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25 August 2017, Friday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Both Mayors to be Represented at Ceremony for An Gorta Mór The 170th Anniversary of Black ’47 will be marked this Sunday with a ceremony at Carr’s Hill, the site of the largest mass-grave in Cork. It is believed that approximately 30,000 people are buried at the...
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25 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie With just a four weeks until the Cork Women’s Mini Marathon (September 24th) it’s time to get into gear and what better way to get motivated than by joining one of Cork’s biggest teams? Last year over 100 dedicated ladies and a few brave men in skirts joined...
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25 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Feel Good Friday is back again today and it brings with it a fantastic line-up of events. Forget Electric Picnic – Electric Cork is where it’s all happening! The boardwalk at Electric on South Mall will come to life as there is not one, but two live musical...
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24 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The builders have departed and the HSE are now in charge of the new extension just completed at Bandon Community Hospital. Fine Gael T.D. for Cork South West and Minister for Older People, Jim Daly confirmed that the builders handed the building over to the HSE on...
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24 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie €500K Wild Atlantic Way Advertising Blitz to Boost Visitor Numbers Beyond the Summer Months Since Monday television and radio ads encouraging Irish people to get away from it all and explore Ireland’s west coast have been broadcast across national channels such as RTE, TV3, Sky and Channel...
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24 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork has joined criticism of Cork County Council’s decision to grant permission to build a new Lidl, including another car-park, at the centre of Douglas village. The party is joining criticism of the plan made by Douglas Tidy Towns’ committee, who described the proposal...
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23 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The children started two by two as they began their first day of secondary school in Coláiste and Gaelcholáiste Choilm, Ballincollig. Among the 226 students starting First Year are a remarkable six sets of twins. Comprising of sets of identical and fraternal twins, these siblings are traveling from...
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24 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The newly Four Star Trident Hotel in Kinsale will welcome a host of brides to be for a soon to be sold-out wedding clinic on Sunday 27th August. The event will explore wedding planning tips and tricks with famous blogger Aisling Kelleher of Polkadot Dreaming. The wedding clinic...
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24 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Commercial vacancy rates in Co Cork have increased from 11.6% to 11.5% since July 2016, while the national commercial vacancy rate increased from 13.1% in Q2 2016 to 13.5% in Q2 2017, according to new research published by GeoDirectory and DKM Economic Consultants. 28,784 of the 212,717 commercial...
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24 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Three local seafood producers featured as part of food tourism venture along the Wild Atlantic Way Roaring Water Bay Rope Mussels, Baltimore; Ummera Smoked Products, Timoleague; and Haven Shellfish, Oysterhaven are among the seafood producers announced to be profiled on the ‘Taste the Atlantic- a Seafood Journey’...
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24 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Anyone who has enjoyed the views of Cork city from the Panorama Terrace at the Montenotte Hotel will appreciate why it was awarded the Hotel Bar of the Year 2017 at the Sky Bar Awards in Dublin this week. Beating off stiff competition from luxury hotels in the...
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24 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Renowned internationally for sporting success, Ireland’s opportunity to compete in global offshore sailing competitions received a boost this week at the launch of Ireland Ocean Racing. The aim of this new strategic initiative is to increase the profile of competitive Irish ocean sailing and racing, inspire a...
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