16 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Cork Chapter (XI) of Credit Unions is delighted to announce the launch of ‘Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories’ a book about credit union volunteers in Cork. The book launch takes place Thursday, 17th October 2019 in the Rochestown Park Hotel from 12.00pm. The launch coincides with International Credit... Read More
16 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork secondary students were invited to bring their new innovative business ideas to the boardroom this week when seven schools attended an entrepreneurial mentoring day at the new offices of Otterbox on South Mall. Thirty students in total participated in the development and mentoring day, organised by the... Read More
11 October 2019 By Byran Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie St. Brogans College and Kinsale College of Further Education have rolled out new cutting-edge technology for teaching and learning St. Brogans College and Kinsale College of Further Education, which are under the auspices of Cork Education and Training Board (CETB), this week hosted Digital Innovation events on their campuses.... Read More
10 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Irish Medtech Association, the Ibec group which represents the sector, celebrated first graduating class Manufacturing Engineering Apprenticeship (Level 6) with CIT, the Higher Education Authority, and Solas, in Galway. Ibec Medtech & Engineering Director, Sinead Keogh said: “The Manufacturing Engineering Apprenticeship is a radical modernisation from the... Read More
5 October 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Staff, students and parents in Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin warmly welcome the commencement of construction of their new school building as part of the Carrigaline Education Campus. This building will cater for 500 pupils and will form part of a larger Education Campus consisting of Gaelscoil Charraig Uí... Read More
3 October 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Where: Various Locations, Cork City When: Friday 4th October – Sunday 6th October 2019 Cost: Free The fourth Open House Cork weekend takes place this weekend from October 4th to October 6th. Open House is a design festival which runs in 40 cities across the world, celebrating the... Read More
29 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A national healthy eating audit of school canteens should be carried out to ensure students have healthy choices at school, a Fine Gael Senator has said. Senator Colm Burke said: “A study conducted by UCD and DCU researchers which looked at canteens in a select number of schools,... Read More
27 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City will be the location for ‘Cork Discovers – A World of Research’. The Cork Discovers event is part of European Researchers’ Night, which will run across 27 countries on the night of Friday, September 27. The event is collaboration between University College Cork, Teagasc, Cork City... Read More
21 September 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Spike Island lends itself to highlighting just how isolating life can be for people who are homeless or in danger of falling into homelessness. Shine A Light Night 2019, proudly supported by Bord Gais Energy is only four weeks away with the Business Leaders Sleep Out this year... Read More
7 September 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has announced that West Cork schools and community groups are to receive €114,800 under the Government’s CLÁR Programme, which funds small infrastructural projects in rural areas that have suffered high levels of rural depopulation. The Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring... Read More
5 September 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, has confirmed the allocation of additional school transport to Kinsale Community School, stating: “I have been liaising with the Department about various pressure zones in Cork and campaigning for solutions to the school transport shortages. “Department officials have confirmed to me that an... Read More
