Credit Unions can offer much needed competition in mortgage market says McGrath

23 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Finance Michael McGrath (Cork South Central TD, based in Carrigaline) has said that Credit Unions have the potential to offer badly needed competition in the mortgage market but that rules on lending restrictions will have to change to allow this to happen. Deputy... Read More

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23rd January, 2017

Cork politicians back ‘The Cork Foundation’

23 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork Foundation recently held a briefing in Leinster House with all Cork based TD’s and Senators. The organisation which was established in 2013 is a registered charity that matches donors to social enterprises who through this funding can create sustainable jobs, positively impacting communities at grass... Read More

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21st January, 2017

ROWING: O’Donovan Brothers jointly win ‘Cork Person of the Year’ title

21 Janaury 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie West Cork’s famous brothers have won another titel prestgious title of ‘Cork Persons of the Year’. Skibbereen based 2016 Olympic medal winners Gary and Paul O’Donovan received the title at todays gala awards luncheon in Rochestown Park Hotel Cork. The Mayor of Cork County Seamus McGrath and Lord Mayor of... Read More

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21st January, 2017

MOTORSPORT: Quality Hotel Clonakilty West Cork Rally 2017

21 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The 39th running of the Quality Hotel Clonakilty West Cork Rally will take place on 18th & 19th March 2017 with Greg McCarthy as Clerk of the Course for a third year. The club are delighted to have the Quality Hotel back as title sponsors and is... Read More

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20th January, 2017

Derval O’Rourke jumps to support 24 marathons, 24 days charity challenge

20 January 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A Dingle based gym instructor is set to run 24 marathons in 24 days to raise €100,000 for people in Ireland who live with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus. Following on from his ’12 Marathons, 12 Days’ in 2014, when Shane Finn raised €36,000 for Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland... Read More

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20th January, 2017

Search for the 2017 Rose of Tralee underway in Cork

20 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Details of the 2017 Rose of Tralee International Festival from 16-22 August have been announced and one thing is certain, the next Cork Rose will be there. Rose of Tralee Maggie McEldowney has returned to her native windy city of Chicago after launching the search for her... Read More

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19th January, 2017

Clune welcomes EU court ruling which saves Irish motorists 23% increase in tolls

19 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Transport Infrastructure Ireland now have 19m more to invest in our roads annually as well as an additional 60-70 million refund from Revenue Clune calls for that money to be put directly into upgrading our road network Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Transport Committee... Read More

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19th January, 2017

Port of Cork Handles 9.2m Tonnes Of Trade

19 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Total traffic through the Port of Cork reached 9.2 million tonnes in 2016, a slight decrease compared to 2015 traffic. Import figures remain steady while exports were reduced primarily due to the closure of Lisheen Mines in Co. Tipperary and the subsequent cessation of exporting lead and... Read More

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19th January, 2017

Film In Cork 2017 Short Script Award Shortlist

17 January 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Film In Cork, supported by the Arts Offices of Cork City and County Councils is delighted to announce that a shortlist of six scripts has been selected by the judging panel in its 2017 Short Script Award. Almost 130 scripts were submitted prior to the December deadline, a... Read More

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19th January, 2017

Cork Motor Club celebrates 40th anniversary

19 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Motor Club are celebrating their 40th anniversary on Sunday, 22 January 2017, next at Kartworld, Watergrasshill, Co Cork from 11am. Organisers say all are welcome. The Kartworld site is is signposted from the Cork-Dublin Motorway.

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19th January, 2017

Ringaskiddy incinerator delay unfair and lacking transparency, says Green Party in Cork

19 January 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie File photo of anchor at Ringaskiddy Car Ferry building. Copyright TheCork.ie 2009.The Green Party in Cork are “deeply concerned” that An Bord Pleanála has once again postponed the decision date for the Indaver Ireland waste incinerator in Ringaskiddy. The postponement has been reported in the Irish Examiner Newspaper... Read More

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19th January, 2017

Cork South West TD, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony joins Cork Tillage Farmers protesting outside Dáil Éireann

19 January 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork South West TD, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has said that while she accepts that the Minister for Agriculture cannot control the weather, he can support tillage farmers with financial compensation as a result of harvest destroyed by adverse weather. “Fianna Fáil brought the tillage crisis front and... Read More

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