By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie International Conferences were worth more than 7-point-2 million euro to Cork last year. The figure comes from the first annual report of the “Cork Convention Bureau”. The Bureau is a public-private partnership which promotes Leeside as a destination for business meetings and conferences. By working with organisers the Bureau brought... Read More
By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Cork TD has told the Minister for Transport that Cork Airport “must maintain it’s 24 hour status”, The Irish Aviation Authority – which provides air traffic control across the country – is considering “limited restrictions” to controller services at night, because of low levels of traffic. The Minister for... Read More
Managerless Cork City FC take on Kilbarrack United in the FAI Cup at Turner’s Cross today (Bank Holiday Monday) kick off 5pm. The game will be Stuart Ashton’s first in charge, and speaking following training this morning, the caretaker manager told CorkCityFC.ie: “It is a potential banana skin, but it is up to us, it’s... Read More
8 May 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Around 2-thousand people attended the 8th Annual “Cork Pride Parade” on Sunday in the City. It marks the end of a week long L-G-B-T festival which was worth an estimated “half million euro” to the local economy. Organizers say “diversity in society is something to be celebrated”,... Read More
By Tony Hawkins tony@thecork.ie Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service at Cork Airport, yesterday (04/08/2013), seized approximately 1 kilogram of cannabis with a street value of €10,000, made up of pellets that had been ingested by a man in his forties who was stopped on foot of routine profiling. Revenue’s sniffer dog Max, gave a positive... Read More
By Mark Smith mark@thecork.ie A recruitment agency – with an office in ****Cork**** – is creating 50 jobs nationwide. The jobs at Sigmar Recruitment will come on stream over the next 18-months The positions will be in Cork, Dublin, and Galway Sigmar CEO Adrian McGennis says around 15 jobs will be created in Cork 24-recruiter.mp3
A nationwide survey has found a rise in illicit cigarettes in Cork city in the past twelve months.**** ** ** The survey of discarded cigarette packs on the streets and in bins in Cork found that 30.3% were non-domestic, meaning they had no Irish duty-paid stamp on them and so were illegal. **** ** **... Read More
By Adam Murphy adam@thecork.ie Consumer confidence in frozen beef burgers has still NOT recovered from the horse-meat scandal in January The results of a study by The Food Safety Authority of Ireland were published this week. It found more than half of those who used to buy frozen beef burgers, are “less likely” to do... Read More
Cork City FC and first team manager Tommy Dunne have parted company with immediate effect. ** ** Tommy, who took the reins of Cork City FC in 2010 days before the season commenced, led the club back to the Premier Division in 2011. He guided City to a mid-table finish last season, with the club... Read More
The lucky lotto player from Co. Cork who won a cool €500,000 in the EuroMillions Plus draw on Friday 19 July 2013 has collected their prize. The ticket was sold in Centa Crosshaven last week. It was for a EuroMillions Plus draw, the Plus is available to EuroMillions players in Ireland only. For an extra... Read More
Students from Cork performed strongly in the in the Accounting Technicians Ireland 2013 annual national exams with a number of students earning top marks. Announcing the results, Accounting Technicians Ireland, the leading professional body for accounting technicians on the island of Ireland, reported that Ayelen Roger from Cork City placed in the Top 10 exam... Read More
Speaking on the Courts Bill in Dáil Éireann recently, Fine Gael Cork East TD, David Stanton, recommended the introduction of a Community Court system in Ireland. These courts, if established, would be based on the Community Court system which operates in New York and would deal with low level crimes and minor offences. “As part... Read More