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Flights from Cork to Zurich to begin next June
A NEW flight between Cork and Zurich in Switzerland will begin next June. Swiss Air announced the new route yesterday and will fly weekly each Friday from June and will increase to twice weekly,...
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Clonakilty named best town in the UK and Ireland
Clonakilty in West Cork has been named as the best town in Ireland and the UK at a prestigious awards event in London. The Academy of Urbanism – the same body that named Oliver Plunkett Street as the...
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Cork city flood defences delayed until 2018
DETAILED designs for Cork’s long-awaited flood defences will go on display in December, more than two years after initially planned. It is also looking increasingly likely that construction may be...
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Cork Business Association wants extension of the city’s boundary
CORK city’s budget has proven the need for a boundary extension, according to city business chiefs. Pat O’Connell, president of the Cork Business Association, said that the city will never be...
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INFANT helping to make pregnancy, birth safer
CORK researchers are making exciting strides in the field of perinatal healthcare, which will hopefully make birth safer, as they find themselves on the cusp of rolling out two groundbreaking tests...
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Flight diverted to Cork Airport with ill passenger
A holiday flight has turned around over the Atlantic and diverted to Cork Airport with an ill passenger, writes Patrick Flynn. Norwegian Air flight IBK-6423 was over two and half hours into its journey...
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Stuck in a box room with two kids … a Cork Mum pleads for help after waiting...
A BALLINCOLLIG mother, who is forced to share a box room with her two children, has made an emotional appeal for a house following a six-year wait for accommodation. A symbol of the housing crisis,...
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14,000 cigarettes seized at Cork Airport
TWO men were arrested at Cork Airport yesterday after 14,000 contraband cigarettes were found in their baggage. It followed routine profiling by Revenue officers. The two Lithuanian men had arrived on...
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Guns ‘n’ Roses, Metallica, Radiohead – Who’ll be the first big gig to rock...
LET the speculation begin — insiders say that the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh will not just be primed and ready for GAA matches next summer, but also concerts. Fans at the Michael Jackson concert at...
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Best case scenario: we’ll have a Cork to Limerick motorway in ten years
THE long-awaited motorway between Cork and Limerick is 10 years away — and that is a best-case scenario if the €800m funding for the M20 is granted now. One of the consultation sessions in Blarney...
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A new year, a new you … these Cork people are hoping to become Operation...
TWO Cork people are vying to be named as Operation Transformation leaders, as filming for the tenth series of the popular RTÉ show begins. Gerard Cahill from Mallow and Lisa Walsh from Carrigadrohid...
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Scandinavian style arrives on Patrick Street with the opening of Cork’s first...
DANISH lifestyle retailer Søstrene Grene opened their fifth Irish shop on Patrick Street yesterday. The popular brand boasts hundreds of stores throughout mainland Europe stocking a wide range of...
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Micheál Martin criticises Government response to Brexit vote
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has today accused the Government of lacking “urgency and ambition” in its response to Brexit. He has called for the creation of an “urgent national plan” to reduce the...
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Special sex-case garda unit for Cork
A SPECIALIST garda unit is to be formed in Cork City to investigate sexual assaults, domestic violence, and child sex abuse. A person who reports an incident to An Garda Siochána will have their case...
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Chapel on Lee Road may become home
A PLANNING application has been lodged to convert a former chapel at the entrance to the former Our Lady’s Hospital site at the Lee Road into a residential home. The Chapel at Our Ladys Hospital, Lee...
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Midleton-Youghal line may be formally shut
IARNRÓD ÉIREANN wants to permanently abandon the disused rail line from Midleton to Youghal, ending any prospect of it ever being reopened. The State railway company claims the measure is necessary...
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Cork house prices surge
THE southside of Cork city and Ballincollig are experiencing average house sale prices above the national average, with buyers typically spending €262,000. The latest house sale figures from the...
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Pro-choice group hits out at Fathers4Justice campaign
A CORK pro-choice group has condemned an advertising campaign which calls for the recognition and protection of the rights of the father on issues surrounding abortion. Cork Pro-Choice, an independent...
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Young Cork priest urges fight against abortion
A NEWLY ordained priest is urging people to join him in the fight to protect Ireland’s anti-abortion laws. Fr Jaimie Twohig, from Little Island, a member of the Pallottine order, says “there is a...
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Don’t just video crime, phone the gardaí
CORK city’s most senior Garda chief has hit out at bystanders who take videos of criminal activity just to upload the footage to social media. Chief Superintendent Mick Finn said witnesses should...
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