Clonakilty School Principal travels to Greek Island to help with refugee crisis

25 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Carmel Nic Airt, the Príomhoide of Gaelscoil Mhichíl Uí Choileáin, currently on leave, heads to the Greek island of Leros tomorrow where she will spend a month assisting with the refugee crisis. Hundreds from Syria and other conflict zones in the region make the perilous journey daily coming... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS, POLITICS

25th February, 2016

Irish Guide Dogs 40th Anniversary Guidelines Magazine

25 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Guide Dogs (which is headquartered on the Model Farm Road, Cork) is delighted to announce their special 40th Anniversary edition of it’s Guidelines Magazine will be available as a supplement in both the Irish Times and Irish Examiner on Friday February 26th. Take a welcome break from... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

25th February, 2016

Cork Hotels welcome improves visitor stats

25th February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Hoteliers in Cork have welcomed the strong growth in overseas travel to Ireland announced today (link to CSO figures), with trips to Ireland up 18.4% year on year for the period November 2015 – January 2016. On foot of a record year in tourism in 2015, growth... Read More

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25th February, 2016

New Accelerator Programme Launched in Cork

25 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A new accelerator programme, called SPRINT, was launched today (Thursday) at Gateway UCC by Julie Sinnamon, CEO Enterprise Ireland and UCC VP for Research & Innovation Anita Maguire. Designed to support early stage start-ups, entrepreneurs and UCC-based researchers, the SPRINT Accelerator will focus on commercialisation strategies and... Read More

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25th February, 2016

West Cork candidate Alan Coleman promises to open TWO constituency offices

25 February 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie General election candidate, and former Mayor of Co Cork, Cllr Alan Coleman has committed to retaining two 5-day-a-week offices in Bandon and Skibbereen if elected to Dail Eireann this Friday. During the election campaign Coleman has operated the two offices at St Finbarr’s place, Bandon and Main Street,... Read More

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24th February, 2016

€3,000 Kitchen Garden planted at Cork Association for Autism by GIY and Cully & Sully

24 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A brand new Kitchen Garden to the tune of €3,000 in being planted today (February 24th) at the Cork Association for Autism centre in Mogeely by GIY and Cully & Sully. Late last year GIY and Cully & Sully teamed up to launch a fun Grow at... Read More

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23rd February, 2016

Redheads fly high at Cork Airport

23 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Historically subjected to witty taunts from ‘ginger nut’ to ‘carrot top’, red hair is being celebrated in a new exhibition of of captivating photographic portraits at Cork International Airport from March 7-31, 2016. Photographer Jörg Köster has snapped over a thousand individual red haired men, women and... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

23rd February, 2016

VIDEO: Cork South West Candidate Alan Coleman releases catchy election song

23 February 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “One step, two step, three step, four Alan Coleman’s at your door…”

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23rd February, 2016

One in 8 has Vitamin D deficiency – according to University College Cork Study

23 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie One in every eight Europeans has Vitamin D deficiency, according to the UCC-based coordinators of the ODIN project. Professors Kevin Cashman and Mairead Kiely at UCC’s Cork Centre for Vitamin D and Nutrition Research report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition this week that the prevalence... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, HEALTH, NEWS

23rd February, 2016

Woman charged in connection with fatal Mallow fire

23 February 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Gardai have charged a woman, late 20’s, in connection with an investigation into a fatal fire which occurred at an apartment at Granary Court, Mallow, County Cork on the 13th March 2014 (i.e. two years ago), in which two men died. The woman is due to appear before... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, NEWS

23rd February, 2016

Cork founder of online Irish pharmacy produces five point election wishlist

23 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The most recent sectorial review commissioned by the Irish Pharmacy Union shows that pharmacies in Ireland have an average turnover of €1.57m and an operating profit of 16% at €246,783. The average pharmacy here receives close to €1 million per year from the government through drug reimbursement... Read More

HEALTH, NEWS

23rd February, 2016

Detailed Little Island traffic survey produces 15 strong suggestions on how to improve traffic in Cork business area

23 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Members of the Little Island Business Association were asked for their opinions on traffic in the busy industrial area of Cork. The LIBA received over 260 replies from members, employees and interested parties. The Association said “it is clear from the replies that there are a number of... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS