A CORK nursing home resident and former dairy farmer enjoyed a special celebration for his 101st birthday, with a surprise visit from two Friesian calves.

THE Courtmacsherry All-Weather Trent Call RNLI Lifeboat was called to assist a surfer who had got into difficulty off Garrettstown this afternoon.The RNLI Lifeboat was called out at 3.40pm to assist the surfer who had got into difficulty off ...

A WEST Cork volunteer has received recognition for her selfless voluntary work within the local community in Schull.

For the past 20 years, Kate Durrant has dedicated her time and talent to helping the most vulnerable in society through a range of charity organisations.

ALMOST 6,000 calls have been answered by the Cork County Council Community helpline since it was launched last March as the Covid-19 Pandemic started to hit.

A man was successfully airlifted by Rescue 115 and taken to Cork University Hospital following an emergency callout on Friday evening.

TOUCHING tributes have been paid to the late Aidan Cremin, a member of the Gardaí in Castletownbere who passed away on Tuesday, January 19. Mr Cremin, a native of Beaufort in Kerry, had been stationed in the Beara Peninsula since 2007.

The ISPCC's Childline listening service answered 723 contacts from children on Christmas Day and night. Issues raised included Covid-19 restrictions, mental health difficulties, and family tension.

A GROUP of Transition Year students at Coláiste an Chroí Naofa, Carrignavar, brought smiles to the faces of some of the older people in the area this week as they dropped off personalised Christmas presents to Ballynoe CareChoice nursing home in ...

STUDENTS at Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh Cailíní have taken on Cork firefighter Alex O’ Shea’s latest challenge to bring guide dog Rover around the world in 80 days.

EDDIE Trout adorns the front cover of a 2021 calendar that aims to raise funds for the Down Syndrome Centre in Cabinteely. The Cork toddler, who is three, proved a natural in front of the camera.

FOR more than three decades the Deaf Enterprises in Ballinlough has been making people smile by giving a new lease of life to old furniture, which is often steeped in sentimental value.

A Cork woman has been named as a winner at the national Volunteer Ireland Awards, following years of work in her local community.

THE Celtic Interconnector will create community funding for East Cork, in addition to its long-term potential for the area and the rest of Ireland.

It felt like the country was relying on the Toy Show to soothe our souls in troubled times last night, and boy, did it deliver.

SKIBBEREEN and District Chamber of Commerce was honoured at the annual Pride of Place 2020 community awards which were held last Saturday evening.

DESPITE undergoing a bilateral amputation last year following an adverse reaction to pain medication the future looks bright for Marco Sabatini-Corleone, who is in the process of writing his autobiography and has plans to open a martial arts school.

CORK’S oldest landlady has been remembered as a “wonderful lady who lived life to the full” following her passing.

Some 3,000 children in Cork will receive the lifelong gift of the joy of reading, thanks to a book-giving scheme from singer Dolly Parton, writes Ellie O’ByrneWHILE the country star is best known for hits like ‘Jolene’, ‘9 to 5’ and ‘Islands in the ...

CORK Lions and SuperValu Glanmire have joined forces to provide 24 hour access to an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in their area. An AED is a portable, simple to use, computerised device.

Two Cork women are among the 14 people who are to receive the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for 2020.

CORK Kerry Outreach Care have experienced a huge surge in the number of people requiring help in recent months. The centre, which is based in Skibbereen, aims to support the most vulnerable in society along with their families.

ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, has teamed up with Bonfire Dublin and JC Decaux to launch its Gratitude Campaign, thanking older people, volunteers, supporters, and staff for their assistance and support since the ...

WITH her family in the south of France and having spent a large part of her childhood in western Africa, Melanie Poussin says that living in Ireland the hot climate is the one thing that she misses. “The weather is cold and wet all year round.

CORK’S “finest” joined forces with its bravest today after recruiting a six-year-old garda to join the ranks. Cayden Dempsey suffers from a condition known as hypoplastic right heart syndrome, meaning he was born with only half a heart.

