31st October 2013, 11.30am By Roger Glynn news@thecork.ie Drinking of water that is! Phil Hogan, The Minister for the Environment, and Local Government has announced that he has approved the necessary funding to allow Cork County Council award the €0.61m contract to provide a new reservoir and upgraded distribution system to serve Conna Village from... Read More
31st October 2013, Thursday By TheCork.ie news@thecork.ie Fine Gael Cork North Central TD and Chair of Fine Gael’s Internal European Affairs Committee, Dara Murphy, will today (9.30am) lead a delegation of Government TDs in their first ever meeting with Troika officials. The meeting, which is being held in the Department of Finance, is the first... Read More
30th October 2013, Wednesday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie The Garda Commissioner says he won’t preempt the findings of a HSE and Garda inquiry into the taking of Roma children from their families. The two state agencies are currently compiling reports, which will be given to the Children’s Ombudsman for consideration. They focus on how a 7-year-old... Read More
30 October 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Garda Commissioner has said that members of the force are allowed to be act in local “dramatic societies”, but he wouldn’t comment on whether or not a member who played the role of a Garda in a TV Series may have over-stepped the mark Earlier this... Read More
30th October 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Cork South Central Fine Gael TD, Jerry Buttimer, has today (Wednesday) said that the decision of StorageCraft Technology Corporation to establish its international headquarters in Cork reaffirms the city’s status as an IT hub. Deputy Buttimer was commenting after the announcement that StorageCraft is to create 30 new jobs... Read More
30 October 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Garda Commissioner – Martin Callinan – is in Cork this morning to launch a “Crime Prevention Day” An exhibition is taking place in City Hall from 11am to 6pm It will focus on all aspects of Crime Prevention and will include exhibitors from the security industry... Read More
29th October 2013, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie “The method of calculating rates for businesses needs to be reformed” That’s the consensus of Cork County Councillors who today agreed to write to the Minister asking for an overhaul of the system. Business rates are collected by a local authorities but their method of calculation... Read More
29th October 2013, Tuesday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie A Skibbereen retailer has broken the world record for unclasping the most bras ever in 60 seconds! Sean Murray of Sean Murray Fashions, Skibbereen succeeded in unclasping 91 bras in his shop on Saturday afternoon as part of his fundraising drive for Get the Girls, the Irish Cancer... Read More
29th October 2013, Tuesday, 7am By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The biggest Technology event in Europe will start in Dublin TOMORROW and….in advance… almost 200 entrepreneurs from Cork will travel to the Capital today on an unusual chartered train. Three Cork tech companies – VoxPro, PCH International and TrustEv – are paying to bring 180... Read More
29th October 2013, Tuesday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Clonakilty Town Cllr Cionnaith O Suilleabhain reports that the West Cork Model Railway Village in Clonakilty will close from this Monday 4th November until the 16th February 2014. It’s to allow for a major upgrade and restoration programme. The popular tourist facility will mark its 20th anniversary next... Read More
28th October 2013 Monday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie “The tradition of dubbing Ireland’s National public holidays ‘Bank Holidays’ is nonsensical and should end,” Sean Kelly MEP said this October holiday weekend. “The term ‘Bank Holiday’ dates back to a legislative act in the late 1800s which designated four additional closure dates for businesses and banks in... Read More
26th October 2013, Saturday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie Two Xtra-vision and HMV integrated stores officially open in Blackpool and Douglas in Cork today. The stores are among 28 locations around the country to feature the new dual branded stores. To celebrate the official opening, Xtra-vision say they will be offering “fantastic opening day Door... Read More