Cork on a Fork cost just over a quarter of a million euro over three years From 2022 to 2024, €256,058.84 in total was spent by the council on the festival, though this was offset by some third-party sponsorship in 2023 and ...

#CorkNews Cork City Council spent just over a quarter of a million euro on its annual Cork on a Fork Fest over the last three years, with its spend increasing nearly 150%.

Man charged with murder of his parents and brother in Co Louth He is next to appear in the same court via videolink on October 6.

#News The bodies of his father Mark O’Connor, 54, mother Louise, 56, and his brother Evan, 27 – who has additional needs, were found at the family’s home in Dromgowna, outside Tallanstown village in Co Louth on Monday morning.

Cork Club Hurling Talking Points: What we learned from a packed weekend... Epic action across the quarter-finals and relegation playoffs

#Cork Epic action across the quarter-finals and relegation playoffs. Here is what Derek Daly learned this week.

Bird flu outbreak confirmed at Cork city's The Lough Avian influenza is highly contagious amongst birds, and can, in rare circumstances, pose a threat to humans

Members of the public have been advised to avoid contact with sick or dead wild birds after an outbreak of avian influenza has been confirmed at The Lough in #Cork city.

The Village Pubs of Cork: ‘We’re trying to keep price of pint down, folk are stretched enough’ In the latest installment of our popular weekly series, The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY heads to a long-time family-run pub, J. Woods, in ...

#Cork In the middle of the East Cork village of Lisgoold stands J. Woods, a family-run pub that has been part of the community for well over a century.
“I reckon the building itself goes back to the 1890s,” says its current proprietor, Michael Woods.

Merck opens new Cork facility which will support 200 new jobs It is expected to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2025 and will manufacture filtration devices used in aseptic processing, tangential-flow ...

Science and technology company Merck has officially opened its new €150 million filtration manufacturing facility at Blarney Business Park in Cork.

Study to consider development of open-air 'lido' pool in Cork city A variety of benefits associated with swimming were raised in the submissions including that a lido can act as a community building asset.

Work is underway on a river-use study which will consider the development of a lido or a public open-air swimming pool in #Cork city.

Hurling Team of the Week: Carrig's Walsh brothers and Hill's Adam Murphy headline weekend XV The top acts from Premier Senior, Senior A and Premier Intermediate are named in our latest team of the week

#Cork Here are the standouts from Premier Senior, Senior A and Premier Intermediate – the XV who defined the weekend.

Cork City Council has paid out €3.3m in insurance claims since 2024 Almost €2.2m was paid out for 200 claims during 2024, with a further €1.1m paid out on 99 claims so far in 2025.

#Cork City Council has paid out €3.3m in insurance claims between 2024 and 2025 to date, with the largest number of these claims relating to roads and footpaths.

Cork City Council seeks further information on 'Mahon 2.0' plan An application for planning permission was lodged with Cork City Council in July by Deka Immobilien for the mixed-use development.

Cork City Council has sought further information before a proposed €200m development at Mahon Point can be given the green light.

The planned development at Cork’s largest retail complex, which has been dubbed ‘Mahon 2.0’, would see a major expansion of the centre.

Cork City Council defends spending €1m on two terrace houses The works were part of the Cork City Northwest Quarter Regeneration (CNWQR), a huge, multi-annual, phased regeneration project, which began in the ...

#Cork City Council has defended spending over €1m on two terraced houses and almost €500,000 on renovating a southside house and adjoining granny flat as part of a ‘northside regeneration’ project.

The Village Pubs of Cork: ‘If not for places like this... some people wouldn’t meet anyone’ In the latest installment of our popular weekly series, The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY drops in on O’Donovan’s Bar near Clonakilty, which has ...

It’s Dennis O’Donovan, with his wife Marie and their two teenage sons, Mark and Cathal, who run the show today.
Both boys pull pints when needed, and 15-year-old Cathal might be the one who takes the reins for the next generation.

The Echo Podcast: Picking the Cork club hurling team and player of the week Every week on The Echo Sport Podcast, Éamonn Murphy and our GAA experts discuss the talking points in Gaelic games in Cork

We're down to the knockout stages of the Cork club hurling championships after a bumper three days of brilliant matches with a mix of superb performances and some shocks.

The Village Pubs of Cork: ‘In summer, you make your money, winter is quiet... you hold on’ In the latest installment in our popular weekly series, The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY heads out west, and checks out Mary Ann’s bar in ...

#Corknews In the latest installment in our popular weekly series, The .Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY heads out west, and checks out Mary Ann’s bar in Castletownshend

Cork GAA: Castlehaven, Nemo and Barrs strike for biggest winning margins Premier Senior big three have scored large wins at each stage of the competition since the restructuring in 2020

Since Carbery Rangers’ sole title win in 2016, only three clubs have lifted the Andy Scannell Cup: Nemo Rangers, Castlehaven and St Finbarr’s.

