Applications invited for UCC’s IGNITE programme for 2017

22 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Follow in the footsteps of IGNITE alumni AnaBio Technologies Ltd, PunditArena, KonnectAgain and others The IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme Information Evening yesterday offered anyone interested in starting a business the opportunity to find out more about options and supports available; to learn about the nine month... Read More

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22nd April, 2016

The potential of the Gearagh and of the Upper Lee Valley must be realised

22 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada stated that the Gearagh natural amenity in the Upper Lee Valley must be realised and developed as a local amenity, a tourist attraction and as a research site. She made the comments following a meeting with the ESB at Iniscarra earlier this... Read More

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22nd April, 2016

BAI sponsors Film In Cork’s Production Club

22 April 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Film In Cork is pleased to announce that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is sponsoring its monthly Production Club training initiative. The announcement coincided with the latest Production Club event, which took place in RTÉ Cork on Thursday, April 21st. One evening each month, Film In Cork’s... Read More

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22nd April, 2016

Cork Business Association welcomes ‘CORE’

22 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Business Association has welcomed the official launch of the exciting new City centre partnership CORE initiative.One of the key purposes of CORE is to bring together all stakeholders and task them to work collectively on the revitalisation of Cork City centre. The Cork Business Association has... Read More

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22nd April, 2016

Four Cork Companies selected for Google’s Adopt a Startup Programme

22 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Four Cork companies, Carefolk, GlowDx, Ourobotics and Sothic Bioscience were this week selected by Google Ireland to participate in its Adopt a Startup programme. These high potential Irish Startups will now receive 12 weeks of mentoring from dedicated Google support teams. The teams will work with the four... Read More

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22nd April, 2016

“Shear” delight as Wayne Lloyd Hair partners with The Mercy

22 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today was a good hair day for the Mercy University Hospital as leading Cork salon, Wayne Lloyd Hair, announced details of a partnership that will see stylists visit the hospital on a regular basis to treat patients to a “new do”. The charity partnership will see the team... Read More

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22nd April, 2016

University College Cork wants to create create “the largest online Viking collection”

22 April 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie As hit TV drama series Vikings returns for a gripping fourth season with Jonathan Rhys Meyers set to join its cast for the fifth, the World-Tree Project has been launched at University College Cork, aiming to create the largest online collection about the Vikings. A “world-first attempt to... Read More

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22nd April, 2016

Programme announced for 2016 West Cork Literary Festival

22 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie When: July 17th – 23rd, Bantry, West Cork. Zadie Smith, John Banville, Gloria Steinhem and Louis de Bernières are just some of the guests expected at the renowned West Cork Literary Festival which runs at various venues in Bantry, West Cork, from July 17th to 23rd. Poetry... Read More

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22nd April, 2016

Mallow based ‘James Byrne & Co Accountants’ appoint Gerard Sheehan as Director

22 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie James Byrne & Company, chartered accountants and registered auditors, has officially announced the amalgamation with the accountancy practice of Gerard Sheehan and Associates and appointment of Gerard Sheehan as a Director of the Company. The enlarged practice will operate as James Byrne & Company. The announcement was made... Read More

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21st April, 2016

New Church of Ireland Rector – Kingsley Sutton – arrives in West Cork from Northern Ireland

21 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The new rector of the Kilgariffe Union of Parishes, the Reverend Kingsley Sutton, was warmly welcomed to his new parish in Clonakilty, County Cork on Tuesday, 19th April. Clergy colleagues, Diocesan Readers and lay people from throughout the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, together with parishioners,... Read More

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21st April, 2016

Cut to “ring-fenced” mental health funding represents a callous move from a detached Minister – Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD

21 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD for Cork South Central Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has stated that it is absolutely essential that the funding for the mental health budget is protected and he called on acting Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD, to row back from his plan to divert €12... Read More

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21st April, 2016

Mental Health funding shortfall comes as no surprise – Kelleher

21 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “Ring-fenced” money has been diverted over the past number of years Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher says the confirmation that the €35m allocation for mental health in 2016 will be spent in other areas of the health service comes as no surprise. Deputy Kelleher explained to... Read More

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