Lifestyle
Fast food ads targeting parents, not kids
Health campaigners have turned their attention to television sponsorship in recent weeks and have called for an end to fast food advertising during children's programmes.
Almost a fifth of family shopping goes on 'treat' foods
Maria Herlihy 'Treat' is a word which many parents will well know is a word their child will utter from a very young age.
Vital funding announced for Cork heritage sites
Conor Nelligan, County Heritage Office The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan TD, has recently announced that 370 heritage projects across the country have been awarded funding under the €2million Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) 2018 .
Fast food ads targeting parents, not kids
Deborah Coleman - Straight Talking Health campaigners have turned their attention to television sponsorship in recent weeks and have called for an end to fast food advertising during children's programmes.
Ballyhoura walking festival '18
Bill Browne The stunning Ballyhoura countryside will again host Ireland's oldest and most popular walking festival over the May bank-holiday weekend.
Kanturk Men's Shed set for Darkness Into Light event
Sheila Fitzgerald Kanturk Men's Shed Group last week launched their Darkness Into Light walk in aid of Pieta House.
History of County Hall gives us something to look up to
Conor Nelligan, County Heritage Officer The month of April is seeing plenty of activity with regard to heritage throughout the County. One day of note is April 16th, the 50th anniversary of the official opening of Cork County Council's HQ - the County Hall.
Mallow getting set for a community gathering in June
Bill Browne Bringing all sections of the community together under a single banner can only serve to highlight the potential that exists within a particular area. That's the ethos behind the 'Mallow Community Gathering', which will take place at the Mallow GAA Complex in Carrigoon from noon to 6pm on Sunday, June 10.
Blarney Wellfest set to help put minds at ease
Bill Browne The key to connecting communities is bringing their individual strands together under one single umbrella to help bolster a greater sense of community spirit and individual well-being.
Plenty of Rebel Silver Surfers in the county
Maria Herlihy When it comes to the information superhighway, Rebel silver surfers are up there with the best of them. The short-list for the 2018 Eir Silver Surfer awards has nine Rebel contenders up for a five awards in various categories.
World-class athletes descend on Newmarket
Newmarket was a hive of activity last Sunday for a spectacular road race that attracted hundreds of runners from many parts of the globe for the inaugural Duhallow AC 10 mile promoted event.
Toastmasters set for mighty night at the Hibernian
Eugene Cosgrove Delayed by Storm Emma, the Speakeasy Toastmasters 25th Anniversary Celebration Night takes place on Saturday in the Hibernian Hotel at 8pm. There will be gales on the night, this time gales of laughter.
'Tastes Like Home' to return
The hit TV show 'Tastes Like Home', which is sponsored by Londis and fronted by celebrity chef Catherine Fulvio, is now recruiting fresh participants for the third series, which will be screened on RTE in the autumn.
The six ways that supermarkets can act on plastic
Jim Hurley's Nature Trail On Wednesday of last week, the national Sick of Plastic Campaign announced a day of action on supermarket packaging on Saturday 21 April next. On that day campaigners are asking people to 'Shop and Drop', shop as normal in your local supermarket and then take off the excess plastic packaging at the checkout and leave it with the cashier.
Red squirrels at risk of dying out
Jim Hurley's Nature Trail The Red Squirrel is regarded a native Irish animal. If there were squirrels in Ireland before the last ice age, it is assumed that the ice, snow and cold wiped them out together with their host trees. It is also assumed that when the ice finally melted that Red Squirrels colonised our green and pleasant land under its own steam before rising sea levels cut us off as an island.
Taking up arms against alien invaders
Conor Nelligan, County Heritage Officer Across Europe this year, the wonder of heritage is being celebrated thanks to 2018 being the European Year of Cultural Heritage.
Sign up and help Cork to really clean up next month
Maria Herlihy Over 400 community and voluntary groups will roll up their sleeves during the month of April and take part in An Taisce National Spring Clean campaign.
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