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 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
18 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The full link to vote is: https://www.riai.ie/public-choice-award-poll Kinsale Library has been shortlisted in the RIAI Architecture Awards and is in the running to be named Ireland’s favourite building or public space for 2024. The new library is located in the James O’Neill Building (Old Mill) in the heart... Read More
17 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Wheelchair Association – Sport (IWA-Sport) is all set to send six Irish para powerlifters – three being from Cork – to take on the world, at the Para Powerlifting World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia. With the first of the Irish contingency competing on June 22nd, Cork man,... Read More
16 June 2024 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Do you have a document that needs the signature of a Commissioner for Oaths / Peace Commissioner / Solicitor in Ovens? Mr David O’Sullivan (BA, DipBusLegal, HDipHRM) is a well-known Cork Commissioner for Oaths who focuses on evenings and travel in Ballyfeard, Tracton, Minane Bridge and surrounds. He... Read More
16 June 2024 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The first Day of the Cork Summer Show saw Curraheen Buzzing with Farming, Equestrian Events, Competitions, Music, Arts, Crafts, Food, Shopping and Acres of Entertainment Day one of the Cork Summer Show 2024 wrapped up following a dazzling array of events, exhibitions and competitions at the Showgrounds in... Read More
16 June 2024 By Tony Forde tony@TheCork.ie ITIC is Ireland’s primary representative body for the tourism and hospitality industry, comprising of stakeholders from a large cross section of tourism interests and businesses from across the state. Niall MacCarthy assumes the role of Chairperson on a two-year term, taking over from Elaina Fitzgerald Kane of Fitzgerald’s... 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
13 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Students from Gaelscoil Charraig Ui Leighin, Glanmire Community College, and Regina Mundi College Ballinlough, were among the inspirational prize winners at the annual An Taisce Green Schools Water Awards. Gaelscoil Charraig Ui Leighin were the Regional Water School Of The Year winners, Glanmire Community College carried off the... Read More
12 June 2024 By Valerie Ryan valerie@TheCork.ie 10 year anniversary of on-site wind turbine Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has today celebrated the ten-year anniversary of its on-site wind turbine in Currabinny, Cork. Providing 19% of the site’s electricity in 2023, the turbine has generated over 75,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of... Read More
12 June 2024 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork-based charity the Crann Centre, which supports children, adults and families living with neuro-physical disabilities, has celebrated its fourth annual Walk n’Roll. The event is Crann’s biggest fundraising event of the year, with the target set at €50,000 this year. Cork City FC is once again lending its... Read More