| Sept 2010 |
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Glasheen Boys School Cruise to Victory
During the summer Glasheen Boys National School were announced as the overall winners of the 2010 Port of Cork Schools Initiative. As overall winners, the 5th class boys were treated to a tour onboard MV Independence of the Seas, the largest cruise liner to visit an Irish port. More >>> |
| August 2010 |
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Port of Cork Opens its Doors for Heritage Day
On Saturday 28th August 2010, the Port of Cork will open its doors to the public from 11am until 4pm as part of Cork Heritage Day. The spectacular rooms of Custom House will be open to the public offering visitors the opportunity to view the impressive boardroom and committee room. More >>> |
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Cork Harbour Open Day – 4th September 2010 - Events Announced
The programme of events for the Cork Harbour Open Day is really taking shape. Tours of Blackrock Castle’s Tower, an Atlantic Sea Kayaking event, the Cobh to Blackrock Sailing race and a car boot sale, are already on the schedule, plus much, much more. More >>> |
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Annual Great Island Chairty Row 2010
The Coastal Rowing Association are delighted to announce details of their Annual Great Island Chairty Row. This year the event will take place on Sunday 3rd October with a 12pm start in Cobh More >>> |
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CorkHarbour.ie is now on Twitter
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Heritage Week / Launch of Corkumnavigation
The first CORKUMNAVIGATION will take place on Tuesday 24th August, leaving Meitheal Mara, Proby’s Quay at 3.30pm. More>>> |
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Plans for Camden (Fort Meagher), Crosshaven
Fort Meagher, more commonly known as Fort Camden above the harbour village of Crosshaven, is finally to be made safe and plans are being drawn up to open it’s doors to the public. More >>> |
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All-Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships hosted by Whitegate RC
The weekend of the 14th August saw the East Cork village of Whitegate host the Coastal Rowing Federation’s All-Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships. More >>> |
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Spike Island officially handed over to Cork County Council
On the 11 th July 2010 Spike Island was officially handed over from the state to the ownership of Cork County Council. Minister Eamonn O Cuiv and County Manager Martin Riordan attended a flag raising ceremony on the island to mark the event. More >>> |
| July 2010 |
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Cork Harbour Open Day 2010 – First Announcement – July 2010
Cork Harbour Open Day will take place on Saturday 4th September 2010. This event is a great opportunity to celebrate and discover Cork Harbour and all it has to offer. Free events will take place around the harbour. More >>> |
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Cork Week 2010
This year the biennial feast of yacht racing that is Cork Week kicked off on 12th July in almost Mediterranean conditions with moderate winds and sunshine. However, the rest of the week saw mixed conditions. More >>>
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Clipper Round The World Yacht Race 2009/10 visits Cork
This year the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race found it’s way back to Cork Harbour. This time however things were very different.
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Port of Cork Marina Officially Opened
The new Port of Cork City Marina was officially opened by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Micheál Martin TD in the presence of Mr. Dermot O’Mahoney Chairman of the Port of Cork. More >>>
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| June 2010 |
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Port of Cork’s City Marina Available for Use
The Port of Cork Company is pleased to announce that the new Port of Cork City Marina which was available for the recent Ocean to City Race on Saturday 12 th June will also be available for general public use from Monday 14 th June onwards. More >>> |
| April 2010 |
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Beginning of 2010 Cruise Season in Cork Harbour
The Port of Cork are delighted to announce that 53 cruise liners will visit Cork between April and November 2010 bringing in excess of 100,000 passengers and crew to the region. More >>> |
| March 2010 |
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Public Event on Barry Hurley’s Historic Race
Barry Hurley, famous International sailor and Honorary member of Cove Sailing Club will present a very entertaining and informative seminar about his experiences of the single handed transatlantic yacht race that he successfully competed in last year. More >>> |
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Cork Harbour Hosts Music Festival
Crosshaven Folk Club looks forward to their second weekend Festival which takes place on June 11th to 13th inclusive. Over the three days we will host a variety of acts, performances and events.
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Ships to Shore – Maritime Theme for Cork’s St. Patrick’s Festival
Celebrating Cork’s rich maritime culture, this year’s theme is Ships to Shore when the city centre is turned into a river of boats, sails and anything that floats with the biggest parade in southern Ireland. More >>> |
| February 2010 |
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Contract signed for Cork Dockland’s public areas
Cork City Council has signed a €900,000 contract this month with design consultants to prepare detailed plans for Cork Dockland’s public areas. More >>> |
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Submissions Invited for Local Area Plans of Harbour Electoral Areas
Consultation processes for the Local Area Plans of the three electoral areas bordering Cork Harbour (Midleton, Carrigaline and Blarney) are underway, and members of the public are invited to make formal submissions between now and March 1st More >>>
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Intern Opportunities with the Cork Clipper Project
Fiona Bolger - Project Director for the Cork Clipper – is keen to hear from individuals who would have an interest in filling either of the two intern positions currently on offer. More >>> |
| January 2010 |
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Spike Island’s Tourism Potential
Those with an interest in Spike Island and its potential as a tourism attraction can now submit their thoughts and opinion online. A new website - www.spikeislandcork.com - has been set up inviting the public to make suggestions as to how Spike Island could be developed for tourism. More >>> |
| December 09 |
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Harbour Groups take on Environmental Education and Care: An Taisce’s Clean Coast Programme
The Clean Coast Programme is a coastal management programme which is run in Ireland by An Taisce. The programme has been running successfully in Ireland since 2001 and in South East Cork since 2008 in conjunction with SECAD (South East Cork Area Development). More >>> |
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Record Cruise Passenger Numbers Visit the Port of Cork
2009 proved to be a record year for the Port of Cork with a total of 54 cruise liners calling to Cobh, Ireland’s only dedicated cruise berth. Onboard the 54 cruise liners were a total of 103, 273 passengers and crew, a record number to visit Cork. More >>> |
| August 2009 |
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Summer Fun in Cobh
The Summer Swing fun family day on Sunday 30 th August is sure to be a winner! Contingency plans are in place should the weather turn against us. The entertainment will be moved to the Jack Doyle Room of the Commodore Hotel should the rain bucket down! More >>> |
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Australia Day in Cobh
Sunday 23rd August is promising to be a unique day for Cobh as 1500 Australians on a World Cruise aboard the Cruise liner Dawn Princess step foot on Irish soil. More >>> |
| July 2009 |
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Chairman of Spike Island Heritage Committee Welcomes Government Decision
The reported announcement by the government that it is intended to hand over Spike Island to the Cork County Manager for future development as a visitor attraction is warmly welcomed. More >>> |
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Port of Cork Company Achieves ISO 14001 Certification
The Port of Cork Company have been awarded the international environmental standard ISO 14001 certification. Audited by Bureau Veritas, ISO 14001 certification is an internationally recognised standard which identifies performance requirements for an environmental management system. More >>> |
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Cobh sailor wins class in OSTAR 2009
Cobh native, Barry Hurley, has won his class in this years OSTAR race, sailing “Dinah” a Jeanneau 35 OD (named after a lyric from the song “The Holy Ground”). More>>> |
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Irish National Flag to fly on Spike
At 8 pm on Saturday 11 th July, the Irish Tricolour will be raised on Spike Island and on the waterfront in Cobh to commemorate the raising for the first time ever of the Irish Flag on Spike Island by Taoiseach Eamon DeValera on 11 th July 1938. More >>> |
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Monitoring of Air Quality in Cork Harbour
Scientists from the Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry (CRAC), which is located in University College Cork, have been conducting a comprehensive air quality monitoring campaign throughout Cork Harbour since 2007. More >>> |
| June 2009 |
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Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to Establish Working Group on the Future of Former ISPAT site at Haulbowline
During a recent Dáil Debate, Deputy David Stanton of Cork East constituency questioned the Minister for Defence – Willie O’Dea - on progress relating to the future use of the former ISPAT site at Haulbowline. More >>> |
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Cork Harbour Events
Ocean to City Race, Crosshaven Traditional Sail, Monkstown Traditional Sail and Cork Harbour Open Day have grouped together to form ‘Cork Harbour Events’. More >>> |
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Challenges of Climate Change for Cork Harbour
The impacts of climate change and what it may hold for our day-to-day lives is becoming more and more a topic of discussion and debate. More >>> |
| February 2009 |
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New Co-operative to Generate Support for Resumption of Swansea Cork Ferry Service
A consortium of business people from the South West region, led by West Cork Tourism have formed a co-operative in the hopes of raising €3 million euro in the coming days for the resumption of the Swansea Cork ferry service. More >>> |
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Port of Cork Raise Over €2000 For Charity
A team of staff from the Port of Cork took part in a 25 mile charity cycle around beautiful Cork Harbour and helped raise over €2000 for Africa Direct, a voluntary organisation. More >>> |
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A Challenging Year For The Port of Cork in 2008
The Port of Cork Company returned a good performance in 2008 with traffic reaching 10.1 million tonnes, a reduction of 5% on the 2007 figures of 10.6 million tonnes, which was the highest annual throughput in the history of the Port Company. More >>> |
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Cork gets onboard for Clipper Round the World Yacht Race
Following the hugely successful stopover there in June 2008, Cork has today been confirmed as an entry in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Cork will also be a host port after the final Atlantic crossing in the 35,000-mile race across the world’s oceans. More>>> |
| January 2009 |
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Decision on Harbour Cat ferry terminals due soon
An Bord Pleanála are due to decide on planning applications for Harbour Cat ferry terminals in the harbour area. More >>> |
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Port Relocation Plans
Following the refusal of the Port of Cork’s application to develop it’s deepwater container terminal on the Oyster Bank in Ringaskiddy by An Bord Pleanála last summer, the Port has plans to apply to relocate part of its operations to Marino Point. More >>> |
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Templebreedy fort is to become a national monument
Templebreedy fort is to become a national monument which will prevent a housing development being built on the 28 acre site and keeps alive the notion that the area should become a public space. More >>> |
