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
15 March 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Danny Crowley Christmas Swim 2021 has raised over €153,000 to date to support Cork’s youngest cancer patients The 9th Annual Danny Crowley Christmas swim took place in a hybrid model in 2021 with many swimmers choosing when and where they swim while others chose Myrtleville Beach Christmas... Read More
14 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Aintree Grand National winning jockey and Audi Naas performance ambassador, Rachael Blackmore joins Driving Progress host, academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri in the final episode of the podcast series. From humble beginnings to top of the world, Blackmore discusses winning the Aintree Grand National, being crowned the BBC... Read More
12 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s Rockbán Ladies Football and Camogie Club is to receive €5,000 funding under this year’s Texaco Support for Sport initiative hosted and organised by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand. Under the scheme – similar to that which proved... Read More
9 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie With only 10 days to go until the fast and flowing roads of West Cork come alive with the returning high-speed excitement of the Clonakilty Park Hotel West Cork Rally, Cork Motor Club are delighted to present this years Seeded Entry List, itself absolutely chock full of the... Read More
8 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A celebrity run gym in a landmark building Former Munster & Irish international rugby star, Hell Week contestant, RTÉ pundit and all-round fitness fanatic Peter Stringer, along with the current Irish Amateur Golf Champion Peter O’ Keeffe and businessman Paul Buckley, officially opened the doors to Cork’s newest... Read More
8 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sports With the 2022 club football season already under way, next weekend attention turns to hurling as the RedFM Cork County hurling leagues commence. This year’s leagues, the first since 2019 to be unaffected by Covid-19, but also the first to take place in the new split-season era,... Read More