Sinn Féin in Cork to hold ‘Time for a United Ireland’ public meeting following Brexit result

30 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Fein in Cork have announced a public meeting entitled ‘Seize the Moment-Time for a United Ireland’ in Cork City this evening (Thursday) June 30th. The event will take place at the Metropole hotel on MacCurtain Street at 7.30pm. Speakers: Matt Carthy MEP (Sinn Féin United Ireland Coordinator)... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

29th June, 2016

Fáilte Ireland Hold Information Session for New Capital Scheme for Tourism Projects in Cork

29 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fáilte Ireland recently launched the Grants Scheme for Large Tourism Projects which will provide a pool of €65m in investment to develop new, or boost existing, tourism experiences and attractions across Ireland. The scheme, which will run from 2016-2020, is now open for applications from the public,... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

29th June, 2016

Ray Foley travels from Dublin to Cork to broadcast 3 hour Saturday show on RedFM

29 June 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Starting on July 2nd Ray Foley will be waking up the people of Cork for a special 12 week series every Saturday between 7am & 10am. An award winning DJ, Ray Foley who is currently a presenter on the 7 O’clock Show on TV3 is excited about the... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

29th June, 2016

East Cork TD say Government must be stricter on charity regulation

29 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD and Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Pat Buckley TD has called on the government to do more to regulate charities to ensure that donations and state supports are being spent properly. He made his comments as part of a Topical Issue debate he... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, HEALTH, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

29th June, 2016

Cork jewellery store ‘Designworks’ marks five years of business

29 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork jewellery store, Designworks Studio (Cornmarket Street, Cork City Centre), is marking five years of business with the unveiling of a spectacular new jewellery collection. Aptly named Duille Nua, or “New Leaf”, the collection is designed by head-goldsmith and Designworks owner, Tuula Harrington. Her latest collection incorporates... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

29th June, 2016

Cork ETB sign ‘Model Agreement’ with local Catholic diocese to run new Secondary School

29 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Pictured at the signing of the ‘Model Agreement’ between The Diocese of Cloyne and Cork Education and Training Board are the Bishop of Cloyne, William Crean and Ted Owens, Chief Executive of CETB. The agreement sets out their joint roles in the management of the new post... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, EDUCATION, NEWS

29th June, 2016

UCC and Statistical Solutions win research collaboration Impact Award

29 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A cork-based collaboration between Dr Brian O’Flaherty from Business Information Systems (BIS) at UCC and Mary Byrne, CEO of Statistical Solutions, was awarded the ‘Research2Business Collaborative Impact Award’, at the annual Knowledge Transfer Impact Awards at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin recently. The ceremony celebrated successful... Read More

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29th June, 2016

Cork Photographer captures striking ‘homelessness v settled’ image

29 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie

AREA: CORK CITY, HEALTH, NEWS

29th June, 2016

Large attendance at ‘Colour Dash’ run

29 June 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Last weekends Colour Dash, sponsored by Aldi was a 5km race where colourful paint representing different types of cancer and cancer survivorship were thrown at participants as they completed the course. Money raised from Colour Dash will go towards the Irish Cancer Society’s work to help people reduce... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, HEALTH, NEWS

29th June, 2016

Cork Junior Minister Dara Murphy congratulates Irish football fans on prestigious French award

29 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Junior Minister for European Affairs, Dara Murphy TD, has congratulated Republic of Ireland football fans following the announcement by the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo that she is to award the Medal of the City of Paris to supporters. Speaking in Brussels today, Minister Murphy said: “The... Read More

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

29th June, 2016

Cork gambler wins €69,004 for €2 Bet on Lotto

29 June 2016, Wednesday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Co. Cork Customer Picked 26, 32, 43 & 49 Gambling is addictive, and can be disasterious, however -health warnings aside – once in a while people do win. A Co Cork customer had a Tuesday night to remember when their lucky numbers were drawn in the EuroMillions... Read More

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28th June, 2016

CityJet shows off new ‘SuperJet’ on Cork to La Rochelle route

28 June 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie CityJet introduced its new Superjet SSJ100 aircraft into service on one of its scheduled routes today when it departed Cork for La Rochelle in France. Passengers on the scheduled Summer route were able to enjoy the luxury leather interior and greater legroom which Ireland’s Euro16 players sampled on... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS