AA Ireland Home Insurance is reminding second home owners to double and triple check their properties are fully secured for the winter as they return home this bank holiday Monday. As the last bank holiday of 2010 draws to a close and temperatures begin to drop, AA Home insurance is advising holiday home owners to... Read More
Travel writer Matt Gross writes in today’s New York Times [Friday, October 22, 2010] that one night in Bantry, West Cork he popped into the Schooner pub and enjoyed the music of “The Calvinists”. “They’re the next U2!” shouted another listener and Gross agreed, indeed he said he felt like he was part of something.... Read More
Cork City Councillor Kenneth O’Flynn has placed a motion before Cork City Council calling for two hours of free parking to be introduced on North Main Street and Paul Street car parks every Saturday between 9am-11am. Cllr. O’Flynn said; “City Council must give business the lead with ideas like this which not only benefit the... Read More
Cllr. Kenneth O’Flynn has placed a motion before Cork City Council calling on the Council to introduced staggered rates new business wishing to set up in the City. Speaking on this O’Flynn said; “As part of my motion I called for the Council to introduce staggered rates whereby in the first year the person setting... Read More
Cork Sinn Féin will hold a picket today as Brian Cowan visits Cork University Hospital, to protest against the proposed €1 billion in health cutbacks and highlight the fact that there is an alternative to the consensus for cuts. Speaking this morning, the party’s general election candidate for Cork North Central, Jonathan O’Brien, said: “It is deeply... Read More
The Speaker of New York City Council, Christine C. Quinn, is paying Courtesy call to Cork City Hall Today, Friday next, October 22nd, at 11.40 am. Since her election as City Council Speaker, Ms.Quinn has taken on a wide range of issues in such areas as public safety, environmental protection, early childhood education, hunger and... Read More
An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, TD will perform the Official Opening of The Rubicon Centre Extension on Cork Institute of Technology¹s Bishopstown Campus today (Friday) at 2 pm. The Opening of this extension will bring the total incubation footprint at CIT to over 3,000m2, providing Enterprise Development Supports to 44 companies currently based in the Rubicon.... Read More
CORK University Hospital’s new €85m Cardiac Renal Centre is officially opened today, Friday 22nd October 2010, by An Taoiseach, Mr Brian Cowen TD. The Cardiac Renal Centre will see services centralised at CUH ensuring patients have access, on one site, to the combined expertise and skills of staff who care for people with cardiac and... Read More
Cork City will be looking to make it three wins out of three against Salthill Devon tomorrow night, as Tommy Dunne’s side play their final home fixture of the 2010 season. A 1-0 defeat to Finn Harps last Friday ended City’s faint hopes of making the promotion play-offs, but Dunne says it is still important... Read More
A national campaign to promote community involvement entitled ‘Better Together’ was launched today by The Wheel in partnership with EBS Building Society. The campaign which will run from today, October 13th, until the end of November, will focus on a new website: www.bettertogether.ie which will enable community and voluntary groups from all over Ireland to... Read More
21 October 2010 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Speaking in the Seanad, Fine Gael Cork Senator, Jerry Buttimer said that while it is important that we inspire international confidence in the bond markets it is critical that we give the Irish people confidence and hope by holding those responsible for the banking crisis to account. “All... Read More
ELDERLY people and those with special needs are not getting the service they require, or deserve, when they fly in or out of Cork Airport. “Airlines using Cork airport are refusing to use the airbridges available because they can’t achieve the required turnaround time. This is not acceptable. Cork airport is a new state of... Read More
