23 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Cork International Choral Festival is now accepting entries from Irish composers for the 2023 Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition. Judged by a panel of experts and composers of international renown, the competition awards a cash prize (kindly donated by the Ó Ríada family) and the Seán Ó... Read More
22 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie New course for GAA Player & Coach Development launched by Northside Community Enterprises at Farranferris Education and Training Campus Applications are now being accepted for the full time QQI Level 4 GAA Player & Coach Development Course, starting on October 24th at Farranferris Education and Training Campus. Cork... Read More
22 October 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, in the heart of Youghal, is one of the oldest parish churches still in use in Ireland. This year its parishioners, as well as the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross and the wider Church of Ireland are celebrating 802 years of continuous worship... Read More
21 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Water and Cork County Council is replacing 862m of problematic watermains in Ryefield, Whitechurch, Co. Cork which will improve water quality for the community. The project which commenced in recent days forms part of Irish Water’s National Leakage Reduction Programme. The works will also involve laying new... Read More
20 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Olympic gold medallist and world champion rower, Fintan McCarthy, joined the team at Lidl Mallow today to officially opened the new store. Customers can now shop Lidl’s renowned range of high-quality products at affordable prices in the brand-new state-of-the-art store. Lidl has created 6 new jobs at the... Read More
20 October 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Pharmacists from across Cork will gather in Castle Hotel in Macroom, Co Cork next week for an Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) meeting focussed on growing the healthcare pharmacies can provide in communities. The meeting on Thursday, 27 October will be attended by many of 250 pharmacists based in... Read More
18 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Local communities across the Ballyhoura area have received great news on funding allocations under the Community Centres Investment Fund The Board of Ballyhoura Development have welcomed the funding allocations to local groups for the upgrade and development of Community Centres. Mary Laffan, Chairperson of Ballyhoura Development, welcomed the... Read More
18 October 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Met Éireann have issued a Status Orange Rainfall Warning which comes into effect at 10pm this evening and remains in effect until Midnight on Wednesday. Heavy rain is forecast for tonight, throughout Wednesday and into Wednesday night with the possibility of thundery downpours which could lead to localised... Read More
18 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Aindreas Moynihan, has welcomed the publication of the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants. The report is available online here. Deputy Moynihan commented: “The cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group was established in March... Read More
18 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is delighted to announce the return of its annual Reuse Republic event which has not taken place in recent years due to Covid. This year’s event takes place in IRD Duhallow in Newmarket on Tuesday 25th October 2022 from 2-7pm. Taking place during National Reuse... Read More
14 October 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cllr. O’Shea Welcome Funding For Community Centres in Cork Community centres in Cork will receive funding of up to €25,000 to upgrade facilities which will benefit users of all ages, according to North Cork Fine Gael Councillor John Paul O’Shea. Cllr. O’Shea was speaking after Minister for Rural... Read More
11 October 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Famous actress – Angela Lansbury – who had 2 houses in County Cork, Ireland – has passed away Born in London, and made famous in the USA the actress Angela Lansbury enjoyed not one but two houses in Cork, Ireland over the years. The Irish citizen sadly passed... Read More