27 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cloyne Union has completed a major restoration of its Parish Hall, a familiar piece of the architectural heritage of Midleton, Co. Cork, located across the road from St John the Baptist Church. The roof was completely re-lathed, re-felted, re-leaded and re-slated by John Cody Carpentry Services with great... Read More
26 June 2024 By Tony Forde tony@TheCork.ie Fastnet Lighthouse was built 120 years ago One of Ireland’s best known and most iconic lighthouses, the granite tower of Fastnet Lighthouse off the Cork coast is 120 years old tomorrow. The lighthouse plays as crucial a role to navigation now as it did in 1904. Irish Lights... Read More
25 June 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Classes are run daily in the specially designed Kiln Bar, and can host up to 16 people Guests create and enjoy three seasonal cocktails using Jameson Irish Whiskey and locally sourced ingredients from East Cork Bookings are available now via the Midleton Distillery Experience website The revamped Midleton... Read More
21 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council marked its milestone 125th anniversary with a day of commemoration starting with a Special Meeting of Council where the echoes of history were highlighted as the 1899-minute book was proudly displayed. As official proceedings ended, guests gathered in the Cork County Hall foyer where the... Read More
20 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has awarded €44,600 in grant funding under the Council’s Heritage Grant Scheme. A total of 26 projects and initiatives across all eight of the county’s Municipal Districts will benefit from this year’s funding. Cork County Council’s Heritage Grant Schemes, supported by The Heritage Council, have... Read More
19 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Frank O’Flynn has launched the Harper’s Island Wetlands Activity Books, a special publication series written and designed by renowned local author and educator Jim Wilson. The books are based around Harper’s Island Wetlands Nature Reserve and its wildlife. Owned and... Read More
19 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie National Heritage Week 2024 will take place this year from 17th-25th August and will celebrate the theme of Connections, Routes and Networks. During National Heritage Week 2024 taking place from 17th – 25th August, we are encouraging you to explore the physical, cultural and natural connections in your... Read More
17 June 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The revamped Midleton Distillery Experience has unveiled a new bespoke cocktail making class. Under the tutelage of one of Midleton’s expert mixologists and using locally sourced ingredients, participants will learn the art of creating three specially curated cocktails using award-winning Jameson Irish Whiskey, Jameson Black Barrel and Jameson... Read More
15 June 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, has announced that € 2.8 million has been awarded to local authorities to carry out biodiversity projects through the Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF). First established in 2018, the Local Biodiversity Action Fund was created to... Read More
14 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Uisce Éireann, working in partnership with Cork County Council, will shortly commence works to construct a new wastewater pumping station in North Midleton. These works mark the final phase of the Midleton Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) Wastewater Project, which commenced in 2022 and represents a €24... Read More
13 June 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie To mark World Ocean Day, employees at EirGrid, the developer and operator of the national electricity grid, collected more than 66kg of litter at a Cork beach as part of a coastal clean-up initiative. A group of eight volunteers from EirGrid, assisted by members of the Youghal Blue... Read More
12 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Tesla is pronounced as Tezz-lah, not Tess-lah is an exciting eCar brand with a famous founder Elon Musk, but so far there are few of their vehicles on Irish roads Tesla’s iconic Cybertruck, which has already been touring in the UK this summer, then it headed to Dublin.... Read More