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16 December 1015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Members of Cork County Council recently adopted Draft Trails for Tourism, a policy to maximise the economic benefit to the County which was drafted by members of the Tourism Strategic Policy Committee. Through the promotion of trails, the policy aims to support rural regeneration, economic development and tourism...
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16 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Established in 2013 to promote the tourism opportunity in South and East Cork, the Ring of Cork held its AGM this week in Fota and reported the success of the organisation to date. Tourism figures have increased in the towns on the Ring of Cork, from Cobh,...
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14 December 2015, 5.20pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City’s ‘English Market’ is the perfect spot to sip hot chocolate and pick up a range of gifts and Christmas nibbles, like the famous spiced beef or smoked salmon, and not forgetting the essentials like turkey and ham. Christmas gift vouchers are also now available from...
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14 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, along with Minister of State for Tourism, Michael Ring TD, have today announced over €1m in a further phase of funding for 13 capital projects in Ireland’s Ancient East. This funding under the ‘New Ideas in Ancient Spaces’...
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14 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr John Paul O’Shea, will officially launch the “Cork County Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme” this afternoon in Cork County Hall. Cork County has over 300 events planned for the 2016 Centenary Programme, the largest number in the Country. State ceremonies, re-enactments...
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13 December 2015, Sunday By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie In The Ballymaloe Grainstore this this evening at 6pm Rachel Allen will be launching a photographic book depicting a day in the life at Ballymaloe House. Ballymaloe, A Day in the Life is a labour of love, choreographed by long-term staff member Daphne Spillane, Daphne sought...
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11 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Film In Cork (which replaced the Cork Screen Commission), a joint initiative of Cork City & County Councils, works to promote all aspects of production in the Cork region. As part of this creative initiative, Film in Cork will be running a training scheme called the “Production Club”...
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11 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie On Sunday, Cork International Choral Festival launches their exciting 2016 Gala Concerts Programme along with their box office in celebration of World Choral Day. This year will be the Festival’s 62nd and will reaffirm its position as the longest running Festival in Cork. As part of the Glow...
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10 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council can confirm that there will be no charges for parking in Cobh from 8th December 2015 until 2nd January 2016. This will allow residents and shoppers in Cobh to park free of charge in the town centre for up to 3 hours each day....
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10 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Entertainment Update The Christmas tradition in Cork is now firmly established with a visit to the Cork Youth Orchestra’s annual Christmas Concert during the run up to Christmas. Following on from the success of the ‘Night at the Proms’ Concert in Cork’s City Hall last May, Cork...
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9 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Cork City Marathon will celebrate a decade of sporting success on Bank Holiday Monday 6 June 2016. In ten years the marathon has grown to be one of the biggest events on the Irish sporting calendar, attracting almost 100,000 runners to participate in the full and half...
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9 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Entertainment Update Trad fans, it doesn’t get much better than this: Liam Ó Maonlaí, one of Ireland’s most charismatic musicians, sharing a stage with legendary fiddle player Kevin Burke and virtuosic multi-instrumentalist Tim Edey. Specially curated by Music Network, the trio are in concert at Triskel Christchurch,...
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