28 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork City Council has installed a network of air quality monitors at various locations across the council’s functional area. The sensors are measuring Particulate Matter (PM), i.e. small fine-scale dust particles that are among other things, the by-products of burning solid fuel. The sensors in use were purchased... Read More
27 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Port of Cork has reported that the combined total traffic through both the Port of Cork and Bantry Bay Port Company took a dip of 5% from 10.6 million tonnes, to just over 10 million tonnes in 2019. The cause for this minor decline is attributed to... Read More
27 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony says poor leadership from the outgoing Minister for Agriculture has done nothing to ease the crisis in the beef sector. Deputy Murphy O’Mahony said, “Farmers throughout West Cork have faced the most difficult 14 months on record as... Read More
26 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Another secondary school is urgently needed in East Cork to address a shortage of school places in the region, according to Green Party general election candidate in the area, Cllr. Liam Quaide. At a meeting of the Midleton/Youghal Municipal Council earlier in the month Cllr. Quaide received support... Read More
26 January 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie LloydsPharmacy has teamed up with RediCare to bring their customers in Cork access to a new Digital Therapeutic service, RediCare ControlDTx . 60 per cent of people in Ireland currently have at least one chronic health condition which can have a massive impact on quality and length of... Read More
26 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Flights for two people from Cork to Amsterdam with Aer Lingus have been announced as the first set of prizes which can be won at the Cork International Travel Fair next month. The Cork International Travel Fair in association with Cork Airport will take place once again at... Read More
25 January 2020, Saturday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A new Guinness World Record made history today in the Old Storehouse Temple Bar as four bartenders went head to head for the title to make the most Irish Coffees in three minutes. On Saturday, January 25th, as people across the world celebrated International Irish Coffee Day,... Read More
25 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Irish coffee is a cocktail consisting of hot coffee, Irish whiskey, and sugar, stirred, and topped with cream. The coffee is drunk through the cream. (Yes it is a cocktail even though the word cocktail is not used in Ireland for it.) Several places claim to have developed... Read More
25 January 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fermoy was Ireland’s cleanest town for 2018 but was ranked in 12th place (out of 40) in 2019 survey. An Taisce carry out the survey for IBAL and said “A sense of community is very much in evidence in Fermoy, winner of the League last year. Clearly the... Read More
25 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The ‘West Cork Podcast Live’, presented by journalist Sam Bungey and documentarian Jennifer Forde, will tour to Vicar Street, Dublin, April 22nd, Black Box Theatre, Galway, April 23rd and Live at St Luke’s, Cork, April 24th 2020. Sophie Toscan du Plantier was murdered days before Christmas in 1996, her broken... Read More
24 January 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 2020 funding represents a 14.7% increase on 2019 allocation Cork County Council will receive a 14.7% increase in its roads budget this year. The Department of Transport has allocated almost €57.9 million to Cork County Council for local and regional road works in 2020 compared to €50.465 million... Read More
