1 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork artists Natasha Bourke and Aoife Burke have been awarded prestigious Next Generation awards by the Arts Council, the government agency for funding and developing the arts. The award means both Natasha, involved in circus, and Aoife, a musician, will receive €20,000, in effect to buy time to... Read More
1 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie It has been been a tough few months for everyone, and so, Three is hoping to lift the spirits of the nation by connecting parents & children from Cork and around the country, with a unique, interactive, online story time event. As well as lifting spirits, Three is... Read More
1 August 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council can confirm that works on the Mallow Boardwalk Project will commence in the coming days and are expected to continue for a number of weeks. The planned works will see the installation of new kerbing, new footpaths and the laying of ducting along with the... Read More
30 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie What: Live online ticketed gig from DeBarra’s Folk Club, Clonakilty When: Thursday, 6 August 2020. Show 1: 9pm Irish time / 10pm GMT+2 & Show 2: 11pm Irish Time How much: €12 – Full Price, €20 – Group Ticket (For more than one person viewing), €10 – Student/OAP/Retired/Pensioner/Unwaged,... Read More
30 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Skibbereen Heritage Centre has released another graveyard video tour, this time on Aughadown Graveyard. The videos are voiced in serious whisper tones like an impersonator of RTE’s Jennie O’Sullivan! There is also some Jeremy Irons in there. Great credit is due to all involved in these interesting videos... Read More
29 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Over 100 Cork makers will celebrate the importance of contemporary Irish craft as part of Cork Craft Month which returns this August. There are over 70 events and workshops planned across the month — 80% of which are online. The festival, run by Ireland’s largest social enterprise for... Read More
29 July 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central, Padraig O’Sullivan has welcomed a programme in Cork which will see the investment of up to €2 million to widen the existing cycling infrastructure. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “I would like to commend Cork City Council, the Councillors and businesses who have... Read More
29 July 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Midleton’s Lodge Park is now home to a fairy dwelling and a collection of woodland creatures, inspired by nature, carved by artist Will Fogarty, Fear na Coillte and commissioned by Cork County Council. From the delightfully surprising blooming of hundreds of rare bee orchids, a result of a... Read More
27 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today Fota Wildlife Park announced the birth of two Black and white ruffed lemur babies (Varecia variegatea) to mother Cloud who is eighteen years old and eight-year-old Fota-born dad Paraic. The baby lemurs were born on the 6th June after a gestation period of 102 days. The new... Read More
27 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork, Cobh and the village of Blarney are to be visited by holidaymakers travelling on a new deluxe train, coach and accommodation tour soon to be operated by Dublin-based Railtours Ireland in association with Iarnród Éireann. Marketed under the title of ‘The Emerald Pullman’, the tour will visit... Read More
25 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Admission to Charlesfort (Kinsale, Co Cork, Ireland) will be free until the end of the year to help local tourism in Cork, a Fine Gael Senator has said. Senator Lombard said the move comes as part of the Government’s July Stimulus Plan in an effort to encourage domestic tourists to... Read More
24 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie New Rosslare – Cherbourg route to open in March 2021 Additional mid-week sailing added to Cork – Roscoff service Cherbourg route launch is in response to demand from Irish and continental hauliers Brittany Ferries has announced plans to increase services both out of Rosslare and Cork in 2021.... Read More