Aer Lingus Regional announce new route from Cork Airport to Leeds Bradford

7 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Stobart Air, operator of Aer Lingus Regional, has announced a new route from Cork Airport to Leeds Bradford Airport. Flights go on sale on tomorrow, and the service will begin on 15 March 2016. Aer Lingus Regional will fly up to three times weekly on the route uoperating... Read More

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7th December, 2015

Win a family pass to Aladdin at The Everyman Theatre Cork this Christmas

7 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Entertainment Update on TheCork.ie The Everyman pantomime is off to a flying start on its magic carpet this week as Aladdin, and his friends, have taken to the stage… oh yes they have! What: ALADDIN at THE EVERYMAN THEATRE When: Sat 5 Dec – Sun 10 Jan How... Read More

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7th December, 2015

Letters to the editor: Forget a transatlantic route! Cork Airport needs a link with Alicante

7 December 2015 By Editor news@TheCork.ie Pat Ryan from Carrigaline, Co Cork wrote to us to comment about Cork Airport and the realistic prospects of a transatlantic route (to the USA), he feels that a link with Alicante should be higher on the agenda: Dear Editor Cork politicians are trying to rustle up some support in... Read More

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7th December, 2015

Bus Éireann to provide extra services for Cork customers over Christmas period

7 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Travelling to Cork city to stock up on Christmas presents or socialise with friends and family over the festive period? Bus Éireann can take you there – and home again. Customers can choose from a number of value options, and leave the car behind. These include: ·... Read More

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7th December, 2015

Cork MEP Liadh Ní Riada wants to help businesses access EU funding

7 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada will next week host a delegation to the European Parliament based on access to European funding. Speaking ahead of the delegation, Ms Ní Riada said: “Since joining the European Union (EU) in 1973, Ireland has received over €71 billion in funding from... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

7th December, 2015

Bandon and Skibbereen residents right to be outraged by latest flooding – says FF County Councillor

7 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie EU aid should be considered to bridge long delay in flood defence systems – says Cllr Margaret Murphy O’Mahony Fianna Fáil Cork County Cllr Margaret Murphy O’Mahony is calling on the Government to seriously examine new protocols to help businesses and homeowners in flood prone areas to... Read More

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7th December, 2015

Junior Minister Kathleen Lynch opens Cystic Fibrosis Unit at Cork University Hospital

7 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister for Mental Health, Primary Care and Social Care Kathleen Lynch, will today (Monday 7th December 2015) officially open the new Cystic Fibrosis unit at Cork University Hospital (CUH). CUH has now the second largest adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) centre in Ireland and currently caters for the needs... Read More

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7th December, 2015

Ireland, and Cork, to benefit from €214m EU Seafood Development Programme

7 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today announced that the European Commission has agreed and adopted Ireland’s new €241 million development programme for the seafood sector for the period up to 2020 co-funded by the Exchequer and European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. In... Read More

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7th December, 2015

Amanda Neri to perform at Hope Foundation Christmas Concert

7 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Hope Foundation have announced that Amanda Neri will be performing at the HOPE Christmas Concert this December 10th, at the luxurious Fota Island Resort hotel. At this exclusive event, proudly sponsored by Ronan Daly Jermyn, guests will be welcomed with a mulled wine reception and seasonal bites, before... Read More

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7th December, 2015

Cork City Joint Policing Committee meets this afternoon in City Hall

7 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The last meeting of 2015 for the Cork City Joint Policing Committee Will take place today (7th December 2015) at 2 pm in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Cork. The JPC is a forum where Senior Gardai interact with elected City Councillors. Routine reports presented include a... Read More

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7th December, 2015

Bishop Lucey Park is the place to be for ‘Glow – A Cork Christmas Celebration’

7 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie It’s the most wonderful time of the year! (Christmas) For festive fun in the run up to Christmas; we can recommend heading to Cork City for Glow, A Cork Christmas Celebration, which runs until December 20 2015. Alas it is true that we – here in the office –... Read More

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7th December, 2015

Cork St Vincent de Paul annual car raffle – on display at Mahon Point Shopping Centre

7 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie It can still take just one small problem to tip a family into a crisis. Cork St Vincent de Paul want to emphasise that they are here primarily to help people over a short term hard time and sometimes that is sufficient to ensure that they don’t slip... Read More

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