21 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie County Cork Winners, Keary’s BMW & Mini make the shortlist for the National Award to be announced at SEAI Energy Show The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) today announced the winners of its inaugural EV Dealership Awards. These awards recognise and reward excellence in the promotion and sales of electric... Read More
18 March 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Voices of Experience Share Climate Change Stories Cork County Council has published a collection of Climate Change stories, poems and photographs submitted by the older people of Cork County. Older citizens of Cork County were invited to share their stories of what climate change means to them in... Read More
15 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Below is a list of St Patrick’s Day Parades in Cork Cork City Centre After a long two years, Cork City Council is delighted to once again be able to welcome thousands of Corkonians to the streets or our annual peagant of colour and dance, showcasing all that... Read More
15 March 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Like many countries, Sri Lanka has no embassy in Dublin, preferring to have its London Embassy accredited to Ireland. Fortunately, anyone needing consular services in Ireland need not travel to the UK, because Sri Lanka has an Honorary Consul in the Republic. Interestingly, the representative is not in... Read More
8 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Engineers Week – Profile – Déaglán Healy, Project Manager, Irish Water Cork native, Déaglán Healy, was the man in charge of the massive project that put an end to the equivalent of 40,000 wheelie bins of raw sewage being discharged every day into Cork Harbour. The project included... Read More
8 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Education A record number of students from every county in Ireland and 29 countries overseas have been awarded Entrance Exhibition Awards from Trinity College Dublin. Among them were 35 students from Cork city and county. The awards go to the students accepted into the first year of a... Read More
6 March 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Since 2013, Cork County Council’s Heritage Unit has been producing an annual book in the ‘Heritage of County Cork Publication Series’. This year’s publication, titled ‘Heritage Artefacts of County Cork’ focuses on the fascinating artefacts in the county of Cork, from the earliest of times up to the... Read More
5 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ahead of Local Enterprise Week, Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Offices (LEO’s) have released figures of supports granted to local businesses over the past two years. During the most difficult of trading circumstances for businesses throughout Ireland, client companies of the Council’s LEO South Cork and Cork North... Read More
4 March 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has announced the Local Festival Fund for 2022 is now open for applications. A total of €65,000 is available through this year’s fund and applicants can apply for amounts ranging from €500 up to a maximum of €6,000 per festival. Welcoming the return of live... Read More
1 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cobh EUROSPAR Retailer nominated for global award Congratulations and best of luck to EUROSPAR Cobh’s Shane Jones, who has been nominated for a prestigious FMI Store Manager award. Every year FMI recognises top store manager talent among FMI member retailers through the FMI Store Manager Awards and this... Read More
28 February 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Today Taoiseach Micheál Martin officially launched Fota Wildlife Park’s 10-year development plan, which includes a €30 million investment proposal to become one of the top 10 wildlife parks in Europe in terms of species conservation and expanding its education and public engagement offering. The aims of the 2030... Read More
27 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD, David Stanton, has welcomed confirmation from the Department of Rural and Community Development that total funding of €750,000 has been granted under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme for the development of enterprise hubs in Mitchelstown and Cobh. The funding is being provided... Read More