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
27 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A Sculpture Exhibition has been installed at The Montenotte Hotel’s sunken Victorian Gardens for the next four weeks, in association with the Kildare Gallery. In keeping with The Montenotte’s commitment to support Irish art and culture, 39 sculptures by 18 Irish artists, including Bob Quinn, Stephanie Hess and... Read More
27 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie There’s good news for Cork classical teens as the Top Security Frank Maher Classical Music Awards for sixth years is going ahead this year, with a €5,000 prize for the winner. Violinist Mia Cooper, leader of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra (pictured) at the photocall to launch the search... Read More
27 August 2020, By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Phil Hogan became the latest casualty of ‘Golfgate’ as he resigned from his EU Trade Commissioner role yesterday and Simon Coveney is the hot favourite to replace him. BoyleSports have been inundated with requests on who will replace Phil Hogan with initial odds chalked up of 10/11 for... Read More
24 August 2020, Monday By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland’s only surviving wooden sail cargo vessel revived a tradition lost a century ago when it embarked on a symbolic series of sustainable wind-powered supply trips to islands on the south and west coasts on Sunday. The Ilen, which was built in Baltimore in West Cork in... Read More
24 August 2020 By Roger M Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Netflix has become one of the biggest TV and movie studios in the world, with more subscribers than all the US cable TV channels combined. Launched as a DVD rental business, an entirely new streaming business was developed from scratch, and finally invested in original content creation... Read More
23 August 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The National Transport Authority has allocated funding totalling €55m to 547 projects in 11 counties to support pedestrian and cyclist movement and to enhance accessibility in cities, towns and villages. What happening in Cork? Installation of parklets in Cork City How much money? Cork City Council is receiving... Read More
23 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Storytelling is alive and well in County Cork as evident from local entries to a national story writing competition called Stories from the waterside. Cork had two short story winners selected from almost 500 entries. The first written by Kara Palkki Smemoe from Ballincollig is titled Fording The... Read More
21 August 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City’s One City One Book was launched by Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Kieran McCarthy in Cork City Library recently A discussion on the book with author Tadhg Coakley was led by poet and writer Thomas McCarthy, behind closed doors. The 2020 title is Whatever it Takes by local writer... Read More
