10 November 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The winner of Film In Cork’s inaugural Short Script Award, Earthly Bonds, is set to premiere at the upcoming 62nd Cork Film Festival. Earthly Bonds tells the story of Rosie (Rachel Lynch), a curious and imaginative eight year old girl who is trying to find the Pleiades... Read More
10 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ‘In Poetry of Cork’, is a new programme by LifeFM exploring the wealth of poetry from Cork County. Featuring work from both the past and present, each 5-minute episode will showcase a different poet, providing a short biographical note and carefully selected poetry to highlight their talents.... Read More
9 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The 62nd Cork Film Festival opens tomorrow night, Friday with the Irish premiere of The Man Who Invented Christmas at The Everyman. Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens stars as Charles Dickens in Bharat Nalluri’s comedy-drama, a creative spin on how the famed novel A Christmas Carol was created. Ireland’s... Read More
8 November 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald and the Head of the Department of Sociology at University College Cork, Dr. Niamh Hourigan today (Wednesday 08 November) launched Cork Simon Community’s Annual Report for 2016. The Report highlights the pressure the housing and homeless crisis is putting on all of Cork Simon’s services. ... Read More
8 November 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The deadline for the Cork Business Association’s (CBA) ‘Cork Business of the Year Awards 2017’ has been extended to November 20. Those shortlisted will be notified W/c 2 December and you could be celebrating at their Gala Awards night on 20th January in Pairc Ui Chaoimh. The awards,... Read More
8 November 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie More than 350 Irish food and drink industry leaders will gather for Bord Bia’s biannual Food and Drink awards, hosted by Broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan, on Wednesday 29th November in the RDS Concert Hall. Bord Bia has announced the details of 24 companies who have been shortlisted for these... Read More
7 November 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Over the past few months, staff at the Mercy Hospital Foundation contacted hundreds of households across Cork City and County asking them to support the charity’s Annual Raffle which raised €38,000 which will be used to upgrade the Mercy University Hospital to make it more dementia-friendly. The raffle... Read More
7 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A specially curated Schools and Family Programme is in the spotlight for Cork Film Festival 2017. Taking place over 10 days from 10-19 November, this year’s festival is packed with cinema events aimed at young audiences. For full details and tickets visit corkfilmfest.org or the Cork Film Festival Box Office... Read More
6 November 2017 By Mary Bermimgham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Science Festival and Happenings have teamed to present one of the most exhilarating sci-fi / action films of the 90’s – The Matrix (1998) – on Friday 10 November at 8pm in St Luke’s, Cork City. The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker (Keanu Reeves)... Read More
3 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Airport growth of +4% versus October last year Nearly 200,000 passengers travelled through Cork Airport in October Growth comes despite disruptions caused as a result of Storms Ophelia and Brian Cork Airport has welcomed a 4 per cent increase in passenger numbers in October compared to the... Read More
3 November 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie University College Cork (UCC) is lucky to have two art galleries, indeed three at a push. The Glucksman Building– a dedicated building on the lower grounds The Jennings Gallery – located on a quiet corridor in the Brookfield Medical Campus on College Road. The Jennings name comes from... Read More
2 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Network Cork, the Cork branch of Network Ireland, will host an exciting event with astronaut-in-training Dr Niamh Shaw on Thursday 9 November in Griffith College Cork. Dr Niamh Shaw, engineer, scientist and performer, is passionate about awakening people’s curiosity, merging performance & theatre with communication, engineering, science, art... Read More
