20 July 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ecclesiastical Insurance Ireland is inviting people to nominate a climate and environment charity to receive €5,000 as part of Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards. The special draw is designed for charities whose core charitable purpose is the protection of climate and the environment. Nominations for the climate... Read More
19 July 2023 By Elaine Murphy Elaine@TheCork.ie SuperValu and Centra retailers have achieved a 9% carbon reduction, a year on from the launch of the €25m Musgrave Sustainability Fund. SuperValu and Centra set out to achieve a 12% carbon reduction by end of 2023. In June last year, Musgrave announced the first of its kind... Read More
11 July 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork businesses, manufacturing facilities and public facilities can soon apply for enhanced supports to install solar panels which can help them reduce overall energy costs, a Fine Gael Deputy has said. Deputy Colm Burke welcomed an extension of supports to a wider range of businesses and non-domestic applicants, which will be... Read More
4 July 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie CECAS to host talk on Forest ecosystem restoration from Canada to Ireland on July 13th Chris Drake, a forest ecologist, who lives and works on the Canadian Salt Spring Island will share his thoughts on forest restoration in Western Canada (where he lives) and in West Cork in... Read More
2 July 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie BYD is a Chinese eCar brand that is making inroads into the marketplace across Europe It was only in February that BYD appointed two Motor Distributors Ltd (MDL) as their National Dealer Partner for the Republic of Ireland. MDL’s recent main activity in Ireland has been the distribution... Read More
1 July 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Average temperatures of 16+°C break 83-year-old record Met Éireann announces that June 2023 will be the hottest June on record. Provisional data shows that Ireland has experienced its first June with 16+°C average temperatures, exceeding the previous June record which held for 83 years. June 2023 is set... Read More
22 June 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Airport has taken delivery of five new fully-electric, zero-emissions, vehicles as part of the airport’s commitment to its Sustainability strategy. The five vehicles, which will form part of the maintenance, electrical and airport police fleets, are part of Cork Airport’s ongoing commitment to reducing emissions by 51%... Read More
20 June 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City Council has joined seven European partners in an exciting new project to help reach our target of being a carbon-neutral city by 2030. Through the European Green deal, the EU set ambitious targets to decarbonise transport. The European Environmental Agency (EEA) estimates that road traffic constitutes... Read More
17 June 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie TFI Bikes participated in last weekend’s Cork Carnival of Science. Attendees lined up to take part in the TFI Bikes Challenge – including Tánaiste Micheál Martin This year’s STEM carnival was the largest event to take place in Fitzgerald’s Park since the World Fair in 1902. Some 20,000 attendees... Read More
10 June 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Wind Energy Ireland is inviting Cork residents to Get Out in the Wind this month and visit Ballyhoura Wind Farm, one of nearly a dozen Irish wind farms which are open, free of charge, to the public all year round. Located on the Cork-Limerick border, Ballyhoura wind farm offers... Read More
9 June 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Martin Hayes announces solo DeBarras Show Friday 6th October 2023 Tickets €30 on sale now: https://debarra.ie/event/martin-hayes/ This October, Martin Hayes will make his first ever visit to DeBarras Folk Club for what is sure to be a remarkable performance. Martin Hayes is one of the world’s most celebrated fiddlers... Read More
7 June 2023 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork County Council has announced that works are scheduled to commence on the construction of a new public ‘Pocket Park’ in the village of Ballydesmond. The project has been made possible through grant funding of €868,950 from the Department of Rural and Community Development under the Rural Regeneration... Read More