23 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie While Cork’s Princess Street’s gains from pedestrianisation have been well documented, many traders on the inner city’s Oliver Plunkett Street also regard the move by Cork City Council as a ‘life saver’. Tracey Sweeney, co-owner of the Market Lane Group, which operates three restaurants on the street says... Read More
22 June 2021By Tom Collinstom@TheCork.ie Minister O’Donovan visits Blackpool and Ballincollig Weir, Cork Patrick O’Donovan, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), today visited Blackpool, Cork, where he met with OPW engineers and some members of the local community at the site of the proposed Flood Relief Scheme on... Read More
21 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Metropole Hotel Cork is celebrating 124 years of excellent hospitality and warm service. The hotel, which is located in the heart of the Victorian Quarter in Cork’s City Centre, will be celebrating this important milestone today. The hotel, which is part of the fabric of Cork City,... Read More
19 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The new Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Colm Kelleher (Fianna Fail) was elected last evening at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Cork City Council The Ballincollig-based Fianna Fáil councillor was elected 21 votes to 7 Due to Covid-19 restrictions, this year’s AGM took place at Coláiste Choilm... Read More
17 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie On Wednesday afternoon, The Lord Mayor Cllr Joe Kavanagh, Lady Mayoress Stephanie Kavanagh and Eoin O’Sullivan, President of the Cork Business Association took to the streets of the city to meet with business owners, welcoming them back to work. Over lunch in the Metropole to celebrate, Eoin O’Sullivan... Read More
15 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Minister for Education, Norma Foley, T.D. today announced the official sanctioning of an Aonad Lán Ghaeilge (Irish Unit) within Gaelcholaiste Mhic Shuibhne, Terence MacSwiney Community College, Hollyhill, a Cork Education and Training Board school. An Aonad Lán-Ghaeilge (Irish-medium Unit) is a linguistic unit in which students are... Read More
14 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City itself becomes a gallery – Explore artworks on your journey across the city – as Cork Midsummer Festival brings extraordinary arts encounters to audiences – 14 – 27 June 2021 – corkmidsummer.com Featuring over 40 events, from 14 –27 June, Cork City itself will become a... Read More
12 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Free public online event – Saturday, June 19, 2021 The earliest stages of the Viking and Hiberno-Norse city of Cork, its true locations and the lives of its residents are to be discussed in a free online conference about the Vikings and Cork later this month. Cork Historical... Read More
11 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie An exhibition entitled ‘Subject To Change’, will be open to the public from Saturday, 12 June 2021 to Tuesday, 15 June 2021, from 11am to 7pm in the Sharman Crawford Street campus.
11 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Watch video here Today at 3.00 p.m. the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Joe Kavanagh, will host a Special Ceremony online to add the names of Tomás Mac Curtain and Terence MacSwiney to the Roll of Honorary Citizens of Cork City. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a traditional special... Read More
11 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Lord Mayor of Cork and the Lady Mayoress make annual courtesy visit to the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, and his wife The Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Joe Kavanagh, together with the Lady Mayoress, Mrs Stephanie Kavanagh, made the Lord Mayor of Cork’s customary courtesy call... Read More
10 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Joe Kavanagh, today officially opened 64 new homes and also turned the sod on two further housing developments of 62 more homes for Cork City, due to be constructed in the coming months. Nine new homes were opened in the heart of the... Read More