10 May 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Title Sponsors Volvo Car Ireland and key partners are back on board for the highly anticipated week-long sailing event series in and around Cork Harbour – Highlights include World Class Racing, a Volvo Cork Week Family Fun, and a Volvo Cork Week Ladies Day with Volvo Brand Ambassador Amy... Read More
3 May 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Details of the charity partnership, that sees the annual 600km Tour de Munster charity cycle once again share the journey with Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) Munster branches were announced recently. This will be the 13th successive year that the national charity has been the beneficiary of the popular... Read More
28 April 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Lidl Ireland is delighted to announce its new store in Charleville is now open. The store guarantees shoppers Lidl’s renowned range of top-quality products at market leading prices. Lidl’s Charleville store will see a significant local investment of more than €8 million and will create over 30 permanent... Read More
24 April 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The GAA must do all it can to ensure the upcoming Cork/Kerry Munster senior football championship semi-final will be accessible for all to view on TV, a Fine Gael Senator has said. The long running saga over where the May 7th fixture will be played is almost resolved... Read More
21 April 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Rugby Brian Scott was on hand on Wednesday night to present Dolphin’s U12s with their jerseys ahead of their upcoming rugby tour to England. The ex-Munster and Barbarians star and current Dolphin Men’s Senior Team Coach was the special guest at the club’s Tour Presentation Night, presenting the... Read More
21 April 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie NDC is delighted to announce Rower Paul O’Donovan as an ambassador for 2022. The Skibbereen native who made history at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo when he and Fintan McCarthy won Ireland’s first ever rowing gold medal winning the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls A Final. O’Donovan was introduced... Read More
15 April 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie After a 2-year enforced hiatus from road racing the Munster 100 Motorcycle Road Races return to Glanmire, Cork on the 13 th and 14th of August 2022. The last couple of years have been starved of road racing action owing to the global pandemic but with the easing... Read More
11 April 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Although they currently play only in the First Division (which despite its impressive-sounding name is beneath the Premier Division) in League of Ireland soccer, Cork City FC are one of the biggest teams in the country. They have earned huge recognition by being voted the team with the... Read More
7 April 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The famous 5k Cheetah Run is set to return to Fota Wildlife Park for the first time since 2019 – tickets go on sale at www.eagleac.net on Friday 8th of April Today Olympian Aoife Cooke launched the 5-kilometre Cheetah Run at Fota Wildlife Park, which marks its return... Read More
3 April 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Annual Golf Classic – Thursday 28th and Friday 29th April – Fota Island Golf Club To mark the return of the Mercy Hospital Foundation’s ever popular golf classic this April, the Foundation is pleased to announce that Cork born professional golfer, James Sugrue, has joined forces with the... Read More
28 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Department of Tourism Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media says”While Cork harbour is potentially a great venue for the event… the necessary infrastructural and planning arrangements would not be in place to host the event in 2024″ Ministers Catherine Martin and Jack Chambers, after consultation with party leaders... Read More
25 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City FC will be back at Turner’s Cross this evening, as they take on Athlone Town. City will be looking to continue their impressive league form, having won their last three games in a row. Athlone, who currently sit bottom of the table, will be looking to... Read More
