10 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Visit Santa the Dun Man Way
10 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Triskel are celebrating their 10th Christmas at Triskel Christchurch with their traditional line-up of Christmas movies. They’re showing The Muppet Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life at Triskel Cinema from Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 December. Tickets are on sale at 10am on Tuesday 8 December 2020. Chris O’Neill, Head of Cinema,... Read More
10 December 2020 By Roger Jones roger@TheCork.ie Improve your posture and reduce back pain with these five exercises you can do while working at home Working from home can be a big adjustment for many people. Suddenly your kitchen table and your old rickety chair have become your new office work station. These new surroundings... Read More
8 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A real life Elf of the Shelf will be seen at Cork’s Metropole Hotel throughout December this year. Guests have been told to be on the look-out for the hotel’s elf – with the James Bond eque name of ‘Peppermint Tinselbottom’ as she aims to spread cheer this... Read More
8 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Michael Collins House has launched an all new heritage guide; ‘The War of Independence West Cork Trail’. The guide, which is available in print and online, details the key West Cork sites associated with the Irish War of Independence. The trail was researched and compiled... Read More
7 December 2020 By Roger L Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Enable Ireland have launched an exciting fundraiser – winahousecork.ie tickets €100 each – which the charity hopes will grab the public’s interest and raise much-needed funds for their disability services. The charity, which provides services to over 9,200 children and adults with disabilities, was granted a licence... Read More
7 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Jo Ashby, an artist who lives on Sherkin Island, has chronicled her life during lockdown and beyond in a series of hilarious cartoon drawings, which have now been made into a book to support two charities. All profits for ‘Corona Chronicles – the book’ will be divided between... Read More
7 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Christmas is a time for family and friends, for sharing, celebrating and, all too often, overindulging. While COVID19 restrictions mean that things will somewhat different this year – the challenges for people who have coeliac disease or are gluten intolerant remains the same: how to avoid becoming ill... Read More
5 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Due to COVID19 this years’s Texaco Calendar features pictures from the archives A prizewinning artwork, entered by Cork student Alastair Earley, is one of 13 artworks selected from the archives to illustrate the 2021 Texaco Children’s Art Competition Calendar just published. Amongst artworks drawn from the past 16... Read More
5 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Marymount University Hospice and Hospital is delighted to announce that An Taoiseach Michael Martin will switch on the official Christmas lights at Marymount on Sunday 6th December in a very small closed event that will be streamed live through Marymount’s Facebook page. Ordinarily on the first Sunday of... Read More
4 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Virgin Media Television’s ‘Ireland AM’ broadcasts Backing Business campaign from Cork As part of Virgin Media’s #BackingBusiness campaign that launched in March, ‘Ireland AM’ broadcasted live from Cork last Wednesday morning across the country to over 177,000 viewers. Presenter Alan Hughes showcased a number of local businesses from... Read More
4 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Shop owner to use Lotto bonus sellers prize to fund massive celebratory party for staff once Covid-19 passes “Please tell me you’re calling to let me know I’ve sold the winning ticket,” were the first words out of the mouth of a popular Cork retailer when the National... Read More