13 September 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie XPeng or XPENG is a chinese all-electric car brand Newmarket Motors Cork, a leading regional motor dealership, is delighted to add XPENG, a premium all-electric passenger car brand, to its existing lineup, which includes Volkswagen passenger cars and Volkswagen commercial vehicles. This multi-award-winning dealership has been appointed as... Read More
9 September 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie 200 supercars and exciting hypercars coming to Cork as official route for Cannonball Ireland 2025 is announced 200 supercars and new hypercars announced, free family festivals, celebrities, over 1000km of Irish open roads, over €2 million raised for Irish charities to date and the awesome sight of over 200,000... Read More
6 September 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Airport’s most significant capital investment plans in almost a quarter of a century will commence this month as Cork based PJ Hegarty have been awarded the contract for the construction of a new mezzanine floor within the terminal building. Work on the construction of the new floor... Read More
5 September 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Flynn Cush Group has made a contribution of €15,000 to support a bid for the Ballycotton Cliff Walk to join the National Trails Register. A sign has been erected along the walk to acknowledge the contribution of the group, which owns local restaurants Sea Church, Cush and... Read More
5 September 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie When: Sunday 14th September 2025 Where: The Gardens of Fota House, Fota Island, near Carrigtoohill, Co Cork Admission: €5.00 per Adult with children free of charge Fota House is delighted to welcome back the Irish Specialist Nurseries Association Autumn Plant Fair on Sunday 14th September. An exciting selection... Read More
3 September 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie EirGrid, the operator and developer of Ireland’s electricity grid has awarded community groups and not-for-profit organisations near the Celtic Interconnector project a total of €821,265.50. The funding, associated with the sub-sea cable project which will link the electricity grids of Ireland and France, will see 53 local community... Read More
29 August 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Uisce Éireann will start works next week to improve the network supplying Mitchelstown, Co Cork, by replacing over 1.7km of aging cast iron water mains, which are prone to frequent bursts with new modern pipes. The section of works will take place along L-86721, Loughananna, Co Limerick and... Read More
27 August 2025 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Uisce Éireann has completed its upgrade of wastewater infrastructure in Glanmire which will further boost residential development in the area. The upgrade delivered through Uisce Éireann’s national Growth and Development Programme will enable economic and social development and support the provision of essential housing. Uisce Éireann’s Tom Shanahan,... Read More
27 August 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fota Wildlife Park announces birth of two endangered red panda cubs Fota Wildlife Park has announced the birth of two endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens) cubs, born on the 7th June 2025 at the County Cork-based conservation centre. The cubs are the offspring of three-year-old mother Suzi, who arrived... Read More
26 August 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Lead in drinking water is a danger to people’s health, especially for young children, pregnant women and babies fed on formula. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Health Service Executive (HSE) advise that there is no safe level of lead in drinking water. Lead was commonly used... Read More
25 August 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie The annual survey of coasts and inland waterways by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) shows the majority of areas attaining ‘clean’ status, among them Castletownbere harbour and a much improved Cork harbour at Blackrock Castle. However, Bantry, Ballinacurra and Kinsale were all ‘moderately littered’ while White... Read More
23 August 2025 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie A key moment was reached this month on the Celtic Interconnector project, as laying of the submarine cable commenced on the key energy project linking the electricity grids of Ireland and France. The next phase of the project was signalled by the arrival of the specialist marine vessel... Read More