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24th April 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie A landmark former Hotel in Cork is for sale. The five star Kingsley Hotel, on the Carrigrohane Road has today been listed with Savills Property Agents with a guide price of 6 million euro. The 131 bedroom Hotel has been closed since the floods of 2009 which...
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Gardai have arrested five people this morning (24/4/2013) as part of ‘Operation Nascar’. The arrests were made during an operation in Co. Cork involving members of the Organised Crime Unit and Fraud Investigation Unit attached to Anglsea St. Garda station along with local detectives. During this morning’s operation 3 males and 2 females (ranging in...
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Fine Gael Cork East TD, Tom Barry, has welcomed the unified approach being taken by the Government and the farming community to tackle the fodder crisis. Deputy Barry was speaking after the first load of fodder was delivered to Cork from the South of England at the weekend, to help local farmers deal with the...
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By Bryan T. Smyth Many Farmers in Cork cannot afford to feed their cattle, and there have been calls for the Minister for Agriculture to access emergency EU funding. It’s being called the “Fodder crisis”. The poor summer of 2012 meant that the quantity and quality hay and silage preserved for winter feed was lower...
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4-thousand jobs could be created in Ireland if a “European Union-United States” trade agreement is reached. That’s according to Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly. A first informal meeting of EU ministers has taken place in Dublin Castle. and the goal is to bring about a “free trade area” with the United States. Ireland has a...
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By Bryan T. Smyth Historians from U-C-C and the “City and County Archives” will hold a roadshow in Douglas on Saturday, and they’re asking anyone with artifacts from the “War of Independence” and “Civil War” to bring them along. Experts will be on hand to assess the “historical value” of items, and there’ll be exhibits...
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By Council Reporter A plan by officials in County Hall to introduce pay parking in Carrigaline has been deferred again. Officials believe that charging for parking would free up spaces, and improve business. But the “Carrigaline Business Association” is against the plans. The six elected County Councillors for the Carrigaline area are divided on the...
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A new film festival for Cork will launch on May 1st it was announced today. IndieCork is the brainchild of a group with backgrounds in education, business, social and community initiatives, film and entertainment, all from Cork. IndieCork has amongst its founders, Mick Hannigan and Úna Feely, recently departed from Cork Film Festival. ** **...
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KBC Bank Ireland continues to expand its presence with the opening of a new office in Cork city. Investment in the new office ‘reflects the increase in new customers joining the bank and the demand for competitive banking among Irish consumers’, according to John Reynolds, CEO, KBC Bank Ireland. ** ** KBC is celebrating 40...
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12th April 2012 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie People in Cork will now have easy and quick access to community-based affordable mental health services, thanks to a new service which has been launched in the city and which is open to people from the entire county and surrounding counties. The service will benefit people facing...
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The global impact of the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic will be highlighted at a commemoration in Cobh next Sunday afternoon. On 14th April 2013, the 101st anniversary of the day on which the Titanic struck an iceberg, people will gather in Cobh for a ceremony to remember all of those who died...
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Brian Hayes TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), was in Skibbereen, Co. Cork Thursday to launch the public exhibition stage of the Skibbereen Flood Relief Scheme. Speaking in Skibbereen Town Council offices this morning, Minister Hayes said: *“Skibbereen has a long history of flooding and **I am...
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