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
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
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
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
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
8 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Des Cahill, recognised family businesses at last night’s ‘Lord Mayor of Cork’s Family Business Awards’ ceremony held in City Hall. Two award recipients came from The English Market which is famous for family businesses being passed down through generations. On the night Pat O... Read More
7 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Civic Trust as organisers of ‘The Spirit of Cork Award’ has announced that it will bestow the 2017 award on Dr Paul Colton, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The Chairman of Cork Civic Trust, Michael Mulcahy, said: “Cork Civic Trust, as... Read More
7 June 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Related link: AUDIO FEATURE: TheCork.ie travelled all of the Cork section of the Wild Atlantic Way, listen here It is widely agreed in Cork tourism circles that the Wild Atlantic Way is the best thing since sliced bread. It is a marketed driving route stretching from Cork to Donegal.... Read More
6 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cope Foundation has launched its flagship fundraising campaign that encourages people across Cork to plant Flowers of Hope seeds to help children and adults with an intellectual disability or autism to “grow, blossom and fulfil their own unique potential”. Jonathan Healy, Presenter with Newstalk, and more... Read More
8 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork based Musgrave Group – based off Airport Hill and on the Tramore Road – have announced the appointment of Chris Pilling as Non-Executive Director on the board of Musgrave Group plc. Chris succeeds Brian Flanagan, a Non-Executive Director since 2013. Chris Pilling has a background in retail... Read More
6 June 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sustainability Report 2016 – “Brewing a Better World” Heineken Ireland – which has its head office at Lady’s Well Brewery, Cork City – today published its 2016 Sustainability Report. It provides an update on the progress made in meeting the firm’s ambitious sustainability targets as part of its... Read More
6 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada is urging people to support the Clonakilty Youth Centre fundraising campaign. The Ireland South MEP made the call after meeting with outgoing Clonakilty Mayor Anthony McDermott who showed her and County Councillor Paul Hayes the site for the centre and plans... Read More