10 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association is known by its acronym ISME, which is pronounced “is me”, much like how Borat speaks! “is nice”… but their new campaign is no joke. Did you know that every €10 spent on Irish products generates more than €40 of benefit to... Read More
10 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Arts Service brings music to County Schools during lockdown. The latest project in ‘Tuning Up’, Cork County Council’s Music in Schools Programme, will see Ensemble Dagda, visit six primary and secondary schools, to give virtual performances in the classroom. Developed by Cork County Council, ‘Tuning... Read More
10 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Joe Kavanagh, has lauded the publication of an epic poem that celebrates the three republican Lords Mayor of 1920, all former students of the North Monastery, CBS. The poem, “A Triumvirate of North Mon Heroes”, was written by Captain Caoimhín Mac Unfraidh,... Read More
9 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Paul Sheridan, founder of Tour de Munster has been named as Novembers Cork Person of the Month. An avid cyclist himself, Paul’s work to raise funds for the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland (as well as others) have helped the lives of countless Cork families. This year... Read More
9 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie “We have seen the success of the Waterford Greenway and the social and economic boost it has brought for the area” – now the same could happen in East Cork Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has welcomed the allocation of €63.5m nationally in funding for greenways in 2021.... Read More
9 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The 65th annual Cork International Film Festival kicked off on Sunday 8th November with the 65th Anniversary Gala, the Irish premiere of The Racer, with the film available nationwide online at corkfilmfest.org through to 15th November. The 2020 programme features 50 features including 4 world premieres, extensive shorts... Read More
9 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Rents in Munster rose strongly in the third quarter of year, by an average of 2.1% between June and September alone. In Cork City, rents have risen by 5.2% in the last year and the average rent is now €1443. In the rest of Cork, rents were on... Read More
9 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ballymaloe Foods has partnered with the franchise healthy food outlet ‘Freshly Chopped’ to create a limited edition ‘Mozza Relish Choppito’, which features Ballymaloe Foods Original Relish as a dressing. The ‘Mozza-Relish Choppito’ is a healthy burrito which is available in 34 stores nationwide around Ireland and also in... Read More
8 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie In real life the Sack of Baltimore took place on 20 June 1631, when the village of Baltimore in West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa, they were made up of Dutchmen, Algerians and Ottoman Turks. The attack was the largest... Read More
8 November 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie As part of the annual Remembrance/All Souls’ weekend, Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork opened temporarily on Saturday 7th November, for personal prayer as permitted by current level 5 regulations, to allow members of the public to come in to light a candle in memory of those who have... Read More
9 November 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ronan Keane, Chair of Engineers Ireland Cork Region, said he is delighted with the engagement with the Region’s Autumn/Winter lecture series thus far, with over 400 attendees at events. Micheál Lyons, Senior Executive Engineer, Manager of the Climate Action Unit at Cork City Council will deliver the latest... Read More
8 November 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie #BeWinterReady 2020-2021 The Cork and Kerry Inter-Agency Emergency Management Region South is asking everyone to be ‘Winter Ready’ for 2020. ‘Be Winter Ready’ is a co-ordinated campaign involving statutory services which aims to raise public awareness about the challenges which Winter can present. This year will require even... Read More
