14 January 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Mens Shed Table Quiz Carrigaline Men’s Shed fourth annual quiz will be held this Saturday January 18th at 8.00pm in the Carrigaline GAA Pavilion. Tables of four €40. Good prizes, great fun. Enquiries Martin Parfrey 087 161 1876. Pipe Band The Carrigaline Pipe Band hold their annual Cork City Flag... Read More
14 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie North Cork Fine Gael Councillor & General Election Candidate John Paul O’Shea recently confirmed that the planned new primary school in Kanturk will go to construction during 2020. Cllr. O’Shea received written confirmation from Minister of State at the Office of Public Works this week that the project... Read More
14 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork is asking descendants of councillors in the 1920 Cork Corporation to contact City Hall if they would like to attend this month’s historic commemorative meeting. Cork City Council will hold a Special Meeting on January 30 to commemorate the first meeting of Council... Read More
13 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Musgrave owned brand ‘Centra’ unveiled its brand new compostable and reusable bag which is available in all stores across the country. Centra is the first convenience retailer in Ireland to introduce a 100% compostable bag, giving shoppers a more sustainable choice when it comes to carrier bags.... Read More
13 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Promoters of a new Life Sciences R&D Hub have welcomed the news of more than €3 million in funding through the Regional Enterprise Development Fund as announced by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD last week. The not-for-profit SynBioHub DAC (trading as CorkBioHub) will act... Read More
13 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Top Irish fitness expert, wellness advocate and author, Pat Divilly will be the first speaker of 2020 for the Network Ireland Cork branch next week. His talk on Finding Flow in Work and Life takes place at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa in Little Island on Wednesday,... Read More
13 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Some of the finest Chefs of Cork are joining forces to create a culinary feast on the night of the Cork Business Association President’s Dinner, which will be held on February 22nd in Cork’s Vienna Woods Hotel. The President’s Dinner will be the host of the prestigious Cork... Read More
12 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Brian Dillons is one of the oldest GAA clubs in the city of Cork. It is named after the Irish Fenian, Brian Dillon and its original clubhouse (“the Hole in the Wall”) was less than 100 metres from Dillon’s home (in the eponymous Dillons Cross). The club is... Read More
12 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Met Éireann has issued a Level Orange Weather Warning (Storm Brendan) from Monday January 13th 07.00 to 15.00. Southerly winds will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80 km/h with gusts of 110 to 130 km/h, highest in coastal areas. There is a significant risk of coastal flooding due... Read More
11 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie On Friday, 10th January 2020 a search operation was conducted at various locations in the Bantry area by Cork West Divisional Drugs Unit and members of Bantry Local Unit with the assistance of the Garda Southern Region Dog Unit. During the course of the searches a large quantity... Read More
11 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie More than €13.3 million funding for local large–scale sports projects has been allocated, Cork North West Fine Gael General Election Councillor John Paul O’Shea has confirmed. Cllr. O’Shea said: “This funding is included in the first set of allocations under the new Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Funding allocations in Cork included: €9.2 million for... Read More
11 January 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The official launch of the re-enactment group “the Cork Brigade Flying Column” will take place in Kilmurry Independence Museum on Sunday 12th January at 2 pm. The group had their first outing at the 99th Anniversary of the Kilmichael Ambush in November and found there was huge enthusiasm... Read More
