Conductor of the Cork Butter Exchange Band, Herbie Hendrick, is the latest Cork Person of the Month. Affectionately known as Da Butterea, the Cork Butter Exchange Brass & Reed Band was established in 1878 when the local band was sponsored by the Butter Market. Hundreds of musicians have passed through their ranks over the years,…
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Southside and District Sports Awards April Winners; Alan Dineen Irish Wheelchair Rugby Team Award Winner sponsored by the Cork International Hotel (Main Sponsors) in Association with Awards Sponsor Gerald McCarthy, Awards and Gifts and Media Partners RedFM. [envira-gallery id=”18056″] Photography By: Gerard Bonus
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Sarah Fitzgerald aged 14 from Kinsale Community School who presented a government submission to An Tanaiste Simon Coveney TD and Senator Tim Lombard around her award winning literacy research promoting children to read books. One of her ten key recommendations includes an Irish book trust scheme where every child aged 6 months in Ireland gets…
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Since the enactment of the Data Protection Act, 1988, and with GDPR coming on-stream from 25th May 2018, the legal obligations and requirements to safeguard personal data have grown. Responsibility covers all functions associated with personal data gathering, storing, accessing, safeguarding and disposal in line with the rules of data protection legislation. Failure to comply can lead to…
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The Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) foundation UK and Ireland, with the support of Cork City Hall are encouraging the nation of Ireland to turn purple to celebrate CdLS Awareness day on Saturday, May 12th, to help raise awareness about the very rare genetic disorder that affects just 40 people in Ireland. From Left: Fiona…
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Tánaiste Simon Coveney has welcomed the increased funding announced in Housing Adaption Grants for Older People with a disability. Cork City has been allocated €1.4 million for the grants this year, a 24% increase on 2017. The council will contribute a further 20% to the fund bringing the total pot to over €1.75 million. The…
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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., announced today that a Project Team to run the new Freshwater Pearl Mussel Programme has been selected. The programme is one of a number of European Innovation Partnership (EIP) projects being rolled out by the Department under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. Two of…
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Almost 600 Transition Year students from 30 schools from around Cork county and city came together in the Radisson Blu, Little Ireland on May 1st for the first ever ‘Teen Talk’ health and wellbeing conference organised by Cork County Council, in association with their Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) and funded under Healthy Ireland. MC…
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US Senator, Dianne Feinstein will be presented with a Civic Award from the City of Cork in San Francisco this Friday May 4th for her work in establishing and nurturing the Cork-San Francisco twinning relationship. Just last month, the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald led a 60-strong delegation to the US city. Amongst…
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