1 August 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fota Island Resort the latest destination to partner with the EV and Solar energy solutions company ePower, a market leader in the provision of renewable energy solutions, has reached a milestone in its expansion, having now teamed up with over 50 hotels to install EV chargers on site... Read More
30 July 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Part of watermains replacement works ongoing in the city to address leakage and discolouration Uisce Éireann is warning the public of a disruption to water supply from 11.30pm to 3.30am on Tuesday 30 July and Wednesday 31 July to facilitate ongoing essential watermains replacement works as part of... Read More
30 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie JBA Consulting Ireland is excited to announce that it has invested in opening two new offices in Cork 3rd Floor, 12 South Mall, Cork, T12 RD43) and Dublin. As a leading water, environmental, landscape design, engineering and risk management consultancy, JBA Consulting supports clients to adapt and build... Read More
29 July 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fuel Prices will increase again on August 1 because of government-imposed fuel excise taxes, after a previous rise in March. That means the cost of everything will increase. “When the price of fuel increases, the price of everything else increases – food, clothing, building supplies, and so on.... Read More
25 July 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Event held at the station to mark this important milestone Representatives from Iarnród Éireann’s Disability Users Group, local elected representatives and members of the community from Banteer attended a special event at the Station today to mark the completion of accessibility works at the station. Contractors, Jon’s Civil... Read More
18 July 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A Cork community centre has joined forces with a leading installer of solar PV to power its activities Swyft Energy installed 30 solar PV (photovoltaic) panels on the roof of Cobh (Great Island) Community Centre. Open seven days and six nights a week, it facilitates everything from sports and... Read More
6 July 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Holidaymakers jetting off from Cork Airport this summer are being encouraged to take the bus and opt for coach travel with Bus Éireann, Ireland’s national bus service provider. Use your TFI Leap Card for best value fares with children traveling for as little as €0.65, adults €1.55, and student... Read More
22 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie New Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor secure place in history books Cork City Councillors have elected – from within their own number – the Lord Mayor for the coming 12 months. Dan Boyle was born in Chicago USA in the early 1960s. He made history in 1991... Read More
19 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Frank O’Flynn has launched the Harper’s Island Wetlands Activity Books, a special publication series written and designed by renowned local author and educator Jim Wilson. The books are based around Harper’s Island Wetlands Nature Reserve and its wildlife. Owned and... Read More
16 June 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Celebrity chef Kevin Dundon opens the 6th annual Irish Yogurts Clonakilty Street Carnival as thousands celebrate West Cork’s food scene The crowds descended on West Cork’s foodie scene at the popular seaside town of Clonakilty this weekend as celebrity chef Kevin Dundon officially opened the Irish Yogurts Clonakilty... Read More
15 June 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, has announced that € 2.8 million has been awarded to local authorities to carry out biodiversity projects through the Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF). First established in 2018, the Local Biodiversity Action Fund was created to... Read More
14 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Uisce Éireann, working in partnership with Cork County Council, will shortly commence works to construct a new wastewater pumping station in North Midleton. These works mark the final phase of the Midleton Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) Wastewater Project, which commenced in 2022 and represents a €24... Read More