The Curly-Wurly cake bought just before lockdown, the fear felt by the medically vulnerable, the Zoom birthday parties and socially distanced funerals: accounts of all this and more is being collected for a ‘people’s archive’ of COVID-19 experiences. Clíona O’Carroll, Cork Folklore Project Research Director, explains. What will happen to […]
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In response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the charity is offering a free fostering service to essential workers. This will allow them to sign up to a special temporary fostering programme to give them the peace of mind that their dog will be well cared for while they are currently caring […]
Green Party MEP for Ireland South Grace O’Sullivan, has urged Marine Minister Michael Creed to take immediate action to implement a newly developed European funding package for hard-hit Irish fishing sectors, whilst at the same time examining the reintroduction of adequate monitoring of fisheries, aquaculture and water to mitigate against […]
Cope Foundation, the Cork based organisation supporting people with disabilities, is on a mission to keep the people it supports connected to the community they are missing during the Covid-19 crisis. The organisation is launching #WhoIMiss, a fundraising campaign to raise €20,000 to purchase communications devices such as smartphones and […]
The Community Education Service at Cork ETB has started a letter-writing project ‘Time to Connect: A Letter of Gratitude’. The idea is simple. Write a letter of appreciation to someone who inspired you and that you never got round to thank or acknowledge. It could be an act of kindness, […]
The ASTI has stated that it will work to support the Minister for Education and Skills’ decision to postpone the June Leaving Certificate examinations until later this year. Speaking today, ASTI President Deirdre Mac Donald said: “In recent days, we have consulted extensively with our members. Second-level teachers have given […]