17th December 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The number of deaths on Irish roads is set to rise for the second year, Deirdre Clune MEP warned today, while urging motorists to take care on the roads this Christmas. “Provisional Garda road traffic statistics for 2014 predict a worrying rise in the number of fatalities for... Read More
17th December 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Every Sunday morning thousands of people of Irish descent are excited to open their email to receive a Letter from Ireland. Mike Collins, author of this weekly Letter from Ireland said, “In March 2013 I started posting pictures of my travels around Ireland with my wife Carina,... Read More
16th December 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Gardaí at Midleton Co Cork are investigating a violent disorder incident which occurred shortly after midnight onMonday (15th December 2014) A Garda patrol unit had stopped a car at Drishane More when a number of people in the car attacked the two male Garda members. One Garda... Read More
16th December 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil’s Frontbench Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher was last night selected to contest the upcoming General Election on behalf of his party in the newly enlarged Cork North Central constituency. Deputy Kelleher was the only candidate selected at the well attended selection convention in Cork’s Commons Inn... Read More
15th December 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mercy University Hospital (MUH) has cancelled all hospital visits with the exception of the children’s ward for 24 hours due to an outbreak of the winter vomiting flu. The hospital is seeking the public’s cooperation with the restrictions but will deal with exceptional cases on an individual... Read More
11th December 2014 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Aldi have opened a new store today in Ireland’s tallest building, the landmark Elysian in Cork’s city centre. With a shop floor spanning 996m² and free customer car parking (with a purchase), the new store will be Aldi’s 18th in Co. Cork. Aldi currently operates stores at Blackrock, Blackpool, Charleville,... Read More
9th December 2014, Wednesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The IrelandSkills National Competition will take place at Cork Institute of Technology from tomorrow, December 9th and continue until December 12th. There will be competitions in ten skills including Carpentry, Plasterwork, Automobile Technology and Electrical Installation. A number of the winners at national level will go... Read More
8th December 2014, Wednesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Cllr Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has claimed that Cork County Council is simply not doing enough to tackle the issue of homelessness. Speaking after a report was presented to Councillors at today’s meeting of Cork County Council, following on from a motion tabled by Cllr... Read More
8th December 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork North West TD Michael Creed has today welcomed the signing of the contract for the resurfacing of Macroom town. Commenting on the signing of the contract with Priority Construction LTD, Deputy Creed said: “I am delighted that Cork County Council have finalised plans to resurface the... Read More
8th December 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Many Cork people, do not like the exterior of Merchants Quay in Cork. It is a fine shopping centre, an indoor mall but is a “celebration of redbrick” outside. Until now you could only appreciate it’s exterior on Google Streetview, but now the interior is also available. Today,... Read More
8th December 2014 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork’s festival scene has received a significant boost. The Leeside Capital, which is already known as the “City of Festivals” with more than 20 significant events spread across the year in Culture, Education, Music and Sport. Today, €110,000 in Government Grants were confirmed for three major events,... Read More
8 December 2014, 6pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork based printing company, Lettertec Ireland Ltd have won an Irish Print Award in the Print Finishing category for its book “Celebrating 21 years of the Cork Person of the Year Awards”. Lettertec faced strong competition from printing companies and specialist print finishers from Dublin and... Read More