3 September 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Playwright Katie Holly is the ‘Cork County Culture Night Ambassador’ for 2020. Katie Holly is a graduate of Drama and Theatre Studies, and subsequently completed a Masters in Irish Literature, both in University College Cork. Her first play Marion starring Laura O’Mahony, from RTE’s ‘Bridget and Eamon’ and... Read More
2 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Data revealed by the National Lottery has shown how it continues makes a big impact on towns and communities right across Ireland, including Co Cork. The study found that over 710 Good Causes projects were supported in Cork in 2018 and 2019. Approximately 91% of revenue generated by... Read More
2 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Royal Cork Yacht Club, which is the oldest sailing club in the world, had to rescheduled most of its Cork300 events series planned to celebrate its 300th birthday until July 2021, as a result of Covid-19. Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Defence Simon Coveney TD marked... Read More
1 September 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie There are less than three weeks to go until multiple Leeside venues, streets, virtual and public spaces come alive with the sights and sounds of music, dance, theatre, art and much more for Culture Night Cork City 2020. Preparations are in full swing to ensure that this year’s... Read More
1 September 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie There is a new temporary art exhibition space in the pipeline for Carrigaline and Cork County Council is inviting expressions of interest from visual artists in the County who are interested in exhibiting their work. Cork County Council, through its Carrigaline Municipal District Office, is to develop a... Read More
1 September 2020 Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie While browsing YouTube today we found a face that looked familiar. A 1959 pop video had a face that looked like a current Fine Gael Cllr John Paul O’Shea. Cllr O’Shea is well known as he served as Mayor of the County of Cork in 2015-2016. The face on... Read More
1 September 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Ambassador Hotel on Military Hill, St Lukes, on the North hills of Cork City has rebranded to “The Address“. The Hotel has long been a member of the McGettigan Hotel Group which is run husband and wife due Brian and Ciara McGettigan, who own nine hotels across... Read More
30 August 2020 By Mary Bermingham tom@TheCork.ie You might remember a few months ago someone in Cork won the Lotto Jackpot of Saturday 20th June 2020 Well, this week the lucky family actually claimed their winnings of €6,993,904. The family were represented by a man who said they wished to claim their prize anonymously. They... Read More
30 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie It was a life-changing start to the weekend for a number of individual families from Cork, Dublin and Galway who claimed over €14.8 million in prizes at Lotto HQ in Dublin City centre on Friday afternoon. Among the prizes claimed was a €7.3 million Lotto jackpot win from... Read More
29 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie New artwork on Grand Parade pays homage to Corks vibrant post punk music scene 40 years ago, and heralds the anniversary of an album recorded in Cork in the summer of 1980. Kaught at the Kampus was recorded live in the Arcadia and includes tracks from four of... Read More
28 August 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Recent storms and continuing heavy rainfall events mean precautionary water quality notices will remain in place for 15 beaches across Cork County until at least September 3rd. High levels of bacteria have been detected at Oysterhaven and Redbarn and following discussions with the HSE, “Do Not Swim Prohibition... Read More
28 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Since the Grow with Aldi Supplier Development Programme launched in 2018, over €2.5 million has been invested by Aldi to bring innovative, exciting and tasty Irish products to the shelves of all 143 Aldi stores nationwide. From coffee to kombucha, and chilli sauce to candy floss, a wide... Read More