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25 June 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Writing about drinking water is nice. It is the most precious and wholesome product that exists. In an era of transparency water is where it’s at! However in recent years water has been controversial in Ireland. The supply of fresh drinking water – and conversely the removal of...
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25 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie West Cork is to receive 13 new Garda cars this year. 7 cars have been issued to West Cork so far this year with 6 due to be issued in the coming weeks. In addition to this 2015 allocation, €27.5 million was invested in new Garda vehicles...
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25 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The company behind Homestead is celebrating 110 years in business! If I said to you “One of the leading Cash and Carry & Foodservice Wholesalers in Cork”… you might say Musgrave, the Barry Group, or M&P O’Sullivan. For some reason Cork is home to a number of...
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23 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie €125,000 is available from the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund for projects “that reflect new ideas to get people more active, more often”. Cork athlete Derval O’Rourke, Coca-Cola ‘Thank You Fund ambassador’, said: “I’m hoping to uncover some fantastic community initiatives that make it possible for the public...
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23 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie There are so many styles of music, I can currently hear two… competing. Thanks to the wonders of technology as I type this I am on Winthrop Street in Cork City. It’s a pedestrianised zone where entertainers of all kinds demonstrate their talents – or lack thereof...
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23 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie It’s easy to criticise the drinks industry, but what Irishman or woman did not work in a pub at some stage? This week local small business owners in the hospitality industry are enthusiastically asking the people of Cork to “Support Your Local” and choose a trip to...
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23 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Finance Spokesperson Michael McGrath has called for a concerted policy initiative on behalf of the State to ensure the full potential of the credit union sector in Ireland is realised. McGrath is based in Carrigaline and was speaking ahead of a Fianna Fáil Private Members...
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22 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Scorching sunshine, national and international agricultural competitions, an incredible music and entertainment line up and intense management by Munster Agricultural Society contributed to making the 2015 Cork Summer Show a real record breaker. Attendance at the Cork Summer Show is expected to be over 60,000 people, which...
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21 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie There are quite a few national charities which are based in Cork, among them is Breakthrough Cancer Research. This weekend quote a crowd travelled to the 500 acre Millstreet country park today for the 3rd annual Kite Fest in aid of the charity. Kite fans, kite flyers...
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20 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This year’s Cork City Sports International Athletics Meet will be the 64th. The event will take place on 7 July. Mater Private Cork have announced sponsorship for the 800m men’s race. Anna Fitzgerald CEO, Mater Private Cork, said “we are delighted to sponsor the men’s 800m race...
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17 June 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie At 1.15pm today the Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Chris O’Leary will open a Book of Condolence in The Atrium, City Hall for the friends and families of the students involved in the tragedy in Berkeley, California. Speaking in advance Lord Mayor O’Leary said “It was with great...
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17 June 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Olympic athlete Derval O’Rourke today called on Cork voluntary and non-profit organisations to apply for funding before the June 29th deadline. €125,000 is available from the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund for projects that reflect new ideas to get people more active, more often. Above: Pic: Derval O’Rourke and...
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