14 December 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Foodie fans in Cork are encouraged to vote for their favourite local restaurant before Friday 31st December by visiting Just-Eat.ie/awards. Those who cast their vote before the deadline will be in with a chance to win free takeaway for a year from Just Eat. Cork restaurants and convenience retailers have... Read More
13 December 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie “Today’s figures are a real nightmare before Christmas scenario…” said INMO General Secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha, commenting on the national ED figures With the highest number of patients on trolleys since the pandemic began, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for bespoke plans to tackle overcrowding... Read More
13 December 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Atlantic Flight Training Academy, an Enterprise Ireland client company, headquartered next to Cork Airport, has announced the official opening of its new IAA approved, Aircraft Maintenance Hangar at its second Irish Pilot Training base, located at Waterford Airport. Since 1995 AFTA has trained 2,300 graduates who are employed... Read More
13 December 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie New sensors monitor indoor air quality, and virus risk, in buildings Eirdata has partnered with Airthings for Business. The partnership introduces innovative technology into Ireland that can calculate virus risk in the workplace or office. Limerick based Eirdata supplies accredited, wireless air quality sensors to remotely monitor and... Read More
13 December 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The agricultural sector has been left deprived of a dedicated correspondent from RTÉ for too long, a Cork Fine Gael Senator has said. Senator Tim Lombard, who lives South of Carrialine is Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Agriculture. Today he said, “The farming community has been left without... Read More
13 December 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Trigon Hotels has joined forces with businesses across Cork as part of their 12 Days of Christmas charity drive. Starting today the hotel group, which includes the Metropole Hotel and the Cork International Hotel will be giving away a series of prizes. In order to enter they are... Read More
13 December 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A three-bed apartment within walking distance of Cork city centre, which is likely to attract the attention of investors, will go to auction later this month. Number 5 Marybank, Douglas Street, will go to auction with Youbid.ie on December 16 next with an advised minimum value (AMV) of... Read More
12 December 2021 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie It is officially confirmed that South African born Mixed Martial Arts fighter Frans Mlambo who also happens to be an Irish national is all set to represent Ireland in one of the most prestigious fighting tournaments on the planet, and it’s all thanks to Cork local, Patrick Lehane,... Read More
12 December 2021, Sunday By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The death has been announced of a former Cork Lord Mayor Toddy O’Sullivan 87-year-old Mr O’Sullivan of Lough Villas, The Lough – and formerly of Barrack Street – passed away peacefully this morning at home surrounded by his family. The well known Cork man had a long... Read More
12 December 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has officially signed up to the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan as it continues its efforts to make the county a place where pollinators can survive and thrive. The plan is an ambitious five-year roadmap, coordinated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre, which aims to make farmland,... Read More
11 December 2021, Saturday By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The first phase of Cork’s newest park, which when fully completed will be six times the size of Fitzgerald’s Park, will open to the public on Monday. An official opening ceremony will take place in 2022. Just 2.5 kilometres from the city centre and adjacent to the... Read More