Former Carrigaline Macra member Tim Lombard elected to Seanad

26 April 2016, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael’s Cork County Cllr Tim Lombard have both been elected to Seanad Éireann. Cllr Tim Lombard is a former member of Carrigaline Macra na Feirme, and winner of the much prized National Senior Debating Competition of that Organisation. Cllr Tim Lombard was nominated by Munster... Read More

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26th April, 2016

Corkman appointed to national board of Irish Exporters Association

26 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Corkman Bill O’Connell, Vice President of Global Logistics at EMC’s Ovens Centre of Excellence, has been appointed to the national board of the Irish Exporters Association (IEA). The IEA is the representative body for Irish exporters that helps to connect them to businesses and governments in Ireland and... Read More

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26th April, 2016

Crisis Communications in the age of 24 hour media

26 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Last Thursday a crowd of more than thirty PR and communications professionals and students gathered in the Clarion Hotel, Cork City for a discussion on “Crisis Communications in the Age of 24 Hour Media”. The event was moderated by Emmett Coffey, MPRII and Course Director of CIT’s Masters... Read More

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26th April, 2016

Four in a row for UCC’s Information Systems for Business Performance at GradIreland Awards

26 April 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The 2016 GradIreland Awards are set to take place this Thursday, April 28th at the Mansion House, and three time winner, UCC’s MSc Information Systems for Business Performance (ISBP) has been shortlisted in two categories, and is the running to be named “Postgraduate Course of the Year –... Read More

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26th April, 2016

Canadian Ambassador presents €5,000 to Cork County Council for Air India Ahakista Memorial

26 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr John Paul O’Shea, warmly welcomed Canadian Ambassador, Mr. Kevin Vickers, to County Hall on Tuesday, April 26th. Ambassador Vickers made the special visit to present Cork County Council with €5,000, monies to contribute toward the upkeep of the Air India... Read More

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26th April, 2016

New Cork TD vows to use his City Council exit gratuity to establish a “solidarity fund” for Community

26 April 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance TD for Cork North Central Mick Barry announced this morning that he will not take one penny from the 29,000 euro gratuity he is set to receive from Cork City Council and that he will instead use the money to establish a “solidarity fund” for... Read More

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26th April, 2016

Cork International Choral Festival kicks off Wednesday

26 April 2016, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork will come alive with the sound of music this week as 5,000 singers arrive from all over the world for the festival Nearly 5,000 singers from all around the world are arriving in Cork this week to take part in the 62nd Cork International Choral... Read More

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25th April, 2016

Emotive hearing into Ringaskiddy Incinerator continues in Carrigaline, Co Cork

25 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie An Oral Hearing into Indaver Ireland’s proposal to develop a €160 million Resource Recovery Centre in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, moves into its second week today at the Carrigaline Court Hotel. The Pro Incinerator position John Ahern, Managing Director, Indaver Ireland (which wants to build the incinerator) said, “we... Read More

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25th April, 2016

ICSA delegation travels to Sherkin Island, off West Cork

25 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ICSA met with farmers on Sherkin island last Thursday (April 21) to help them in their campaign for fair play. ICSA West Cork chairman Dermot Kelleher, who organised the meeting said that the key objective for these farmers was to be designated for the chough bird in order... Read More

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25th April, 2016

The Cork-Cuba connection – new direct sailing to Port of Cork announced by Maersk

25 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Many people associate Cuba with rhythmic music, such as the following (a classic from Xavier Cugat)…. ..but today come an announcement from the world of contemporary business that will have a solid benefit for Cork. Maersk Line has announced the first direct service from Ireland to Cuba... Read More

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25th April, 2016

Construction Industry Federation & Cork Foundation ‘Giving Back to Cork’

25 April 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie There’s a new Mural of Cork in the Grattan Street Car Park. The Construction Industry Federation, in conjunction with the Cork Foundation and Re-Imagine Cork, are “delighted to be associated with several regeneration projects in Cork City Centre”. Members of the Construction Industry Federation, including O’Sheas Builders (Cork)... Read More

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25th April, 2016

150 students participate in Munster Celebration for All-Ireland maths challenge

25 APril 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 150 primary and secondary school students from throughout Munster participated in the provincial celebration event for the free All-Ireland maths challenge, LearnStorm Ireland. Munster students converged on the campus of Cork Institute of Technology where they represented their respective counties’ involvement in the challenge. The 150 students who... Read More

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