16 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Casting for “Thomas Kent – 1916 Rebel” Who will play Cork republican Thomas Kent in Lantern Productions upcoming theatre piece Thomas Kent – 1916 Rebel in The Everyman Theatre? Kent was the only man on Irish soil to be executed outside of Dublin in the immediate aftermath... Read More
16 January 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie New figures released by the IDA show that 3,419 IDA jobs were added to the Cork economy last year alone, an increase of 12% on the previous year. Members of the current Government have said the figure demonstrates that the economy is recovering. Fine Gael TD for Cork... Read More
16 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Julie O’Leary to represent Fine Gael in Cork North Central in General Election Fine Gael has announced that Julie O’Leary will represent the party in the Cork North Central Constituency in the forthcoming General Election, along with Minister of State Dara Murphy TD. Julie O’Leary (25), who lives... Read More
16 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Families across Cork will potentially benefit from Labour’s plan to introduce a €2 per hour childcare system, Ciarán Lynch TD has said. It follows the publication of the Labour Party’s childcare proposals. Deputy Lynch said the changes will mean that families in Cork will have a little more... Read More
15 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie John Looney from Togher, Cork City, has been named ‘Cork Person of the Year’, for enhancing the lives of ill children over the past 23 years. John founded and runs the Cork City Hospital Children’s Club, which organizes trips for sick children, giving them lifelong happy memories.... Read More
15 January 2016, 3.20pm By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Council have issued a statement confirming that salting crews have been engaged in salting the roads of Cork City every night since the current cold spell began. All the main traffic routes into the City are included in the salting routes. By day all available... Read More
15 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This afternoon at a Gala Awards Lunch at the Rochestown Park Hotel, the Cork Person or Persons of the Year will be announced. The winner will be chosen from the Cork Persons of the Month selected over 2015. Some 250 guests will attend the awards lunch, representing... Read More
15 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The new Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, Phillip Lane, has agreed to meet with a delegation from the Cork based ‘Ballyhea Says No’ group to discuss the issues arising from their long-running campaign (they have marched every week since March 6th 2011, 254 weeks and... Read More
15 January 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Simon Coveney’s portfolio as Minister relates to Agriculture and the Marine, but as Cork’s only Senior Minister (the other ‘Ministers’ are Junior Ministers) Deputy Coveney is often looked upon as Corks’ ‘direct-line to Government’. Coveney has been quoted as blaming the delayed commencement of work on the South... Read More
14 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie West Cork based Labour T.D. Michael McCarthy has welcomed news that progress has been made to resolve water supply issues in Belgooly. Residents in the area have had to endure problems with the water supply for many years Speaking to TheCork.ie the Labour TD said “I have campaigned... Read More
14 January 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A number of pre-season fixtures have now been officially confirmed, as John Caulfield’s side look to get the build-up to their 2016 campaign underway. First up for City is a Munster Senior Cup tie against Rockmount, followed by a number of friendly fixtures in the lead up to... Read More
14 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Entertainment Update ‘Cookie And The Vaudevilles Live at the Everyman Theatre, Cork’ Saturday 6th February , 8.00PM Following the success of their debut original album “Riches to Rags” in late 2014, Cookie And The Vaudevilles have spent the last year touring music venues, theatres and festivals around Ireland... Read More