Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Christopher O’Sullivan and Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Tim Lucey today conveyed their congratulations to this year’s Tidy Towns participants and winners from throughout Cork.
Cork County saw 95 entrants across all categories. Towns and Villages from Cork were awarded 20 medals, including 4 Gold, 6 Silver, and 10 Bronze Medals.
Cork will once again take part in the international PARK(ing) Day event this Friday September 20th where artists, designers and citizens will transform paid parking spots into temporary public parks. The pop-up parklets are set to appear across various city locations (Douglas St, South Mall, North Main St and Western Rd) as well as Cobh, Clonakilty and Fermoy.
A celebratory event was held by the Cork Older Persons Council (OPC) under the Cork Age Friendly Programme on the 14thJune in the Walter Raleigh Hotel Youghal. The Deputy Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Martin Coughlan opened the event and welcomed over 250 Older Persons from all over the County.
The success of the Regional Park in Ballincollig, under the management of Cork County Council, has this week been recognised with a prestigious ULI Excellence in PlaceMaking Award while Harpers Island Ecological Project was singled out for Special Commendation in the inaugural National Excellence in PlaceMaking.
Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Patrick Gerard Murphy, hosted the seventh Cork County Mayors Awards on Monday 15th of April. 28 groups and 22 individuals were nominated from all over the County. Mayor Murphy presented 11 Awards on the night to groups and individuals from across Cork who have made significant contributions to communities and to County Cork.
The following nominees were awarded from each Division.
Cork County Council, in partnership with Fáilte Ireland, is currently planning the development of the Dursey Island Cable Car in Beara, West Cork. Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers have been commissioned to provide design and statutory planning services for the proposed development.
Overview of the Project
Launch of Cork School Garden Project
The sun shone brightly in Dripsey and the team at Griffins Garden Centre pulled out all the stops to get everything ready for the official Launch of the seventh Muintir na Tire Cork School Garden Project. Mr Seamus Forde County Chairman Muintir na Tíre was on hand to welcome the large crowd to the launch.
