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4 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Two lucky players from Cork and Carlow woke up over the weekend to the news that they are the latest to strike it lucky with high Lotto wins. The National Lottery are advising players in the South and South East to check their tickets with the news that...
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4 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley has welcomed the announcements of six projects from Cork County Council shortlisted for the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2017. The projects shortlisted are: the Living Space Project Mallow; www.YourCouncil.ie; Dunmanway Community Garden; the Physicality...
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3 September 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A group of seven international journalists and bloggers with a combined audience reach of 3.5 million have arrived today for a showcase of all that can be found on the doorstep of Cork Airport. The journalists – hailing from Canada, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and India...
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1 September 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Carrigaline based Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, has confirmed that some €3,959,700 in Government funding has been paid to help meet the back to school costs of 12,470 local families. The Back to School allowance is paid to parents to assist them in purchasing uniforms and footwear...
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31 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In April 2016, 155,860 people living and working in County Cork (72.8%) travelled to work by car, compared to 65.6% of commuters nationally. While 9.3% of working commuters nationally used public transport, just 4.5% of those in Cork did so. A further 1.5% cycled, while 9.2% walked. Labour...
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31 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Senator and Leader of the Seanad, Jerry Buttimer has welcomed the appointment of Dalton Philips as CEO of DAA. DAA is the commercial semi-state airport company that owns and operates Cork Airport Senator Buttimer said: “I welcome his appointment and look forward to working with him in...
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31 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Bank of Ireland need to reconsider their approach to the Irish language a Cork Senator has said. Leader of the Seanad and Bank of Ireland customer, Jerry Buttimer, said: I am very disappointed with the attitude that Bank of Ireland has adopted regarding the Irish language. “The...
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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...
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25 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Jeremy Irons, who famously restored Kilcoe Castle in West Cork, officially launched ‘The Collection’ on 24th August at Cork University Hospital (CUH). This is an innovative catalogue from the CUH Art Collection. The South/South West Hospital Group welcomes this initiative and congratulates the staff members at CUH...
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29 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Lir National Ocean Test facility is key to the development of Ireland’s offshore renewable energy industry. Incorporated in the MaREI Centre and located in the €20.5m purpose-built Beaufort Building, Lir provides world class testing capacity together with the most experienced technical team currently operating in this space....
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29 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork South Central Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has expressed concerns regarding the manner in which the Government is managing the requirement for a Public Services card, stating that there has been no real debate regarding the potential implications of such a card, or any such database....
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28 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Musgrave Group – which owns the Super Valu and Centra franchises – is a historic Cork business. It was founded in 1876 by the Musgrave brothers, and the Musgrave families are said to be one of the ‘Merchant Princes’ of Leeside. Like all firms, the firm...
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