Cork Foundation joins forces with Oxfam Ireland to highlight refugee crisis

13 October 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Photo exhibition in Cork’s Triskel Christchurch showcases contributions from 23 Irish writers imagining life as a refugee The Cork Foundation has joined forces with Oxfam Ireland to host Make Them Visible, a photo exhibition at Cork’s Triskel Christchurch on Thursday, October 20th highlighting the plight of refugees... Read More

HEALTH, NEWS

12th October, 2016

Cork County Council rents commercial kitchens to food businesses in Carrigaline

10 October 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Food startups, artisan producers and expanding food businesses in Cork will benefit from a new initiative, Cork Incubator Kitchens, established by Cork County Council. The fully-equipped bakery and catering kitchens, located in Carrigaline Industrial Estate, are designed to the highest standards and health and food safety regulations,... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

12th October, 2016

University College Cork creates new course “BSc Degree in Paramedic Studies”

12 October 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, NEWS

12th October, 2016

FD Centre celebrates 1st year in business in Ireland

12 October 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The FD Centre celebrates its first year in business in Ireland. Headed up by chartered accountant and experienced financial advisor, David Hyland, the company provides owner-managed businesses with high calibre part-time Finance Directors who work in regional teams to support clients – a flexible cost-effective solution to a... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, NEWS

12th October, 2016

€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