3 August 2022 By Tony Forde tony@TheCork.ie Sea Church in Ballycotton is not only renowned for its incredible live music venue and restaurant, as now, it will certainly also be known for its new ‘Grab and Go’ takeaway café which just launched. The new ‘Grab and Go’ coffee shop is housed in an up-cycled shipping... Read More
3 August 2022 By Tony Forde tony@TheCork.ie As part of an on-going commitment to a more sustainable future, The Port of Cork Company (PoCC) is encouraging a companywide transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and announces plans to invest in more sustainable equipment. The Port of Cork has purchased a new fully electric van for its... Read More
3 August 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Nature Network is offering a range of exciting and informative events as a part of the Heritage Week 2022. With a mix of online and physical lectures, workshops and nature walks, there is a fantastic range of opportunities for everyone to participate. All events are free to... Read More
3 August 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Water, working in partnership with Cork County Council, is undertaking water network improvement works in Killaree, Shandrum, Charleville, Co. Cork. Irish Water wishes to advise customers in Ballynakilla East, Shandrum, Coolasmuttane, Clonmore and surrounding areas that as part of the works being delivered there may be disruption... Read More
3 August 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Before the internet came about, you would have to visit your local casino if you wanted to gamble. When the world wide web launched, it wasn’t long before online casinos came into play. Thanks to these, people could now play their favorite casino games from anywhere they wanted.... Read More
2 August 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Priest appointments and the introduction of Families of Parishes Today, Bishop Fintan Gavin, Bishop of Cork and Ross, published his new pastoral letter Putting out into deep waters (Lk 5:4) Transforming parishes together into mission-centred faith communities. Bishop Gavin said, “How priests minister in the parishes of the Diocese of Cork... Read More
2 August 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Irish leg of a network of high-quality cycle routes across Europe is now complete with the addition of new dedicated signposts across Cork County. The final 470km section of EuroVelo 1 follows the coast from Youghal to the Beara Peninsula and was recently completed by Cork County... Read More
1 August 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Terra Ignis has ‘planted itself’ in Cork’s English Market’s start-up stall, unearthing new potentials and firing up taste buds. Terra Ignis, founded by Linda O’Flynn and Ivo Duarte, is a range of fermented products including oak bark fermented ketchup, gooseberry and honeysuckle soda and lemon verbena kombucha vinegar.... Read More
31 July 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Irish Water, in partnership with Cork City Council, is progressing works to improve the security of water supply across Cork city through the delivery of three projects as part of the Cork City Water Supply Scheme. This significant investment involves the construction of additional strategic watermains, replacement of... Read More
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