The former lord mayor suggested that a recent announcement indicating that Dublin City Council was investing €30m in that city’s Victorian Market should “act as a spur” for Cork.

Love is well and truly in the air at Cork's English Market. With so many traders being couples in life, love and business, we might wonder if there is something in the water, writes KATE RYAN. 

As the English Market marks its 235th birthday, KATE RYAN chats to the woman who runs one of its oldest stalls

In the second article of a four-part series celebrating 235 years of the English Market, KATE RYAN finds out about the role of women down the decades

In the final part of a three-part series on Cork’s English Market, KATE RYAN chats to property manager Brendan Walsh

Founder Brian McCarthy and his friend Thay Carlos started the urban farm business during lockdown, after temporarily closing family business Central Floral Supplies.

The newly elected Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Kieran McCarthy, has welcomed news that the English Market, has, alongside Cork City Council, launched a campaign to find the market’s next new traders.

The English Market, which exits on to the Grand Parade and Princes St, was built in 1788 and is one of the oldest covered markets in Europe

The artisan bakery, founded by Sheila Fitzpatrick and master baker Paul Walsh, first opened its stall in the heart of Cork’s English Market in 1997.

The first count stated that on June 11 2018 at his home on Grand Parade, Cork, he had child pornography in the form of 3,819 images and 120 movie files.

A spokesperson for Cork City Council said it has employed a managing agent in the English Market since the 1980s whose role is to assist in the day-to-day operation of the market and provide on-site property management services.

Eoin O'Mahony of O'Mahony Butchers features in our Person to Person column

The clip, which is over five minutes long is also on YouTube and includes snippets of some familiar faces at work including fishmonger Pat O'Connell and delicious treats available such as The Chocolate Shop display.

“It’s amazing to know that our grandparents and our great grandparents were here, that the stall predates the War of Independence, and that no matter what’s happening in Ireland, it’s always survived." 

The start-up stall is a collaborative initiative from the English Market, Cork City Council and the English Market traders.

Pat O’Connell talks to Roisin Burke about life in the heart of Cork’s bustling English Market and getting away from it all at Garryvoe.

As part of a six-week series, KATE RYAN has spoken to traders at Cork’s English Market about the highs and lows of 2021

In part three of our series on Cork’s English Market traders KATE RYAN catches up with three more workers based at Cork's English Market

In part two of our series on English Market traders, KATE RYAN chats to three more workers there about what the future holds

In a new series, KATE RYAN shines a spotlight on traders at the English Market, as they reflect on 2021, and look ahead to 2022. Week one we feature Sheila Fitzpatrick, Tom Durcan and Margot Ann Murphy

A well-known trader at Cork’s English Market has been remembered as a “larger than life character” who was an “integral part of the Market” following his passing.

A Cork woman is on cloud nine this month after her two greatest wishes have been fulfilled.

A 100kg whopper, enough to feed 160 people, has landed at the English Market after being caught off the coast of Ireland.

A MAN accused of committing a burglary at the English Market when the premises were open for deliveries early in the morning narrowly avoided having a warrant issued for his arrest.

Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in relation to a attempted burglary at the English Market in March. Shortly before 7am on March 6, a man entered a shop in the English Market and attempted to open the till.

Earlier this month, RTÉ Archives surfaced a report that was published on January 18, 1974, looking at plans to develop the English Market, including building a multi-story car park above it.

BELOVED cookery writer and television personality, Mary Berry surprised stallholders and members of the public earlier today as she visited Cork's most famous food market, the English Market.

IRELAND’S oldest food market, Cork’s English Market is seeking food businesses for a short-term let at the newly renovated start-up stall.

Kay Harte speaking at the Farmgate Café's 25th year celebrations at the English Market, Cork City. Photo Joleen CroninThe crowd who gathered to celebrate the Farmgate Café's 25th year celebrations.

Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in his 30s in relation to a number of incidents of burglary, theft from a vehicle, criminal damage and possession of drugs in Cork City yesterday.

A CORK cafe and food producer who took up a temporary space in the English Market's start up stall have taken the next step and opened a permanent unit in the world famous market.

THE controversial new rules for tourists accessing the English Market are proving a success, minimising overcrowding and ensuring that visitors experience the ‘real English Market’, according to city chiefs.

The English Market has unveiled its newly redecorated facade to coincide with the opening of the adjacent Capitol development. The Grand Parade entrance to Ireland’s oldest indoor food market has been repainted and its signage updated.

THERE are no plans to remove new protocols which restrict tourist access to the English Market. The controversial new measures came into effect on March 1, capping the size of tour groups accessing the historic amenity at any one time.