10 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is holding a free ‘Small Food Business Start-Up Seminar’ in Cork to assist those working in small food businesses or those who are thinking of setting up a food business. The one-stop morning event will bring together a range of... Read More
7 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Wish Day will take place this Friday (8th April) in Cork with a large number of volunteers and supporters involved in activities throughout the city and county, to celebrate and support the work of Make-A-Wish Ireland. Make-A-Wish volunteers in Cork City Centre, Ballincollig, Fermoy, Macroom, Mahon Point,... Read More
6 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie This weekend Cork’s Red FM are kick starting their bid for 1000 people to run with them at this year’s Cork City Marathon. As the official radio partner to the Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon 2016, Cork’s RedFM officially launched a new charity initiative #RunWithRed at the Clarion... Read More
5 April 2016, 4pm By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Myelin is the insulation that surrounds the axon of nerve cells allowing efficient conduction of electrical signals. It is essential for the proper functioning of the nervous system. Understanding the mechanisms regulating myelination is important for developing strategies for myelin disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis, which is... Read More
5 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dr. John C. Lechleiter, chairman, president, and CEO, Eli Lilly and Company, announced today that the company is set to invest €35 million in delivering a new high-tech manufacturing facility at its Kinsale campus, “using pioneering technology that has the potential to transform how medicines are made... Read More
2 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mayor of Cork County Cllr. John Paul O’ Shea has today, 2nd April 2016, urged the people of Cork to sign up and support Organ Donation. Organ Donor Awareness Week 2016 takes place over the next week (2nd -9th April) and is organised by the Irish... Read More
29 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Simon provides life-changing services for men and women who are homeless in Cork 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The number of people sleeping rough in Cork has grown from 38 in 2011, to an alarming 345 people in 2015. Through the annual Cork... Read More
17 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Numerous charities across Cork are set to benefit from a fun and creative fundraising initiative, hosted by the Cork Lions Club today. Ten thousand multi-coloured balls will race down Patrick’s Hill today at 2.00 pm, in order to raise money for the installation of defibrillators across Cork... Read More
15 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie When and where: Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd April, 2016 – Fota Island Golf Club Swopping their hurlies for golf clubs, GAA legends Seán Og Ó hÁilpin and Tomás Mulcahy helped volunteer organisers Jack Lynch and Brian Dunphy launch this year’s Mercy Hospital Foundation Golf Classic, which... Read More
15 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie This year EY employees, along with GAA stars, will hit the runway of the annual EY charity fashion show in styles inspired by the 1916 Rising. The hugely successful annual event is back for a 3rd year to raise much needed funds for Cork ARC Support House... Read More
10 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today in Cork city, Revenue officers seized 12,400 unstamped cigarettes and 1 kg of unstamped hand-roll tobacco. A quantity of the cigarettes, branded ‘Excellence’, and tobacco, branded ‘Flandria’, was discovered when a truck was stopped and searched as part of an ongoing operation into the sale and... Read More
10 March 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A coffee morning fundraising event was held on behalf of the Cork City Daffodil Day Committee at Nash 19, Princes Street, Cork yesterday morning. The event was co-hosted by Claire Nash, proprietor of Nash 19 and Bewley’s Ireland who were pleased to be part of this fundraising event... Read More
