22 May 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie On Wednesday 18th May there was a ‘BIG cycle to school’ in Clonakilty. Students of four national schools in Clonakilty town met at Scalllys, Supervalu on Tuesday morning to cycle to school. The BIG cycle to school was dreamt up by a group of bike enthusiasts (Catherine Russell; Green... Read More
22 May 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Green Party councillor in Cork has said Cork City Council must divert resources to tackle a growing backlog of planning enforcement complaints in the city. Following a request for information, Cllr Oliver Moran was provided with information on a growing backlog of planning enforcement cases still being... Read More
22 May 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A high-level conference, aimed at opening minds as well as doors to doing business in Asia and with Asian firms in Ireland, is set to be hosted from Cork next week (May 25-26). Both the Indian and Chinese ambassadors to Ireland, and the Irish ambassador to China, will... Read More
22 May 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A hurley owned by former Cork All-Ireland hurler and well-known Cork businessman Sean McCarthy, will go on auction at the Lord Mayor’s Summer Ball which takes place in the Rochestown Park Hotel on May 27. The hurley was autographed by all of the winning team in 1990. This... Read More
21 May 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Be in with a chance to win €5,000 MACE has once again teamed up with Ireland out-half Johnny Sexton to offer people in Cork the opportunity to share in a prize-fund of €10,000 in a community initiative, whereby the public nominate their Unsung Hero. MACE is asking the... Read More
20 May 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Brass Band Performance Carrigaline was treated to a novel performance on the Bandstand in the Park by the St Nicholas Brass Band from Cork on Sunday afternoon last. The Band played their music in aid of the Ukraine Refugee Relief Fund. Visitors to the park were delighted with the music... Read More
20 May 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Aldi Ireland today confirmed it is set to open a new €10M store in Carrigaline, Co. Cork in 2024 – 30 new jobs to be created The news comes as the supermarket was granted planning permission from Cork County Council for its new 1,315sqm store today. 60 jobs... Read More
20 May 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Entertainment -Folk Americana Trio ‘The Raines’ outstanding fourth single “Another Lover” – out today – plus First-Ever Irish Tour To Begin 3rd June Where Whelans Dublin 3rd June Sea Church, Ballycotton, East Cork 10th June Station House Clifden 12th June Galway Folk Festival 17th June Dolans Limerick 18th... Read More
20 May 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Wisetek Store, the e-commerce site of Wisetek, has donated refurbished devices to Blackrock Hurling Club, Cork’s oldest and most successful hurling club. Wisetek works in the area of IT asset disposition (ITAD), data destruction, technology reuse and manufacturing services, This IT donation, which includes a MacBook and iPads,... Read More
20 May 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie TELUS International Ireland marks World Bee Day 2022 at a beekeeping workshop with honey produced from beehives on its Cork campus May 20th 2022: TELUS International Ireland is marking World Bee Day 2022 at a beekeeping workshop with honey produced from beehives introduced to the Cork campus last... Read More
20 May 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A large crowd attended Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin’s Award’s Night on Thursday last, in what was the first Award’s Night held in the state-of-the-art new building. The school celebrated a very special year in style, where music and song were central to the night, and where many awards... Read More
20 May 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Balllinadee is a village in County Cork. It lies in the parish of Courceys, approximately 12 km by road west of Kinsale Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan has congratulated the Ballinadee Community Hall Development Association on their recent at win in the Population Category... Read More