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20 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Munster bachelor, who works in Cork, is claiming to be Ireland’s luckiest man after he paid his third visit in 13 years to the coveted National Lottery Winners room today. The delighted player, who left the Dublin building with a cheque for almost €20,000, joked with...
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18 June 2017, 7pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie With temperatures up to 26 degrees in Cork, Munster Agricultural Society enjoyed record numbers for the Cork Summer Show 2017. It is estimated that 27,000 people attended the show on Saturday and a further 33,000 attended on Sunday. An exact figure should be available later as...
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18 June 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage, a local, non-political historical organisation in Clonakilty will remember “The Battle of the Big Cross” on Monday evening, 19th June at 8pm at Asna Square. Over the last few years, since the demise of the local town council, (which used to organise the event), Dúchas...
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18 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Seandun Macra hosted the National Final of the Macra na Feirme Creative Challenge last Sunday June 18th at the Cork Summer Show. Three Cork teams took part on the day under the blazing heat of the sun; Knockraha, Carrigaline and Caheragh. Over the course of 90 minutes,...
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18 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Blackrock based local Area Representative for the Labour Party Peter Horgan has welcomed confirmation that Pairc Ui Chaoimh will open and host the All Ireland Quarter Finals. “The State investment in this project is not insignificant at €30 million and was approved by my colleague, Labour Party...
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17 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The first-ever Ballymaloe Malt & Music Weekend stakes its claim as Ireland’s weatherproof and waterproof festival! Punters can leave their wellies and raincoats in the wardrobe even if it buckets rain on Friday 30 June, Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 July. All events take place under the...
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16 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Well the sun is out, and preparations are underway at the Munster Agricultural Showgrounds in Curraheen, County Cork as the 100 acre site gets ready to welcome thousands of visitors on Saturday 17 June and Sunday 18 June. As well as visitors, there will also be hundreds...
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16 June 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Seven top travel and lifestyle journalists from France have been visiting Cork and Ireland’s Ancient East, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. Representing 14 different online and print publications, with a combined readership of more than 1.2 million, the journalists travelled from Roscoff to Cork...
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15 June 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Twice Shy, the coming-of-age-drama written and directed by Tom Ryan will be released on Friday 23rd June. The film boasts two Cork connections: A father figure is plated by former Castlemartyr publican and current comedian Pat Shortt The producer is Cork born Fionn Greger Fionn was born and...
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15 June 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie From bricks and cogs to skyscrapers and robots, summer camps with Learn It LEGO couldn’t be more fun whilst providing great brain training for young minds over the holiday period. A new series of Learn It LEGO summer camps has been announced for July and August 2017 at...
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13 June 2017, Tuesday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Keep Cork Meeting 2017 is an annual opportunity for hotels and other tourism service providers in Cork to showcase their work to the corporate market. Five years on from the first Keep Cork Meeting event, Cork Convention Bureau expects to see a 25% increase in exhibitors...
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11 June 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Native American Choctaw and Irish cultures will come together on Sunday, June 18th for the Official Dedication of the ‘Kindred Spirits’ sculpture in Midleton, Co. Cork, which commemorates a donation made by the Choctaw people to Ireland during the Great Famine. The chief of the Choctaw Nation, Chief...
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