28 June 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Paschal Donohoe has recently been presented with an honorary award of Doctor of Economic Science by University College Cork (UCC) The awarding of the Honorary Doctorate to the former TD, who held a number of cabinet positions including Minister for Finance, will take place during UCC’s Summer Conferring... Read More
27 June 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is based on the Model Farm Road, Cork
26 June 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie No need to wing it anymore with two hands on events Cork City Council and the Cork Biodiversity Hub are coming together with the National Biodiversity Data Centre, the Irish Bee Conservation Project, the National Parks and Wildlife Service and The Heritage Council to run two public workshops... Read More
26 June 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The weekly prize of €50,000 goes to Prize Bond number ASH186856 held in County Cork. The bond was purchased in 2020. There were over 8,693 prizes awarded in this week’s Prize Bond Draw, amounting to more than €728,900. In addition to a €500,000 prize awarded on the last... Read More
25 June 2026 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The family of Jack Mulcahy has announced, with great sadness, that Jack passed away peacefully at home overnight, surrounded by his loving family. Jack was one of Cork’s best-known English market traders, spending much of his working life at the Chicken Inn, a business that became a familiar... Read More
25 June 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie West Cork Arts Centre Members and Friends Exhibition 2026 Runs until 16 July 2026 Running annually for more than 40 years, this exhibition showcases work by artists from across West Cork and beyond at all stages of their careers. Submission is open to the many artists who subscribe... Read More
24 June 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Discover and Play Across Cork City This Summer Families are being invited to explore more than 20 cultural and heritage attractions across Cork City this summer as the Playful Culture Trail returns for its sixth year. Led by Detective Bláithín, the free trail encourages children and families to... Read More
23 June 2026 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Bulmers brings its Italia ’90 Roadshow to Reardans, Cork on Wednesday, 24 June at 7pm. The Eventbrite link is here. More than 35 years after Italia 90 captured the imagination of a nation, new research from Bulmers reveals the tournament remains one of the defining moments in modern Irish... Read More
23 June 2026 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie Conducted by renowned maestro Neil Thomson and featuring celebrated Irish violinist Mairéad Hickey as soloist Irish Guide Dogs is delighted to announce a spectacular fundraising concert featuring the internationally acclaimed European Doctors Orchestra (EDO), taking place at Cork City Hall on Sunday, 28 June 2026 at 3 pm.... Read More
22 June 2026 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie With Emergency Departments (ED) continuing to experience significant demand across Cork, patients are being encouraged to consider all available urgent care options when seeking emergency medical assessment. Professor Adrian Murphy, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Mater Private Network Cork and CUH, said helping patients access the right care... Read More
21 June 2026 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Brian O’Farrell of O’Farrell Funeral Directors, Midleton, has returned home following a month in the Himalayas, where he successfully summited Island Peak, a 6,189 metre mountain, before taking on the Mount Everest Marathon, in support of the CUMH Neonatal Unit at Cork University Hospital. The challenge has already... Read More
20 June 2026 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cllr Damian Boylan has been elected the new Lord Mayor of Cork at the Annual Meeting of Cork City Council last evening. The Fine Gael councillor from Blarney, who represents Cork City’s North West Ward, was elected by 19 votes to8 with1 abstention at the meeting in City... Read More