’s historic Victorian Quarter. Trigon Hotels Limited will shortly submit... Read More

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8th June, 2017

FAMOUS CORK LORD MAYOR: Terence MacSwiney’s wedding gift goes on display

8 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Silver Dish Ring in MacSwiney collection at Independence Museum Kilmurry Marriage took place in English village after MacSwiney’s deportation in 1917 Independence Museum Kilmurry, open Thursday to Sunday & Bank Holidays, 2pm-5pm The centenary of Terence MacSwiney’s marriage to Muriel Murphy in a small English village on June... Read More

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8th June, 2017

ENVIRONMENT: Accident at Poolbeg incinerator proves hazards of incineration – warns Ringaskiddy, Co Cork anti-incinerator group ‘CHASE’

8 June 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie An accident has occurred at the Covanta operated Poolbeg incinerator last night in Dublin (Wed 7 June) which resulted in the hospitalisation of 11 workers. Reports indicate the cause of the incident was an uncontrolled cloud of lime released inside the flue gas treatment area, which breached a... Read More

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8th June, 2017

ENTERTAINMENT: Tickets go on sale for Munster’s Largest Agricultural Show – The ‘Cork Summer Show’

8 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Every summer for the past 200 years, the Munster Agricultural Society has put on a very special show in Cork. A great family day out and Cork tradition, the Cork Summer Show, sponsored by Cork County Council, takes place on 17th and 18th June at the Showgrounds at Curraheen and this year it promises to... Read More

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8th June, 2017

ENTERTAINMENT: Preparations continue for Cork Midsummer Festival 2017

8 June 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Midsummer Festival will take place across 10 days from 16-25 June, with this year’s festival features over 400 artists. More than 50,000 people are expected to attend Cork’s largest annual multi-disciplinary arts festival, with a choice of 51 events in 40 venues and city wide locations. For... Read More

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