7 August 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A Cork hospital has begun translating complex health information into six different languages in a project which organisers say should be replicated nationwide. Cork University Hospital Charity is funding the unique initiative at CUH to reflect the growing number of foreign national patients presenting at its breast radiology... Read More
6 August 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has announced an open call competition for a new artwork in Kinsale Library. The new library was officially opened last December and is ten times larger than the previous premises. Designed by Cork County Council’s Architects Department, the project saw the conversion of the James... Read More
3 August 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Almost 3.7 million passengers went through the terminal doors of Cork and Dublin airports in July, with demand remaining very high this summer for overseas travel. Cork Airport welcomed 328,200 passengers in July, which was 9% higher than the same month last year, continuing what is set to... Read More
2 August 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has published the tender for the motorway section of the M28 Cork to Ringaskiddy Project. The scheme, which forms part of the Core Trans‐European Transport Network will enable the strategic development of the Port of Cork’s facilities in Ringaskiddy whilst also supporting the economic development... Read More
31 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie “My ambition is to complete the roll-out of Hot School Meals to all remaining Primary Schools as part of Budget 2025” The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced that 168 additional primary schools have been approved for the Hot School Meals Programme. The announcement means... Read More
31 July 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Airport is preparing to welcome over 65,000 passengers this August Bank Holiday weekend, with Friday, August 2 anticipated to be the busiest day. Passenger traffic this August Bank Holiday weekend is up 5% compared with the same weekend last year. With an abundance of festivals and events... Read More
30 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Kinsale RNLI rescued a kayaker on Saturday afternoon who was stuck on the rocks off the eastern side of the outer harbour, known as Hangman’s Point, between the popular tourist spots of Kinsale and Oysterhaven. The volunteer crew were requested to launch their inshore lifeboat at 3.11pm on... Read More
30 July 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Today (30/07/2024), as a result of risk profiling and with the assistance of detector dog Rua, Revenue officers seized 4.675 million cigarettes with an estimated value of almost €4 million at Port of Cork. The illicit cigarettes – which did not contain a stamp indicating Irish tax had... Read More
29 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Tracing your birth information and birth family “If you were adopted, you may want to find your birth family” says Ciara O’Gorman, Development Manager with South Munster Citizens Information Service. “Alternatively, you might be a birth parent trying to trace your child who was adopted. The new Birth Information... Read More
25 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Seán Kelly, MEP for Ireland South and Leader of Fine Gael in the European Parliament, has welcomed the recent allocation of €38.4 million in EU funding for the Port of Cork. This substantial investment, provided by the EU Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme, will facilitate the construction of... Read More
24 July 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Culture Night The Carrigaline Culture Night organising committee will meet on this Thursday August 1st in the Lions Youth Centre at 7.30pm, all are welcome. This year Culture Night promises to be a spectacular event with displays and performances in a number of locations ongoing from 4.00pm to 11.00pm. Tidy... Read More
23 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael select Cllrs Shane O’Callaghan and Una McCarthy to contest constituency in General Election Councillors Shane O’Callaghan and Una McCarthy been selected by Fine Gael to represent the party in the Cork South Central constituency at the next General Election. The two Cork councillors were selected at... Read More