15 November 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A brand new TV series focusing on retrofitting older Irish homes continues on RTÉ One on Tuesday, November 18th and features a software engineer from Cork rolling up his sleeves and taking energy efficiency into his own hands. Heat My Home sees building engineer Kieran McCarthy travelling around... Read More
14 November 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork City, Cllr Fergal Dennehy officially opened the redeveloped Bishop Lucey Park this afternoon – he then also opened a new pedestrian bridge at ‘Lambley’s Lane’ on the former Beamish & Crawford Brewery site The 1980’s park boundary walls and fencing are removed to... Read More
14 November 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie The Corkmas parade, the official start of Christmas in Cork city, is going ahead tonight Various weather and flood warnings are in place across the country, but Cork City Council is in direct contact with Met Eireann about the forecast for Cork city centre where a yellow rain... Read More
14 November 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Fergal Dennehy, accompanied by the Lady Mayoress, Karen Brennan, will lead a delegation from Cork City Council to Cork’s twin city of Shanghai from 15th to 22nd November 2025 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Cork-Shanghai partnership. The delegation will also... Read More
14 November 2025 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Let the Magic Begin: Corkmas Parade to Light Up Cork City This Friday 14th November 2025 www.corkmas.ie The magic of Christmas officially begins in Cork City this Friday, 14 November, as Cork City Council’s Corkmas Parade lights up the city with music, colour, and festive cheer, marking the official switching on of... Read More
13 November 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City Council has agreed an expenditure budget of €362.2m for 2026 at its annual budget meeting last evening, Wednesday, November 12 – a near €36m increase on this year. The main contributors to the increase in expenditure are: a €14.9m increase in homeless funding; a €8.7m increase... Read More
11 November 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie ‘City Wardens’ in red and black uniforms will be patrolling Cork City Centre to promote and enhance the city centre experience The initiative is being facilitated and part-funded by Cork City Council, in partnership with Cork Business Association (CBA) and An Garda Síochána, following a proposal by the... Read More
10 November 2025 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Since JPC’s were abolished nationally there had been a gap, that has now been plugged Cork City is proud to announce the official establishment of the Cork City Local Community Safety Partnership, a new initiative aimed at enhancing safety across the city. The Partnership brings together residents, community... Read More
10 November 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Cork City Council plans to introduce a new system to improve the viewer experience of its live-streamed council meetings – the new system will automatically switch the camera to the person who is speaking The new system will be introduced in phases over the coming months, beginning at... Read More
10 November 2025 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Where: Unit 2, West City Retail Park, Ballincollig, Cork, P31 D256, better known to many as ‘the Chemist Warehouse retail park’ The store officially opened its doors earlier in September and has created 10 new jobs for the area across retail management, service assistants and supervisor roles, to... Read More
9 November 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Taskforce must be included in new Housing Plan – says Govt party TD. A dedicated Cork City Taskforce must be incorporated into the Government’s new Housing Plan, a Fine Gael TD has said. Fine Gael spokesperson for Cork, Deputy Colm Burke said: “Driving forward with a... Read More
7 November 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Following a successful trial in Dublin, the on-demand delivery partnership will expand to eight additional locations, including Cork. Deliveroo and M&S have announced the nationwide expansion of their on-demand delivery partnership, bringing hundreds of M&S favourites to customers across Ireland. Following a successful Dublin trial, the service is... Read More