Following the onset of Covid 19, Cork County Council has been supporting community groups to explore alternate means of engaging with their environmental projects, resulting in many workshops and education initiatives moving online. One such project, the Scoil na Mara series of videos, exploring Irish seashore biodiversity and the importance of the […]
Year: 2020
Special performances from Camille O’Sullivan to be broadcast on Midsummer’s Day on Sunday, June 21 as part of Cork Midsummer Festival’s ‘Midsummer Moments’ Cork Midsummer Festival are delighted to announce a special midsummer’s day treat. Camille O’Sullivan invites you into her home to perform a special set of songs She’ll […]
A major drive is being launched to source and publish for the first time Cork GAA stories from the grassroots of the association. The collaboration between the association and publishers, Ballpoint Press Ltd, aims to gather the most comprehensive treasure trove of Gaelic-related stories ever compiled in the 136-year history […]
The Cork International Hotel is giving away its hotel to one person and their family for the whole weekend. For the first time ever people can buy tickets to enter a draw to stay in the hotel exclusively for themselves and up to 30 of their family. This has never […]
Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has said that children and young people with special needs in Cork will benefit from a new programme called Summer Provision. Senator Lombard said: “Traditionally known as ‘July Provision’, summer education has been hugely important to children with special needs. The Minister for Education and […]
Sarah Fitzgerald (16) from Kinsale won a top prize at this year’s Cruinniú na nÓg in the creative writing competition. The prize was awarded by Best Selling Author Sarah Webb to Sarah Fitzgerald for her story ‘The Fierce Fox’. Over the last six weeks, thousands of young people have been creating wonderfully imaginative […]