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21st April, 2017

VIDEO: ‘ProdiJIG’ to perform in Cork Opera House as part of Cork Midsummer Festival 2017

21 April 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Opera House and Cork Midsummer Festival team up for return of hit Irish dance show Innovative Irish dance troupe, ProdiJIG, returns to the stage this June as part of an exciting new collaboration between Cork Opera House and Cork Midsummer Festival. After last year’s sell-out run, Cork... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS
21st April, 2017

Kerry company – Monex Financial Services – creates scholarship to send Killarney students to University College Cork

21 April 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Monex Financial Services has announced details of a new scholarship program created to support Killarney Leaving Cert students accepted to third level studies at Cork University Business School (CUBS) at University College Cork (UCC). The scholarship will offer financial assistance to facilitate progression through third level studies,... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, NEWS
21st April, 2017

Irish Government must rethink role of religious orders in HEALTH and EDUCATION – says Cork MEP Liadh Ní Riada

21 April 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork MEP Liadh Ní Riada (Sinn Fein) has said the state must rethink its approach to the role of religious orders in running health and education institutions. The Ireland South MEP was speaking after it was revealed that the government has gifted a €300 million state-funded National Maternity... Read More
AREA: NORTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN
21st April, 2017

WEST CORK: TD concerned for cyclists’ safety

21 April 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork South West, Fine Gael, Dáil Deputy Jim Daly has been making representations to Cork County Council, District Supervisor, Edmond Coleman with regard to road safety issues in Kinsale. Deputy Daly has heard numerous concerns from his constituents regarding road safety in the town, particularly from cyclists. The... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS
20th April, 2017

Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Returns to Family’s Ancestral Home – Ballinascarthy, West Cork – to Mark Centenary of Ford in Ireland

20 April 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Great-grandson of Ford Motor Company founder, Henry Ford, to participate in civic reception hosted by the Lord Mayor of Cork City, attended by 300 current and former Ford employees Ford factory founded in Cork, Ireland, was established in April 1917 – the first purpose-built Ford Motor Company... Read More
AREA: WEST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS
20th April, 2017

Cork Chamber of Commerce says M20 Motorway between Cork and Limerick would 1) enhance economic linkages, 2) improve safety, 3) reduce congestion

20 April 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Red C survey: Overwhelming support for motorway, which will stimulate economic development along Atlantic corridor Businesses in the Munster region have given their overwhelming support to the proposed M20 motorway, with 98% stating it will enhance economic linkages between Cork and Limerick. Initial findings from a Red... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS
19th April, 2017

CRIME: Cork community groups can apply for funding to install CCTV systems

19 April 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork based Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard welcomes the announcement of a grant-aid scheme to assist with establishing community-based CCTV systems. “This funding scheme can be hugely beneficial to communities here in Cork; CCTV systems can act as a deterrent to anti-social behaviour as well as enhancing... Read More
AREA: SOUTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS
19th April, 2017

ENVIRONMENT: Ireland needs to ban ‘microbeads’ urgently – says Cork opposition TD Sean Sherlock

19 April 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Labour Spokesperson on Climate Change Sean Sherlock has dismissed the Government’s intention to introduce its own bill to ban plastic microbeads as “time wasting.” “There is no reason for the Government to introduce their own bill,” said Deputy Sherlock. “We have been promised new politics, but nearly every... Read More
AREA: NORTH CORK, HEALTH, LABOUR, NEWS, POLITICS
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