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20th May, 2013

Cork builders merchant wins award in national event

McMahons, Water Street, Cork has won the Cork City & County Award in the Octabuild Builders Merchant Awards 2013. Pictured (L-R) at the awards ceremony held in the Round Room of Dublin’s Mansion House last night (16 May) is: Jim Loughran, Octabuild Chairman; Keith Buckley, McMahon’s, Water Street and Paddy Kelly, President HAI. This was... Read More
NEWS
20th May, 2013

Kerry Cork Health Link (Cancer Treatment) Bus

20th May 2013 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Tralee woman, who has travelled on the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus to receive her cancer treatment, says the investment of €90,000 by the Bon Secours Hospital Tralee in the service is vital. The Kerry Cancer Support Trust has received the first of three annual €30,000... Read More
HEALTH, NEWS
17th May, 2013

Drugs found in Mitchelstown

Gardai investigating the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Cork area have seized drugs and arrested a male. As part of an intelligence lead operation gardai from Mitchelstown searched a house in Drough, Mitchelstown yesterday evening. During the course of the search cannabis plants and cannabis herb (pending analysis) with an estimated street... Read More
NEWS
15th May, 2013

Royal Award for Corkman

A musician from Cork will receive a special award from Prince Charles today to recognise his work mentoring children. Ruairi Glasheen grew up in Cobh and is a Percussionist doing a Masters at the London’s Royal College of Music, Prince Charles is President of the College and Ruari will receive a rose bowl, carved from... Read More
NEWS
15th May, 2013

Pfizer to exit Little Island

Pfizer today announces its intention to consolidate active ingredient manufacturing for key medicines manufactured in Ireland. It proposes that products manufactured at the Little Island site will relocate to the Ringaskiddy site during 2014. This is part of its global efforts to better align manufacturing capacity in response to reducing volumes following patent expiration of... Read More
NEWS
15th May, 2013

CPA Ireland Appoints Kinsale man as VP

The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland) has appointed Cormac Fitzgerald, Managing Partner of Fitzgerald & Partners, Kinsale as Vice President. The appointment was announced at the Annual General Meeting of Members. Mr. Fitzgerald is the Managing Partner of Fitzgerald & Partners, Kinsale, established in 1999 and Managing Director of the Blue... Read More
NEWS
13th May, 2013

Cork City Street lighting privitised?

Public street lighting in Cork City is being compromised by cutbacks and the transfer of the street-lighting contract to Airtricity, a private company, according to Workers’ Party Councillor, Ted Tynan. Councillor Tynan said that where once broken or faulty street lights would be repaired or replaced within days of a fault being reported now areas... Read More
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10th May, 2013

Senator O’Donovan welcomes restoration of O’Donovan Castle

By Bryan T. Smyth Twitter bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Senator Denis O’Donovan has welcomed confirmation that Castle Donovan Castle will open this summer after a lenghty refurbishment project. Castle Donovan or O’Donovan’s Castle is a tower house or túrtheach, in a valley near Drimoleague. It was the so-called “seat” of the Clann Cathail sept of the... Read More
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9th May, 2013

IndieCork Film Festival launched [audio]

By Bryan T. Smyth Details have been announced of Cork’s latest Film festival. It’s called “IndieCork” and will be run by a host of names including Mick Hannigan and Una Feely. The pair were controversially made redundant from the older “Cork International Film Festival” in March and have now bounced back with their own rival... Read More
NEWS
9th May, 2013

Cork French Food & Wine Festival

By Bryan T. Smyth The second Cork French Food & Wine Festival will returns to Cork again from the today til Saturday. The festival is the brainchild of Frenchwoman Isabelle Sheridan of the famous ‘On the Pig’s Back’ food emporiums. Unusually it’s not in the City, nor East Cork, nor West Cork. Instead it’s in... Read More
NEWS
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