Countdown on to Ireland’s longest running Agri show

top of page 11 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie For more than 200 years the Munster Agricultural Society has showcased the equipment, animals, sports and recreation associated with agriculture to the people of Munster at the Cork Summer Show. This year, Ireland’s longest running agri-show will showcase the evolution of our agricultural heritage... Read More

NEWS

11th May, 2015

Lecture to remember Sir Hugh Lane

top of page 11 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The community organisation, Grange-Frankfield Partnership, has organised an additional fixture to its highly acclaimed biannual Vernon Mount Lecture Series, with a special lecture to honour the memory of Sir Hugh Lane, who was born in Ballybrack House on Donnybrook Hill, in November 1875. Lane... Read More

EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

9th May, 2015

Cork Educators promote Whistleblowing

top of page 9 May 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The board of the Cork ETB (Cork Education and Training Board) has approved the introduction of the Making of Protected Disclosures policy for the organisation. This policy enables all employees of Cork ETB, contractors, suppliers, former employees and other stakeholders to report any serious and... Read More

BUSINESS, EDUCATION, NEWS

9th May, 2015

Cork accountant elected to national position

top of page 9 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Deirdre Kiely FCPA, is the newly elected Vice-President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland). Ms Kiely took office at the Annual General Meeting of Members on April 29th held at the Institute’s headquarters at 17 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2.... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

9th May, 2015

Success for CIT

top of page 9 May 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Students from the Department of Tourism & Hospitality in Cork Institute of Technology showcased over 60 new business ideas at an event held in the Department. The Showcase was opened by the Department Head, Mr Adrian Gregan who said he was extremely impressed by the... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, NEWS

5th May, 2015

€1.5m for Cork Institute of Technology

top of page 5 May 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Researchers from The Nimbus Centre at Cork Institute of Technology have been successful in winning funding for two prestigious ‘Horizon 2020’ Projects in the ‘ICT for Energy Efficient Buildings’ call 2015. They will receive approximately €1.5M from the EU funding program as part of the... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, NEWS

5th May, 2015

Irish Govt MEP says farmers should use drones

top of page 5 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Transport Committee, Deirdre Clune, has said that we should harness the potential of drones, but look to regulate some of their negative uses. Speaking in advance of a debate in the European Parliament on... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

5th May, 2015

Heritage funds for Timoleague Abbey, Bere Island, Bantry House

top of page 5 May 2015, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie he Heritage Council has announced funding for a number of heritage projects in County Cork under its 2015 Community-based Heritage Grants Scheme. A total of 197 heritage projects nationwide have been awarded funding under the scheme, which supports the continuing conservation and development... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

5th May, 2015

Cork ‘Doing Business’ at Ireland’s Top Trade Workshop – Meitheal

top of page 5 May 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Over 500 Irish trade, including tourism businesses from Cork, recently attended Meitheal, Ireland’s largest travel trade fair, organised by Fáilte Ireland, in the RDS Dublin. This event is a central date in the tourism industry calendar, allowing the Irish tourism industry to actively grow its... Read More

NEWS

5th May, 2015

Cork County Council to take 91 estates in charge

top of page 5 May 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What does ‘taken in charge’ mean? If you live in a housing estate in Ireland, built by a private developer, you might not realise that the developer or builder is responsible for maintaining footpaths and roads even after they have left the site. In... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, NEWS, NON PARTY, POLITICS

5th May, 2015

Cobh remembers the Lusitania this week

top of page 5 May 2015, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie It’s been 100 years since the Lusitania sank off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork, Ireland President to visit Cobh President of Ireland Michael D Higgins will lead a commemoration event in Cobh, Co Cork on Thursday, 7th May to mark the... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, LABOUR, NEWS, POLITICS

1st May, 2015

Boy injured in Dunmanway bus accident

top of page 1 May 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a traffic collision in Dunmanway, Co. Cork. At approximately 4pm a 6-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was struck by a bus on the Bantry Road at Tonafora, Dunmanway. He was taken from the scene by Ambulance to... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS