20th April 2014, Easter Sunday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin say their party is in a “strong position” for the Local and European elections. Sinn Féin spokesman for Agriculture and Fisheries Martin Ferris TD was in Cork City this afternoon delivering an main oration at the parties annual “Easter Rising commemoration” In a speech... Read More
20th April 2014, Easter Sunday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 4 people have been rescued off a yacht in West Cork this morning The 35 foot boat had grounded on rocks near Cunnamore Pier and Heir Island on a falling tide. Baltimore RNLI used both their inshore and all weather lifeboats in the rescue. The lifeboat... Read More
20 April 2014, Easter Sunday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Everyman Theatre Company is marking its 50th anniversary. A Civic Reception was held by the Lord Mayor this week in Cork City Hall to mark the occasion. The Everyman started in small room on Caste Street 1964, before moving to the Father Matthew Hall, and... Read More
20th April 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth & Elaine Murphy bryan@TheCork.ie & elaine@TheCork.ie Sometimes in News saying nothing is the way to make the headlines. Fianna Fail Cllr Kenneth O’Flynn has suspended his local election campaign for the Easter Holidays. The Northside Cllr issued a press release where he said the... Read More
17th April 2014, 7am By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie More meetings will take place today about the shedding of 50 jobs in the company which publishes the Irish Examiner “Landmark Media” is also behind the Evening Echo and several regional newspapers It employs 560 people but says investment in new editorial production, advertising and finance systems... Read More
16 April 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A new 17 seater Garda Community vehicle has been unveiled for the Northside of the City. Its called the “Gurranabraher Garda Community Bus” and is the third vehicle since the initiative started in the 1990’s The vehicle is officially part of the Garda fleet, and will be... Read More
16th April 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Acting Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan says she is “very confident” that people trust in the force can be rebuilt. Commissioner O’Sullivan was speaking in Cork today where she visited a number of community initiatives on the Northside of the City in Knocknaheeney and Gurranabraher She admitted... Read More
16th April 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Jockey Davy Russell and Trainer Jim Culloty were named Cork Persons of the Month to mark their recent Cheltenham Gold Cup win. Their names now also go forward for possible selection as Cork Persons of Year at an awards lunch at years end in Cork. Davy Russell... Read More
16th April 2014 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is to review inappropriate speed limits, and a target will be SOME rural roads where the default 80 kilometres is too fast. The Department of Transport’s “Speed limit review Body” published a NATIONAL report last November, and here in Cork… the County Council is set... Read More
16th April 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie “The national Government are to blame for the length of the housing list in Cork City” That’s according to Cllr Mick Barry The Socialist Party and Anti Austerity Alliance member has looked at figures for the number of Council houses built nationally in previous decades, versus in Recent... Read More
16th April 2014 Copyright Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie I’ve met Michael D Higgins on a number of occasions in Cork. The date for this years Freedom of the City ceremony has been confirmed by the Lord Mayor President Michael D Higgins – who only last week made an historic first official visit to the United Kingdom... Read More
15th April 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Concern has again been raised over the status and appearance of iconic “Shakey Bridge” off the Mardyke, to the West of Cork City. The 160-foot white structure is an important gateway for tourists walking from Fitzgerald’s Park to the old City Gaol in Sunday’s Well. But there... Read More