To Cork or Not To Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ireland battled floods on Saturday described as a "once in 800 years event", with the government rushing to provide shelter and drinking water and soldiers sent to assist those affected. Rivers burst their banks, coastal towns were threatened by sea flooding, 18,000 households were left without water in Cork, Ireland's second city -- and forecasters warned of more heavy rain to come.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
NEARLY 200 art world professionals attended a public forum yesterday on the proposed amalgamation of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (Imma), the National Gallery of Ireland and the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Camogie:All-Ireland champions Cork dominated this year's All-Star nominations with Gemma O'Connor picked out for further praise after being selected for an unprecedented sixth successive time.
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Nov 9th - 16th 2009 The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be taking part in this year’s International Week of Solidarity called by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign ( http://www.stopthewall.org ). Our aim is to promote as many different voices showing solidarity with the Palestinian people as possible, and to raise awareness among mainstream Irish civil society...
In Photos (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
On the way home from Quebec I flew to Heathrow first, before hopping back home via Aer Lingus to Cork. I’m pretty sure this was over the UK somewhere, but really, it could just as easily have been the south coast of Ireland too. Related PostsThe Flying DolphinMini skips flying highFlying Skateboarder
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
THE CHURCH of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Paul Colton, has revealed that he has received sectarian letters over his comments regarding the withdrawal of State funding to Protestant schools.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
All-Ireland champions Kerry have once again come to the fore, this team with a majority representation of eight on the GPA Team of the Year. Vanquished final opponents Cork have six players included, while Kildare’s Dermot Early is the sole representative from outside the Munster footballing strongholds.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
IT IS vital that Irish companies have access to state-of-the-art research and development facilities that can compete globally if Ireland is to develop a smart economy, according to Tánaiste Mary Coughlan. She was speaking yesterday when she officially opened a €48.7 million facility at the Tyndall Institute in Cork.
SiliconRepublic.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Cork-based company MPSTOR Ltd, an Enterprise Ireland high-potential start-up (HPSU) company and developer of data storage-management products, today announced it has raised €1.5 million in new investment, led by the Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Fund and Asian Investment firm Winning Tack.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
GAA Championship draws:All-Ireland champions Kerry will be reunited with beaten finalists and fierce rivals Cork in the Munster semi-final if they can open the defence of their title with a win over Tipperary next year. The draw for the 2010 GAA football and hurling championships was made a Headquarters tonight and pitted the Kingdom against Tipp in Munster’s preliminary round.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA and CORK, IRELAND (MARKET WIRE) Azotel, a world leader in subscriber management for the wireless broadband industry, today announced during the Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission to Canada led by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland, Mary Coughlan TD, that it has entered into an agreement with Seaside Communications to develop, install and support a subscriber management system for...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
THE QUEEN Mary II, the most famous ship in service, will make a special fifth birthday call to Cobh, Co Cork, tomorrow, as part of a maiden Round the British Isles voyage, thus becoming the largest liner ever to visit Ireland.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
To the victors go the spoils, and Kerry’s All-Ireland success has seen seven of this year’s winning team named on the GAA Football All Stars sponsored by Vodafone. Beaten finalists Cork earned five places on the 2009 selection.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
IBM is teaming up with University College Cork, Ircset and Science Foundation Ireland to invest in the development of advanced risk analytics technologies.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
THE DECISION by a number of international retail chains to locate their biggest shops in Ireland in Cork is a vote of confidence in the city, said Lord Mayor Dara Murphy as a new €600 million shopping and office precinct opened on Leeside yesterday.
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