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🗑️ The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shown that over 750,000 tonnes of food waste was generated in Ireland in 2022.
Over 70 per cent of food waste was generated by food & drink sector businesses and 30 per cent by households.🍌
Read more - https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/07/05/ireland-is-wasting-over-1m-meals-a-day/
RORY'S ICONIC STRAT TO GO TO AUCTION:
People will be walking on hot coals to get their hands on the most famous guitar ever sold in Cork when it goes on sale this autumn.
Almost 30 years after his passing, Rory Gallagher’s 1961 Fender Stratocaster is set to go to auction in October along with the rest of his instrument collection. 🤯🎸
People will be walking on hot coals to get their hands on the most famous guitar ever sold in Cork when it goes on sale this autumn.
CORK BACK INTO ALL-IRELAND FINAL:
What a game yesterday! 🤯
There's going to be some scramble now for tickets for the final on 21 July! Croker was a sea of red yesterday and it was one of the best games ever! Well done to manager Pat Ryan and his players, especially GK Patrick Collins, MOM Brian Hayes and record breaker Patrick Horgan! 👏🙌
PRAYER BEFORE COUNCIL MEETING 'SHOULD BE STOPPED'
City councillors will this evening debate a motion which, if passed, could signal the end of the prayer at the start of Cork City Council meetings and the removal of the crucifix from the chamber. The motion was put forward by one of the new faces on Cork City Council, Social Democrats' Cllr Pádraig Rice who called for a separation of church and State while adding that it feels “like 1930s Ireland in there”. Do you agree? 🧐
https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/07/08/prayer-before-council-meeting-should-be-stopped/
CORK CAN END CHAMPIONS' REIGN:
A scenario that seemed unlikely a few weeks ago has arrived - a Cork v Limerick All-Ireland semi-final. Without doubt, it’s the game of the weekend and possibly the season!
The Cork ladies footballers face Waterford in the QF of the championship, it’s Cork v Galway in the intermediate championship, while the county football leagues conclude with finals down for decision!
A scenario that seemed unlikely a few weeks ago has arrived - a Cork v Limerick All-Ireland semi-final. Without doubt, it’s the game of the weekend and possibly the season!
Check out what’s on in Cork over the next few days - live gigs, music bingo, club 30 and more 🎶 🎸
See our gig guide here - https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/07/04/gig-guide/
Pamex x Paws for a cause charity event and family fun day in aid of Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland is taking place next week 🐾
A great family day out for a great cause 🐶
(free admission)
CALL TO BAN TANNING BEDS:
A Cork TD has called for an outright ban on tanning beds. Fianna Fáil's Christopher O’Sullivan made the call amid a new report on identifying signs of skin cancer. The report was published by the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH).
Do you or anyone you know use tanning beds? ☀️
A Cork TD has called for an outright ban on tanning beds.
MANE NEWS HEADLINES:
Well done mama Arya as she recently gave birth to 3 cubs whose dad is said to be a “very modern father”, Fota Wildlife Park has announced this morning. 🦁
Arya recently returned from Helsinki Zoo and was part of the first lion cub litter to be born at the Park. The 6 year old was paired with the male lion Yali, and their cubs were born on 5 June.
https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/07/05/mane-news-headlines/
CORK PLAYERS SET SIGHTS ON PREMIER LEAGUE MOVES:
This summer a host of Cork footballers are set to move clubs with a number hoping for Premier League moves. Centre backs John Egan & Jake O’Brien have been linked with moves to Nottingham Forest & West Ham while former Preston North End mid Alan Browne will also seek a new club. ⚽️ More 👇
This summer a host of Cork footballers are set to move clubs with a number hoping for Premier League moves.
DAYTIME PATROLS TO BE STREGTHENED:
An awful lot of people have been calling for this!
It’s understood that the Cork City Centre Policing Unit, in collaboration with Community Policing, will increase the presence of uniformed gardaí on the city streets during daytime hours this summer. More 👇
Additional gardaí are set to be deployed in Cork city centre as the summer continues.
MUMS FACE EVICTION:
“I don't want to take advantage of a system that I'm no longer entitled to.”
The words of mum of 2, Natalie, who faces eviction from her Direct Provision accommodation on the Kinsale Road in Cork city.
