Business & Training

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A series of seminars seeking to explain the upcoming legislation on Credit Union activity and viability were held last week in Cork and Limerick.
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Food

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Four nights, four chefs and four completely different dining experiences.
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Set List

Hakuna Matata Acrobats
As Cork welcomes the forthcoming Street Performance World Championship this July for a fourth year in a row, Kieran O' Mahony talks to Ali Mswabi of Hakuna Matata, Cork's most energetic acrobatic group who are set to thrill audiences with their mind boggling and unique style of acrobatics.
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Health & Beauty

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Barefoot Running is on the increase in Ireland.
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Sport

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The spotlight is often shone on the senior side of things within the GAA community in Cork, but recently there have been grievances from many about the lack of underage success from a Cork point of view, writes Louise Cashell With such a wealth of talent to choose from, how is it that Cork have not won a minor All-Ireland in hurling in eleven years and in football in twelve? Rebel Óg was launched in 2011 to promote, develop and organise Gaelic Games in Cork for
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Old brewery site gets event centre go-ahead

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July: Cork City businessmen showing their support for the proposed development of the Beamish and Crawford site: Dave Walsh, The Raven; Peter Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Electrical; Con Dennehy, Cork Vintners; Francis O'Connor, O'Connor Shoes; Mick Murphy, Tom Murphy Clothing; Ernest Cantillon, Electric Bar and Grill.
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News
Posted on 05/01/2012
by Christine Allen
@chrisincork

Plans to develop a €150 million event centre on the site of the old Beamish and Crawford site, which will cater for 6,000 people, has been given the green light by An Bord Pleanála this week.

A total of 24 conditions were applied to the planning permission, which supported an earlier decision by Cork City Council to allow the Heineken Ireland/BAM Property project to go ahead.

Developers plans to build 46 student apartments, 10 artists’ studios, an eight-screen cinema, two pedestrian bridges, shops, bars, restaurants and galleries, as well as the 11,339sq m event centre.

The decision will now be contested, however, by the National Conservation and Heritage Group, which says it will appeal An Bord Pleanála’s decision to the European Parliament.

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