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17 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork Film Festival has announced details of an extensive partnership with RTÉ, as it marks its 60th anniversary this year. This partnership is the biggest festival association between RTÉ and Cork City. As principal partner, RTÉ will work with the festival to raise its profile across...
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14 June 2015, Sunday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie bryan@TheCork.ie I remember well the negotiations last year (2014) over who would become Lord Mayor of Cork City. Talks, and more talks At the time – as a Journalist – I was contacted by many candidates looking to provide statesman like quotes in order to bolster...
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AREA: CORK CITY,
FIANNA FAIL,
FINE GAEL,
GREEN PARTY,
LABOUR,
NEWS,
NON PARTY,
POLITICS,
SINN FÉIN,
SOCIALIST PARTY,
WORKERS PARTY
11 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork Education and Training Board (previously known as the VEC) will be the patrons of a new primary school in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork. The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan T.D. made the announcement today. Opening in September it will be “multi-denominational Community National School”,...
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11 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Gardaí in Fermoy are investigating a single vehicle fatal traffic collision which occurred shortly after midnight on the 11th June, 2015. Just after midnight a 25-year-old male was killed when the tractor he was driving struck a ditch. The incident occurred on the Glanworth to String Cross...
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9th June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie West Cork is indeed a scenic part of the world, but the ocean can also be dangerous. The volunteer lifeboat crew with Union Hall RNLI had their second callout in 24 hours this morning to search for a paddle boarder who had disappeared from view. The lifeboat...
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9 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie You know it’s Summer when news starts arriving about the Cork Summer Show. This years two-day event will take place in a fortnight on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June 2015. Ulster Bank have just announced they are sponsoring the event. This is sure to boost the...
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4 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Above: File photo of Mick Hannigan The former CEO of Cork Film Festival has said he is pleased his unfair dismissal case against his former employer was settled yesterday. Mick Hannigan, was director of the festival from 1986, and CEO from 2009. However, in March 2013 Mick...
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4 June 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City will be aiming to make it three consecutive away wins, as they travel to Eamonn Deacy Park to take on Galway United tomorrow. Watch Press Conference City, who are second in the Premier Division table, are unbeaten on the road this season, with five wins and...
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4 June 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Last week we wrote about RTE Radio Cork, after we discovered a 21 year old tape of an outside broadcast from Clonakilty. Today, we can fast forward to the present day more positive news for the scenic West Cork town. The people of Clonakilty, as well as any...
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4 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Parents in Cork are being urged to have their child’s car seat checked as research from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) indicates that as many as 4 out of 5 child car seats are incorrectly fitted. The RSA ‘Check it Fits’ service will be visiting ten locations...
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4 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork has seen a 32% year-on-year rise in start-ups, Insolvencies dropped by 85% in May, compared to the same period last year. This sounds like good news, and it comes compliments of Vision-Net.ie, a Dublin based website which aggregates data from the Companies Registration Office and other...
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4 June 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Cllr Mick Nugent has called on the City Council to establish the position of Suicide Prevention Officer It would be the responsibility of the officer to liaise with suicide prevention groups throughout the city and assist city council in the fight against suicide. Cllr Nugent...
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