9 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Over 50 cuddly teddy bears are joining Cork County Council’s Fire Service before Christmas and will be assigned a very important job. These bears will become part of the fire crew in each fire station in Cork and will ride on every frontline fire truck in Cork County.... Read More
9 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fehily Timoney & Co is a familiar name in Cork, even beyond Engineering circles. This is because its offices are in Core House, Poulduff Road, and are a familiar site on the busy road. The firm is celebrating 30 years in business and has evolved from a structural... Read More
9 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Tabor Group today published its 2020 – 2030 Strategic Plan. Setting out its strategic vision and ambitious goals to support the organisation and to enhance its services and better fulfil its mission to provide excellent addiction treatment services. Building on the achievements of the last 30-years, Tabor Group... Read More
9 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Airport and its airline partner Aer Lingus have launched new self-service platforms for the airport following a €200,000 capital investment. The automated self-service technology, designed to enhance the passenger experience at Ireland’s most punctual airport, includes six self-service kiosks and two self-service bag drops. The new services... Read More
9 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie On 4th December 2019, Bus Éireann celebrated its employees’ success in 2019 at the annual GEM (‘Go the Extra Mile’) Awards ceremony in Croke Park that recognised excellent customer service, community impact, performance and forward-thinking. Now in its second year, the awards were issued in a number of... Read More
9 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Two new youth workers are to be employed in Carrigaline as part of ongoing work to restore funding for youth services to pre-2007 levels which is helping to target areas of need in both the county and the city. Minister Katherine Zappone announced funding to Cork ETB to... Read More
8 December 2019 By Aisling Walsh, Seandun Macra PRO news@TheCork.ie Wedding Bells for Seandún Macra Seandún started off the week with our monthly meeting in O’ Shea’s Waterfall. This signalled the start of the festive celebrations as we discussed our upcoming mystery tour and various clubs’ Christmas parties. Friday was a special day for Seandún... Read More
8 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Trigon Hotels had two winners at last week’s Irish Hospitality Institute (IHI) National Awards. Kathleen Linehan, Strategic Director of Human Resources was the winner of the Irish Hospitality Institute Hospitality Manager of the Year for Human Resources and Training at the annual IHI hospitality awards last week. On... Read More
7 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie HSE withdraws proposals for cuts Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony says the HSE and Minister for Health must engage fully with community pharmacists to agree a new contract in the new year. Deputy Murphy O’Mahony has welcomed the fact that cuts to pharmacists’... Read More
7 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Marymount Hospice Ball, the highlight of Cork’s social calendar each year, had guests dancing the night away for a very worthy cause last night at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island. This is the 13th year of the Marymount Ball and to date, the event has raised... Read More
7 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council Library and Arts Services is delighted to host ‘Left Field: Works from the Ballinglen Foundation Collection’, currently running at Cork County Library Headquarters (LHQ) Gallery until January 17th, 2020. This exhibition brings together the works of several artists, both Irish and international, who relocated to... Read More