Cork Airport, Ireland’s second busiest and best-connected airport, today welcomes Air France’s expansion plans on its Cork-Paris service. From the start of the Winter season (October 28, 2018), Air France will increase capacity by 24% on its Cork-Paris service, adding an additional 336 seats per week. Air France began operating a daily flight between Cork Airport and Paris-Charles de Gaulle in May…
SeaFest, Ireland’s largest and most spectacular maritime festival, will set sail for Cork next year. The festival will dock in Cork for the next three years, from 2019 to 2021. Ireland’s national maritime festival has been held in Galway for the past three years, and has quickly become one of the most popular events in…
Towns across Cork have been awarded funding through the Department of Rural and Community Development for Tidy Town Committees. Tánaiste Simon Coveney has welcomed the allocations of €145,000 for Cork towns, particularly for the sixtieth anniversary of the Tidy Towns competitions. This scheme will allow each Tidy Towns committee to apply for a grant of between €1,000…
Nuala Stewart of Cork City Council, Cathal O’Connell, UCC with Margaret Fraser of North Glasgow Homes and Séan Brady of PPR Poject With a national housing shortage and Cork city set to double its population by 2050, there is a real urgency to build more homes in Cork. Cork Evolves, a partnership between Cork City…
Cork Airport is Ireland’s second busiest and best connected airport, with scheduled flights to over 40 destinations. Speaking on Ryanair’s announcement of a new route from Cork direct to Naples, Niall MacCarthy, Managing Director at Cork Airport, said: “Cork Airport is really thrilled to add Naples to our growing list of 2019 Summer destinations. This is the fifth new…
Photo: Diane Kane Irish law firm Matheson has today, Monday September 24 announced that it has established an office in Cork to support its continually growing domestic and international client base in the Munster region. The opening of the firm’s new Cork office will increase its physical proximity to its already significant range of multinational…
Cork County Council is pleased to announce its partnership with the eleventh annual Service Design Global Conference, which takes place in Dublin on October 11 and 12 and has a strong Cork presence throughout. New York, Amsterdam and Madrid have all played host to this dynamic global conference in the past, and this year Cork County Council was…
The first ever gala Cork Cheese Dinner will take place next week. Each course will feature Irish cheese and will feature a different chef per course – all of whom are well known chefs within the Cork food industry. This cheese extravaganza is a first for Cork and is expected to attract visitors from all…
Kilkenny’s Newpark Hotel has opened 10 new luxury balcony suites as part of an impressive €2 million makeover. Each of the suites has balconies overlooking the hotel gardens and one has an outdoor hot tub! The hotel, on the outskirts of the Marble City, has also launched 30 new deluxe rooms as part of the…
Many of Cork’s landmark buildings, including City Hall, County Hall, Port of Cork, University College Cork, CIT’s City Centre Hub on Grand Parade, The Capitol and One Albert Quay, among others, will be turning red this week to mark the launch of a new brand to promote all that is great about Cork. The We…