20 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Taoiseach Micheál Martin says the Government will ensure that supports are provided to businesses affected by flooding in Cork. At this morning’s Cabinet meeting, the Taoiseach and Ministers agreed in principle to provide the required supports to those affected by the flooding, under the existing humanitarian and business... Read More
20 October 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The emerging Irish company ‘Circle of Light’ has launched a range of ‘Green Coffee’, which contains chlorogenic acid. It has just signed up 16 new Cork stockists The new products have been created on the back of ten years of research and development with the aim of inspiring... Read More
19 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Award winning writers William Wall and Tadhg Coakley are very much part of Cork’s great literary tradition and both have now been chosen as October Cork Persons’ of the Month. William Wall was born in Cork City but grew up in the East Cork village of Whitegate. He... Read More
19 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Public Service-wide Innovation Week takes place from today (Monday 19th) until 23rd October. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD from Carrigaline, Co Cork, today (Monday) launched Public Service Innovation Week. Innovation Week provides us with an opportunity to highlight the importance of continuous improvement... Read More
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19 October 2020, Monday By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Waste Awareness Week is here, this week, from Monday to Friday Did you know that in April, at the height of the Covid-19 restrictions, glass tonnage at the county’s Bring Banks increased by 46%! Today is the first of a 5-day virtual event organised by Cork... Read More
18 October 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie 65th Cork International Film Festival Pivots to Fully Digital 2020 Programme Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) confirms a full programme of 50 features and documentaries, 14 programmes of shorts and special events, for its Digital-exclusive Festival, 8th-15th November. Cork International Film Festival fully intended to present a blended... Read More
18 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The traditional Lord Mayor of Cork’s visits to schools have been re-imagined for the 2020/2021 term. In the 101st year since the much-loved and popular tradition was begun by Terence MacSwiney during his mayoralty in 1920, the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Joe Kavanagh will not be making... Read More
18 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil MEP to take crucial role in lead gun shot over wetlands objection The Cork North Central based Fianna Fáil MEP, Billy Kelleher has been given a crucial role, as one of the ‘Shadow’ Rapporteurs, on the lead gunshot over wetlands objection that will be debated in... Read More
18 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Two Cork social entrepreneurs – Toufik Messabih and Caitriona Nic Mhuiris – were honoured for their innovative and visionary response to the Covid-19 pandemic at a special online event hosted on the 14th by Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) – the SEI Gathering 2020. Mr Messabih, based in Carrigaline,... Read More
18 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie LIFEHACK: How to get afternoon tea from a Hotel, despite COVID19 closure? Answer: via a takeaway! It’s all treats and no tricks at The Metropole Hotel in Cork this October. The Mac Curtain Street Hotel will see a massive fall in revenue due to the lack of the... Read More
18 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Every country, and indeed every state within Federal Countries such as Australia is handling COVID19 differently. Earlier this year people in Ireland were Googling “How far is 20km from my home”. Now that has become a popular search in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Melbourne currently has a 5-kilometre movement... Read More