13 August 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Wild Atlantic Way is a 2,500km tourist driving route marketed by Failte Ireland Some have called it ‘Ireland’s Route 66’ It uses existing roads on the Western Seaboard of Ireland, from Kinsale to Donegal Listen back to this 5 part audio tour As Summer drew to a... Read More
19 July 2013 By Tom Collins tom@thecork.ie FÁS courses in Cork will be delivered by a new organisation soon It’s called the Cork “Education and Training Board “ or C ETB and was formed by the merger of the old Cork City, and Cork County VEC’s Nationally the Government is saving more than €2 million by... Read More
16 July 2013 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Two celebrities from the Music World have received Cork Passports. Jedward – made up of 21-year-old twins John and Edward Grimes – were presented with their documents in Cork City Hall this afternoon by the Lord Mayor Labour Cllr Catherine Clancy and their upbeat personalities were a big... Read More
12th April 2012 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie People in Cork will now have easy and quick access to community-based affordable mental health services, thanks to a new service which has been launched in the city and which is open to people from the entire county and surrounding counties. The service will benefit people facing... Read More
14th November 2012 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Most recent college graduates are out looking for jobs, but not 22 year old UCC Business Information Systems Graduate, Brendan Finucane. The young man who is Fianna Fail’s unelected representative for Rochestown has founded his own company Vconnecta which has just launched their new political canvassing application... Read More
30 August 2012 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie For over 30 years the Cork Adult Education Council (CAEC), supported by the City of Cork VEC and Cork City Council, has organised the annual Adult Education & Training Exhibition in City Hall. This year it takes place from Tuesday September 4 to Thursday September 6 and,... Read More
10 July 2012 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Councillors have again heard how 17,000 jobs can be created in Cork’s version of Silicon Valley. It’s called the Cork Science and Innovation Park and will be located in Curraheen in the Western Suburbs. There will be 100 short term construction jobs over the next... Read More
22 October 2010 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 52 west Cork schools have been included in a new programme aimed at improving water conservation, according to Cork South West Fianna Fáil TD Christy O’Sullivan. The works will see funding of €9.75 million being spent around the country on measures to reduce the amount of water used... Read More