Natalie, who came to Ireland from South Africa 8 years ago with her 2 daughters, recently received a letter from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, saying she would be evicted from her current accommodation tomorrow.
“I don't want to take advantage of a system that I'm no longer entitled to.”
🗞️MORNING CORK! ☕
Happy Cork Independent day! Our paper today is packed with all the latest Cork news with a powerful one about families facing eviction on the front page today.
There's also a bumper preview of the Cork hurlers semi-final tie against Limerick!
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DRIVER SOUGHT AFTER HIT AND RUN INCIDENT:
Gardaí are looking for witnesses to a hit-and-run road traffic incident that took place in Doneraile.
Gardaí are looking for witnesses to a hit-and-run road traffic incident that took place in Doneraile last Friday 28 June.
CORK WOMAN CRITICAL IN SPAIN:
There's been a fundraiser organised for the family of a 22 year old who is in intensive care in Spain. The response to this has been amazing! ❤️❤️❤️
https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/07/03/cork-woman-critical-in-spain/
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EGAN SET FOR PREM MOVE?
Republic of Ireland international John Egan has been linked with a move to Premier League team Nottingham Forest next season. The Corkman yesterday announced that he has left his club Sheffield United after 6 years and 2 promotions with the club. He's available on a free as is Alan Browne who left Preston North End recently. ⚽️
'THE BODY IS AN AMAZING VESSEL'
“‘Pink Swim’ was created during a time when I cared full time for my father who was suffering from a chronic illness.”
Those were the words of Cork based Nua Collective artist Carol Healy speaking about her piece of work which is to be auctioned to raise funds for Marymount Hospice.
Ray Lucey
LEARN AT FOTA! 🦁🐒🐍🐆🦓🦬🦘🦒
A new sustainably built Education, Conservation and Research Centre (ECRC) has been officially opened at Fota Wildlife Park.
Understanding Our Sustainable Future centre cost €5.5m & opened last Friday. The completion of this sustainably built, passive design development underscores Fota's 40th anniversary commitment to being a leading contributor to the conservation of national and global biodiversity.
https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/07/01/learn-at-fota/
TRIBUTES PAID TO THE VOICE OF GAELIC GAMES:
Sadness swept the nation on Tuesday following the death of legendary sport broadcaster and commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh. The Kerry native was 93 years old.
Micheál provided commentary on his last All-Ireland Final on 19 September 2010, when Cork faced Down in the football final at Croke Park. His career in RTÉ had spanned over 60 years.
Sadness swept across the nation on Tuesday following the death of legendary sport broadcaster and commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
🏃🏻♀️ This year’s Make Your Mark on Cancer walk will celebrate the life’s work of Micheál Sheridan, CEO of the Mercy University Hospital Foundation, who died on 4 June.
Taking place on 14 July, the event will see hundreds of walkers take to the road for the 22km charity walk from the Viaduct to the Town Hall in Bandon, which will once again raise funds for the Mercy Cancer Appeal.
More info - https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/06/27/annual-charity-walk-for-mercy-cancer-appeal/
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The revamped Midleton Distillery Experience has unveiled a new bespoke cocktail making class and you and a friend could win 2 tickets! 🥃
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CORK CAMOGIE TEAMS ARE CHASING SEMI-FINAL SPOTS:
The focus this week is very much on camogie as the Cork senior and Intermediate teams bid to maintain their unbeaten runs and in the process secure direct routes to the last four of their respective championships. See full preview 👇👇👇
https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/06/26/cork-camogie-teams-are-chasing-semi-final-spots/
ASLAN: PLAYING JOY IN THE PARK IS A 'NO BRAINER'
Aslan have faced troubles that could have broken another band but their determination to keep playing has brought them into a new chapter. The past year has been a turbulent one for legendary Dublin band Aslan, who are coming to Cork to headline the Joyinthepark festival this July.
https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/06/27/playing-joy-in-the-park-is-a-no-brainer-says-aslan/
FASTNET HITS 150! 🤯
One of Ireland’s best known and most iconic lighthouses, the granite tower of Fastnet Lighthouse off the Cork coast is 150 years old today. The lighthouse plays as crucial a role to navigation now as it did in 1904. Irish Lights will mark the anniversary next month with a commemorative event for all the engineers, technicians and mariners who have ensured that Fastnet has operated as an aid to navigation for all that time.
