Cork chamber music festival Ortús has been postponed until the autumn due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.  The annual festival, which typically takes place in spring, will now run from September 3-5 in venues across Cork city and county.

A NUMBER of arts organisations and projects in Cork will benefit from the allocation of €130m which aims to support the sector throughout the pandemic.

A CORK actor is making the world his stage as he prepares for a streamed theatre performance live from New York.

A landmark theatre in Cork city has reached its fundraising target to better secure the future of the theatre. Back in November, Cork Arts Theatre, fondly known as the 'CAT Club', launched a GoFundMe campaign in a bid to avoid closing permanently.

A WEST Cork woman who left school at 15 and became an A-list stunt woman is turning heads with her graceful performance on popular Netflix show Fate: the Winx Saga.

Cork city-based creative hub, Circus Factory, has announced the appointment of its first ever paid Artistic Director. Cormac Mohally, one half of the comedy duo Lords of Strut, has taken up the position.

The Everyman has announced the upcoming release of Made in Cork | Play It By Ear, a selection of rehearsed readings from its successful audio broadcast programme, which will be made available for the month of March.

Cork County Council Library & Arts Service has teamed up with libraries nationwide, as well as publishers, booksellers, and authors for the ‘Ireland Reads’ campaign, part of the government’s Keep Well initiative.

A 19-year-old Cork musician was plucked from obscurity and placed on stage in front of thousands of people, thanks to an international friendship - and the internet.

Two Cork-based authors have been shortlisted for the 2021 Rathbones Folio Prize.

THE star of universally acclaimed production Hamilton has followed in the footsteps of historical figure Frederick Douglass all the way to Cork as part of plans for a new musical.

Corkonians will have the opportunity to learn more about the life of Kathy (Katty) Barry with the premiere of the online performance of a play about the famous Cork character’s life.

Cork Creates, a Youth Work Ireland Cork initiative supported by CETB Youth services, has teamed up with creative design agency, ‘Notes to Cork’ to give a visible, creative and alternative voice to the young people of Cork city.

A short film by a University College Cork graduate is in contention for an Oscar nomination, after securing a place on the Academy Awards’ 2021 longlist.

CORK has lost one of its popular live music venues with the announcement that the Kino is set to close its doors.

A Kinsale primary school student has thanked the Cleft Lip and Palate Team at CUH for ensuring he and his twin brother look so alike.

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to renowned opera singer Cara O’Sullivan who passed away on Tuesday. The adored singer passed away in the presence of her family at Marymount Hospice at the age of 59.

LONG-SERVING chief executive officer at the Firkin Crane Paul McCarthy has departed the organisation after 25 years.

THE Everyman’s new Artistic Director is hoping there will be “laughter, tears and smiles” when it’s safe for audiences to return to the landmark theatre on MacCurtain Street again.

Cork’s Soprano “superstar” Cara O’Sullivan has passed away at the age of 59. The singer who was diagnosed with early-onset dementia in 2018, died at Marymount Hospice on Tuesday.

The Glucksman is providing families with the opportunity to get creative at home with their award-winning online art activities.

THE Cork International Choral Festival is calling on Cork-based companies and businesses to connect with their staff and teams through the medium of music.

Cork City Council is to allocate almost €290,000 to 59 professional arts organisations, community and voluntary groups throughout the city. A call for the 2021 Arts Grants was opened in September and closed on November 19, 2020.

Tributes have been paid to well-known Cork musician Reuben Lynch, who was found dead at a house in Bishopstown on New Year's Day.

LAURA McKenna returned home to Ireland and began exploring her passion for writing, completing a PhD at University College Cork.

A Cork-based production company has teamed up with RTÉ this Christmas to create a unique short film celebrating the people and places of Cork.

Graham Norton joked he planned to leave Radio 2 in a taxi rather than "a hearse" as he presented his final show after 10 years at the station. The chat show host dubbed it "the end of an era" as his last Saturday programme got under way.

I have spent many hours in the Neptune Stadium, on North Monastery Road on the northside ofCork City: Days and nights walking its wide floor, at meetings in its rooms and corridors, waiting for announcements that could decide the future of the ...

Music-lovers can enjoy a real Cork production this weekend with a live-streamed performance from the Port of Cork.

A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa has been announced as the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2020.

CORK Opera House has posted positive results in 2020 despite the pandemic but is bracing itself for an “extremely challenging” few years because of its impact.

ORIGINAL artworks on loan from the University College Cork Art Collection have appeared in community centres and libraries across Cork as part of Cork City Council’s 1920 centenary celebrations.

A new exhibition at The Print Gallery at Nano Nagle Place which explores the Irish landscape and the sea has been launched by Cork Printmakers.

A new exhibition at The Print Gallery at Nano Nagle Place which explores the Irish landscape and the sea has been launched by Cork Printmakers.

Singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan has announced his return to the stage with a 2021 date at Cork Opera House. Mr O’Sullivan was a UK and US single charts-topping artist in the 70s and today his songs remain well-loved around the world.

People buying tickets for concerts next summer should be aware they will not be entitled to refunds if the events are rescheduled, the Tánaiste has said.

A Kinsale creative has been making waves in Cork's art scene after recently launching her ceramics business inspired by sea creatures found along the Wild Atlantic Way.

A Cork-based silversmith has been selected to create a sculptural piece in response to the Covid-19 crisis that will be on display permanently in the National Museum of Ireland.

As part of Play It By Ear, a programme of live audio broadcasts, The Everyman will present a rehearsed reading of a trilogy of award-winning plays written by the acclaimed Cónal Creedon.

A landmark theatre in Cork city has launched a fundraising campaign in a bid to avoid closing permanently.  Cork Arts Theatre, fondly known as the 'CAT Club', has warned that they are in serious financial difficulty due to the impacts of Covid-19.

A Cork graphic designer and illustrator has said he is "completely blown away" by the reaction to his commemorative illustration of Jack Charlton, commissioned by the Football Association (FA) in England.

A series of four classical concerts are coming to Triskel to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven.

SINGER Darragh McGann has opened up about her journey in discovering who she really is and the decision to transition into the woman she was “born to be” after 47 years.

Plans are afoot for the 2021 Guinness Cork Jazz Festival following the cancellation of this year's event. In the summer, the organisers of the festival announced that, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the much-anticipated event would not take place.

Clonakilty-based photographer Steve Hayes has enjoyed a brilliant year, culminating in nine Honourable Mentions in the 2020 International Photography Awards. Steve was thrilled with his latest awards. “It is always nice to get recognised," he said.

Cork singer David Punch has released his debut single as part of his mission to inspire young people and to let them know that it is ok to be different.

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

A NUMBER of Cork students have won top prizes in the 66th annual Texaco Children’s Art Competition.

THE Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) has launched an interactive city-wide trail of famous costumes, allowing Corkonians to find a new way to enjoy a stroll within their five-kilometre radius.

A West Cork film festival has announced a new award which will provide a lucky winner with €20,000 to fund the production of a Cork-based short film.