7 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Airport has echoed calls for the Irish Government to quickly approve the adoption of rapid turnaround, low cost, scalable, pre-departure testing for red zone countries to let safe air travel restart with confidence and save the thousands of jobs dependent on tourism, hospitality and aviation. Speaking today... Read More
7 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie TD for Cork North West, Aindrias Moynihan has today welcomed the announcement from his party colleague Minister Darragh O’Brien that the tender for the new Fire Station in Macroom of €1.337m has been accepted. Deputy Moynihan commented, “I am delighted that the tender has finally been approved. This... Read More
7 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Physios for Fundraising’ initiative launches in Cork to support Virtual Mini Marathon entrants with practical tips to survive the event Chartered Physiotherapists in Cork launched ‘Physios for Fundraising’ initiative today to help women, who are participating in the VHI Women’s Virtual Mini Marathon, look after their bodies appropriately... Read More
7 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In May this year it was announced that the consortium of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) are set to become a ‘Technological University’. MTU will be officially established on 1st January 2021y. Today saw the announcement of an allocation of €8.25m to... Read More
7 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Airport has again been shortlisted as a finalist in the Airports Council International (Europe) – ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards. The Winners will be announced during the Best Airport Awards Ceremony, which will take place virtually, as part of the ACI EUROPE Annual Assembly & Congress virtual... Read More
6 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Title: The Free Range Detective Agency: The Baboon with the Golden Bum Author: Cork based Jed Lynch (it’s not clear is this is a real person, or a pen name?) Intended readership: Children aged 8+ ISBN: 9781912417476# Official Release date: 08/10/2020 Publisher: Little Island (Despite their name ‘Little... Read More
6 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Commenting on Government’s announcement that level 3 restrictions are to be implemented nationwide Conor Healy, CEO of Cork Chamber said: “While not surprising, it is nonetheless challenging for business and society to move to level 3 restrictions.” “The impact of these tighter restrictions will be immensely challenging for... Read More
6 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Creating a startup is one thing, but growing it – or ‘scaling it’ – is another A new programme called ‘Scale Cork’ is Ireland’s first Scaling Programme for SMEs supported by Cork County Council through its economic development fund and operated by the Rubicon Centre at CIT.It is... Read More
6 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Businesswoman of the Year Cork’s Linda O’Connell, the national online and media coordinator for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ireland has won at the Network Ireland Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2020. Linda, who has over 15 years’ experience working in the non-profit sector as a... Read More
5 October 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Taoiseach has announced that the whole country will move to Level 3 and there will be measures to increase compliance of the restrictions. Micheál Martin spoke at Government Buildings tonight after Cabinet rejected a recommendation from the National Public Health Emergency Team to move to Level 5.... Read More
5 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The COVID-19 Safety Charter was developed by the National Tourism Development Authority to instil public confidence in ‘safe breaks’ in Ireland. Fáilte Ireland research shows the public expect and regard it as ‘important’ that appropriate safety measures are in place if they are to consider taking a domestic... Read More
5 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Carrigaline is the largest town in County Cork. It has the benefit of having a long-established Toastmasters Club. As part of our series exploring what hobbies people are pursuing during COVID19 TheCork.ie spoke with Club PRO Rona Coghlan, who has been putting together profiles of members; asking why... Read More