€200k Enterprise Ireland Competitive Feasibility Fund announced for Cork

12 October 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD officially announced the launch of a €200,000 Enterprise Ireland Competitive Feasibility Fund for entrepreneurs and early stage start-up companies in the Cork region today (Wednesday). The fund, which is a key measure of the Government’s Action Plan... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

12th October, 2016

Irish Government announces €2.8m in additional funding for the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in 2017

12 October 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Junior Minister Murphy announces €2.8m in additional funding for the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in 2017. Funding has increased more than fourfold to over €7.5 million since 2014 The Minister for European Affairs, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Dara Murphy T.D. has announced that the... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: NORTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

12th October, 2016

O’Keeffe slams decision to cut funding to Sport and Recreational services

12 October 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fail Spokesperson Sport, Kevin O’Keeffe TD have said that they deeply disappointed and angry at the Government’s decision to cut funding to sport and recreational services for 2017 by 17%. “This is an incredibly regressive decision from the Government. It is one of the few funding cuts... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

12th October, 2016

Government does not care about Macroom Bypass (N22) on main Cork-Kerry road says TD Aindrias Moynihan

12 October 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Two budgets since announcement, and still no money or timeline Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Aindrias Moynihan has said that once again the much-needed N22 upgrade, and the bypass of Macroom, has been ignored by the Fine Gael Government. “Yet again, the people of North West... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

12th October, 2016

Cork Labour TD Sean Sherlock NOT happy with Government’s Budget 2016

12 October 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Labour TD and Spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform, Seán Sherlock , has highlighted how thin the Government has spread the ‘fiscal space’ in the Budget announced yesterday. “The immediate aftermath of a Budget announcement tends to focus on top-line figures in the areas of Social Protection and... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, LABOUR, NEWS, POLITICS

12th October, 2016

VIDEO: Skibbereen Olympic Rowers ‘The O’Donovan Brothers’ named as ‘Cork People of the Month’

12 October 2016, Wednesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Everyone remembers the interview, full of quotable casual understatements. Now the brothers have another title to their names! Olympic silver medallists, Gary and Paul O’Donovan from West Cork, are ‘Cork Persons of the Month’ winners following their herculean efforts at the Rio Olympics in August. In... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

12th October, 2016

Cork TD wants minimum wage to increase

12 October 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance TD Mick Barry this morning slammed yesterday’s Budget announcement that the national minimum wage will be set at a rate of 9.25 euro an hour next year – an increase of just 10 cent. He said: “Yesterday, one of the best paid Finance Ministers in... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, NEWS, POLITICS, SOCIALIST PARTY

12th October, 2016

East Cork Early Music Festival, Midleton, October 13 to 16th 2016

12 October 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie East Cork Early Music Festival 2016 will again bring the music of the Baroque Era to life in Cork City and County. An annual event since 2003, the four-day festival sees the world’s leading Baroque musicians performing in collaboration with Irish and Irish-based artists, offering everything from big... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

11th October, 2016

Pat Buckley TD calls for detailed and targeted plan for mental health investment

11 October 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Deputy Spokesperson on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Pat Buckley TD has called for the government to release a detailed and targeted plan to invest in delivering improvements to community based mental health services. He made his comments following the release of the Budget 2017, which... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

11th October, 2016

O’Hare’s Maxol MACE Wilton wins National Q Mark Award

11 October 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie O’Hare’s Maxol MACE Wilton, Co, Cork, has been named as the Best Forecourt Delicatessen in Ireland for Hygiene and Food Safety at this year’s National Q Mark Awards. Hailed as “The Champions of Business Excellence”, the team from O’Hare’s Maxol MACE Wilton were beaming with pride as they... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS

11th October, 2016

Cork Olympic Racewalker Rob Heffernan speaks about fitness in Douglas Court

11 October 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Kick Start, Steps to Winter Wellness with Rob Heffernan at Douglas Court Shopping Centre Saturday, October 15th, 12-5pm Douglas Court Shopping Centre will host their ‘Kick Start, Steps to Winter Wellness’ event on Saturday, October 15th, from 12pm to 5pm, with Olympic Racewalker Rob Heffernan. The event is aimed... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

11th October, 2016

Deadline day approaching for your chance to win part of Cork’s €150K investment fund for young entrepreneurs

11 October 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Friday, October 14th is deadline day for submission of applications for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition, where Cork’s best and brightest young business people will have the opportunity to scoop their share of the €150,000 investment fund from the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs). This is the third... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, EDUCATION, NEWS