17 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The 2018 Show Me ID – Be Age Ok was launched for the very first time in Munster over the past week. Show Me ID is the largest youth access prevention campaign in the country and aims to assist retailers in preventing minors from accessing tobacco, alcohol and... Read More
11 November 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ireland’s greatest living explorer Corkman Pat Falvey (61) pictured at the Market Cross, Killarney this weekend when he announced that he has retired from extreme adventuring following a lifetime of conquering the world’s highest mountains and most remote regions. Falvey was the first mountaineer in the world to... Read More
6 November 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A select group of students from CSN College of Further Education on Tramore Road, Cork, will receive a crash course in making their mark on the music industry on Wednesday (7th November), as a host of well-known faces on the Irish music scene converge on the campus to... Read More
5 November 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie All hands on deck to launch the new Passage West Maritime Museum Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr Patrick Gerard Murphy officially opened the exciting new project which has been funded by Cork County Council and the Department of Community & Rural Development. Speaking at the launch... Read More
5 November 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council, through the Creative Ireland Programme, will host a conference this week in Ballyvourney. When: Friday 09th and Saturday 10th November 2018 What: The Annual Creative Ireland County Cork Conference 2018 Where: Abbey Hotel and surrounds, Baile Bhuirne, Cork The Conference, which is titled ‘Contae Chorcaí... Read More
5 November 2018 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie SeaFest, Ireland’s largest and most spectacular maritime festival, will set sail for Cork next year. The festival will dock in Cork for the next three years, from 2019 – 2021. Ireland’s national maritime festival has been held in Galway for the past three years, and has quickly become... Read More
1 November 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Today, Thursday, 1 November, will see the launch of the most recent volume of the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, as well as the online publication of over a century of back issues of the journal. William O’Brien, Professor of Archaeology at University College Cork, well... Read More
28 October 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork will host a major Chocolate and Baking Weekend this November with world-renowned chocolatiers and bakers descending to showcase their love of all things sweet. The Cork Chocolate and Baking Weekend will return to The Cork International Hotel on 23rd to the 25th November 2018. Chocolatiers and bakers... Read More
26 October 2018 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Airport, Ireland’s welcomes the addition of Nice and Dubrovnik to Aer Lingus’ summer 2019 schedule. The two new routes out of Cork were announced today (26 October) by Aer Lingus, with flights to Nice, France commencing on May 1 on Wednesdays and Sundays while the new service... Read More
26 October 2018, Friday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Customer in Cork was “surprised” with a side of brass as they received their Deliveroo delivery. Teaming up with Hyde Park Brass Band, Deliveroo celebrated Cork International Jazz Festival during the Friday evening of the weekend by bringing jazz to the doorstep of customers. A spokesperson... Read More
25 October 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Some 344,000 readers of Travel + Leisure magazine in India have been reading all about West Cork. The October edition of the hugely popular travel magazine includes an article profiling this part of Ireland and some of the many things to see and do here. Tourism Ireland in... Read More
24 October 2018 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City-born artist Gordon Harris has made the shortlist for the country’s most significant contemporary arts award at Vue 2018 at the Royal Hibernian Academy from November 1-4. The €5,000 Savills Prize is awarded to the artist who has produced an outstanding body of work in the last... Read More
