6 December 2023 By David Lynch david@TheCork.ie Munster Rugby are delighted with today’s announcement of an additional Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Grant allocation of €1.2m for the Cork Centre of Excellence at Musgrave Park. This brings the total LSSIF funding for the project to €2.7m and we would like to thank all Government departments involved... Read More
30 November 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Galway and Meath will play Cork in a double-header at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday, December 9th at a special event to commemorate the unique career of Teddy McCarthy Teddy’s untimely passing in June of this year brought the GAA world to a standstill, as fans and players... Read More
23 November 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City FC has unveiled the new home and away kits for the 2024 season. The club, which celebrates its 40th anniversary next year, has launched the kits ahead of the busy Christmas shopping period. The home kit is a return to white for the first time since... Read More
17 November 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork’s newest pedestrian and cycle path and bridge was opened today by the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. and the Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Kieran McCarthy. Funded by the National Transport Authority, the four-metre wide, 63-metre-long Vernon Mount Bridge and one-kilometre long pathway provides safe and... Read More
16 November 2023 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Unsplash Nine months in and ranking second from the bottom out of ten teams—Cork City FC certainly had a poor season this time around, which will directly affect their future matches and league performance. The team’s current form is far from ideal. Of course, the team has some... Read More
3 November 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Dozens of young people from Foroige, Cloyne Diocese Youth Service (CDYS) and the YMCA UBU Youth Projects enjoyed Cork’s first Urban Outdoor Sportsfest in Tramore Valley Park. A celebration of sport and physical activity which provided a fun-filled day of activities, the event was a collaboration between Corks... Read More
1 November 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie New Cork GAA training kits launch exclusively with Sports Direct tomorrow – Sports Direct has six stores in Cork including Mahon Point, Blackpool Retail Park, Market Green Midleton, Ballincollig Sports Direct is extending its current five year partnership with Cork GAA to 8 years. The partnership has proven... Read More
13 October 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Airport will welcome hundreds of Irish rugby fans today as three full flights depart for Paris Charles de Gaulle. With services being operated by Aer Lingus, Air France and AeroItalia (a charter flight operating on behalf of Irish travel agencies), the terminal building will be awash with... Read More
6 October 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The winning pair will represent Ireland at the Audi quattro Cup World Final in Oman this November Cork golfers Mike O’Halloran and Michael O’Brien were today crowned champions of the 2023 Audi Ireland quattro Cup, hosted at the recently reopened Glen Golf course at Druids Glen Hotel and... Read More
25 September 2023 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Football club works with local business and Cork City fans to improve customer experience Cork City FC has launched a new website which offers visitors a more streamlined service with easier access to fixtures, results and the online shop. The new website is part of a series of... Read More
14 September 2023 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment/Sport Ireland may not be blessed with a huge number of high-ranking golfers, but Cork at least has one professional star who is not even near entering his prime days just yet. John Murphy plays on the DP World Tour and is currently ranked 208th. He is a product of the... Read More
4 September 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy has put a call-out to Cork GAA clubs to have their Decade of Centenaries commemorative jerseys featured in the upcoming Cork Commemorative Jersey exhibition. The exhibition, which will commence in late September at the Public Museum in Fitzgerald’s Park, features... Read More