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
14 July 2024 By Tony Forde tony@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has announced a new Affordable Housing Purchase Scheme in Bandon. Applications for the new two and three bed houses at Almans View, Bandon will open at 12 noon on Monday the 15th of July 2024. Constructed by J.O.D Developments, the houses will generally be available for... Read More
13 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat was launched early this morning to assist a 32-foot West-Cork based yacht, with four persons onboard, which had lost its ability to manoeuvre three miles south of the Fastnet Rock. The lifeboat received an alert at 06:15 from Valentia Coastguard Maritime Coordination Rescue Centre requesting... Read More
11 July 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie West Cork Literary Festival takes place at various Locations, Bantry, West Cork – 12th to 19 July 2024 This year’s West Cork Literary Festival is almost upon us and the festival will run from 12th to 19th July. There has been a huge response to this year’s line-up... Read More
10 July 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service has launched a series of free events for children in libraries across the county as part of its Summer Arts Programme. The events take place throughout July and August and include Road Dahl-inspired science workshops, puppet shows and comic creating for... Read More