Getting rid of cars from the streets of Ireland’s second city will be a good thing – says Green Party

28 September 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork have welcomed the decision of Cork City Council to introduce car-free hours on St. Patrick’s Street. Speaking this morning, Oliver Moran, the Green Party representative in Cork North central said: “The car-free movement is based on the idea of returning to a city... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, GREEN PARTY, NEWS, POLITICS

28th September, 2016

Gurranabraher Credit Union wins customer experience award

27 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gurranabraher Credit Union is delighted to see that Credit Unions have topped the table again in the recent the CXi “Ireland Customer Experience” Report 2016. CXi has a unique data set of 72,000 consumer brand evaluations across 170 brands, now based on two years of ongoing research. This... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

28th September, 2016

Cork Chamber of Commerce holds inaugural ‘London Dinner’

28 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Influential London-based business leaders attended an inaugural London Dinner, hosted by Cork Chamber of Commerce yesterday evening in the Bloomsbury Hotel, London where they discovered the unique and exciting opportunities that the Cork region offers investors and their employees. This invitation-only event being hosted as part of... Read More

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28th September, 2016

An Garda Síochána must outline reasons for conflicting reports on crime figures says Cork TD Jonathan O’Brien

28 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Jonathan O’Brien TD has stated that it is important for An Garda Síochána to detail and explain the reasons for conflicting reports from the CSO in relation to the recording of crime and the reporting of crime figures. Speaking from Leinster this afternoon, Deputy... Read More

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28th September, 2016

Chair of Oireachtas Children Committee welcomes call by Ombudsman for Children for more oversight over schools

28 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Jim Daly, Fine Gael Cork South West TD and Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, is welcoming a call by the Ombudsman for Children for more oversight over schools. “Speaking at the launch of his office’s annual report today Niall Muldoon said 45%... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, EDUCATION, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

27th September, 2016

€150,000 up for grabs for Cork’s ‘Stand Out’ Young Entrepreneurs

27 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The search is on to find Cork’s best and brightest young business people, with €150,000 up for grabs through the three Local Enterprise Offices (LEO) in Cork as part of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition. The campaign has just been launched in Cork, and has been extended... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

27th September, 2016

International Award for CIT Academic

27 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dr Margaret Linehan, Head of School of Humanities at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has accepted an International Award from the British Academy of Management (BAM) recognising her outstanding contribution to the field of management. The Award is made by invitation only, and other awardeees this year... Read More

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27th September, 2016

Carrigaline Anglican congregation remembers Dr Sir Eliezer Ezeka Okafor (1932-2016)

27 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Memorial Service was held on Saturday 24th September in St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline for the esteemed consultant physician Dr Sir Eliezer Ezeka Okafor (1932-2016) who died recently in Nigeria. The Cork connection is that Dr Okafor’s daughter, Dr Chioma Njoku is a parishioner in Carrigaline Union where... Read More

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27th September, 2016

HSE pharmacy rip-off leaves patients waiting for services – Kelleher

27 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie “The fact that the Health Service Executive had no clue that they were being ripped off by pharmacies suggests that there is a systemic lack of oversight over how money is spent in our health system,” said the Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson, Billy Kelleher TD. Following the launch... Read More

FIANNA FAIL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS

26th September, 2016

Sinking Fishing Boat with three on board rescued off Seven Heads coast in West Cork.

26 September 2016, 7.30pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Courtmacsherry RNLI All Weather Lifeboat was called out at 5.46pm this evening, Mon to go to the immediate aid of a 60 foot Fishing boat that was sinking 20 miles off the Seven Heads coastline in West Cork. The Courtmacsherr Lifeboat under Coxswain Sean O... Read More

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26th September, 2016

Major recognition for Cork Airport at global aviation industry event in China

26 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport has been highly commended at the global marketing awards for the aviation industry at the prestigious World Routes aviation forum in China. The gala event, which took place in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, recognises the very best in marketing new routes and route development in... Read More

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1st September, 2016

Cork business leaders ‘sleep rough’ at tourist attraction to help homelessness charity

1 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie On October 21st 2016 Ireland’s business leaders will sleep-out at Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral and the Cork City Gaol (an atmospheric museum based in a former Gaol) to raise funds and awareness for people experiencing homelessness in Ireland today. Over the past four years, over 300 business... Read More

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