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11 May 2023, 2pm By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie OPW reopens a more accessible Doneraile Court with enhanced visitor attractions Significant conservation work at Doneraile Court is unveiled today, doubling the visitor experience at this architecturally important eighteenth-century house at the centre of one of Ireland’s most intact Georgian Estates. The development in North Cork is part of the Office of...
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10 May 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Pictured left to right: Professor Justin Doran, SELKIE research member, Co-Director of Spatial and Regional Economic Research Centre, CUBS; Dr Gillian Barrett, SELKIE research member, Department of Management and Marketing, CUBS; Dr Mari O’ Connor, SELKIE research member Research member of Spatial and Regional Economic Research Centre, CUBS;...
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6 May 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Kinsale Community School hosted a two-day EU Council of Ministries conference in collaboration with the Department of Education aimed at exploring Sustainable Education Strategies. The event, held on May 3rd and 4th, brought together educationalists and representatives from 13 different countries, as part of the European Education Area...
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4 May 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie As the bathing season approaches, Cork County Council has launched a new virtual reality educational initiative aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of rip currents in our waters. Developed in partnership other Local Authorities, Water Safety Ireland and The Coast Guard, it is designed to give the...
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1 May 2023 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie The map is available to downloaded at https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/visitor/cork-county-historic-town-maps Cork County Council has launched a Historic Town Map of Fermoy. The informative illustrated map highlights key heritage sites and buildings in the town, offering a self-guided user-friendly informative tour of Fermoy. The Fermoy Town Map presents a brief history...
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27 April 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Undergraduates and prospective students in Cork could be entitled to a reduction in the third level contribution fee of up to €1,500, a Fine Gael TD has said. Cork North Central Deputy Colm Burke said applications for the student grant scheme for the 2023/24 academic year are now...
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26 April 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie New Book: ‘Look Back to Look Forward’: Frank O’Connor’s Complete Translations from the Irish by Frank O’Connor, edited by Gregory A. Schirmer While Frank O’Connor was known primarily as one of Ireland’s finest short-story writers, he was also an accomplished translator. In the long line of Irish writers...
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25 April 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Office of Public Works (OPW) today announced that 2022 was another successful year for visitor numbers at its heritage sites, including two in Cork. The number of recorded visitors last year exceeded 15 million, up by 2.3 million on 2021, an increase of 18%. The OPW manages and...
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23 April 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The museum is open Tue to Fri 10-4pm and Sat 11-4pm – entry is free – it’s certainly worth a visit as entry is free This week, Cork Public Museum, “Ireland’s oldest Local Authority Museum” (its run by Cork City Council), was officially notified that they had achieved...
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21 April 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A new masters on end-of-life care has been launched by Mícheál Martin. The course is run by Marymount Hospice and UCC. This part-time progremame and offers a blended-learning experience and is open to all healthcare professionals. Tánaiste Micheál Martin said: “I greatly welcome the launch of this new...
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20 April 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Munster Technological University’s Prize for Innovation Showcase and Awards Ceremony 2023 was held in the University’s Nexus Centre as part of the University’s Innovation and Enterprise Month which takes place annually throughout the month of March. The popular student competition awards cash prizes to budding student entrepreneurs whose...
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19 April 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie It’s been called Cork’s ugliest building in some quarters, but now it’s getting a €25 million injection It has often been said that UCC’s Kane Building may be Cork’s ugliest building. Opinions differ on that jocular topic, but it appears things are about to change on campus as...
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