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Cork city's first biodiversity hub begins life in Ballincollig
"This is to be a place about the heart, to reconnect with nature. It’ll make a great space if we weave it into what we do."
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Pádraig O' Connor
🚋The Friday View 07/03
Light-rail and new roads, Celtic FC are coming to the Páirc, the Lord Mayor is Stateside and a cracking round-up of things to see and do while you wait…
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Kilian McCann
How I learned to love speaking Gaeilge
From almost failing Irish in the Leaving Cert, and largely abandoning the language, John Ó Ríordáin has found a way to make room for Irish in all…
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John Ó Ríordáin
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February 2025

☀️The Friday View 28/02
Plans for a major new route around the Northside are unveiled; John Spillane's ode to the Lough wins Best Folk Album and if you're in the market for a…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
Hot to go, from Togher's School of Rock
The guitar has been a constant in Adam Walsh's life. Now, as the frontman of the Cutouts, he's just released 'Scraps' the three-piece's first EP.
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Pádraig O' Connor
🌦️The Friday View 21/02
Black Ash park-and-ride upgrade, a motion for Bishop Lucey Park to be renamed, Cork County Council is giving away native trees and there's lots to see…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
Theatre review: An accent that rattles
Emmet Kirwan brings 'Accents' back to The Everyman for two nights only.
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Pádraig O' Connor
☔️The Friday View 14/02
It never rains but it pours, the "Four-Faced Liar" lives up to its reputation, the 10 most dangerous junctions in the city for cyclists and a lovely new…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
Bus didn't show up in Cork? There's an app for that.
No-Show Bus Cork is a new tracker designed by Sasha Mitichkin, a student at MTU. He plans to share the data with Bus Éireann and the NTA to help make…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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🌤️The Friday View 07/02
February is here in full and it's spring time in the city. A new book explores Cork's architecture, City Council undergoes more changes, and soon, a…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
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Cork is funny. No, really. Really funny.
For the past 7 years, comedian Chris O’Leary has been running Comedy Cavern in what he calls ‘the nicest room in the country to do comedy.’ He makes the…
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Pádraig O' Connor

January 2025

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