TEEN DILLON PREPARING FOR BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET:
Dillon Lynch, a 17 year old from Kildorrery, is taking on a record-breaking mountain climbing challenge in aid of Barretstown.
On 11 July, Dillon will begin his “biggest challenge yet” by climbing to the highest point of each of Ireland’s 32 counties in turn, with the goal of beating the current national record for this feat. This will involve running 160km in total, including over 8km of climbing, in under two-and-a-quarter days. 😳
Maisie Mould
COVID NUMBERS INCREASE IN SOUTH OF IRELAND:
There has been no increase in hospitalisations despite growing numbers of Covid-19 cases in the south of Ireland, the HSE has said. Although there was no spike in Covid-19 cases during the spring, the HSE Cork Kerry Community Healthcare (CKCH) says there has been a notable increase since the beginning of the summer.
There has been no increase in hospitalisations despite growing numbers of Covid-19 cases in the south of Ireland, the HSE has said.
FORMER TD ALLEN LAID TO REST:
Much-loved former minister of state, TD and lord mayor of Cork, Bernard Allen was laid to rest yesterday. An Tanáiste Micheál Martin & An Taoiseach Simon Harris were amongst those attending the requiem mass in the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne. Mourners heard of the late Fine Gael politician’s love for sport & how he held a huge respect for all his constituents.
Former Minister of State, TD and Lord Mayor of Cork, Bernard Allen was laid to rest yesterday, Wednesday.
🗞️MORNING CORK! ☕
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STEPHANIE WOWS ON AMERICA’S GOT TALENT:
Simon Cowell was the first to his feet to applaud Cork’s Stephanie Rainey after her emotional performance on America’s Got Talent on Tuesday night.
Simon Cowell was the first to his feet to applaud Cork’s Stephanie Rainey after her emotional performance on America’s Got Talent on Tuesday night.
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We were down at the Marina Market Cork today where they are giving away some amazing getaways and other great prizes with The Inua Collection 🥳
A group of young rappers from Cork and Lisdoonvarna went viral with their music video as part of Creative Ireland Cruinniú na nÓg, the national day of celebrating youth creativity. ‘The Spark’ video has emassed over 8 million views online 🎶 🎥: The Kabin Studio Cork.
Taoiseach Simon Harris TD surprised guests at the Hi Style Women of Vision Awards last night that took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Cork where he presented the lifetime achievement award to his colleague and mentor Frances Fitzgerald 🏆
The ‘over 30’s only’ club night, that starts at 6pm and ends at 10pm, took place in Cyprus Avenue on May 4th. June is sold out but July tickets are still available. 🪩 🪩🪩
Gavin James surprised students at Scoil Iosagain Farranree on Monday with a private sing along session 🎤 🎶 📸: Scoil Íosagáin BNS Farranree
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A lovely evening at Rochestown Park Hotel last night in aid of Rainbow Club, Cork Charity , Mercy Hospital Foundation Cork and #corkmentalhealth foundation. We were even treated to a song from Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Kieran McCarthy 🎶
The Oriel House Hotel serves an extensive bar food menu from 12pm to 9.30pm daily with delicious new menu offerings to suit everyone 🍴View the full menu on their website 🍽️
WATCH: Baltimore RNLI has this morning rescued Dixie, a terrier mix dog, following a fall from the cliff at the Beacon 🐾 🎥Baltimore RNLI
☘️ Have a great St.Patrick’s Day whatever you’re doing today, from all of us here at Cork Independent
Alan attended the official launch of Shine A Light Suicide & Mental Health Awareness last night where Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Kieran McCarthy ended the event with a great rendition of ‘Smile’ 🎶
WELL DONE CORK! The victorious All-Ireland winning Cork camogie team have returned from Dublin with the O'Duffy Cup after yesterday's incredible win over Waterford. There was a great reception at the homecoming for the team on the Mall and especially captain Amy O'Connor who scored a hat-trick in the 5-13 to 0-9 win! 🎥 courtesy of Lord Mayor Cork: Our City, Our Town
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