4 November 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the National Broadband Plan (NBP) on behalf of the Government, will host a pop-up information event at 2-4 Oliver Plunkett Place in Midleton on Friday the 5th and Saturday 6th of November, with the events taking place from 10 am to... Read More
4 November 2021, Thursday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Cork International Film Festival 2021 begins on Friday 5th of November. The 66th annual Festival runs through 21st of November in Cork City and County, with in-cinema screenings happening from the 5th – 12th. The programme is action-packed with 80 features and an extensive shorts programme.... Read More
3 November 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie In recent days Ryanair announced its largest ever Winter schedule from Cork, with a new route from Cork to Manchester, operating twice daily from 15th December. This new route is part of Ryanair’s Winter 2021/22 schedule from Cork, delivering over 60 weekly flights to 13 destinations. Having recently... Read More
2 November 2021 By Roger Jones roger@TheCork.ie Climate change is a global epidemic, but Christmas tree farmers in Ireland are taking proactive steps to do something about it. Climate change is caused by many things, however, none is greater than human activity. As the need for food, shelter, and other resources has evolved, more and... Read More
2 November 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Main Street Development Great progress is being made on Main Street, Carrigaline on the Cogan’s Bar site which is being developed as a gastropub. Meanwhile, Planning permission is being sought to demolish the two dwelling houses on Main Street next to the Corner House and to develop a... Read More
2 November 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sample-Studios, in partnership with Gurranabraher Credit Union and Cork City Council Commemoration Fund are delighted to present PhotoGo, a community photography competition and exhibition in The Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Fitzgerald’s Park. PhotoGo competition launched on Culture Night in September and invited Corkonians to take photographs that celebrated Cork... Read More
2 November 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie To take part in the consultation process, visit: https://busconnects.ie/busconnects-cork/ The National Transport Authority (NTA) has today published its Draft New Bus Network for Cork. The redesign of the bus network is one of the nine key elements of BusConnects Cork that aims to transform the city’s bus system, making... Read More
2 November 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Let’s start with two quick facts: first, every habitable building has plumbing; and second, all plumbing will require either maintenance or repair at some point. Taking this on board, a recent survey has revealed some reassuring findings about how Irish homeowners regard plumbers. Foley’s Plumbing and Electrical, Cork’s... Read More
1 November 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Niamh competed for Ireland at two Paralympic Games at Rio 2016 and the deferred Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games earlier this year. The Cork native competed in the F41 Discus event with the highlight of her career coming at the Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro in 2016 when... Read More
1 November 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Glenaphuca UK & Ireland Tour November/December 2021 Singer songwriter and Alt Folk artist Lewis Barfoot has announced her headline Irish and UK tour to celebrate the release of her debut album Glenaphuca released on November 19th. The tour will include dates in Cork, London, Brighton, Frome and Stroud.... Read More
31 October 2021, 7.56pm By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ticket No. 873 in the name of ‘Ruth Howlett’ has won a new 3-bed Semi-Detached House in the ‘Drakes Point’ Housing Estate, Crosshaven, Co Cork The draw of the €100 tickets – which were sold in rent months on winahousecrosshavencork.com – was made around 7pm on Facebook... Read More
31 October 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The National Space Centre (NSC) in partnership with Greywood Arts has named Swedish sculptor Nicklas Lundberg as the Artist in Residence for Ireland’s first Space Waste Residency. Lundberg will travel to Ireland at the beginning of November for the month-long artist-in-residence programme, which examines waste produced by the... Read More