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Archives / June 2016
16th June, 2016

Cork Company Selected for Bord Bia “Food Heroes” Programme

16 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Seven Irish food companies have been chosen to participate on the Bord Bia and Compass Group Ireland ‘Food Heroes’ programme that seeks to help small and medium-sized companies develop their foodservice business. Local man Peter O’ Sullivan from Ballincollig’s O’Keeffe’s Bakery is among the lucky seven. The “Food... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS
15th June, 2016

Irish Customs dog sniffs out €13k of illegal cigarettes in Macroom, Co Cork

15 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Today, Revenue officers, assisted by detector dog Harvey and acting on intelligence, seized 25,000 cigarettes following the search under warrant of a house in Macroom, Co. Cork. The cigarettes, branded “Marlboro”, “L&M”, “Mayfair” and “Che”, have a retail value in excess of €13,000, representing a loss to the... Read More
AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS
15th June, 2016

Strike possible over staff merger fears in Cork City Council & County Council libraries

15 June 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 150 staff are balloting for industrial action in a dispute over plans to amalgamate Cork city and County library services. Their union IMPACT says the proposals would see services in the two areas managed by one local authority, threatening the specialised services currently provided to users in urban... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: NORTH CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS
14th June, 2016

Fianna Fail’s Cork based health spokesman highlights Carers payment delays

14 June 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Billy Kelleher says the Minister for Social Protection must take urgent action to tackle lengthy waiting times for Carers who have applied to the Department for certain Carers payments. He made the call during National Carers Week. Deputy Kelleher commented, “Carers... Read More
AREA: NORTH CORK, FIANNA FAIL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS
14th June, 2016

University College Cork is in the Reuters ‘Top 100’ most innovative EU Universities

14 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie How can potential partners, investors, faculty and students know if an institution is really transforming science and technology and affecting the global economy? To answer that question, Reuters set out to find and rank Europe’s top 100 innovative universities, building a methodology that employs 10 different metrics.... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, EDUCATION, NEWS
14th June, 2016

What makes Cheese turn pink? Cork scientists have made a discovery

14 June 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What makes cheese blush? Pink discolouration affects many cheeses throughout the world, leading to significant financial loss for the industry. Despite decades of research, the cause of this defect has remained elusive. Now researchers, led by Dr Paul Cotter and Dr Diarmuid Sheehan, using high throughput DNA-sequencing... Read More
AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS
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