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

28th September, 2016

Cork Chamber of Commerce holds inaugural ‘London Dinner’

28 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Influential London-based business leaders attended an inaugural London Dinner, hosted by Cork Chamber of Commerce yesterday evening in the Bloomsbury Hotel, London where they discovered the unique and exciting opportunities that the Cork region offers investors and their employees. This invitation-only event being hosted as part of... Read More

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28th September, 2016

An Garda Síochána must outline reasons for conflicting reports on crime figures says Cork TD Jonathan O’Brien

28 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Jonathan O’Brien TD has stated that it is important for An Garda Síochána to detail and explain the reasons for conflicting reports from the CSO in relation to the recording of crime and the reporting of crime figures. Speaking from Leinster this afternoon, Deputy... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

28th September, 2016

Chair of Oireachtas Children Committee welcomes call by Ombudsman for Children for more oversight over schools

28 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Jim Daly, Fine Gael Cork South West TD and Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, is welcoming a call by the Ombudsman for Children for more oversight over schools. “Speaking at the launch of his office’s annual report today Niall Muldoon said 45%... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, EDUCATION, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

27th September, 2016

€150,000 up for grabs for Cork’s ‘Stand Out’ Young Entrepreneurs

27 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The search is on to find Cork’s best and brightest young business people, with €150,000 up for grabs through the three Local Enterprise Offices (LEO) in Cork as part of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition. The campaign has just been launched in Cork, and has been extended... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

27th September, 2016

International Award for CIT Academic

27 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dr Margaret Linehan, Head of School of Humanities at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has accepted an International Award from the British Academy of Management (BAM) recognising her outstanding contribution to the field of management. The Award is made by invitation only, and other awardeees this year... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, EDUCATION, NEWS