18 January 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Films Shown on Thursday Nights in Cork College of FET, Douglas Street Campus CORK CINE CLUB returns with its 25th Season of bringing the best of independent international cinema to Cork audiences. The new season runs from 25 January until 18 April, showing films from France, Romania, Poland, Spain,... Read More
17 January 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sub Zero Weather Carrigaline experienced sub-zero weather this week with -5 degrees recorded on Tuesday morning. All the main roads were salted and gritted and traffic flowed freely. Work on the land is at a standstill, most livestock are indoors with silage and winter feed in plentiful supply. Men’s Shed... Read More
17 January 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie HSE patients attending the Cork Affidea ExpressCare clinic are paying €75 fee since the start of this week Last week, the HSE announce a pilot project whereby HSE patients could attend the clinic for the month of January. While there was no charge initially to patients, from Monday... Read More
16 January 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Research shows just one in three businesses have a formal health and wellbeing strategy As people consider life changes at the start of the new year, Irish Olympian Derval O’Rourke has put together her top tips to help boost staff morale in 2024. It comes as research from... Read More
16 January 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Trigon Hotels has launched a January Room Sale at its two hotels – the Cork International Hotel and The Metropole Hotel in Cork city. Customers can avail of up to 15% off Advance Purchase bookings at both hotels until January 31st, 2024. The discounts are on stays throughout... Read More
16 January 2024 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment Numbers form the foundation of life. Specifically, we can explain many of the physical processes around us through mathematical equations. However, it’s not just in physics where numbers are important. We attach significance to numbers in all manner of situations and settings. In fact, there are disciplines... Read More
15 January 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Musgrave is headquartered in Cork and is behind the SuperValu and Centra brands, and many more businesses Musgrave, Ireland’s leading food retail, wholesale, and foodservice company, has announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind podcast series. ‘Growing Good Business’ will take listeners behind the scenes at the operations of... Read More
15 January 2024 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Ocean acidification is being brought on by the atmosphere’s increasing carbon dioxide content. That is a process that poses a major threat to marine life and the entire oceanic ecosystem. Beyond that, it poses a significant danger to the health of our planet, Earth. Understanding Ocean Acidification As... Read More
14 January 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork is marginally above the national average level of affluence according to the 2022 Pobal HP Deprivation Index. The Index, which is Ireland’s primary social gradient tool, found a nationwide improvement in measures such as employment and population growth, with levels largely returning to those observed in 2006,... Read More
14 January 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West Aindrias Moynihan has welcomed the allocation of over €330,000 in funding for Cork organisations supporting victims of crime. The new funding has been allocated under a total fund of €7.7 million announced by the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee. In Cork,... Read More
14 January 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie This collaboration comes as PepsiCo celebrates its 50th year in Cork and Ireland, having established the Little Island site in 1974 This week Cork GAA and PepsiCo announced their official Positive Action partnership. Through the partnership, Cork GAA, Páirc Uí Chaoimh and PepsiCo will aim to serve and... Read More
14 January 2024 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment Online casinos offer a convenient and entertaining platform for individuals to try their luck at various games of chance. In Ireland, the popularity of online gambling has been on the rise, bringing with it the need for a responsible gaming approach. Responsible gaming emphasizes the importance of... Read More