15 November 2019, Friday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister McHugh tours Apple Cork campus and meets with volunteers involved in Apple Schools Project Minister also visits Terence MacSwiney Community College to observe the use of Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Create tools’ The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. today visited the recently... Read More
15 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Kinsale was awash with a new generation of foodies this past week as many of the town’s most celebrated restaurants opened up their kitchen doors and let local children in to cook! Part of the Taste the Island initiative and organised by The Kinsale Good Food Circle, the... Read More
15 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Winners of the 2019 National Project Awards include: Project Professional of the Year (sponsored by Aspira): Brian Cliffe — Cork Institute of Technology The expansion of Ireland’s state airports has been revealed as Ireland’s most influential project over the past 50 years at the Ireland Chapter of Project... Read More
15 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Beef farmers will have new opportunities to improve their price thanks to significant increases in exports to China, according to Cork Senator Tim Lombard from Fine Gael. Senator Lombard who is a member of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee was speaking as news emerged from a Government trade mission... Read More
15 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The College of Medicine and Health, UCC have awarded the first ‘Diploma in Paramedical Science’ to newly qualified National Ambulance Service (NAS) Paramedics. This Diploma represents the culmination of 2 years study and training with the Ambulance Service and University College Cork. The 41 successful candidates will now... Read More
15 November 2019, Friday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Organised by Cork City Council, the switching on of the Cork City Christmas Lights will take place this Sunday November 17th on Patrick’s Street from 6.30pm. The Christmas Lights will be switched on by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. John Sheehan and there is a rumored... Read More
15 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dunnes Stores Bishopstown Court has a lot to celebrate. Just one year on from the successful unveiling of the new state-of-the-art store, the store has rightfully become a major destination shopping experience in the South West of Ireland. To celebrate this successful milestone, and especially timed as a... Read More
21 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is hosting a series of free one day workshops, in locations across the County this December, on best practice on the cleaning of monuments. The one day workshops will be of interest to Heritage, Community, Commemorative, and Tidy Town groups throughout County Cork. The days... Read More
14 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie JYSK, the Danish homeware brand have opened their new store in Youghal. It is located in the former Lidle building at 5 Mill Road, Greencloyne, Youghal; Lidl having upgraded to a larger premises. JYSK have created 12 new jobs in the area. JYSK is planning a number of... Read More
14 November 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Cork East Cllr. James O’Connor says Irish Water must urgently ramp up the roll out of infrastructure projects to ensure that we have a safe, secure water supply. He made the call following the publication of the latest EPA waste water treatment... Read More
14 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork North West Fine Gael General Election candidate Councillor John Paul O’Shea has welcomed plans to put proposed environmental levies, designed to encourage more sustainable behaviour, to public consultation. The proposed levies were announced by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton TD, on Wednesday,... Read More
