12 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Entertainment The National Lottery are continuing to appeal to Lotto players in Cork, Limerick and Mayo to check their tickets carefully from two draws in October as three Match 5 prizes remain unclaimed. Lotto players in Mayo have just two weeks left to claim a prize worth €22,872... Read More
12 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Construction to begin on new primary school in County Cork Yesterday the the sun shone brightly on the magnificent new four-acre greenfield site when Dr. Fintan Gavin Bishop of Cork & Ross and Mrs. Abina Tattan officially turned the sod for the construction of the new primary school... Read More
12 January 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Pexels – CCO licence In recent times, we have become all too aware of how important our lungs are and how much we take being able to simply breathe in and out without difficulty for granted. Breathing is the most natural and the most important process our body... Read More
12 January 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment The online gambling scene in Ireland is booming. And with so many more of us turning to real-money casino games and sports betting in our free time, the gambling industry is focusing its efforts on attracting Irish customers. Among those targeting Irish customers are offshore casinos. Which... Read More
11 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie San Francisco meets Balllyphehane A global STEM twinning initiative between Ireland and the USA is being piloted in a Cork school by I Wish, a multi-award-winning programme dedicated to showcasing the power of science, technology, engineering, and maths to female students internationally. The I Wish partnership with the... Read More
11 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Personal transport supports for people with disabilities are now virtually non-existent, according to West Cork based Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns Deputy Cairns, a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters, said: “Today it was reported that the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal resigned en masse.... Read More
11 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie West Cork TD Michael Collins and his colleagues in The Rural Independent Group have said that the pandemic-related disruptions to cancer diagnoses and treatments are having a profound impact on patients and their families. The Group is calling for an immediate and decisive government intervention. Speaking from his... Read More
11 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Bio Pharma Engineering Ltd (BPE) was founded in 2006 and was a privately held company. Now it joins a global brand. The Cork based (NSC Campus, Mahon, Cork, T12 XY2N) sciences design firm, BioPharma Engineering, has announced that it has been acquired by the global workplace strategy, design... Read More
11 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A social media analysis by Cork-based Mulley Communications of the social media accounts of political parties has shown that Sinn Féin has the biggest following across all social media networks while Leo Varadkar is the party leader with the most followers on social media. Sinn Féin has the... Read More
11 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie When: Thursday 3 February 2022 at 7.30pm Where: MTU Cork School of Music, Cork What: Mozart, Wilson & Bruckner The Irish Chamber Orchestra returns to Cork City on 3 February under the baton of Austrian maestro, Thomas Zehetmair. The ICO has had a long association with the Cork Orchestral Society who present this diverse concert at MTU... Read More
11 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Instagram will soon be bigger than Facebook in Ireland Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp Cork-based Mulley Communications have compiled interesting stats on how social media usage in Ireland. January 2022 Statistics Facebook 2.7 Million users (no change) Instagram 2.6 Million users (+500k change)... Read More
11 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD David Stanton has written to the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, to the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, and to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, following reports that the planned... Read More