The Village Pubs Of Cork: 'I’m not worried about bar’s future,' says West Cork publican In this week’s edition of The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY heads west to The Four Winds in Ahiohill, and talks to Mary O’Neill, who says the ...

In this week’s edition of The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY heads west to The Four Winds in Ahiohill, and talks to Mary O’Neill, who says the bar holds a cherished place in the local community.

Body of man found in property on Cork's northside The alarm was raised at 4pm today by a man who was passing by and spotted the body inside the window of the terraced house.

The alarm was raised at 4pm yesterday by a man who was passing by and spotted the body inside the window of the terraced house.

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Shandon Street Centra in Cork city sold winning EuroMillions ticket The National Lottery has revealed the shop which sold the winning €250m EuroMillions jackpot on Tuesday night was a Centra shop on the northside of ...

#CorkNews The shop which sold the winning EuroMillions ticket on Tuesday night has been revealed as Clifford's Centra on Shandon Street on the city's northside.

Living with a rare condition inspired Cork woman to start her own business Deirdre O’Grady tells EMMA CONNOLLY that setting up her own business allowed her to turn her passion for true inclusivity into action.

#Cork Living with a rare and often misunderstood condition inspired Cork woman Deirdre O’Grady to set up her own business.

Deirdre, from Lissarda, and her two children Kerri, 25, and Aaron, 19, have a rare connective tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).

Can Cork hold their nerve against Roscommon this weekend? Rebels must win on Saturday in Portlaoise to keep their season going

#CorkNews All roads lead to Laois Hire O’Moore Park in Portlaoise this weekend as the Cork footballers' day of reckoning arrives.

Time to party as Mary marks 100th birthday The celebration, attended by family and friends from all across Ireland, was a special gathering for the extended O’Callaghan family.

#CorkNews A Cork woman celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday, surrounded by up to 30 of her close family members and friends.

Tributes paid to popular Cork community champion Phil Goodman Ms Goodman, who founded the Douglas Young at Heart group in 2001, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning following a short illness.

#CorkNews An outpouring of tributes have been paid following the death of prominent Cork community activist, Phil Goodman.

Ms Goodman, who founded the Douglas Young at Heart group in 2001, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning following a short illness.

Gardaí investigating after mutilated body of fox found hanging from wires in north Cork In a statement, gardaí said the remains could not be immediately removed due to a lack of suitable equipment, but arrangements have since been made ...

#CorkNews Gardaí have launched an investigation after the decapitated body of a fox was found hanging from overhead electrical wires in Co Cork on Sunday evening.

The Village Pubs of Cork: 300 years a pub, last orders for Ramble Inn In a new weekly series, The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY visits some of the landmark bars around the county, at a time when many are struggling ...

The Village Pubs of #Cork
In a new weekly series, The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY visits some of the landmark bars around the county, at a time when many are struggling to survive.
We launch this series by visiting a Ballinhassig pub that has just called last orders for the last time.

Cork's Caoimhín Kelleher buzzing to get going at new club Brentford The Republic of Ireland international pens a five-year contract with club option of an additional year

#CorkSport Cork's Caoimhín Kelleher buzzing to get going at new club Brentford. “I’m buzzing, I’m really happy to be here," the 26-year-old told the club's official website.

‘It was the last thing I expected’: Meet the new Cork Rose Nancy Lehane from Meelin was crowned as the Cork Rose on Sunday. She tells EMMA CONNOLLY that she hopes taking part in the festival will help her to ...

#CorkNews Nancy Lehane from Meelin was crowned as the Cork Rose on Sunday. She tells Emma Connolly that she hopes taking part in the festival will help her to get her old self-back.

The Echo Sport Podcast: How Cork hurlers can beat Limerick in Munster final, plus clinical Kerry foil footballers again Every week on The Echo Sport Podcast, Éamonn Murphy and our GAA experts discuss the talking points in Gaelic games in Cork

#CorkSport It's back to the scene of the crime on Saturday, when the Cork hurlers must face Limerick in their first Munster final since 2018. We discuss where Cork can improve as they bid to end the Treaty's provincial dominance

Iarnród Éireann turns down Cork City Council request to take 'robot trees' over safety concerns Cork TD says city needs benches, bins, and footpaths — not 'expensive gimmicks'.

#CorkNews Safety concerns led Iarnród Éireann to turn down a request by Cork City Council to take its controversial “robot trees”, which cost more than €444,000 and were removed at short notice last month.

'They’ll be received warmly in the Vatican': An Post praised for free Mass card delivery on pope’s death An Post dispatched a package of almost 4,000 Mass cards from Irish people sympathising on the death of Francis for direct delivery to the Vatican in ...

#CorkNews An Post dispatched a package of almost 4,000 Mass cards from Irish people sympathising on the death of Francis for direct delivery to the Vatican in Rome.