THINGS TO SEE AND DO IN CO CORK: Cork County appoints ‘Ambassador’ for Culture Night

27 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie When is Culture Night? 22nd September This year’s Cork County Culture Night Ambassador is writer and diarist, Alice Carey. Alice divides her life between Manhattan, where she was born and bred, and West Cork, where she and her husband, Geoffrey Knox, bought and renovated a house some years ago. Alice feels... Read More

27th August, 2017

SURVEY REVEALS: Trump and Brexit – Irish Primary School Children ARE in tune with current affairs

27 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Donald Trump was the politician most spoken about in 5th and 6th class in primary schools across Ireland last year. The results of a survey carried out among Junior Entrepreneur Project participants showed that over 96% of teachers of the 5th and 6th class pupils involved said that... Read More

EDUCATION, NEWS

26th August, 2017

PHOTOS: ‘Feelgood Friday’ at Electric, South Mall, Cork City

26 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie ‘Feel Good Friday’ returned yesterday. The boardwalk at Electric on South Mall came to life as were is not one, but two live musical performances lined up. It kicked off at 5.30pm with the High Hopes Choir hitting all the right notes. That was followed by the incredibly... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

26th August, 2017

HEALTH: Wife of Cork City Lord Mayor to hold ‘Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Hospice’

26 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Lady Mayoress invites the people of Cork to support Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Hospice At 11.00 a.m. Wednesday 30th August, the Lady Mayoress of Cork, Georgina Fitzgerald, will launch Cork’s event supporting Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Hospice. This actual event will... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, FIANNA FAIL, HEALTH, NEWS, POLITICS

26th August, 2017

HEALTH: Fyffes will run ‘pop up’ kitchen in Mahon Point Shopping Centre

26 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Mahon Point Shopping Centre is to be one of the venues in a series of charity undertakings by Fyffes who are taking to the road with their new ‘pop up kitchen’ to raise funds for new multisensory equipment at Temple Street Children’s Hospital. At the centre from 9.30am... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

26th August, 2017

EDUCATION: More flexibility needed in School Transport Scheme route selection – sys

26 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ballynoe children being split between 3 different schools- Local Cork East TD, Kevin O’Keeffe has called for a common sense approach to be adopted by the Department of Education and Bus Éireann when it comes to the School Transport Scheme. Deputy O’Keeffe was reacting to a number of... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, FIANNA FAIL, NEWS, POLITICS

26th August, 2017

SAILING: ‘Royal Cork At Home Regatta’ takes place this weekend – sponsored by Mater Private

26 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mater Private Cork raises its sails as sponsor of 2017 ‘Royal Cork At Home Regatta’ next weekend Thousands of people will descend on the shores of Cork Harbour this weekend, 26th and 27th August, for the 2017 Royal Cork ‘At Home’ Regatta sponsored by Mater Private Hospital... Read More

AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, SPORT

25th August, 2017

CHARITY: Cork company VERDE LED & The Hope Foundation partner to bring light to rural India

25 August 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A new partnership between Irish Charity, The Hope Foundation (HOPE) and VERDE LED, a leading Cork manufacturer of commercial energy saving LED lighting solutions, aims to improve the quality of life of the poorest families living in North and South Kashibad in the Sundarbans region of India by... Read More

BUSINESS, HEALTH, NEWS

25th August, 2017

SOCCER: Match Preview – Cork City FC v Athlone Town

25 August 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City continue their defence of the FAI Cup with a home tie against Athlone Town tonight. City come into the game on the back of a 1-0 win away to Finn Harps on Monday night, which got them back to winning ways after a surprise 1-0... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, SPORT

25th August, 2017

HISTORY: Cork group marks 170th Anniversary of worst year of Great Irish Famine – An Gorta Mór

25 August 2017, Friday By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Both Mayors to be Represented at Ceremony for An Gorta Mór The 170th Anniversary of Black ’47 will be marked this Sunday with a ceremony at Carr’s Hill, the site of the largest mass-grave in Cork. It is believed that approximately 30,000 people are buried at the... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, AREA: SOUTH CORK, NEWS, POLITICS

25th August, 2017

CHARITY: Join #TeamMercy and the race against cancer for the Women’s Mini Marathon on Sunday, September 24th

25 August 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie With just a four weeks until the Cork Women’s Mini Marathon (September 24th) it’s time to get into gear and what better way to get motivated than by joining one of Cork’s biggest teams? Last year over 100 dedicated ladies and a few brave men in skirts joined... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, HEALTH, NEWS

25th August, 2017

CORK CITY: Today is a day of competitions and discounts called ‘Feelgood Friday’

25 August 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Feel Good Friday is back again today and it brings with it a fantastic line-up of events. Forget Electric Picnic – Electric Cork is where it’s all happening! The boardwalk at Electric on South Mall will come to life as there is not one, but two live musical... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, BUSINESS, NEWS