11 November 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City enjoyed fantastic success at the Retail Excellence Awards held in the Great Southern Hotel Killarney at the weekend, being named Ireland Friendliest City for 2020. Two city centre shops also picked up awards for their commitment to the customer. The Friendliest Place competition is the central... Read More
11 November 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cheaper isn’t always what you want when going abroad Fianna Fáil MEP, Billy Kelleher has warned Irish travel makers to be careful about who they take out their travel insurance as they may not be getting what they think they are paying for.. Picture: David Keane. Kelleher was... Read More
11 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Two halves of village were linked by arched bridge from 1750’s with narrow footpath Now there are pedestrian footbridges to adjacent to the vehicular bridge The much-anticipated pedestrian footbridges in Castlemartyr village have been officially opened. The new footbridges, installed on the South and North side of the... Read More
10 November 2019 By Roger Jones roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment It’s long been known that gambling is a popular pastime in Ireland. Horse racing is one of the biggest markets, drawing crowds of punters in regularly, but online gambling has become one of the industry’s main players over the past few years. It’s not easy to pinpoint... Read More
10 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Greens Members of the Green Party in Cork have said that the recent revelation that the National Transport Authority (NTA) were in the early stages of developing a dedicated office to work on cycling infrastructure that would “focus on schemes in the Dublin City Council area” is a... Read More
10 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Magical Ice Skating Experience this Christmas One of Ireland’s longest-running winter events, Cork on Ice, is set to return for its 13th year this November at its new venue on the Live at the Marquee site on Centre Park Road for another exciting and magical festive period. Opening... Read More
9 November 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Justice & Equality, David Stanton has welcomed the completion of the Lakeview slip road. The slip road opened to traffic on Friday evening, 8 November. “I would like to congratulate Cork County Council on the... Read More
9 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City FC are delighted to announce that David Harrington and Cian Murphy have re-signed with the club ahead of the 2020 season. Harrington follows in his father’s footsteps by signing on a professional basis with the club, and becomes the latest in a long line of academy... Read More
9 November 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A well known Cork face John Fitzpatrick, Festival and Artistic Director of the Cork International Choral Festival, announced his decision to step aside from his full-time, day to day commitment with the Festival and its organisation and artistic planning, at the meeting of the Festival’s Board of Directors... Read More
9 November 2019, Saturday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork has a poor history with sod turnings! the long-awaited Event Centre on South Main Street is still in limbo despite a sod turning prior to the last General Election, but a separate unrelated sod turning on Friday by a different politician seem more positive; it has... Read More
9 November 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The nation’s favourite talent show is hitting the road once again on its search to find talented acts for a brand-new series of BAFTA award winning, Britain’s Got Talent. This year, the BGT team is coming to Cork, so if you think you’ve got a talent which can... Read More
9 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie On Saturday, November 16th, staff at the Mercy University Hospital will go head to head as they battle it out in a charity lip sync battle. Taking place in the Rochestown Park Hotel, there’s promised to be some very impressive performances on the night. As well as the... Read More
