15 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Whatever Leaving Cert results day brings this year, Nando’s will be stepping up once again to offer some free PERi-PERi goodness in support of 2017 school leavers. Tomorrow. on 16th August, throughout Ireland, anyone picking up their Leaving Cert (or equivalent) results will be able to grab themselves... Read More
14 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Travel bible Lonely Planet has named two routes on the island of Ireland – the Wild Atlantic Way and the Causeway Coastal Route – as two of the “world’s ultimate road trips”, in its new publication Epic Drives of the World. Welcoming the news, Niall Gibbons, CEO... Read More
14 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley is urging the people of Cork to come and enjoy the fantastic line-up of events organised for Heritage Week 2017. The week, which is coordinated by the Heritage Council and part of the wider European Heritage Days Programme,... Read More
11 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Innishannon Bypass needed to open up West Cork for commuters and tourists – Murphy O’Mahony Cork South West TD, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has said that the Government must start looking at restarting and funding the bypass of Innishannon as a means of opening up West Cork to... Read More
11 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Dancing at Lughnasa By Brian Friel At the Everyman Theatre, MacCurtain Street, Cork From Wednesday 2nd August to Saturday 26th August (Excluding Sundays and Mondays) at 7.30pm This production of “Dancing at Lughnasa” is an innovative and fresh take on the Friel classic. Following the success of Lovers (2015), and The Factory Girls (2016), also directed by... Read More
10 August 2017, Thursday By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 9th August – Cork City WFC 1 Lakewood Athletic 0 An early Christina Dring goal was enough to send Cork City WFC to the next round of the Continental Tyre’s FAI Women’s Senior Cup as they beat Lakewood Athletic 1-0 in a local derby at Bishopstown on... Read More
9 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 100,000+ Italians read all about Cork’s Wild Atlantic Way in motorcycling magazines Cork’s Wild Atlantic Way has made the cover of an Italian magazine which has about 20,000 readers – or potential holidaymakers for Ireland. A major 26-page article all about Ireland, and in particular our lighthouses,... Read More
9 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Bantry Bay will soon come alive to the sounds of the best in traditional music as the 15th Masters Of Tradition festival takes place in the town of Bantry from 23rd to 27th August. Internationally renowned fiddler, and Artistic Director of the festival, Martin Hayes, will be... Read More
8 August 2017, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Film In Cork has joined forces the with Local Enterprise Office (LEO) South Cork to offer a six week, Start Your Own Business Programme, specially designed for those working in film, television and animation. The extremely practical course, running one Monday evening per week from September... Read More
6 August 2017, Sunday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A place in the EA Sports Cup final is at stake, as Cork City and Shamrock Rovers meet at Tallaght Stadium on Monday. City go into the game on the back of a 1-0 win away to Drogheda United on Friday night, while Rovers suffered a... Read More
6 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie It was a bumper weekend for EuroMillions and Lotto players in Ireland this August bank holiday weekend with over a half million in top prizes won by two separate winners in Cork and Monaghan. Monaghan may have been edged out of the GAA football championship yesterday but one... Read More
4 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie For the second year running Cobh has been ranked second favourite cruise destination in the British Isles and Western Europe in the 2017 Cruise Critic Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards. Cruise Critic is the world’s leading cruise review site and online cruise community and the awards name the best... Read More