14 April 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Three Cork students have won top prizes in this year’s 69th Texaco Children’s Art Competition. In the 16-18 years age category, Amy O’Brien (age 17), a pupil at Presentation Secondary School, Mitchelstown, won second prize for her artwork entitled ‘The Bond’. Amy’s work is described by Final Adjudicator,... Read More
13 April 2023 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited has announced its financial results for 2022. The Co-Operative achieved a record turnover of €1.65 billion, an increase of 40.9% or €477.8 million on 2021, with an EBITDA of €68.5 million and operating profit of €40.2 million, an increase of 10.9 million and €9.8... Read More
13 April 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Irish launch of a new historical fiction novel about County Cork’s own Lady Freemason is taking place this week. Author Kathleen Aldworth Foster is traveling to Cork for a handful of events. Doneraile Court: The Story of The Lady Freemason is based on the true story of... Read More
1 April 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Gurranabraher Credit Union will mark its 60th Anniversary with a Mass and special Board Meeting on Sunday 2nd April 2023. This will recognise the founding of the Credit Union, on the 28th April 1963, in the basement of the Church of the Ascension, Cathedral Road, Cork. These days... Read More
30 March 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Allow other countries’ air-traffic controllers manage flights crossing France – says Cork based MEP “It is simply farcical that ongoing strike action by French Traffic Controllers is causing the cancellation of flights that aren’t even taking off or landing in France,” said Fianna Fáil MEP, Billy Kelleher. Kelleher... Read More
30 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Health & Beauty / Entertainment The Montenotte Hotel’s Bellevue Spa becomes the very first hotel spa in Ireland to partner with Grown Alchemist, the Australian skincare brand that offers optimum skincare health through a combination of scientific formulas and natural ingredients. The Montenotte Hotel joins a number of exclusive hotels including... Read More
25 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Peter McVerry Trust, the national housing and homeless charity, has delivered nine new social housing apartments at a former Christian Brothers School on Main Street, Charleville, Cork. The project is the latest in a growing list of innovative social housing projects delivered by Peter McVerry Trust that specialises... Read More
21 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Kerry Community Healthcare is calling on all adults and children over the age of six months, who are due a COVID-19 vaccine, to visit their nearest clinic. If anyone is unsure of their vaccine status, you can check by contacting HSELive on 1800 700 700. Dr Anne... Read More
20 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Broadband outages should be restored with the same urgency as electricity outages and all broadband service providers should provide latest performance and accessibility updates to service users in real time, a Fine Gael TD has said. Cork East TD, David Stanton, said: “When electricity supplies are disrupted, ESB... Read More
19 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North-West Aindrias Moynihan has welcomed Government plans for heritage-led regeneration in Macroom, Co Cork. Macroom is one of 11 historic towns picked to share €1.3 million funding under the 2023 Historic Towns Initiative (HTI). The funding will help to provide jobs through heritage-led... Read More
18 March 2023 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Representatives of Cork County Council, who are in New York for the St Patrick’s Day period, met with senior executives from Tourism Ireland yesterday (Wednesday, 15 March). They were briefed on Tourism Ireland’s promotional programme in the United States for 2023, which is in full swing right now.... Read More
16 March 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ALDI outlines its continued positive impact on Cork’s economy ALDI Ireland today announced details of its continued significant contribution to Cork’s economy and the impact of its charity partnerships across the county. In its annual ALDI Economic Impact Report published today, the company said it paid over €30 million in wages and salaries... Read More