8 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has recently allocated over €1.6million in funding to a range of community, voluntary and sporting organisations through the Council’s annual Community Fund Scheme. Each year, the scheme contributes financial support to hundreds of community and voluntary organisations around the County. Administered by the Council’s 8... Read More
7 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork senior hurler Séamus Harnedy has a sister called Cáit, who is supported by Cope Foundation. Séamus says he appreciates how 2,800 people with disabilities in Cork benefit from the well-known charity. Séamus is taking part in the ‘5 Peaks 1 Week’ challenge. The five mountains being targeted... Read More
4 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork-born Roy Keane was well supported last week with BoyleSports to take part in the new series of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! The former Ireland assistant manager has been approached in the past to take part in the jungle madness, but he declined. However,... Read More
1 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie This week, Barry Sheehan from Cork will run from Malin Head to Mizen Head to raise money for Cappagh Hospital Foundation, a registered charity dedicated to raising funds for the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh (NOHC). Over the course of seven days, Barry will run over 600km to raise... Read More
24 June 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In response to COVID-19 and the fact that many summer camps, programmes, and activities have been cancelled, Cork City Council have teamed up with the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to develop Soccer on the Green. This activity is aimed at young people and will be held on greens... Read More
21 June 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie One of Ireland’s greatest footballers of all time is being backed to fly to Australia and take part in the new series of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! Cork born Roy Keane has been making headlines this week over his scathing assessment of David de... Read More
15 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Cork golfer has designed a flag putting aid to help minimise risk to players due to the Covid-19 virus. Declan O’Flynn from Glounthaune in Cork has designed ‘PinPro’ so that golfers won’t need to touch the flag when playing. The PinPro can simply be lifted with a... Read More
12 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Good news for Carrigaline as work commences on new Running Track Contractors working on behalf of Cork County Council have this week commenced work on the new hybrid Running Track in Carrigaline Park. Access to the park is also being upgraded with additional seating areas being added in... Read More
10 June 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Almost €300,000 in Sports Grants was approved at Monday night’s Council meeting, demonstrating Cork City Council’s continuing commitment to endorse the work of sporting clubs and organisations and support wellbeing. The Council recognises that the volunteers who give their time to these clubs are essential to the development... Read More
4 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie – “Many of our national competitors cannot access training facilities” says Politician Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West Aindrias Moynihan is calling on the government to examine measures which could allow our high-performance athletes travel to their training facilities, which in many cases may be outside of... Read More
3 June 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Council is committed to supporting the physical and mental wellbeing of its residents and works with many agencies and organisations across the city to this end. One such agency is Cork Sports Partnership (CSP), who launched the “CSP Couch to 3km Online” at the end of... Read More
29 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie On Monday, June 1st St. Colman’s Juvenile GAA Club will host a charity fundraiser, raising vital funds for the Mercy University Hospital Foundation’s Cancer Appeal which has a close connection to the club. The club, which incorporates the parish of Cloyne, Shanagarry, Ballycotton, Churchtown South and Ballycroneen for... Read More