29 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Former international rugby star and Aramark ambassador, Alan Quinlan formally launched the new and improved food offerings at Cork Airport: Kinsale Cafe, Bar and Food Republic. Visitors has a chance to sample the new, delicious menus. Alan was joined by some of the local producers who are... Read More
28 May 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie CIT Cork School of Music Artist-in-Residence Alex Petcu will be performing Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937) in the Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music, Union Quay, Cork City on Sunday 4th June at 4:30pm, free admission. Alongside pianists Dr. Gabriela Mayer, (head of department, Keyboard... Read More
27 May 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Montenotte Event Series Launches with a Wellbeing & Nutrition Evening presented by Rosanna Davison Renowned model and more recently author and nutrionist, Rosanna Davison, will be coming to Cork’s Montenotte Hotel, on Wednesday, 14 June for the first in the hotel’s “An Evening With …” series. With quite... Read More
26 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Get Set for a Summer of Flavour! Foodies and lovers of all things fresh and local are in for a treat this summer, with the launch of Mahon Point’s Summer Market. Tempting delights will be available every Tuesday from the 6th June with many of the areas... Read More
26 May 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Swimming can now resume at Garryvoe Beach, East Cork. It follows a second satisfactory water quality sample by Cork County Council. The local authority then consulted with the HSE, who were satisfied that the water quality had indeed returned to “excellent” grade. This means that the bathing water prohibition... Read More
26 May 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie New Local Culture Plan will help to drive creativity in Cork City – Minister Humphreys An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD, and Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys TD, were joined by members of the Cork City Culture Team to launch the Cork City... Read More
26 May 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City will celebrate Africa Day 2017 with an event at Fitzgerald Park in the city tomorrow, Saturday, 27th May. Planned by Cork City Council and African Communities in Cork, it will take place from 12 pm to 6 pm and will include African music and dance, children activities... Read More
25 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What: Cork County Mayor’s Midsummer Charity Ball 2017 When: 10 June at 7pm Where: Ground Floor, Cork County Hall, Carrigrohane Road, Cork This year’s Cork County Mayor’s Midsummer Charity Ball will raise funds for Down Syndrome Cork (Field of Dreams), Rebel Wheelers, Cork Association for Autism, Irish Guide Dogs, Down Syndrome Centre... Read More
ENTERTAINMENT: Tickets go on sale for Cork Summer Show 2017 – event sponsored by Cork County Council
25 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Every summer for the past 200 years, the Munster Agricultural Society has put on a very special show in Cork. A great family day out and Cork tradition, the Cork Summer Show, sponsored by Cork County Council, takes place on 17th and 18th June at the Showgrounds... Read More
25 May 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie There will be a festival-like atmosphere in the Cork City centre tomorrow, with live music, free finger food, special offers, competitions, workshops, and lots of fun. Retailers, businesses organisations and the City Council come together to host Feelgood Friday, an exciting event that takes place throughout the streets of Cork... Read More
25 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie An exhibition of wildlife, fantasy and psychological art has opened in the Jennings Gallery, Brookfield Sciences Campus in University College Cork. The exhibition is called ‘Perceptions’ and features the work of Usna Keating. Photographer Gerard McCarthy was at last nights launch.
24 May 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The 9th Fastnet Film Festival launched this evening at Grove House in Schull, West Cork. Speakers at the event were the Festival Chairperson Aidan Stanley and Maureen Hughes. Also in attendance to celebrate the festival’s opening party were Jim Sheridan and Joan Bergin. Over 400 guests soaked up... Read More