Looking for Jazz in Cork City all year round? Try the Shelbourne Bar on MacCurtain Street

top of page 9 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The announcement of a new monthly jazz session at popular Cork City venue The Shelbourne Bar on MacCurtain Street is sure to be music to jazz lovers’ ears. Dubbed ‘The Guinness Jazz Jam’, the first live event swings into action on Thursday 18th February... Read More

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9th February, 2016

UCC Journalism Conference to tackle the 8th Amendment and the Decriminalisation of Drugs in Ireland

top of page 9 February 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The UCC Journalism Society are delighted to announce that they will host the 8th Annual UCC Journalism Conference in the Council Chambers, UCC, on Friday the 12th of February. This year’s conference will take a look at two of Ireland’s most debated media topics in... Read More

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8th February, 2016

Cork World Book Fest will take place 19-23 April 2016

top of page 8 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The full programme for the 2016 Cork World Book Festival will be announced shortly but for now mark your diary for the locations of The Cork City Library and Triskel Christchurch and for the dates of April 19–23 2016. Maeve Higgins, Louis de Paor,... Read More

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8th February, 2016

Cork teachers take first steps in coding

top of page 8 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Two schools in Cork are among the first schools in Ireland to benefit from specialist teacher training in coding, aided by the donation of development boards by computing innovation world leader Intel. Teachers from St Colman’s College in Midleton and Coláiste Chraoibhin in Fermoy... Read More

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8th February, 2016

Industrial action ramped up at Cork Institute of Technology

top of page 8 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Academic and research staff in CIT have escalated their industrial action against the merger of CIT with IT Tralee. From today, 8th February, TUI members will work-to-rule, moving into the second phase of a three-phase industrial action which began last year. This action will cause... Read More

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8th February, 2016

Murder She Wrote star Angela Lansbury (who used have a holiday home in East Cork) is back in Ireland

top of page 8 February 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie With a career spanning almost 75 years, over 60 motion pictures, 5 Tony Awards, star of the longest-running detective drama series in TV history Murder She Wrote, the elderly well known actress Angela Lansbury has – in recent years – been spotted occasionally in Ballycotton... Read More

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8th February, 2016

Cork city book swap planned for World Book Day

top of page 8 February 8 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Happy Talk and Cork City Libraries have announced a citywide book swap surrounding World Book Day which takes place on March 3rd. Children across the city are invited to bring a book they no longer read to their crèche, preschool or school, over the... Read More

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8th February, 2016

Overhaul of commercial rates system would support job creation in Cork – Ibec Cork

top of page 8 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie With the general election campaign underway, Ibec Cork, the group that represents business in the region, called for an overhaul of Ireland’s commercial rates system. The next government must prioritise the reform of local authority funding because local authorities do not have the power to... Read More

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8th February, 2016

Cork TV show offers viewers chance to win €10,000

top of page 8 February 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Spring has sprung and Today with Maura and Dáithí wants to celebrate all that’s great about rural Ireland; with their Village with Vision campaign. RTÉ One’s popular afternoon show Today with Maura Derrane and Dáithí O Sé (which is broadcast from the Cork studios of... Read More

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8th February, 2016

130 organisations benefit from Cork County Council Arts grants

top of page 8 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has this week announced arts funding to over 130 arts organisations and individual artists in the County. Arts Grants totaling €154,000 were approved by Cork County Council at its meeting on February 8th. This year’s County Council Arts Grants allocations will... Read More

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8th February, 2016

Cork Institutions Encouraged to #LoveIrishResearch

top of page 8 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Irish Research Council is calling on higher education institutions, public bodies and individuals in Cork to get involved in #LoveIrishResearch, a new initiative launched last week that will run throughout 2016 with the aim of increasing public awareness of the important research conducted... Read More

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8th February, 2016

‘Safer Internet Day’ marked in Cork

top of page 8 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day. To mark the occasion secondary school transition year students trained as ambassadors by Intel Security will inform primary school kids in a number of schools on how to stay safe on the internet. Over 67,000 young people and 463... Read More

EDUCATION, NEWS