6 March 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 13-Team Accumulator Lands Five-Figure Sum A punter in County Cork is toasting a five-figure windfall after a football wager paid off spectacularly at the weekend. The anonymous winner struck a confident €20 bet in their local BoyleSports shop on thirteen teams in action and picked the winner in... Read More
4 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Pipe Band Members of the Carrigaline Pipe Band practice every Monday and Friday in their own dedicated ‘Pipe Band Hall’, behind the Catholic Church, from 7.00 pm in preparation for St Patrick’s Day performances. The band will play at the annual Mass for their deceased members on St Patrick’s... Read More
1 March 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie West Cork side Carbery Rangers reached the final of the Dermot Earley Cup, the senior men’s competition at the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidi Ó Sé, the famed adult men’s and ladies club tournament which took place all over the Dingle Peninsula last weekend. The West Cork side had... Read More
28 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City FC is delighted to announce Audivox Hearing as a men’s first team partner on a multiyear deal. The partnership will see Audivox Hearing appear on the bottom back of the men’s first team playing shirts. Audivox is a Cork based, Irish owned and family run business... Read More
27 February 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork’s RedFM recently announced that World Champion racewalker and Olympic Bronze Medallist Rob Heffernan was swapping the roads for the airwaves and joining their breakfast show – his first show is today! “Rob will be walking side by side with breakfast show stalwart, comedian Laura O’Mahony, along with... Read More
21 February 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Bishopstown Lawn Tennis Club launch campaign to encourage more people to cycle to the club Bishopstown Lawn Tennis Club has launched a drive for members to become ‘bike commuters’ when they are travelling to the club. The club has launched the ‘Get on Yer Bike’ initiative which will... Read More
17 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City FC kick off their 2022 SSE Airtricity League campaign on Friday evening (assuming it’s not cancelled after Storm Eunice which is due to upset Friday morning), as they head to the Carlisle Grounds to take on a new-look Bray Wanderers side. City will come into the... Read More
16 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie News in brief: photos
14 February 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West, Michael Moynihan, has welcomed the announcement of a bumper Sports Capital grant for Cork. Minister for Sport Jack Chambers announced a record €150 million in funding for local sports clubs across the country with over €13.9m in grants to be allocated... Read More
12 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie National cross-country action continues this weekend with the Irish Life Health National Intermediate, Master, Juvenile B & Relays Cross Country Championships taking place on Sunday, February 13th, in Castlelyons (a village South East of Fermoy), Co Cork. The Cross-Country bug is evident in the underage category with over... Read More
11 February 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork North Central Deputy Colm Burke has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D. and Minister of State for the Gaeltacht and Sport, Jack Chambers T.D., today (11 February) of an overall package of €150 million in new capital... Read More
5 February 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sustainable Energy An active committee in Carrigaline under the auspices of Tidy Towns have been working on a sustainable energy plan for Carrigaline for over 12 months. Recently the group have been sanctioned a SEAI grant from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to fund a consultant to do... Read More