23 January 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie SuperValu today announced that they will continue their sponsorship of the Cork Senior Ladies Football Team. The sponsorship of the country’s most successful ladies team is now entering its 7th year and SuperValu are delighted to once again be backing the girls in red. This Saturday (25th January) the... Read More
20 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 2020 Vision Sees Grandons Toyota of Glanmire Team Up With Glanmire GAA 2020 brings the start of a new decade and with that a real sense of optimism. None more so than for Ken Grandon and his team at Grandons Toyota Glanmire, who are embarking on new and... Read More
12 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Brian Dillons is one of the oldest GAA clubs in the city of Cork. It is named after the Irish Fenian, Brian Dillon and its original clubhouse (“the Hole in the Wall”) was less than 100 metres from Dillon’s home (in the eponymous Dillons Cross). The club is... Read More
10 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Athletics Ireland and Cork Institute of Technology awarded €9.22 million to support the development of a new indoor community sports facility Athletics Ireland and Cork Institute of Technology are delighted to receive the news today that their joint application to the Large Scale Sports Infrastructural Fund has been... Read More
10 January 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Over €13million in funding for local large scale sports projects has been allocated, a Fine Gael Senator has confirmed. Colm Burke said, “This funding is included in the first set of allocations under the new Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). “Grants announced include €9.2million for Athletics Ireland... Read More
4 January 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork City FC are delighted to announce the signing of Conor Davis from Derry City. Davis, who joined Reading in 2014 and featured for their U18 & U23 sides, returned to Ireland in 2018, signing for UCD and playing a key role in the side that reached the... Read More
30 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork City FC are delighted to announce the signing of winger Dylan McGlade, subject to international clearance. McGlade, who was named in the 2019 First Division Team of the Year, joins the Rebel Army after a brief spell in England with Blyth Spartans, having joined the National League... Read More
24 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie With well under a year to go before the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo get underway, hopes are high that Ireland can improve on its medal tally from four years ago. Ireland performed below expectations at Rio 2016, picking up just two silver medals to finish 62nd in... Read More
20 December 2019, Friday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork A man who stood up and fought for Munster Rugby for over 20 years as CEO has been awarded an honorary doctorate at University of Limerick. Garrett Fitzgerald, former Munster Rugby CEO, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at a conferring in UL Thursday, attended... Read More
2 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister encourages public to show their support Cork South West Fine Gael T.D. and Minister of State at the Department of Health, Jim Daly, has confirmed that he has proposed that a life-size sculpture of the late Mick McCarthy be commissioned and erected in Skibbereen town. Minister Daly... Read More
1 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Glen Rovers and Cork Senior hurling team star Patrick Horgan has been named as December’s Cork Person of the Month to mark his glittering hurling career to date. Born and reared in Blackpool, Patrick “Hoggy” Horgan has been playing hurling from a young age, working his way up... Read More
30 November 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Bumper fleets expected to attend prestigious international regatta incorporating Irish Cruiser Racing Association National Championships as part of historic club’s tricentenary celebrations The Royal Cork Yacht Club, the oldest yacht club in the world, haslaunched its online entry system for the prestigious Volvo Cork Week 2020 regatta which... Read More