6 April 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A Cork mother, originally from Limerick, will be doing her own father a good turn as she will appear on the National Lottery Winning Streak TV game show on RTÉ One this evening in his place. Janet Ryan who lives in Churchtown in Co Cork will be appearing... Read More
4 April 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport, Ireland’s fastest growing and most punctual airport, has officially launched its 2019 Summer Schedule with eight new routes this summer season. In total, there are now 52 routes on offer over the course of the year from Cork Airport to the UK, Continental Europe and the... Read More
3 April 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Registrations for Street Feast 2019 have opened with the announcement of Sunday 5th May as national Street Feast Day. This year sees the 10th birthday of one of the most successful community initiatives in Ireland with over 120,000 people celebrating Street Feast last year. Overall, Cork hosted 107... Read More
29 March 2019 By Roger Jones IV roger@TheCork.ie Technically it is called a an “index mark” or “vehicle registration plate”, but in day-to-day language, most people call it a “number plate” or “licence plate” Republic of Ireland In the Republic of Ireland, you cannot have personalised number plates as they are thought of in other... Read More
29 March 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Who: Dylan Howe and others at Kent Station, Cork City What: The launch of Cork Station’s permanent piano Where: Kent Station, Cork City When: 29th March, 2019 To Celebrate World Piano Day, Iarnród Éíreann is launching a new piano at Kent Station, Cork today. Pianist Dylan Howe will... Read More
28 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Insomnia Coffee Company will open a new store in Mallow, Co Cork today. Located in William O’Brien Street, this is Insomnia’s seventh store to be open in Co Cork. Insomnia Coffee Company has become an iconic Irish brand and is well known to coffee lovers across the country... Read More
25 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie
25 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A dad from Co. Cork had a dream come through as he spun the Winning Streak wheel and won a total €60,000 from the National Lottery TV game show on RTÉ One last Saturday (23rd March). Seamus Ronan from Roscarbery, Co. Cork won €22,000 on his spin of... Read More
21 March 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Social PicsPhotographer Darragh Kane was at the event. Attendees included Rugby’s Donncha O’Callaghan. Dr Noel Murray, Head of Dept Tourism and Hospitality, Dr Breda Kenny, Head of the Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence and Don Crowley, Head of Department of Organisation & Professional Development at the Cork Institute of... Read More
16 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Magician Joel Mawhinney entertained with the RedFM Team at Mahon Point Shopping Centre in Cork at the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S10 Experience, celebrating a decade since the launch of the first Samsung Galaxy device and to introduce Samsung’s new premium smartphone device range; the Samsung Galaxy... Read More
15 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Representatives of Cork County Council, who are in New York for the St Patrick’s Day period, met with senior executives from Tourism Ireland today (Friday, 15 March). They were briefed on Tourism Ireland’s extensive promotional programme in the United States for 2019, which is in full swing right... Read More
13 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Spike Island Cork has opened a new permanent exhibit entitled the ‘Shivs and shanks’ exhibition, which features improvised weapons confiscated in Irish prisons. Many of the frightening weapons were fashioned from everyday items and show the daily dangers faces by prison officers and the prisoners themselves, with hundreds... Read More