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Tourism Tsar for Cork
By Ronan Bagnall and Alan Healy A SINGLE Tourism Tsar is needed to promote the Cork region to foreign tourists rather than various fragmented authorities and state bodies. That’s the view of the...
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Traffic moves as city centre bridge re-opens
TRAFFIC movement in Cork city has improved significantly following the completion of works to Clontarf Bridge. The key route opened to traffic last Friday in time for the commencement of the new school...
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Cork has huge deficit in student digs
CORK has just 3,788 beds dedicated for student accommodation, according to a report from the Higher Education Authority released yesterday. However, with 40% of students requiring accommodation, an...
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Perry Street Market Cafe is Cork’s friendliest business
THE Perry Street Market Café is the friendliest business in Cork. The café was selected from six finalists to scoop the award at the annual JCI Friendly Business Awards yesterday. Junior Chamber...
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Profits up at Opera House
CORK Opera House has reported its third year of consecutive growth, with 189,381 patrons leading to a profit of €267,070. Mary Hickson, CEO and Damien Wallace, Picture: Miki Barlok The venue held its...
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Portraits of nationalist Cork heroes for Kyle Street
MODERN portraits of Cork’s most famous nationalist figures will be painted onto a city-centre derelict building to help improve the appearance of the area. The vibrant portraits of Michael Collins,...
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Prayer service at Collins Barracks before Thomas Kent’s funeral
THE funeral cortege for prominent Cork nationalist Thomas Kent will pass Kent Railway Station on its way to his hometown of Castlelyons. The State Funeral include plans for a public prayer service at...
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Oral hearing on Ballyvolane scheme looms
An oral hearing into one of the most controversial retail development proposals on Cork’s northside in recent years takes place later this month. An Bórd Pleanála will host the oral hearing regarding...
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Many other little children like Aylan says Bishop Crean
RESCUING people from the Mediterranean is not enough – Ireland must do more in helping migrants coming to Europe. That is the plea today from the Bishop of Cloyne, William Crean who was speaking as...
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Blood donors honoured for ‘saving lives’
DONORS to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) in Cork will be honoured at a ceremony to mark their 50th and 100th donations. The ceremony, to be held in the Rochestown Park Hotel, will be...
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Millions of cigarettes seized at the Port of Cork
THE Revenue Customs Service has seized more than 5 million cigarettes with a retail value of over €2.5m at the Port of Cork. A spokesperson said: “The ‘Eton’ brand cigarettes, described on the...
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Revenue seizes more than five million cigarettes in Cork and Dublin
More than five million cigarettes, with a retail value of €2.5m, have been seized by Revenue at the Port of Cork. The ‘Eton’ brand cigarettes which were described on a ship’s manifest as “cardboard...
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Traders back Capitol Scheme
OBJECTIONS may slow down the multi-million euro redevelopment of the former Capitol cinema, but many local traders say they will be happy to see the project go ahead. The Evening Echo spoke to traders...
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Jason out of ICU in Australia
THE Corkman who suffered a serious brain injury after being punched on a night out in Australia has been moved out of intensive care. Jason Cierans, 29, from Mount Nebo Avenue in Gurranabraher, has...
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Tilara enables Minister to open charity shop
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, along with guest of honour four-year-old Tilara Costa Holmes from Midleton cut the ribbon at the reopening of the Enable Ireland new look...
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Anti social black spot to be transformed into community amenity
AN anti-social behaviour black spot in one of Cork’s most historic areas is to be transformed into a community amenity. Cork City Council has revealed ambitious plans to transform the Quarry area on...
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Eoin and Caitlín to blow the whistle at Croker
TWO Cork youngsters will be laying down the law on the hallowed Croke Park turf tomorrow. Twelve-year-olds Caitlín Brosnan and Eoin O’Leary, both students of Scoil Oilibhéir, have been chosen to...
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1,200 Cork beds pledged to help refugees
HUNDREDS of Corkonians are pledging to open up their homes to refugees hit by the ongoing migrant crisis. Close to 1,200 beds have been pledged by 340 householders across Cork city and county. The...
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Gardaí ‘very concerned’ about missing Cork woman
A woman has gone missing from her home in Cork. Niamh Brickley, aged 37, of Pearse Rd, Ballyphehane, in Cork was last seen at 4am yesterday morning. She left her house on Pearse Rd on September 5, and...
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Kathleen Lynch confirms her run for General Election in Cork
The Minister for Primary Care is to put her name forward for the next General Election. Kathleen Lynch has released a statement this afternoon to confirm she will seek Labour party support to run in...
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