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Weather Warning for Cork: Dense fog Sunday morning
MET Éireann have issued a code-orange weather warning for Cork predicting heavy fog overnight. There will be fog in many parts of the country overnight and on Sunday morning, with dense pockets and...
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Fog forces delays and cancellations to London-bound flights from Ireland
By Sean Ryan Aer Lingus has announced that it has cancelled eight flights today and two tomorrow because of fog at London’s Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. A spokeswoman for the airline said a number of...
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Cork launches scheme to become first cash-free city in Ireland
Cork is piloting a cashless payment initiative. The Cork City Centre Forum is encouraging people to use chip and pin, contactless or other electronic payment options. The group says it is an innovative...
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Video: Dragon of Shandon
The Dragon of Shandon festival was great success this year with huge crowds supporting Saturday night’s parade. Daniel Guinness of Dublin Hill, at the Dragon of Shandon festival on Shandon Street....
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Residents living in squalor
RESIDENTS in a northside housing estate are living “in absolute squalor” due to inaction by Cork City Council. That is according to Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central, Jonathan O’Brien, who claimed...
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Cork traffic will go with the flow at Dunkettle
Plans for the redesign of the Dunkettle Interchange were first revealed to the public in 2011 with the ‘Red Option’ being the preferred route. Now that the Government has included it in its capital...
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2,500 new Cork homes
DEVELOPER Michael O’Flynn’s vision to build thousands of new homes in Cork will begin immediately with 200 units going to market straight away and construction of a further 500 to begin within six...
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Good to see Sinead shining again
“IT is so good to see the real Sinéad shining through again.” These are the words of the mum of Rathcormac teenager Sinéad Kearney, who has recently returned from New York where she had treatment for...
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Gardaí search for missing Cork teen Akvile Lenciauskaite
Gardaí have asked for the public’s help in finding missing Cork teenager Akvile Lenciauskaite. The 17-year-old has been missing from her home in Douglas, Cork since around 5pm last Saturday evening....
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CIT links up with City Council for major Shandon design centre
SHANDON’S historic Butter Exchange building looks set to be transformed into a €3.2m craft and design hub under long-term plans from Cork City Council and the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)....
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All aboard as Cork city gets a new tourist train
A NEW on-street tourist train could soon begin operating in Cork connecting various attractions in the city centre. The City Council is to invest in a locomotive and carriages similar to street trains...
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Families sing out as they prepare for turning on of Christmas lights
FAMILIES from all over Cork will become one voice as they rehearse for the official switching on of the Christmas lights taking place next month. Family Sing, an initiative of Art Life Culture, invites...
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Autism app a massive success
A CORK-based organisation is changing lives around the world with a free mobile app designed to help children and teens with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome develop critical social skills. The SHINE...
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City Hall goes green for FAI Cup Final
THE Lord Mayor has led calls for all of Leeside to get behind Cork City FC for the FAI Cup final against Dundalk at the Aviva in Dublin on Sunday. Cllr Chris O’Leary welcomed City players, fans and...
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Confrontations between Gardai and water protestors in Ballyphehane
CONFRONTATIONS took place earlier today between anti-water charge protestors and Gardaí in Cork this morning. The Ballyphehane/South Parish Says No To Water Charges group have been blocking the...
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Eirgrid boss confirms Cork-Kildare Grid Link plan is ‘dead’
The chief executive of Eirgrid has said the Grid Link project “is dead”. Fintan Slye is appearing before an Oireachtas committee after the company abandoned plans for high voltage cables on pylons...
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Top award for UCC researchers into infant death
TWO UCC professors have been named as the Researchers of the Year by Science Foundation Ireland. Professor Geraldine Boylan and Professor Louise Kenny, the joint directors of INFANT at Cork University...
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Friday rail strike likely to go ahead
A rail strike is scheduled this Friday from 6am to 9pm, and according to President of the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU), John Moloney there are currently no signs of a resolution to the dispute...
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Burglary black spots revealed
CORK’S burglary black spots have been revealed, with many residential areas and suburbs along the South Ring Road suffering an increase in burglaries this year. Analysis of Central Statistics Office...
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Quidditch and Harry Potter fun at UCC
HALLOWEEN may be over but for the 450 witches and wizards who attended the Harry Potter-themed Yule Ball in the Clarion Hotel last night, it is just another night in the magical calendar. Organised by...
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