On Wednesday, We The Citizens are holding their event in Cork this week. The event is taking place in the Clarion Hotel in Cork at 6:15pm. To attend sign up on their website. To see what happened in Killkenny see the video below or check out what was said and the big talking points I will be tweeting from the event so make sure follow me on twitter of follow the #citizens tag. I may run a live blog...
A crash happened this morning before 10am at Cork Airport. Manx2 Flight NM7100 from Belfast to Cork crashed in fog on its third attempt to land. 6 people have been confirmed dead. 12 people were on board the plane. The Airport is currently closed. All arriving flights have been diverted to Shannon, all departing flights have been cancelled. Ryanair’s flights will be operating to and from Shannon. All travellers are advised to check with their airline before making alternative arrangements. All...
The Nominations opened yesterday for the Rebel Awards 2010. The Cork Rebel Awards were set up as a collobartion between the Cork Gay Project, Cork Pride & GayCork.com in order to acknolwlege LGBT people and organisations for their contributions, work and support to the Cork LGBT community. This year they are inviting everyone to nominate people and organisations whom you feel should win an award. The Categories are as follows: The ‘Straight-Up’ REBEL Award This award recognises a non-LGBT individual who...
Image by hsivonen via Flickr As posted earlier there will be an event in Cork City for Europe Day. This will take place on May 7th at lunch time. The event will be a canvass and will involve the handing out of pens and lollipops and of course talking about Europe. So why am I blogging about this? Well we need volunteers! Anyone who volunteers will be fully briefed and supplied with t-shirt, bag, pens etc. They will also...
Image via Wikipedia A Cork South Central Branch of Young Fine Gael is being launched on Friday 15th of January is Soho Bar on Grand Parade at 7:30pm. This is one of the new branches being set up by the Munster Regional Council of Young Fine Gael. YFG is the largest of the youth political parties in country and its expansion into the city should mark another stage in its growth. The meeting will be attended by local and...
I got this via email. Check it out and its for a good cause. We were all completely shocked at the devastation so many people in Cork suffered during the recent floods. We couldn’t just stand around doing nothing, so colleagues at H+A Marketing+PR decided to organise a fundraiser to help those whose homes and lives have been devastated. We’re holding the Raising Cork Quiz in Silver Spring Moran Hotel on Monday December 7th in aid of the Cork...
Someone filled me in on a little something at is happening on Staurday here in Cork! See below for the details! Let Mr. Blue Sky in! Who do we want? Everyone! No experience necessary. For what? A flash mob to celebrate the arts in Cork. A Flash mob? Check out these links http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu_rtY When is it happening? Saturday 14th Nov. at 1.30pm Where is it happening? Patricks Street, Cork How long will it last? Around 3.5 minutes Why?...
Via GayCork.com GLEN (Gay & Lesbian Equality Network) is coming to Cork. WHAT IS IN THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIP BILL?? Information Event! “Informing The Debate On Legal Recognition” Cork Gay Project & L.inC are hosting an information session on the Civil Partnership Bill. Date: Thursday 15th October Venue: Cork Gay Project, 8 North Mall Time: 7pm Contact: Cork Gay Project on 021-4304884 or L.inC on 021-4808600 THIS IS AN OPEN EVENT TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. www.glen.ie I’m thinking...
Image via Wikipedia Today was my first day out on the canvass trail for the Lisbon II referendum. We were in Farran Woods this morning canvassing before a triathlon. There was a good crowd there and we received a very positive reaction. Lots of people were willing to engage with us. One guy came up and quizzed me and why I thought we should vote yes and he complemented me on my knowledge of the Treaty. Little does he...
Wave Change Cork
Over the 12th and 13th of November I spent time in the Cork School Music on the Wave Change programme from Social Entrepreneurs Ireland which I blogged about here. Over the two days there were speakers, such as Bill Liao and Myles McCorry of Bike Pure. We also had workshops on online and offline communication as well as some activities to get us thinking and learning about our skills. There was also a great opportunity to brain storm our ideas and help...
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