BUSINESS NEWS: Cork-headquartered Dornan Group appoints Carrigaline’s Micheál O’Connor as MD

14 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Micheál O’Connor to assume the role as the company reports its strongest ever turnover of €486M The Cork Headquartered Dornan Group updates today on the appointment of Carrigaline’s Micheál O’Connor in the role of Managing Director for the business. A Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Past President of the... Read More

BUSINESS, NEWS

14th June, 2021

Works of art will be displayed across Cork City – part of of Cork Midsummer Festival 2021

14 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City itself becomes a gallery – Explore artworks on your journey across the city – as Cork Midsummer Festival brings extraordinary arts encounters to audiences – 14 – 27 June 2021 – corkmidsummer.com Featuring over 40 events, from 14 –27 June, Cork City itself will become a... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

13th June, 2021

LISTEN: Cork Airport workers income must be protected during 10 week runway closure – says TD

13 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Department of Transport must support workers during Cork Airport closure – says Local TD Sinn Féin’s Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD has urged the Department of Transport to increase funding allocated to the Regional Airports Fund with the purpose of keeping aviation workers on the books for the duration... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

12th June, 2021

Irish in Canada: delighted to hear that Cork’s Ballymaloe Relish will be stocked on Canadian supermarket shelves

12 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ballymaloe Foods has secured its first major distribution partner in Canada. It means that customers in Canada will soon be able to purchase products such as Ballymaloe Original Relish in stores for the first time. The new partnership is with CBF Imports and will see seven products from... Read More

BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

12th June, 2021

First-time team of rowers successfully row 35km around Cork Harbour’s 3 islands of Cobh, Haulbowline, Spike Island

12 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A charity event in aid of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland is set to reach its fundraising target two weeks into its three month run. Participants from across the globe are taking on the Funbarr Challenge to do things they’ve never done before. It’s the... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

12th June, 2021

This summer ‘Enjoy and Protect’ the Irish Coast

12 June 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Clean Coasts programme works with communities to help protect and care for Ireland’s waterways, coastline, seas, ocean and marine life, by organising hundreds of beach clean-ups each year, mobilising thousands of volunteers, and removing large quantities of marine litter from our coastline. The Irish coast offers breath-taking... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, AREA: WEST CORK, NEWS

12th June, 2021

REVEALED: Name of Cork €2.5m jackpot winner is known: Ticket was sold at O’Connell’s Foodstore, Myrtleville Beach

12 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The name of the Cork winner is now known by the powers that be. The lucky beach goer has made contact with Lotto HQ. Their decision to now go public – or not – is their own The Cork and Galway Lotto jackpot winners from recent weeks have... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

12th June, 2021

The Vikings and Cork: raiding, trading, and the development of the town

12 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Free public online event – Saturday, June 19, 2021 The earliest stages of the Viking and Hiberno-Norse city of Cork, its true locations and the lives of its residents are to be discussed in a free online conference about the Vikings and Cork later this month. Cork Historical... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

12th June, 2021

GAA: Shane Dowling: All-Ireland Concern For Cork If Game Plan Fails Against Galway

12 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Former Limerick hurler and All-Ireland winner Shane Dowling has questioned Cork’s All-Ireland credentials ahead of their National League Division 1 clash this weekend with Galway. Kilkenny are already guaranteed the tag of at least joint league winners having topped Division 1B, but top honours in Division 1A are... Read More

NEWS, SPORT

12th June, 2021

VIDEO: UCC and Sport Ireland launch worldwide search for ideas to get people physically active

12 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A worldwide search for ambitious, innovative ideas to get people physically active is to be launched by University College Cork, in association with Sport Ireland and with UNESCO patronage – with up to €10,000 going to the best concepts. The Global Design Challenge for Sport and Physical Activity... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, SPORT

12th June, 2021

Top 10 Best Tourist Spots to Visit in Cork in 2021

12 June 2021 By Roger L. Jones roger@TheCork.ie Thinking about visiting Ireland soon? We’ve come up with a list of the top ten best tourist spots to visit in Cork in 2021. The second-largest city of Ireland has so much to offer tourists, from gift-giving stones to grand castles and cheese-making water buffalo. Keep reading... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

11th June, 2021

MOTORSPORT: Cork racing driver Kayleigh ‘Kayls’ Cole competing at Brands Hatch this weekend

11 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 17-year old Kayleigh Cole (a.k.a. Kayls) is all set for a triple header at the famous Brands Hatch Race Circuit (South East of London) this weekend, where she will be competing in Swallow hills F1000 Championship biggest grid of the year. The Ballincollig, Cork native has not been... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, SPORT