16 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork South Central TD, Michael McGrath has said that the high percentage of successful appeals made in respect of Domiciliary Care Allowance applications suggest that many applicants are being unfairly stopped from getting their payment in the first place, and that the decision making process is flawed. The... Read More
14 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Ballincollig Writing Group called ‘Litwrits’ are in the initial stages of releasing their second book in early November. The book will be called ‘Further Tales from the White Horse’ and proceeds from the sale will go to Muscular Dystrophy Ireland. There will be a coffee morning in... Read More
13 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Focus Ireland is calling on business leaders and influencers to sign up for its annual “Shine A Light Night” sleep out to raise €500,000 in vital funds for its life-line services to tackle homelessness. This is the sixth year of the event that sees the business community swap... Read More
13 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Holding out for a hero: Become a Mercy Hero on Friday, October 13th and help patients at The Mercy University Hospital On Friday, October 13th, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join companies, schools, and individuals from all over Cork and become Mercy Heroes in... Read More
8 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Technology can offer an opportunity to improve the quality of people’s lives through facilitating or assisting communications with others. The Exchange Club meets every Saturday in Cork City Library, Grand Parade, Cork City between 11am and 12.30pm to share knowledge of assistive equipment and technology including mobile... Read More
8 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ESB has awarded funding of €50,000 to four Cork-based charities to mark the summer round of its Energy for Generations fund. The Next Step (recipients of €6,000 in funding), Love and Care for People (€7,470), Baile an Aoire (€16,000) and Field of Dreams (€21,000) attended a special event... Read More
6 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin TD and Justice Spokesperson Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central) has said that the deaths of three homeless people, including a woman in Cork, was “an indictment of the State and of the Housing policies of successive Governments”. “This week, three people who were homeless have... Read More
4 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The International Association for Plant Biotechnology Congress 2018 (IAPB 2018) was officially launched at an event in University College Cork today. The President of the IAPB is Dr Barbara Doyle Prestwich who is based in UCC. The congress will take place at the Dublin Convention Centre from 19th... Read More
30 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Marymount is calling on the people of Cork to support Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Hospice Together with Bewley’s Celebrates by holding their own coffee morning on 14th September to raise vital funds for Marymount’s services. Representatives of Marymount met some of the campaign ambassadors recently to launch... Read More
29 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 100% of the proceeds of the Twilight Walk at Fota on the 27th July are donated to the charity – organisers Fota Wildlife Park director, Sean McKeown has presented a cheque for €11,422.30 to the Chair of BUMBLEance’s Cork Committee, Scott MacKeown. The proceeds were raised from... Read More
26 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lady Mayoress invites the people of Cork to support Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Hospice At 11.00 a.m. Wednesday 30th August, the Lady Mayoress of Cork, Georgina Fitzgerald, will launch Cork’s event supporting Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Hospice. This actual event will... Read More
26 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Mahon Point Shopping Centre is to be one of the venues in a series of charity undertakings by Fyffes who are taking to the road with their new ‘pop up kitchen’ to raise funds for new multisensory equipment at Temple Street Children’s Hospital. At the centre from 9.30am... Read More
