Cork County Council Library and Arts Services are offering an array of free arts events and activities as part of the Bealtaine Festival this May. Age and Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival is Ireland’s National Celebration of the arts and creativity as we age. In Macroom Library, music lovers are invited to take a trip ‘Down Memory…

Ireland’s young water champions were celebrated today at the annual Green School Water Awards hosted by An Taisce Green-Schools and Uisce Éireann. Kinsale Community School in Cork was named the Secondary Water School of the Year, while Scoil Fhionain/Kifinane in Limerick, were the winners in the Primary category. Over the past school year, over 12,000…

Cork County Council’s North, South and West Cork Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) in partnership with Avondhu Blackwater Partnership, SECAD Partnership and Comhar na nOileán Teo are currently developing community-led Local Development Strategies (LDS) for each LCDC areas to deliver the next LEADER programme 2023 – 2027. Communities, businesses, organisations and individuals are invited to…

Image: Anna Groniecka Cork County Council has announced the return of FrameWorks, a classroom-based education programme aimed at primary school children in Cork County. The programme will provide four schools with the opportunity to become temporary custodians of the Council’s County Art Collection, engaging in a managed programme facilitated by a professional artist. Cork County…

Image: Jim Coughlan The students, staff and entire community of Davis College, Mallow, had a spring in their step welcoming Ms. Norma Foley,T.D., Minister for Education, to the school last week to official opening the new state-of-the-art extension.  The co-educational, multi-denominational Post-Primary school, which is under the auspices of Cork Education and Training Board (Cork…

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly has today (16 May 2023) launched Organ Donor Awareness Week 2023. Speaking at the launch the Minister said: “I am delighted to see that the organ donation and transplantation system in Ireland has recovered substantially from the impact of COVID-19, with 250 transplants performed last year. We have also seen…

Pictured at Bantry Tourist Office is Michael Lynch, Mayor, Cllr. Danny Collins, Mary Sleeman, Sharon Corcoran – all CCC. The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Danny Collins has officially launched a new guide map highlighting the rich and unique archaeological heritage of the West Cork countryside. The ‘101 Archaeological Sites to Visit in…

Image: Anna Groniecka Cork County Council Library and Arts Service has announced the 2023 Cruinniú na nÓg programme, with almost 40 events planned across Cork County. Cruinniú na nÓg is a day of free creativity for children and young people taking place this year on Saturday, June 10th. A wide range of activities including storytelling,…

Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today, Tuesday 16 May launched the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021, The National Assessments of Mathematics and English Reading (NAMER) 2021 and the NAMER DEIS reports. The PIRLS study found: Ireland retains its place among a subset of high-achieving countries in relation to primary school…

Image courtesy of Deposit Photos Cork County Council can confirm that extensive works, including load testing and detailed inspections, are underway in respect of the final stages of the Dursey Cable Car service resumption. Pending statutory inspections, scheduled to take place early next week, and the necessary grant of consent by the Commission for Railways…