7 September 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Soon there will be eight “McCabes” Pharmacies in Cork. The shops already exist, but are trading under the LloydsPharmacy brand. The City pharmacies which will rebrand as McCabes Pharmacies are on the Grand Parade, the Lough Shopping Centre, Hollyhill Shopping Centre, the Glen, Ballincollig, while the County businesses... Read More
3 September 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Where: ‘Camus Farm Field Kitchen’, Camus, Ardfield, Clonakilty, Co Cork, P85 PX57 – www.FieldKitchen.ie Vic Sprake and Deborah Ní Chaoimhe are the husband and wife duo behind the 30 acres Camus Farm, and this summer celebrates their destination restaurant The Field Kitchen’s fourth season which opens annually from... Read More
27 August 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 74% of couples planning their big day are choosing to tie the knot in civil and secular wedding ceremonies. With over 750 brides and grooms responding in a recent poll by Ireland’s popular wedding venue platform SaveMyDay.ie, the results show that the popularity in non-religious ceremonies is continuing... Read More
21 August 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is encouraging the owners and custodians of historic and protected structures in County Cork to apply for funding to repair and preserve their properties. The Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) for 2025 has been announced by Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral... Read More
21 August 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A woman who grew up in the Cork and Ross diocese has become the most recently professed religious sister in Ireland. Sr. Máire Bríd O’Driscoll made her Solemn Profession as a Redemptoristine nun in the company of her community, family and friends at a monastery in Drumcondra, Dublin.... Read More
5 August 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat was hosting its Open Day for the public beginning at 2.30 pm yesterday afternoon when the pagers went off at 2.25! The lifeboat immediately launched to go to the assistance of a boat in difficulty. A large number of adults and children had gathered to... Read More
31 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael selects Senator Tim Lombard and Councillor Noel O’Donovan to contest Cork South-West constituency in General Election Senator Tim Lombard and Councillor Noel O’Donovan have been selected by Fine Gael to represent the party in the Cork South-West constituency at the next general election. They were selected... Read More
31 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie “My ambition is to complete the roll-out of Hot School Meals to all remaining Primary Schools as part of Budget 2025” The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced that 168 additional primary schools have been approved for the Hot School Meals Programme. The announcement means... Read More
29 July 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Fuel Prices will increase again on August 1 because of government-imposed fuel excise taxes, after a previous rise in March. That means the cost of everything will increase. “When the price of fuel increases, the price of everything else increases – food, clothing, building supplies, and so on.... Read More
29 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Tracing your birth information and birth family “If you were adopted, you may want to find your birth family” says Ciara O’Gorman, Development Manager with South Munster Citizens Information Service. “Alternatively, you might be a birth parent trying to trace your child who was adopted. The new Birth Information... Read More
24 July 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD Aindrias Moynihan has welcomed confirmation that the tender process for work at the new Garda station in Macroom has begun. The project involves the construction of a new Garda Divisional Headquarters in Macroom incorporating a two, three and four storey building around a secure courtyard... Read More