1 September 20201 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Taoiseach salutes 300 years of sailing in Cork at Tricentenary Maritime Parade and AIB RCYC Tricentenary At Home Regatta Weekend It’s sails’ ahoy once more for The Royal Cork Yacht Club’s tricentenary celebrations this weekend. An Taoiseach Micheál Martin joined the club’s Admiral Colin Morehead earlier today to... Read More
1 September 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Colm Kelleher is officially launching 8 recently installed city parklets this week, on August 31st and September 2nd. Following a call-out for “parklet partners” in September 2020, a number of local businesses and community associations were selected to take part in the... Read More
1 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Culture Night 2021 promises an evening of live and online events in Cork City. The official hashtags are #CorkCultureNight and #ComeTogetherAgain With the announcement of further re-opening of the arts and cultural sector in the next few weeks, the return of evenings of music, art, dance and theatre... Read More
1 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie These days it is normal to do some data housekeeping on a phone. I routinely delete messages and photos. However, when someone is a Minister there is a grey area because correspondence is supposed to be kept, but do text messages constitute correspondence? The SocDems Deputy Gannon has... Read More
1 September 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie While many have been missing family over the past year and a half, one West Cork woman was thinking outside the box and created a unique, heartfelt new product to keep families connected and keep loved ones close. Maura O’Connell, originally from Fermoy, has lived in West Cork... Read More
1 September 2021, Wednesday By Cliona Foley news@TheCork.ie “I don’t think it should be put up on any other pedestal. It’s just sport.” said the Corkborn Pat O’Leary, who now lives in Galway Pat O’Leary will compete in the KL3 and VL3 heats on Thursday at 2pm and 3:30pm Irish time As a scientist and... Read More
31 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The number of patients waiting for beds at Cork University Hospital this morning (Tuesday) was the highest since the start of the pandemic, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). The union stated that 63 patients were waiting on trolleys in CUH today, with a total... Read More
31 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Gardaí have arrested and charged three men, aged in their 20s and 30s, in relation to incidents of burglary that occurred in Co Cork on Friday, 27 August 2021. The three men were arrested on Sunday, 29th August 2021 and were detained under Section 50 of the Criminal... Read More
31 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Lone sailor rescued after his boat suffers engine failure and sail blow out off Old Head of Kinsale The Courtmacsherry All-Weather Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat was called out this afternoon Tuesday at 2pm, to go to the aid of a 30-foot Yacht with a lone sailor on board... Read More
31 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The National Ambulance Service (NAS) wish to advise the public that a small quantity of controlled drugs has gone missing. A pouch containing the drugs which is RED in colour with a grey trim (see attached photo) and has the National Ambulance Service crest on it was noticed... Read More
31 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Currently hosting the hugely popular exhibition, Changing Habits 250 Years of Convent Life, Nano Nagle Place on Douglas Street has been awarded a Travellers’ Choice Award by Trip Advisor which puts them in their top ten percent of attractions, WORLDWIDE! The Travellers’ Choice Award celebrates attractions that consistently deliver fantastic... Read More