top of page 9 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Midleton Food and Drink Festival has expanded this year to accommodate a huge variety of events and activities planned in the East Cork town. The festival will run for nearly two weeks this year with the main food and drink festival taking place... Read More
top of page 9 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie From L-R Noel Harrington TD, Minister Michael Ring, Cllr Mary Hegarty, Michael McCarthy TD pictured on the scenic Garnish Island following the offical opening of ‘Bryce House’. Noel Harrington TD for Cork South West, has welcomed the opening of Bryce House in Garnish Island,... Read More
top of page 8 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Southwest Fine Gael TD Jim Daly has confirmed to the TheCork.ie this week that following his discussions with Cork County Council and the NRA the go ahead has been approved for the relocation of one of West Cork’s most controversial pedestrian crossings and... Read More
top of page 8 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Macra na Feirme Past President, Alan Jagoe, Carrigaline, Cork has been elected President of CEJA, the European Council of Young Farmers, this afternoon in Milan. Mr. Jagoe finished his term as Macra President in 2013. During his time as Macra President, he had the... Read More
top of page 8 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie UCC/Cork University Business School and the Irish Management Institute (IMI) have partnered to develop a new ‘Masters in DIGITAL Business’, which was officially launched by Dara Murphy TD, Minister for European Affairs and Data Protection yesterday. The word DIGITAL is capitalised here for a... Read More
top of page 8 September 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie They used to be called sewerage works, but now they are “wastewater treatment plants”, but regardless of the changing terms today is a good day for Cork Harbour. Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly TD, this morning turned the sod to... Read More
top of page 8 September 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Next week, Wednesday, 16th September, Home Instead Senior Care will host a complimentary workshop for family carers in Cork. The purpose of the workshop is to support family carers in taking care of loved ones with Alzheimer’s or dementia at home. The workshop takes place... Read More
top of page 8 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Council yesterday set September 29th as the date for its statutory meeting to consider adjustments to the Local Property Tax (LPT) rate for 2016. The three Anti Austerity Alliance (AAA) Councillors this morning said that they would be proposing that the tax... Read More
top of page 7 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Independent General Election candidate Cllr Alan Coleman (who left Fianna Fail earlier this Summer) has described a further Government delay to Skibbereen’s flood relief scheme as shambolic and “an absolute disgrace”. The proposed major flood relief scheme is funded by the Office of Public... Read More
top of page 7 September 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City W.F.C. are delighted to announce that Maggie Duncliffe has signed for the club for the upcoming season. The combative midfielder signs back for the club having been a consistent and impressive performer last season in a side that struggled on occasion. She provides... Read More
top of page 7 September 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As part of the nationwide search to find ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’, the three Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in Cork launched a campaign in June to find the best young entrepreneurs in their region in three distinct categories, with a €150,000 investment fund up for... Read More
top of page 4 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Illegal cigarettes seized in Cork: what made them illegal? no customs duty had been paid to the Irish state. As a result of an intelligence-led operation, officers from Revenue’s Customs Service yesterday, (03/09/2015), seized over 5 million cigarettes with a retail value of over... Read More