14 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Gastropub is very much open for business after renovations It’s hard to describe where the Barn Gastropub is. Its official address according to eircode.ie is Lota More Glanmire, Co Cork, T45 X684. However given that the word Lota is usually associated with a the Tivoli dual carriageway... Read More
12 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s Rockbán Ladies Football and Camogie Club is to receive €5,000 funding under this year’s Texaco Support for Sport initiative hosted and organised by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand. Under the scheme – similar to that which proved... Read More
12 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Department of Education has announced €32 million major expansion of the DEIS programme incorporating 310 new schools in the country. In the North County Cork area in particular: three Schools are included in Charleville; being Scoil Na mBraithre Boys Snr School, Scoil Naomh Aine Girls Snr School... Read More
8 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Gillian Coughlan has officially opened the new Kanturk Library. Situated in Market Square in the heart of Kanturk town, this user-friendly facility replaces the old mobile library bus in the mart and will be open 40 hours a week through... Read More
8 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Education A record number of students from every county in Ireland and 29 countries overseas have been awarded Entrance Exhibition Awards from Trinity College Dublin. Among them were 35 students from Cork city and county. The awards go to the students accepted into the first year of a... Read More
8 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork County Council and Waterford City and County Council are to examine the feasibility of a new Greenway linking the two counties The potential Greenway would be developed along a 77.35km stretch of scenic countryside adjacent to the River Blackwater, incorporating stunning scenery and using viaduct crossings at... Read More
6 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Roman Catholic News There was a special celebration in the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Ann (better known as the North Cathedral) on Saturday 5th March for 13 adults from three different parishes in the Diocese of Cork and Ross who were taking the final step in... Read More
6 March 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Since 2013, Cork County Council’s Heritage Unit has been producing an annual book in the ‘Heritage of County Cork Publication Series’. This year’s publication, titled ‘Heritage Artefacts of County Cork’ focuses on the fascinating artefacts in the county of Cork, from the earliest of times up to the... Read More
5 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ahead of Local Enterprise Week, Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Offices (LEO’s) have released figures of supports granted to local businesses over the past two years. During the most difficult of trading circumstances for businesses throughout Ireland, client companies of the Council’s LEO South Cork and Cork North... Read More
4 March 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has announced the Local Festival Fund for 2022 is now open for applications. A total of €65,000 is available through this year’s fund and applicants can apply for amounts ranging from €500 up to a maximum of €6,000 per festival. Welcoming the return of live... Read More
2 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Up until recently, the word “Plaza” would have referred to the admin buildings associated with the toll both – known as Condonstown Toll Plaza, Watergrasshill, Co. Cork – on the Dublin-Cork M8 Motorway, but now the word “Plaza” has a more pedestrian different meaning. Mayor of the County... Read More
1 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie As part of their ongoing commitment to supporting the arts, the multi-award-winning, design-led destination hotel, The Montenotte Hotel, is thrilled to reveal the latest artist ‘checking in’ as part of the hotel’s ongoing ‘Artist in Residence’ programme in association with The Gallery Kinsale. The work of renowned visual,... Read More
