WEST CORK: Green Party wants to stop illegal gorse fires in Co Cork

9 May 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork said that serious gorse fires – like the the blazes that broke out yesterday at Skibbereen and Schull, and recently in Gougane Barra, Kealkill, and the Sheepshead and Beara peninsulas – will become more prevalent if Minister for Heritage, Heather Humphreys, gets her way... Read More

9th May, 2017

BREXIT: Opinion poll finds 90% of Irish people believe Ireland is better off INSIDE the EU – Cork MEP Deirdre Clune welcomes result

9 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has welcomed a nationwide Red C poll commissioned by the European Movement (EM) Ireland which shows Irish people would not follow their EU neighbours Britain out of the EU – if a vote were to take place in the morning. Almost 90... Read More

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

9th May, 2017

BUSINESS: Jobs Expo returns to Silver Springs Hotel Cork on 25th May

9 May 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Employers such as McDonalds, The Isle of Man Government, PhoneWatch, Aspira, BD and Peter Mark amongst others to recruit at Jobs Expo Cork on 25th May. The jobs and careers fair, Jobs Expo, is to return to Cork on Thursday 25th May. The bi-annual event will feature employers... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

8th May, 2017

IRISH WATER: Agency says it is making GOOD PROGRESS fixing problems on EPA’s Remedial Action List in Cork

8 May 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish Water is progressing work on a number of Cork water supplies which is aimed at facilitating their removal from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Remedial Action List (RAL) The Remedial Action List is updated quarterly by the EPA and Irish Water has a prioritised programme of investment for... Read More

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8th May, 2017

WEST CORK: 50 Cork schools to benefit from Government funding in 2017 ‘Summer Works’ Scheme

8 May 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork based Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, said 50 Cork schools, of which 14 are local Cork South West schools, will undergo major improvement works over the summer months thanks to Government funding. It is understood that Senator Lombard will run in the next General Election in that... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, EDUCATION, NEWS

8th May, 2017

NEW ROUTE: Aer Lingus Regional now flying from Cork Airport to Newquay, Cornwall

8 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie New route brings to 9, the number of Aer Lingus Regional routes operating from Cork Airport this summer Aer Lingus Regional expects to carry over 330,000 passengers through Cork Airport in 2017, up 7% on 2016 Cornwall is a world-famous tourist destination, home to idyllic scenery, traditional... Read More

BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

7th May, 2017

SOCCER: Cork City FC have biggest attendances in SSE Airtricity League

7 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Attendances in the SSE Airtricity League have risen in the first part of the 2017 season in comparison to the same period from the previous season. With over 152,285 spectators attending 105 games across the Premier and First Divisions, the appetite for live football at an elite... Read More

NEWS, SPORT

7th May, 2017

MACRA NA FEIRME: New President Corkman James Healy says CREDIT and MENTAL HEALTH are key issues on his agenda

7 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The newly elected 36th president of Macra na Feirme James Healy – from Kilmartin, Donoughmore, Co Cork – has called on Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to put, ‘together a package of measures and incentives specifically for young farmers including further access to low cost credit to help... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, NEWS

7th May, 2017

POLITICS: Cork Sinn Fein TD wants Garda Commissioner to resign

7 May 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Jonathan O’Brien TD has said that the government must act to remove Garda Commissioner Noirin O Sullivan should she refuse to resign. Speaking as further pressure arrived for the commissioner today after it emerged that a senior civil servant in charge of verifying crime... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: NORTH CORK, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

7th May, 2017

WEST CORK: Director Stephen Frears to take part in Fastnet Film Festival 2017

7 May 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Stephen Frears, unanimously regarded as one of Britain’s finest directors, will screen his 2 most recent Feature Films in Schull during the Festival, The Programme and Florence Foster Jenkins followed by a Q&A with Greg Dyke. The Fastnet Film Festival which will take place in Schull from Wednesday the 24th to the Sunday... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

7th May, 2017

POLITICS: Fianna Fail Leader – and Cork TD – Micheál Martin congratulats Emmanuel Macron on election as French President

7 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin TD has congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his election as President of the French Republic today, and said he is looking forward to working with him in the future on issues of mutual concern to both Ireland and France. “President-Elect Macron’s victory is... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

6th May, 2017

SOCCER: Cork City FC can confirm that Christian Nanetti has left the club

6 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City FC can confirm that Christian Nanetti has left the club The winger has informed the club of his wish to return to England in order to seek more regular football first team, and his contract has been cancelled by mutual consent. Commenting on the news,... Read More

NEWS, SPORT