16 September 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 7.2 million was paid by Cork wind farms in commercial rates to Cork County Council in 2022, according to a new report published this week by Wind Energy Ireland. The Powering Cork report, which outlines the positive impacts that wind energy has had across the county of Cork, also... Read More
15 September 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Origin Green Gold Membership Awards recognise Cork companies for sustainability excellence – Bord Bia announces 55 Origin Green Gold Members for 2022 Origin Green, Ireland’s food and drink sustainability programme, has awarded 55 food and drink companies Gold Membership in recognition of their industry leading sustainability ambitions in... Read More
14 September 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Tusla Launches Urgent National Foster Care Recruitment Appeal in Cork – Humanitarian crisis and Covid-19 are key drivers of foster care demand in 2022 Tusla – The Child and Family Agency had launched a Fostering Recruitment Campaign. The aim of the campaign is to recruit new foster carers... Read More
12 September 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 2.5km of new watermains & a step closer to a more reliable water supply Irish Water is replacing 2.5km of problematic watermains in Ballinglanna, Clonakilty which will improve water quality for the community. The project will commence in the coming days and form part of Irish Water’s National... Read More
12 September 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Words By Water, the Kinsale Literary Festival, have announced the programme of events for the 2022 festival, taking place from Thursday September 29th to Sunday October 2nd. This will be the first full in-person programme the festival has held in three years and organisers are looking forward to... Read More
10 September 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie As part of the recent National Heritage Week, Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage commissioned a 30-minute YouTube video on the history of Timoleague with a special emphasis on the history of the famous abbey that dominates the village as well as the Church of Ireland church building and the Catholic... Read More
8 September 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Rory Jackson, Skibbereen-West Cork Local Representative, with the Green Party today said “It is very worrying to see an increase in the number of dead birds being reported on our shores. We have watched avian flu spread across the UK and knew at some time, it would visit... Read More
7 September 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie With the Micheal Collins Centenary events recently concluded, Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage will hold another public talk on two other prominent West Corkmen from the tragic year of 1922 on 18th November at the local GAA Pavilion. At the outset of the Decade of Centenaries, the local history and... Read More
6 September 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Credit Unions have reported a ‘flurry of current account openings’ over the last few months as customers switch from banks – although there are savings caps in many credit unions of €15,000-30,000 so for many it is not a full banking alternative Eleven Credit Unions across Cork... Read More
6 September 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The annual nationwide survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) of beaches and harbours shows Cork Harbour at Blackrock Castle and White Bay beach again ‘heavily littered’ at the foot of the rankings of 33 areas surveyed. Kinsale has fallen to ‘littered’ alongside Bantry and Ballinacurra,... Read More
3 September 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie An initiative to introduce young people in County Cork to Irish authors has returned for the second year in a row. One County, One Book is a programme by Cork County Council Library and Arts Service and is supported by Creative Ireland. The title for 2022 is ‘Not... Read More