4 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth david@TheCork./ie Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, along with guest of honour four-year-old Tilara Costa Holmes from Midleton, officially reopened Enable Ireland’s new look charity shop on Cork’s North Main Street today, Friday 4th September. The shop underwent extensive renovations and decoration earlier in the... Read More
2 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today, at the 56th AGM of Cork Opera House, the Chairman and Board of Directors presented the Annual Report and audited statements of the company for the financial year ending March 2015. Speaking at the AGM today, Chairman Damian Wallace outlined how Cork Opera House has continued... Read More
2 September 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Thomas Kent’s State Funeral will take place on Friday 18th September 2015. Kent (Irish: Tomás Ceannt; 29 August 1865 – 9 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist who was court-martialled and executed following a gunfight with the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on 2 May 1916, in the immediate... Read More
1 September 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie United Technologies Research Center announced today the expansion of its Cork facility at The Penrose Business Center, Penrose Wharf (near the Train station). Like many Tech giants their work is B2B so their presence is low key. The addition of the Centre of Excellence in Cyber-Physical Systems for... Read More
31 August 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Waterpark House, is the name of the mansion which gave the Waterpark housing estate its name. The house now sits surrounded by schools and houses, The Chief Executive of Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB), Mr. Ted Owens, was in Carrigaline this morning (Monday) to welcome... Read More
30 August 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Musgrave Triathlon took place in Farran Woods, Cork yesterday with 400 participants taking the plunge in this year’s charity triathlon challenge. The Musgrave Triathlon, which is now in its fourteenth year, has raised over €3.7 million for Irish charities to date. The fundraising target for the... Read More
28 August 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie AIB Bank are to open a new branch in Cork. The unit will be in Eastgate Retail Park, Little Island, in the former Hacketts Bookmakers premises. The building is currently being fitted out.
28 August 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tech giant VMware this week celebrated its 10th year in Ballincollig, Co Cork. It opened in Barrack Sqaure back in 2005 with 10 staff and now employs 750. Expansion continues and VMWare will take over new adjoining office space in October and the head count will rise... Read More
28 August 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A new report by economist Tony Foley, ‘the Contribution of the Drinks Industry to Tourism’, commissioned for the Support Your Local campaign has concluded that the hospitality sector is a significant component of the tourism infrastructure in Cork, with 975 pubs, 65 hotel bars and 275 fully licenced... Read More
28 August 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The dogs on the street agree that the town Macroom of needs a bypass. The picturesque town lies on the main road between Cork (Ireland’s 2nd City) and Kerry (one of Ireland’s key tourist destinations) Macroom has been referred to as a permanent traffic jam by many, indeed... Read More
27 August 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie It’s the road that Queen Elizabeth II travelled on her entrance to Cork, It’s a road that used to be a Railway line It’s a road that runs past the former dump and it’s a road that welcomes visitors to Cork City, with the sight of the... Read More
27 August 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Striker Karl Sheppard scored ten league goals so far this season, has extended his stay on Leeside until the end of the 2017 season and he told reporters of his ambitions with the club: “I’m delighted to have signed; I think this year has gone well for me... Read More