28 March 2021 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has sought clarity from the European Commission on plans for abolishing the seasonal clock changes. This weekend in Ireland clocks will once again turn forward by one hour. The European Parliament said in 2019 that seasonal clock changes should be abolished in 2021.... Read More
28 March 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Business News: Small Business Assistance Scheme for Covid announced for County Cork Businesses Interested businesses in County Cork operating from a ratable property can apply online through the Council’s Customer Service Portal, www.YourCouncil.ie. The closing date for receipt of applications for Quarter 1, 2021 is April 21st. The... Read More
27 March 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish world boxing champion Kellie Harrington and track and field Olympian, David Gillick will be “visiting” (online) homes and schools throughout West Cork and beyond over the coming months until summer holidays begin. Joining the Fyffes Fit Squad team, Kellie and David will broadcast their approach to exercise... Read More
27 March 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Visual Artist Tomasz Madajczak has been awarded Cork County Council’s PLATFORM 31 bursary. He is one 31 artists across Ireland awarded the €8,000 bursary to invest in their practice, participate in an advisory, developmental framework and be part of a peer network. PLATFORM 31 is the nationwide artist... Read More
27 March 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Lifeboat crew at Castletownbere RNLI were launched this afternoon at 12:30 to assist a local tugboat with four persons on board which became damaged in heavy seas off the Beara peninsula on its way to assist a fishing boat. The lifeboat was launched again this morning (Saturday 27... Read More
27 March 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ballymaloe Foods has teamed up with award-winning restaurant CoqBull to create a limited-edition burger. The burger will be available in CoqBull restaurants in Cork and Limerick. A team of chefs at CoqBull has produced a rotisserie pulled chicken and beef burger topped with Ballymaloe Fiery Relish, Dubliner Cheddar... Read More
27 March 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Joe Kavanagh and the Lady Mayoress Stephanie, at the Middle Parish Community Association Mural created by artist Peter Martin on Grattan Street, commemorating the wedding of former Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Terence MacSwiney and his wife Muriel funded by Cork City... Read More
27 March 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Food Business owners across South and West Cork will be eager to sign up to SECAD Partnership CLG’s newly announced and free Sustainable Food Training Programme which kicks off next month. The programme (which has limited spaces) has been developed with Small, Medium and Artisan food (and beverage)... Read More
27 March 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service has achieved record activity, membership and performance in 2020, reinforcing its role in the community response to Covid 19. Shortly after the announcement of restrictions in Ireland in March 2020, the Council’s Library Service began the delivery of books to isolating... Read More
27 March 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A same sex couple from Cork become the first in Ireland to be legally recognised as co-parents of their children In an historic event this week, a female same sex couple from Cork were the first in Ireland to register the birth of their babies with both their... Read More
27 March 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As part of ongoing investigations into allegations of insurance fraud, detectives from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) have arrested a man (aged in his 30s) in the Cork City area yesterday, Friday, 26th March 2020. He is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice... Read More
27 March 2021 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council Library & Arts Service invites applications to be part of a new and exciting project “The Art of Living”. Funded under the Creative Ireland Positive Ageing and Creative Wellbeing Challenge Fund, The Art of Living is a short film about creativity which highlights, showcases and... Read More