22 December 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork North West Fine Gael TD Deputy John Paul O’Shea has welcomed the announcement by Minister of State Jerry Buttimer TD confirming €59.4 million in funding for the Community Services Programme (CSP) in 2026, with several community organisations across Cork set to benefit with enhanced funding. The funding... Read More
21 December 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Almost 48,000 parents and families benefitted from the Newborn Baby Grant in the first year since the grant was introduced, a Fine Gael TD has reported. The Newborn Baby Grant was introduced last year and is paid to families of babies born or adopted after 1st December 2024... Read More
20 December 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Kinsale & District Lions Club is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the Lions Clubs International Club Excellence Award for the 2024/2025 year, one of the highest honours a Lions club can receive. The award was formally presented by District Governor Marian McGreevey, to club President... Read More
18 December 2025 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport is expecting 164,000 passengers over the festive period, with ,000 passengers between today and Christmas Eve alone. Passenger numbers this Christmas are up +7% compared to the same period last year with Sunday, December 21 being the busiest day for arrivals and Sunday, December 28 the... Read More
19 December 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The weekly prize of €50,000 goes to Prize Bond number AYE647191 held in County Cork. The bond was purchased in 2021. There were over 8,754 prizes awarded in this week’s Prize Bond Draw, amounting to more than €733,475. In addition to a €500,000 prize awarded on the last... Read More
19 December 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan (NBP) on behalf of the Government, has said that almost 3,700 Cork premises in its Skibbereen deployment area can now avail of a high-speed fibre broadband connection. The includes the rural surrounds and townlands of Skibbereen, Aghadown and Castlehaven. 82,000 premises... Read More
19 December 2025 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie The global cryptocurrency market experienced dramatic volatility in November and December 2025, with wild swings captivating all holders. This inevitably evokes memories of 2020, and the current situation seems remarkably similar, perhaps signaling a rebound by the end of 2025. As Bitcoin, gold, and stocks converge in their... Read More
18 December 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Who owns the boundary between your property and your neighbour’s? The general rule is that any boundaries between your land and your neighbour’s land are jointly owned by both you and your neighbour. But you may be able to prove that you own a boundary structure outright. Even... Read More
17 December 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie An annual Local Property Tax (LPT) is charged on residential properties in Ireland. You are liable for LPT in 2026 if you own a residential property on 1 November 2025. Even if you own an exempt property, you must still make a Local Property Tax return to claim... Read More
17 December 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Two prizewinning artworks by Cork students have been chosen to illustrate the 2026 Texaco Children’s Art Competition Calendar, just published, and will be seen in thousands of homes throughout Ireland during the coming year. Two of 13 artworks selected, ‘Kanderstag-24’, by 14-year old Emma Fenny, from Carrigaline Community... Read More
17 December 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Members of Cork Business Association gathered for a pre-Christmas networking breakfast at the start of December at the James Whelan Butchers Eolas Room, a new immersive butchery experience which opened in Cork last week within the brand-new Dunnes Stores Food Hall on Patrick Street. The Eolas Room represents... Read More
17 December 2025 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment Ireland and winter sports don’t go together naturally. The country doesn’t get much snow, mountains with ski resorts don’t exist there, ice rinks are around but not common. Irish athletes keep showing up at Winter Olympics though, competing in events most Irish people have never even tried... Read More