1 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Declan Hurley has launched Cork County Council’s new mobile library for West Cork. The launch took place at the Parkway Hotel, Dunmanway. The new West Cork Mobile Library will replace the well-known, 14 year old vehicle that has visited nearly... Read More
1 September 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat launched this morning to a boat which got into difficulties three miles south-east of Crow Head on the Beara Peninsula. Castletownbere’s lifeboat was tasked by Valentia Coastguard Radio this morning at 10.24 a.m. to go to the assistance a thirty-feet angling boat with three people... Read More
31 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork farm machinery dealer Corbetts of Mallow – authorised representative for the Farmhand range of equipment – has announced the arrival into its showroom of the all-new Amazone Catros 3003 compact disc harrow. Selling at a price €2,500 below the existing Catros 3001 – the new 3003 is... Read More
30 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Restaurants Association of Ireland is delighted to declare West Cork as the winners of Foodie Destinations 2017. The winner was announced at an event held in the Headfort Arms Hotel in the home of last year’s winners Boyne Valley earlier last evening. After a rigorous few... Read More
29 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Declan Hurley has congratulated the five Cork towns nominated by Cork County Council for the 2017 IPB Pride of Place Competition, in association with Co-Operation Ireland. The nominations are:- Ballymacoda/Ladysbridge Community Council Ltd, population between 300 and 1,000. Carrigtwohill... Read More
30 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork has seen an increase in overseas visitor numbers grow from 955,000 in 2010 to over 1.3 million in 2016. The first seven months of this year have seen over five and a half million visitors to our shores. Overall trips to Ireland were up 3.1% compared to... Read More
29 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar T.D, announced the landmark €5 Billion Good Cause figure at a special Lotto draw to mark the National Lottery’s 30th birthday in RTE recently. He said the Good Cause fund has made a crucial contribution to life in communities all across Ireland over the... Read More
29 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council are delighted to announce the publication of the ‘Historic Town Map of Bantry’. It joins Bandon, Kinsale and Dunmanway which were produced last year. All are available in your local tourist offices and heritage centres or download online on the Visit Cork County website... Read More
28 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, is hosting the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of one of Ireland’s foremost international contemporary artists, Susan MacWilliam, from Saturday 9th September. The centre is one of only four impressive venues to host the standout exhibition across the Island of Ireland. The... Read More
27 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie When is Culture Night? 22nd September This year’s Cork County Culture Night Ambassador is writer and diarist, Alice Carey. Alice divides her life between Manhattan, where she was born and bred, and West Cork, where she and her husband, Geoffrey Knox, bought and renovated a house some years ago. Alice feels... Read More
24 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The builders have departed and the HSE are now in charge of the new extension just completed at Bandon Community Hospital. Fine Gael T.D. for Cork South West and Minister for Older People, Jim Daly confirmed that the builders handed the building over to the HSE on... Read More
24 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie €500K Wild Atlantic Way Advertising Blitz to Boost Visitor Numbers Beyond the Summer Months Since Monday television and radio ads encouraging Irish people to get away from it all and explore Ireland’s west coast have been broadcast across national channels such as RTE, TV3, Sky and Channel... Read More
