Clonakilty named among the world’s top 100 sustainable destinations

1 October 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Clonakilty in West Cork has been included in a prestigious list of the top 100 sustainable destinations in the world – and is also the only place in Ireland on the list. The honour was announced on World Tourism Day and Green Destinations Day (28th September) in... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS

30th September, 2016

Minster Dara Murphy promotes Irish tourism to Scandinavian audience

30 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy was in Denmark recently, where he met the Tourism Ireland team in Copenhagen. Minister Murphy was briefed on Tourism Ireland’s extensive promotional programme, which is in full swing right now, to boost tourism from the Nordic Region to the island of Ireland... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

30th September, 2016

Latest addition to the recently opened Asian Sanctuary at Cork’s most popular visitor attraction

30 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The latest arrival at Fota Wildlife Park, a tiny baby Agile Gibbon, was today introduced to the public. Proud mother, Chloe gave birth to her baby after a gestation period of seven months. Agile Gibbons live in monogamous pairs and the new baby’s mom Chloe and dad... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

30th September, 2016

Liadh Ní Riada MEP launches new Chinese Curriculum at Cork Gaelscoil

30 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has launched a new programme of Chinese language education at Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers. Liadh is a member of the European Parliament Delegation to the People’s Republic of China. Speaking to staff and students at Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers this morning, Liadh Ní Riada... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

30th September, 2016

STEAM Education for 5 Schools in the North West of Cork City

30 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gurranabraher Credit Union, Cork City Council and Cork City Partnership have come together to sponsor STEAM Education for 5 Schools in the North West of the City. Cork based company STEAM Education Ltd combine science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) with art to deliver fun and engaging programmes... Read More

EDUCATION, NEWS

29th September, 2016

Wall climbing and Debating for Seandun Macra na Feirme

29 September 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Members of Seandun Macra travelled as a group for an active social night out at Awesome Walls in Cork last Thursday night September 29th where they went wall-climbing. With Macra members from all corners of Seandun ranging from Kinsale to Knockraha and everywhere in between it was... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

29th September, 2016

IndieCork Festival Launches 4th successful year

29 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie IndieCork which is set to present it’s fourth festival from October 9th to 16th launched the official 2016 Programme at the Rising Sons Brewery in Cork last night. The Festival screenings will take place at The Gate Cinema and the festival also proudly announces a new Festival... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

29th September, 2016

Cork Industry in Action at Connect16

29 September 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Business Tourism Trade Fair Supported by Fáilte Ireland Cork tourism trade took centre stage at the inaugural Connect16 – Ireland’s largest ever showcase for the meetings and events sector which was held in the RDS, Dublin on Wednesday (28th September). Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Simon... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

29th September, 2016

The Nightmare Realm opens new ‘Hostel’ theme in Cork this Friday

29 September 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Nightmare Realm, Ireland’s most terrifying scare house attraction, is opening its brand new ‘Hostel’ experience at Albert Quay Cork this Friday, September 30th, and it will run until November 5th 2016. If you think you faced your fears last year, think again, as this year’s event will... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

28th September, 2016

Dara Murphy engages with Polish partners on Brexit and wider EU agenda on visit to Warsaw

28 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In Warsaw today Ireland’s Minister for European Affairs, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Dara Murphy T.D. delivered a public lecture on “The European Union in challenging times: the Irish Perspective” at the Polish Institute for International Affairs(PISM). In his address, the Minister spoke of the... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, FINE GAEL, NEWS

28th September, 2016

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