17 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Netflix documentary series, Sophie: A Murder in West Cork will start streaming in a fortnight on Wednesday 30 June 2021. Netflix have release the trailer today. The three-part series examines one of Ireland’s most famous murders, that of French documentary producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier, in West Cork in 1996,... Read More
17 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Inland Fisheries Ireland has launched its Sponsorship Programme for 2021. The programme, which is one of the main funding mechanisms of Inland Fisheries Ireland, awarded funding to 87 angling events and initiatives across the country during 2019, resulting in an investment of €30,000 to support novice anglers and... Read More
16 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Hair-raising Success A fundraising Hair Chop organised in aid of ‘Aoife’s Clown Doctors’ charity has proved to be highly successful with over €6,000 raised to date. Aoife’s Clown Doctors spread happiness through the wards and corridors of Ireland’s children’s hospitals. The clown doctor visits reduce the stress and... Read More
15 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie What is Skerin? Sherkin Island, in West Cork, is one of Ireland’s most accessible off shore islands. Sherkin is the ancestral home of the O’Driscoll clan. Sherkin has an automated lighthouse, maintained by locals, that is situated at Barrack Point and dates back to 1835. The lighthouse marks... Read More
14 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City itself becomes a gallery – Explore artworks on your journey across the city – as Cork Midsummer Festival brings extraordinary arts encounters to audiences – 14 – 27 June 2021 – corkmidsummer.com Featuring over 40 events, from 14 –27 June, Cork City itself will become a... Read More
12 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ballymaloe Foods has secured its first major distribution partner in Canada. It means that customers in Canada will soon be able to purchase products such as Ballymaloe Original Relish in stores for the first time. The new partnership is with CBF Imports and will see seven products from... Read More
12 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The name of the Cork winner is now known by the powers that be. The lucky beach goer has made contact with Lotto HQ. Their decision to now go public – or not – is their own The Cork and Galway Lotto jackpot winners from recent weeks have... Read More
12 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Free public online event – Saturday, June 19, 2021 The earliest stages of the Viking and Hiberno-Norse city of Cork, its true locations and the lives of its residents are to be discussed in a free online conference about the Vikings and Cork later this month. Cork Historical... Read More
12 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A worldwide search for ambitious, innovative ideas to get people physically active is to be launched by University College Cork, in association with Sport Ireland and with UNESCO patronage – with up to €10,000 going to the best concepts. The Global Design Challenge for Sport and Physical Activity... Read More
12 June 2021 By Roger L. Jones roger@TheCork.ie Thinking about visiting Ireland soon? We’ve come up with a list of the top ten best tourist spots to visit in Cork in 2021. The second-largest city of Ireland has so much to offer tourists, from gift-giving stones to grand castles and cheese-making water buffalo. Keep reading... Read More
11 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 17-year old Kayleigh Cole (a.k.a. Kayls) is all set for a triple header at the famous Brands Hatch Race Circuit (South East of London) this weekend, where she will be competing in Swallow hills F1000 Championship biggest grid of the year. The Ballincollig, Cork native has not been... Read More
11 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie An exhibition entitled ‘Subject To Change’, will be open to the public from Saturday, 12 June 2021 to Tuesday, 15 June 2021, from 11am to 7pm in the Sharman Crawford Street campus.