21 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Throughout the summer, Fáilte Ireland’s ‘Keep Discovering’ marketing campaign has been encouraging Irish people to discover the joy of holidaying in Ireland. With restrictions for tourism and hospitality businesses easing, the upcoming shoulder season is an important time for the tourism sector in Cork. Rolling into Autumn, the... Read More
20 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie ‘The Circus Factory‘ describes itself as community-based circus training and creation space. Its goal is to “promote circus and street arts, and provide training opportunities for all ages and levels. It’s located at Centre Park House, Centre Park Road, near the Marina, Cork City Promoters of a performance... Read More
19 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Last week – on Wednesday 15 September from 14:30 to 16:00 – the Policing Authority held an online public event titled ‘What does effective community policing look like? A public conversation on community policing focusing on Mayfield and The Glen, Cork’. This public conversation featured a panel discussing... Read More
19 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The man arrested in connection with the seizure of €129,700 of cocaine, cannabis and cash in Knocknaheeney on the 17 September 2021, has been charged. He is scheduled to appear before Cork District Court tomorrow morning, 20 September 2021. Gardaí attached to the Gurranabraher Drugs Unit, Serious Crime... Read More
18 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Few people walking below on Grand Parade know that above them a solar energy system provides green energy to the Central Library. There is a 36-panel array on the roof of Grand Parade Library and on a sunny autumn day, the system generates significant amounts of electricity. This... Read More
17 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Every era has its humorists and their fictional characters. From the 1970’s onwards there were ‘Cha and Miah‘ who described themselves as daycent run if the mill Cork working men. Now, there is ‘Reggie from the Blackrock Road’ who is on the high society end of the income... Read More
17 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork have welcomed the recommendations of the report of the Night-time Economy Task Force for Cork City Cork City has been identified as a location to pilot a food activation plan integrated into the wider night-time offering of the city. This would focus on... Read More
17 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A computer-generated description on the press release for Ed Sheeran’s 2022 tour described the singer-songwriter as “A person with red hair”, but Ed Sheeran is so much more than that! His new tour is entitled “+ – = ÷ x Tour” which is to be pronounced as The... Read More
17 September 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork PR expert Anne-Marie O’Sullivan of AM O’Sullivan PR has been appointed as a Director of The Providence Resources PLC. This is according to public documents filed by the organisation with the Companies Registration Office (CRO). The recently filed Form B10 states that the appointment was effective from... Read More
17 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Students spanning Primary (5th and 6th class) and Secondary (up to Junior Cert) schools are invited to enter the inaugural, national An Post Brain Busters programme announced by Dr Niamh Shaw, award-winning communicator, writer and explorer of space activities. Students must successfully complete a series of numeracy and... Read More
15 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Guinness recently confirmed that the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival will take place over the bank holiday weekend from 22nd – 25th October 2021. The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, one of the biggest and longest running events on the Irish music calendar, was cancelled in 2020 in line with... Read More
14 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork innovation hub uses COVID downtime to undergo €200,000 refurb Republic of Work, a flexible innovation hub in the heart of Cork city, is experiencing a 200% increase in enquiries about its workspaces, as companies explore new options for their development and employees. Based on South Mall, the... Read More