24 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council is encouraging residents to discover the range of outdoor activities available to explore within a 5km radius of their homes via a handy map, which shoes 700 activities/attractions across the county. A key feature is the ‘Near Me’ tool, which then shows a radius of... Read More
24 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie October Bank Holiday Appeal from the South / South West Hospital Group This Halloween bank holiday weekend and as the number of Covid-19 cases are increasing across the country, management at South / South West Hospital Group are appealing to members of the public to continue to follow... Read More
24 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie News Review for October 2020Crawford Art Gallery is to receive a substantial acquisition fund from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Art, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. The fund of €400,000 will enable Crawford Art Gallery to purchase artworks which will enhance the national collection as it invests in works... Read More
23 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Aldi’s Glanmire, Hazelwood Avenue “Project Fresh” store has reopened its doors to customers following an extensive renovation project which has seen the store completely refurbished. Project Fresh sees Aldi invest €60m in revamping the layout and design of all of its 144 stores nationwide. The newly refurbished store... Read More
23 October 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Access Credit Union in West Cork is driving support for local businesses with the launch of a discount card to encourage more people to spend local in the run up to Christmas and in to the future. Businesses will also offer personalised virtual shopping via WhatsApp and Zoom... Read More
23 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie DojoMór2020 (which translates as the Large Dojo) takes place Live Online on October 24th. Multiple workshops will be hosted around the country at 10am, 11am, 12pm and 1pm. The workshops will deliver fun coding activities for young people using leading technologies such as Micro: bits, Vex Robotics, Scratch,... Read More
23 October 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie When will Mallow Castle open to the public? An exact date is not known, but the project which includes a public park has taken a massive step ahead this month. Cork County Council recently signed contracts to the value of almost €2 million with Cork based Vision Contracting... Read More
22 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Aircoach has announced that its 704x service from Cork to Dublin City Centre & Dublin Airport will continue to operate for the next six weeks for those with essential travel requirements. In line with Government restrictions, each coach will operate at 25% capacity which means a total of... Read More
22 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., recently announced a range of funding supports in the region of €900,000, to support local authorities across Ireland to develop community-led commemorations of the significant historical events of 1920. In recognition of the transformative events that... Read More
22 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Arts Council is offering €9,974,730 to 166 arts organisations, 24 of which are in Cork City and County Cork The Arts Council has announced that it is offering funding of almost €10 million to 166 artists and arts organisations as part of its Arts Grant Funding (AGF)... Read More
22 October 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As Level 5 restrictions come into effect today, Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Mary Linehan Foley is highlighting how Cork County Council’s services remain available for residents, communities and businesses throughout Cork, with a vast number of services accessible from the safety of their homes. “As... Read More
22 October 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Clean air helps prevent the spread of respiratory viruses like COVID19 Eirdata (a company which mostly works with pharmaceutical, medical devices and healthcare sectors) recently undertook a nationwide survey with Engineers Ireland to see how ventilation affects indoor air quality, makes the workplace healthier and reduces the risk of... Read More