Cork County Council St Patricks Day delegation visits New York to promote tourism

17 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Representatives of Cork County Council, who are in New York for the St Patrick’s Day period, met with senior executives from Tourism Ireland in New York yesterday (16 March). They were briefed on Tourism Ireland’s extensive promotional programme for 2017, which is in full swing right now. Tourism... Read More

17th March, 2017

University College Cork folklorist suggests St Patrick was a married man

17 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie St Patrick has long been associated with snakes and shamrocks but the fact that he had a wife has largely been confined to the annals of history according to a folklorist from University College Cork. In the old Irish calendar the day after St Patrick’s Day is... Read More

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16th March, 2017

Ripoff St Patricks Day prices are damaging Irish tourism – warns Cork politician

16 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Don’t kill geese that lay golden eggs – Clunes plea to tourism providers in Cork Ireland South MEP pleads with tourism providers in Cork not to increase prices ahead of the tourist season which kicks off on St Patrick’s Day Ireland South MEP and member of the EU... Read More

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16th March, 2017

Irish mortgage arrears decrease for 13th consecutive quarter

16 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Some say that 13 is an unlucky number, but in relation to Ireland’s economy it is noteworthy. New Central Bank figures showing that the number of mortgages in arrears has decreased again, for the 13th consecutive quarter. Fine Gael TD for Cork South West, Jim Daly, has... Read More

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16th March, 2017

Irish Water to invest €4.3m in Cape Clear water supply network

16 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish Water is to invest €4.3 million to improve the water supply infrastructure on Cape Clear, which will result in a much more reliable and sustainable water supply for residents and visitors to the island, especially during the busy summer tourist season. The Cape Clear Watermain Rehabilitation... Read More

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16th March, 2017

Mayor of Ireland’s second city – Cork City – meets US President Donald Trump in White House today

16 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Des Cahill, will today attend the Presidential Reception in the White House to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, at the invitation of the President of the United States, Donald Trump. He spoke of the opportunity that this visit brings to promote Cork, Ireland’s... Read More

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15th March, 2017

Cork East TD David Stanton visits Perth, Australia for St Patricks week

15 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork East TD David Stanton (Fine Gael), is in Australia this week, as part of a ‘Promote Ireland’ programme around St Patrick’s Day. Deputy Stanton is also Minister of State for Justice and his schedule included visiting the Council House in Perth, which is going green this... Read More

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15th March, 2017

Bus Eireann Route 40 bus service still under threat – Aindrias Moynihan

15 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork North West TD, Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fail) has said that he is deeply concerned about the future of the route 40 bus route which runs from Cork City to Tralee, via Macroom and Ballyvourney. “Earlier this year, I received a response from the Minister for Transport, Shane... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

15th March, 2017

19th Annual Business Information Systems (BIS) Anthology launched in UCC

15 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Every year the Business Information Systems (BIS) programme in UCC invites students to showcase some of their creative work, and to express those sides of themselves less visible in their academic work, in an annual Anthology publication. This year’s Anthology, the 19th edition, titled ‘Out of Self’,... Read More

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14th March, 2017

Cork Postmasters protest at Dublin GPO to resist Post Office closures

14 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Postmasters’ Union to mount a national campaign to ‘save post offices’ and plan Dáil rally for April Postmasters protested outside the GPO today saying that they will resist any Post Office closures driven by An Post, and are to mobilise a national campaign to support communities and... Read More

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14th March, 2017

Housing Minister Simon Coveney visits Cork County Council’s first housing turnkey development – Castletreasure, Douglas

14 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Simon Coveney TD will today (14 March, 2017) be joined by Cllr Derry Canty, Deputising for the Mayor of the Cork, in visiting Cork County Council’s Turnkey Housing Scheme in Castletreasure, Douglas. The visit will mark the handover of 16... Read More

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14th March, 2017

Cork Green Party welcomes plans to extend Presidential voting rights

14 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party have welcomed the Taoiseach’s announcement that the Government will propose a referendum to extend the right to vote in Presidential elections to Irish citizens worldwide. Currently only Irish citizens who are physically present in Ireland can vote on polling day. The only exemptions – by... Read More

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