An Post has announced ‘Community Focus’, an range of post office and postal delivery supports for customers and communities which it hopes will help everyone stay connected now and into the future.

A GREEN area in Knocknaheeny was vandalised over the weekend, just a month after it was opened. Residents in the area of Killary Green woke up yesterday morning to see flower beds torn up and the flowers discarded around the area.

Phase 2, possibly Phase 5 then Phase 3!!!I’m certainly somewhat dizzy from all the speculation, the various phases, the various permutations and what we can or can’t do in the coming weeks.

A CORK soccer club keen to give back to the community took on a local lockdown cleaning project in recent months. Volunteers from Pearse Celtic FC played their part in the restoration of the grotto in Dean Rock Estate in Togher.

24 organisations across Cork are to benefit from €1. 2 million worth of funding under the third tranche of the Government’s Covid-19 Stability Fund.

TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of well-known local man Humphrey O’Sullivan who has been remembered as “a true gentleman”. Mr O’Sullivan passed away on Monday evening.

MAYFIELD Men’s Shed (MMS) is in the final stages of negotiating its move to a permanent home on Murmount Road. The organisation hopes to locate its headquarters on the east end of Brian Dillion’s GAA club facilities.

CORK-BASED charity Irish Community Rapid Response (ICRR) has made an appeal to the community to continue to raise much-needed funds to maintain its air ambulance.

IT IS ‘highly disappointing’ that seats and tables in a new recreation area in Carrigaline were vandalised over the weekend, a local councillor has said. The wooden furniture was in a new parklet area, in Owenabue car park in the town.

‘Nobody has a commitment, but everyone is committed’: Cork city’s oldest charity celebrates its bicentenary

ANOTHER prestigious accolade has been awarded to Kinsale native Sophie Healy Thow, who first came to the attention of the public thanks to her work with the BT Young Scientist Exhibition at the age of 15.

A CORK nurse working with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has hit out at UK government plans to make cross channel migrant crossings “unviable” for asylum seekers.

CROSS community support was evident in Midleton at the weekend, as bikers from Laois travelled down to help a Cork project with their new premises. Now the Cork group hope locals will be equally supportive when they hold a fundraiser next month.

FROM lemonade stands to raffles, local businesses to friends and family, the seemingly impossible has been achieved for little Ellie Boyhan.

A CORK humanitarian worker who still faces the possibility of 25 years in a Greek prison for human trafficking is calling for the public’s support to help prove his innocence.

Cork senior hurler Séamus Harnedy is taking on a new challenge to help the Cope Foundation, the charity which supports 2,800 people with disabilities in Cork, lining out to help their 5 Peaks 1 Weak fundraising drive.

CORK nurse Patricia McCluskey has been named Cork Person of the Month for May in honour of her work as an advanced nurse practitioner at Cork University Hospital (CUH) and her work with charity Facing Africa (FA).

Six Cork residents have received the Lord Mayor Councillor John Sheehan’s Civic Awards in recognition of their efforts to improve the community.

GURRANBRAHER native Pat Falvey who is well known for his adventurous spirit, climbing mountains and exploring the arctic, has revealed lockdown has taught him there is nothing more important than family.

A YOUNG girl in Ballintemple is keeping community spirits high by delivering homemade baked goods to elderly residents in the locality.

Community spirit is alive and well in Douglas with local community and voluntary groups working hard to ensure that everyone in their community is being well looked after.

Tributes have been paid to a 12 year old girl with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy who passed away at Cork University Hospital following a short life full of battles and courageously overcoming obstacles.

A BANDON teacher is completing a gruelling four-day challenge to raise funds for Special Olympics Ireland, running four miles, every four hours, for four days.

Cork County Council has today announced the launch of an emergency fund for groups across the county who are assisting in the response efforts to the COVID-19 emergency.

Our world right now as we know it is a very strange and somewhat lonely place.  Many of us have to stay away from the ones we love, we can’t see them, kiss them, or hug them and we miss them.