22 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Solidarity (formerly Anti Austerity Alliance) Cork TD Mick Barry will issue a call for the establishment of an Irish National Health Service free at the point of use and funded by progressive general taxation at today’s meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare. The committee... Read More
22 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The third of four regional finals in this year’s Irish Restaurant Awards took place in the Limerick Strand Hotel last night where 60 awards were presented to the country’s leading chefs, restaurants and pubs. Over 600 people attended the Munster Regional Final on Tuesday evening where the... Read More
21 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Leeside Shipping, agents for BG Freight Line in Cork, is pleased to announce a new container service between the ports of Cork and Liverpool. This new service is due to commence in week 13. This is the first time these ports have been connected directly, and the new... Read More
21 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Workers’ Party in Cork has condemned the presence of what it referred to as “armed machine-gunners onboard a US warship” docked at Cobh today. Workers’ Party Cork City Councillor Ted Tynan said the presence of the destroyer is a “flagrant breach of Irish neutrality” and the “action-ready... Read More
21 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ford celebrated its 100 year milestone at this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Cork City on Friday 17th March. Organised by Cork City Council, the theme of this year’s parade was ‘Cork – A City of Community, Culture and Commerce’. To celebrate the company’s centenary in... Read More
21 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City Council with Co Sponsors Maxi Zoo are proud to announce that the 2nd annual Dog Fouling awareness campaign begins this week. The launch will take place today in the Concert Hall, City Hall at 2pm. The initiative aims to improve awareness of the problem that indiscriminate... Read More
21 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A German submarine which sank off Glandore Harbour towards the end of World War 2 is the subject of Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage’s lecture next om Thursday – 23rd March – at 8pm at the Clonakilty Parish Centre. The illustrated lecture will be delivered by Brendan Cahill, who... Read More
20 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Donagh Kelly’s domination of the Quality Hotel Clonakilty West Cork Rally continued when he brought his Ford Focus WRC to victory for the fourth successive year. His winning margin of 1 minute and 45 seconds looked comfortable by the finish, but it was only on the Sunday... Read More
20 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork based Minister of State for European Affairs, Dara Murphy TD, has been visiting Spain, as part of a ‘Promote Ireland’ programme around St Patrick’s Day. The minister’s busy schedule included a breakfast meeting with leading Spanish tour operators, organised by Tourism Ireland. Spain is an important market... Read More
19 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Early Years educators are invited to attend a meeting of the SIPTU ‘Big Start’ campaign for increased investment in the Early Years sector in Connolly Hall, Lapps Quay, Cork, on Monday, 20th March, at 7.00 p.m. The meeting will focus on the lack of State funding for the... Read More
18 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City WFC confirm the signing of Senior Irish International Clare Shine for the 2017 season The Cork native returns to the club having played in the debut season of the Continental Tyres Women’s National League and previously having played at local level for Douglas Hall. In 2013... Read More
18 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tomorrow – Sunday 19th March – church bells in a number of churches in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (Church of Ireland) will ring out around the globe in solidarity with immigrants and refugees who are facing increasing racism and xenophobia throughout the world. The... Read More