9 January 2025 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie The Home care services business, Home Instead, is seeking applications from dedicated, compassionate people across Cork who want to make a meaningful difference in the lives of older people who need support to help them live safe and well at home and in their community. The organisation is... Read More
8 January 2025 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie The search to find the young artists who will excel in this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition has begun. Last year 12 students from Co. Cork won top prizes in the Competition, which is now in its 71st year and widely acknowledged as the longest running arts sponsorship in Ireland.... Read More
5 January 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie As the cold snap continues, Uisce Éireann is reminding customers in Cork to protect their water pipes from the freezing weather and conserve water. Water expands by nearly 10% as it freezes and turns into ice, which stops the flow of water through pipes. This can even cause... Read More
5 January 2025 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Spike Island is located in Cork Harbour. It’s now a tourist attraction, but before that it was a modern era prison, and a British era prison Author: William Murphy from Thomastown, Kilkenny ISBN: 9781399983877 Pub Date: 01/10/2024 Binding: Hardback Pages: 283 Publisher: Caislean Press Where to buy: Waterstones... Read More
2 January 2025 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The full report is available from here and includes commentary by Ronan Lyons, Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin and author of the Daft.ie Report. Housing prices nationally rose by an average of 9% during 2024, according to the latest Daft.ie House Price Report released today by Ireland’s... Read More
31 December 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Coast Guard responded to 2,554 incidents in 2024 2024 was another busy and eventful year for the Irish Coast Guard. Throughout the year, the Coast Guard coordinated 2,554 incidents which included search and rescue, maritime casualty responses and pollution and preparedness responses. The 44 Irish Coast Guard... Read More
30 December 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Carrigaline native, Paddy O’Connell, is the latest winner of the Cork International Hotel Community Spirit Awards for his lifelong service and unwavering dedication to the Carrigaline Pipe Band. As well as being involved in the band, Paddy has spent the last 70 years meticulously organising engagements, gate collections,... Read More
30 December 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Micheál O’Neill, a 47-year-old resident of Ladysbridge in Cork, has recently become the first patient to undergo a groundbreaking cardiothoracic surgery at the newly launched Bon Secours Heart and Lung Centre in Cork. With Bon Secours Hospital Cork expecting to treat a significant number of patients each year... Read More
24 December 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie As is now the tradition, the Bishops of Cork have issued a Joint Christmas message: “Once again, as Christmas approaches, it gives us joy as bishops of Cork to send you our greetings and to wish you and your loved ones a blessed, peaceful and happy Christmas. We... Read More
23 December 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross will hold over 200 services throughout the 12 Days of Christmas and the days leading up to the Christmas Festival. The following list gives details of church services in the parishes and chaplaincies across the diocese. The list is organised... Read More
23 December 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A Community Garda in Crosshaven is the latest winner of the Cork International Hotel Community Spirit Awards. Stephen Cleary, who lives in Crosshaven with his wife and two children, has been acknowledged for his involvement in local groups and fundraising organisations. A prominent member of the Crosshaven community,... Read More
New website SeanadVoter.ie launched as state prepares to all ALL Degree holders vote for Upper House
21 December 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The new rules for electing the six university Senators that will apply after the next General Election have move a step closer as registration opens for the new Higher Education constituency. The current arrangements, whereby three Senators are elected by graduates of NUI and three by graduates of... Read More