23 March 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Community Radio is back on 100.5FM from Saturday, March 23rd Cork City Community Radio is proud to announce our return to the airwaves, starting March 23rd. Every Saturday, Sunday and Monday, we’ll be broadcasting live with a wide variety of shows, including: -Spotlight on Cork: focusing... Read More
21 March 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Details on the MTU Arts & Culture website arts.mtu.ie Munster Technological University (MTU) is delighted to present an exhibition of photography and graphic design by students from Endicott College, Massachusetts, USA. Emerging Creatives from Endicott College showcases the work of three selected students from the School of Visual... Read More
20 March 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Skibbereen Heritage Centre has uploaded a further 23,000 previously unavailable Cork County burial register records from 18 graveyards to its online database. This brings the total number of burial records now available on their website www.skibbheritage.com to over 82,700, all of which are available to... Read More
19 March 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council calls for expressions of interest as part of the annual national celebration of arts, culture and creativity. Taking place on Friday, the 20th of September this year, Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir is an annual all-island public event celebrating culture, creativity and the arts. The... Read More
18 March 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie One of the most colourful fundraising events returned to Cork City this St. Patrick’s Day weekend. 12,000 multi-coloured balls raced down Patrick’s Hill The annual event, run by the Cork Lions Club, took place today at 2pm. Each ball wasindividually numbered and released from a cage at the... Read More
17 March 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Young artists who submitted entries to this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition are currently having their works evaluated as the judging process gets underway. Winners in the seven age categories, including one exclusively for artworks by young artists with special needs, will be announced in mid-April. Now celebrating... Read More
17 March 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie The Saturday stages of the 2024 Clonakilty Park Hotel West Cork Rally proved some of the most challenging ever experienced on this iconic event. After the fine spring weather of the previous day, it was a damp and extremely foggy start to day 2, as the crews headed... Read More
14 March 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Public Museum will host an event today (Thursday March 14) to mark the return to Cork of a small shaving kit used by Commandant Leo Murphy who died at the hands of Crown Forces during the War of Independence. Commandant Murphy, a Ballincollig native, was shot and... Read More
11 March 2024 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Dogsy is out to revolutionize the market as a go-to portal for fur parents seeking the perfect addition to their families. Its goal is to facilitate seamless interactions between potential owners, local breeders, and veterinary care providers. “The lack of a centralized website has led to a lack... Read More
11 March 2024 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment As one of the rare national holidays honoured globally, St. Patrick’s Day is quickly approaching, and we believe it’s reasonable to state that we’re the best people on the planet 😊. Photo: William, Nioh (screenshot youtube.com/@BossFightDatabase) We thought we’d compile a list of the top Irish video... Read More
11 March 2024 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment The Bluesky social network is now open to everyone. But before you create an account, think (and research) if this is where you really want to be. Screenshot youtube.com/@joinentre Until now, Bluesky worked in a way that you could sign up on a waiting list for the... Read More
10 March 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie North Cork News Great Island Productions, a TV production company based in Cork, Ireland has announced a major deal with author Kathleen Aldworth Foster to adapt her historical fiction novel Doneraile Court: The Story of The Lady Freemason into a TV series. The book option agreement marks an... Read More