ARTS NEWS: Austrian maestro Thomas Zehetmair and Irish Chamber Orchestra to perform at Cork School of Music

11 January 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie When: Thursday 3 February 2022 at 7.30pm Where: MTU Cork School of Music, Cork What: Mozart, Wilson & Bruckner The Irish Chamber Orchestra returns to Cork City on 3 February under the baton of Austrian maestro, Thomas Zehetmair. The ICO has had a long association with the Cork Orchestral Society who present this diverse concert at MTU... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

11th January, 2022

How are Instagram and Facebook performing among Irish users? Cork media expert ‘Mulley Communications’ have the stats

11 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Instagram will soon be bigger than Facebook in Ireland Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp Cork-based Mulley Communications have compiled interesting stats on how social media usage in Ireland. January 2022 Statistics Facebook 2.7 Million users (no change) Instagram 2.6 Million users (+500k change)... Read More

BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

11th January, 2022

Stanton writes to Ministers on reports regarding delay to N25 upgrade

11 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD David Stanton has written to the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, to the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, and to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, following reports that the planned... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS

10th January, 2022

EAST CORK: Lidl Youghal wins ‘Best Supporter of Local Community Initiatives’ at National Grocery Awards

10 January 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Lidl Ireland has been recognised with awards at this year’s National Grocery Retail Awards 2021 including Best Supporter of Local Initiatives for Lidl Youghal, Best Sustainability Initiative for Lidl Drogheda and the overall Discounter of the Year which may come as no surprise to the retailers loyal customers!... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS

10th January, 2022

St. Vincent de Paul handover running of 2 Cork homeless Hostels to another charity called ‘Depaul’

10 January 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Back in September 2020, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) announced its intention to transfer management of its homeless services to other charities with more expertise in the area Today marked the formal handover of St Vincent’s Hotel and Deerpark House – both in Cork. Depaul... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, HEALTH, NEWS

10th January, 2022

Senior officials to provide insight into serving city ‘behind the scenes’ for Network Cork’s first event of 2022

10 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Network Cork will host its first online event of 2022 on Wednesday January 12th this year, with Chief Executive of Cork City Council Ann Doherty and recently-appointed Chief Superintendent Garda Tom Myers announced as keynote speakers for this year’s launch event, ‘Behind the Scenes’. They will be joined... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, NEWS

10th January, 2022

Bright start to new year for Beaumont as Irish Water return to complete more mains rehabilitation

10 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Water, working in partnership with Cork City Council, is replacing a further 1.9km of problematic water mains in the Beaumont area which will result in a more stable and secure water supply. Irish Water had previously completed a portion of these mains rehab works in November with... Read More

NEWS

9th January, 2022

VIDEO: 75th anniversary of Irish Naval Service

9 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Poem To mark the Naval Service’s 75th Anniversary year, a poem submitted by a serving member of the Navy, was selected by Naval Headquarters to mark the occasion. The poem is entitled ‘STATIO BENE FIDA CARINIS’ (Latin for ‘A Place Most Suitable For Ships’). It envisages the Navy’s... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS

9th January, 2022

Green Councillor Colette Finn welcomes Centenaries Programme Funding for Cork

9 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, recently announced funding of €2 million for local authorities in 2022 to support their leading role in developing community-led commemorative activities for the final phase of the Decade of Centenaries Programme. €50,000 will be allocated... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

9th January, 2022

SOCCER: George Heaven & Mark McNulty re-sign with Cork City FC for 2022 Season

9 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City FC have confirmed that George Heaven and Mark McNulty have signed back with the club for 2022. Defender Heaven missed the end of the 2021 season through injury, but has been working with the club’s medical team over the close-season and hopes to return to light... Read More

NEWS, SPORT

8th January, 2022

NEW MUSIC: Jack O’Rourke – Coffee Song

8 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Jack O’Rourke Coffee Song Stream/Download: https://tinyurl.com/5ad84nnk Taken from the album Wild Place Release Date – Friday January 28 Jack O’Rourke opens 2022 with a fans’ favourite from his acclaimed album Wild Place. Wild Place found a place on many reviewers ‘Best of 2021’ polls and the Cork songwriter finished the year with... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

8th January, 2022

Instant Pots: Why every Household needs one

8 January 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie We are truly spoilt these days when it comes to making effort in the kitchen. Appliances have been made that essentially make cooking stress-free. This can only be a good thing for the many that have been faced with the dilemma of cooking at home in recent times.... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS