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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A Walk-In clinic for the Dose 1 and Dose 2 vaccination will take place at Cork City Hall on the below times: Dose 1 and Dose 2 Walk-in Clinics Saturday 8th January 9.00am to 4.00pm A Walk-In clinic for the booster vaccination for those aged 30 years and over will take place... Read More
6 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Panto legend, Billa O’Connell, was honoured last night at a special performance of Cork Opera House’s latest Panto, Nanny Nellie’s Adventures in Pantoland. Affectionately known throughout Cork simply as ‘Billa’, the much-loved performer passed away in 2021 and preceding the performance, Cork’s Lord Mayor, Cllr Colm Kelleher,... Read More
6 January 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Green Party in Cork have welcomed the increase in fines for motorists parking on footpaths, cycle lanes and bus lanes. Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, today signed regulations doubling the fixed charge penalty for motorists caught parking on footpaths, cycle tracks and bus lanes from €40 to... Read More