5 August 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI was launched earlier this evening following the activation of an alarm from a personal locator beacon within Baltimore Harbour in West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their inshore lifeboat at 6.54pm following a request from the Irish Coast Guard to help locate an active Personal... Read More
5 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The former Minister Zappone debacle stinks of cronyism and elitism according to Independent West Cork TD Michael Collins, It also signals that those who hold high office are deemed above the law, while at the same time continuing to prohibit a cruel ban on children from receiving their... Read More
5 August 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has announced the first recipients of its new Heritage Grant Scheme, with 23 Historical and Community groups set to benefit from up to €1,000 each in funding. The successful projects include a wide range of historical publications, Heritage Week events, exhibitions, archives, video documentaries and... Read More
2 August 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Harbour, White Bay, Kinsale, Bantry and Castletownbere have all fallen short of clean status in the latest nationwide litter survey of beaches and harbours by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). In all, 40% of 32 coastal areas surveyed were clean, but there was a rise... Read More
1 August 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie As the Irish media industry continues to emerge from an extended lockdown, west Cork-based production company Alchemy Electronic Arts has confirmed that filming will take place next summer on their long-awaited film-art project The Last Drop Falls. The film will look at the life of Nobel Prize-winning Irish... Read More
31 July 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie It was back in 1996 that the violent murder took place of French citizen Sophie Tuscan du Plantier, near her rural holiday home at Toormore, Schull, West Cork, Ireland. While that was some 25 years ago, there has been a renewed international interest in the crime now, in... Read More
31 July 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie It was back in 1996 that the violent murder took place of French citizen Sophie Tuscan du Plantier. While that was some 25 years ago, there has been a renewed international interest in the crime now, in Summer 2021, because of the release of two documentaries on competing... Read More
30 July 2021 BY Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Catholic Bishop of Cork and Ross, Fintan Gavin, has congratulated Olympic rowers from West Cork who represented Ireland in Tokyo. Bishop Fintan has written to Emily Hegarty, who won a Bronze medal with her teammates in the Women’s Four A Final, and to Fintan McCarthy and Paul... Read More
30 July 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Golf John Murphy comes on board as a SEAT brand ambassador for Finbarr Galvin Ltd – The Kinsale native drives away in an all new SEAT Leon Cork golfer and rising star John Murphy has signed a 12-month partnership with SEAT dealer, Finbarr Galvin Ltd. Murphy who... Read More
29 July 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie University College Cork is celebrating following the historic, medal-winning successes by its students and graduates at the Olympic Games. UCC has seven undergraduates at the Olympics in Tokyo, meaning UCC has more students on Team Ireland than any other Higher Education Institute in the country. Paul O’Donovan and... Read More
28 July 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Duo O’Donovan And McCarthy Backed Off The Boards For Olympic Gold – Rowing Pair 1/4 From 1/2 Following Semi-Final Dominance Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy are on the verge of getting Ireland amongst the gold medals at the Olympic Games if the betting is anything to go... Read More
27 July 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, was on Bere Island in County Cork today (Tuesday 27th July) to visit a series of new rural development projects as part of a nationwide tour to promote Our Rural Future. After meeting with the island community, the Minister availed of... Read More