20 February 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Crawford Art Gallery announces tours to be held every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday Crawford Art Gallery will provide tours which are open to all and free of charge every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday, starting from today at 2pm. Expert tour guides invite visitors to delve into... Read More
19 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Entertainment A New York journalist and former TV news producer (Fox News) Kathleen Aldworth Foster will debut her first historical fiction novel Doneraile Court: The Story of The Lady Freemason, online and in bookstores in March 2022. The novel is loosely based on a true story that occurred... Read More
19 February 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Sustainable Energy The Carrigaline Sustainable Energy Community group are certainly getting people thinking and talking about saving energy usage and ways and means of generating energy i.e. fuel or electricity. In the last century water from the river Owenabue was used to drive three corn/grist mills and the... Read More
19 February 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie With only a number of days left to go, final preparations are being made right around the Island as anticipation builds to the opening round of the 2022 Motorsport Ireland Forest Rally Championship, this weekend’s Killarney Forest Rally, based in Castleisland, Co.Kerry. With a bumper field of over... Read More
19 February 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The excitement is building in Ballincollig at the return of its much-loved St. Patrick’s Day Parade after a two-year absence due to Covid-19. Each year, the parade attracts thousands of people from the town and surrounding areas to Ballincollig to celebrate in the festivities. However, the parade organiser,... Read More
19 February 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Punter Toasts EuroMillions win From Only Three Numbers The luck was in for a County Cork punter on Friday night when they scooped a tasty profit of €7,500 thanks to just three Lotto numbers. The anonymous customer made it a weekend to remember by placing a €5 bet... Read More
18 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Council is inviting the public, traders, businesses in the city and other stakeholders to have their say on new Casual Trading Bye-Laws The current Casual Trading Bye-Laws for Cork City were adopted in 1996, and formally designate an area of Cornmarket Street and Kyle Street for... Read More
17 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 7 new Summer routes for Summer 2022 for Cork Airport – Alghero (Sardinia) – Birmingham – Edinburgh – Manchester – Pisa – Valencia – Venice Ryanair announced its largest-ever Summer schedule from Cork Airport, with 25 destinations and over 120 weekly flights available for holiday starved customers this... Read More
16 February 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Goldie, Cork city’s sustainable fish restaurant on Oliver Plunkett Street, has retained its highly coveted Michelin Bib Gourmand for the second year. The restaurant, which continues to grow in popularity, entered the Guide for the first time at last year’s awards. Since then, Goldie’s talented young chef-owner, Aishling... Read More
16 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Seachurch Productions has announced details of “The Ballycotton Sessions”, its new production with RTÉ The 8-part series, hosted by radio and TV presenter Louise Duffy, will see some of Ireland’s best-known and well-loved musicians and artists perform and chat amid the stunning surroundings of Ballycotton Village. The east... Read More
14 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Entertainment – Things to do in Cork City I was delighted to hear that ‘The Three Tenors’ were coming to Cork Opera House. Naturally, I knew it would not be Spaniard’s Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, and Italian Luciano Pavarotti, because the latter sadly died in 2007, but... Read More
12 February 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie “Contractors” promises an amazing insight into the world of the Irish Contractor, farming and rural life in Ireland today. There’s a monumental lot of work to be done on the land from April to September as farming enters its busiest 6-month period. From slurry spreading to hedge cutting,... Read More