30 July 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Airport will welcome over 53,000 passengers this August Bank Holiday weekend, with Sunday, July 31 anticipated to be the busiest day. Total passenger traffic this weekend will represent an 88% recovery from the last comparable August Bank Holiday weekend – which was in 2019 when 60,000 passengers... Read More
30 July 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie A community group in Cobh plans on repairing the American Pier at Whitepoint to protect this historic amenity and ensure the area remains safe for swimmers. It is also the last physical publicly accessible reminder of the US Navy’s presence in Cork Harbour. The project is being driven... Read More
29 July 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fota Wildlife Park announced the birth of three critically endangered Black and white ruffed lemur babies (Varecia variegatea) to 20-year-old mother Cloud and 10-year-old father Paraic. The three baby lemurs, whose gender is still unknown, were born on the 19th of June after a gestation period of 102... Read More
29 July 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Kinsale charity offers the chance to win a brand new Kia Picanto – Tickets go on sale at Kinsale Regatta over the Bank Holiday Weekend Would you like to win a brand new 231 Kia Picanto and at the same time help some outstanding community groups? The Well... Read More
29 July 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Sunday Independent’s hugely successful Rock Against Homelessness concert series in aid of Focus Ireland continues this, Summer. Cat Dowling will play Rock Against Homelessness at the Sea Church in Ballycotton on August 19th, supported on the night by First Class Coach and The Burma. Cat’s show follows... Read More
28 July 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Baltimore RNLI provides assistance to a yacht in difficulty Baltimore RNLI were called out to provide assistance to a yacht with one person onboard that got into difficulty off the coast of Baltimore, West Cork, earlier this evening (Thursday 28 July). The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their inshore... Read More
28 July 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork East, James O’Connor, has urged the public to engage with the upcoming Glounthaune to Midleton twin-tracking public consultation events in early August. Deputy O’Connor commented, “This is such an important transport project for the region and can have a major positive impact for... Read More
28 July 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Kinsale Regatta 5 Mile – Friday, July 29, 2022 – Kinsale GAA Club – Start 7:30pm – Online race registrations: https://eventmaster.ie/event/A3MbcjlIlv The Kinsale Regatta 5 Mile Road Race takes place tomorrow, Friday evening 29 July as part of the Bank Holiday Kinsale Regatta Festival and a number of lifeboat... Read More
28 July 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ballycotton RNLI assists pleasure boat with three people onboard to safety after engine failure south of Helvick Head A 16.5ft pleasure boat with three people onboard that had suffered engine failure 17 nautical miles south of Helvick Head yesterday evening (Wednesday 27 July), was brought to safety by... Read More
28 July 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister for Public Procurement, eGovernment and Circular Economy Ossian Smyth today launched Smarttech247’s next intake for its Women in Cybersecurity Academy. The Irish firm is offering sixty places for a free intensive course which helps develop skills for a future in cybertech and security. It’s the second time... Read More
28 July 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Conservation regulations “still in force” until season closes To boost conservation efforts, anglers who wish to catch and keep wild salmon from the Lower River Lee this year are being reminded by Inland Fisheries Ireland that ‘brown tag’ regulations are still in force until the season closes on... Read More
27 July 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Mayor Collins Welcomes Expedition Cruise Ship To West Cork Town The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Danny Collins was on hand to welcome the cruise ship ‘Island Sky’ during its first visit to Schull when the Noble Caledonia vessel called to the West Cork town recently.... Read More