9 January 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for social housing delivery has already provided 1,000 new homes with approximately 2,700 in the pipeline The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, today welcomed the launch of a further bundle of projects under the social housing Public Private... Read More
8 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The first Network Cork event of 2023 explores the topic of ‘Owning the Room’ with UCC’s Dr Jean van Sinderen-Law. Network Cork will host its first event of 2023 on Wednesday 11th January with Dr Jean van Sinderen-Law announced as the keynote speaker for this year’s launch event,... Read More
6 January 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Your chance to win a brand new A-rated house in one of the country’s most popular seaside towns, Kinsale in Co. Cork. Condé Nast Traveller recently named it one of Ireland’s most attractive towns with its scenic harbour, narrow colourful streets, its vast array of award-winning restaurants, cafes,... Read More
5 January 2023 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie ‘The longest-running arts sponsorship in Ireland’ The search to find the young artists who will excel in this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition has begun. Last year four students from Co. Cork won prizes in the Competition, which is now in its 69th year and widely acknowledged as... Read More
1 January 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The tally of passports issued in 2022 (as of 16th December) stood at 1,080,000 which sets a new annual record for the Irish Passport Service. Earlier this year on 1st November, the Passport Service announced it had reached the millionth mark after an extremely busy year, which saw... Read More
30 December 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have recorded that 11,842 patients were admitted to hospital without a bed in December. Over 121,318 patients, including 2,777 children, went without a bed in Irish hospitals in 2022. The worst year for hospital overcrowding on record. INMO General Secretary Phil Ní... Read More
30 December 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Dell Technologies team in Cork, Limerick and Cherrywood has this year donated over 29,500 hours to a variety of community initiatives which has helped to generate over €448,000 in aid of charity. Over the course of the year, the team at Dell Technologies Cork has volunteered their... Read More
30 December 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Gardaí have charged the male – aged in his late teens – who was arrested in relation to the serious assault of a man in Glenwood Estate, Carrigaline, Co Cork on Wednesday evening 28th December 2022. The male is due to appear before a special sitting of Mallow... Read More
29 December 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie MTU making its mark on the South-West Region with major new campus developments Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, recently announced the commencement of construction of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Building at MTU’s Kerry North Campus and of... Read More
20 December 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service has launched its 2023 calendar featuring colourful illustrations designed by children from all corners of Cork County. This year’s art competition invited children to enter a picture based on the theme of ‘Our Library: A welcome for all’ to reflect the... Read More
19 December 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Treemetrics, a world-leading provider of forest inventory and management solutions, has announced the launch of its new ground-breaking ‘real-time forest monitoring and measurement’ platform. In a world-first innovation developed at the company’s headquarters in Cork, Ireland, the platform utilizes advanced satellite imagery processing software to provide real-time insights... Read More