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The Friday View 20/12
🎄And that's a wrap! Before we close out the final Friday View and Out + About of the year, we look back at 2024 and some of the stories that defined…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
Could a directly elected Mayor of Cork get the buses to run on time?
Five years ago, a plebiscite for a directly elected mayor in Cork was rejected by fewer than 1,000 votes. But is there a role for a mayor with the power…
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JJ O'Donoghue
The Friday View 13/12
☕️Charts, data, a new art gallery in Douglas, the Kino wall gets a paint job, a new music booker in the city, the Cliffords are off to Austin, and it's…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
Cork city’s ‘Night Mayor’ surveys the after-dark economy
A year into her new role, Fiona Collins, Cork City Council’s Night-Time Economy Advisor, talks to T+D about the role, its limits, what she’s…
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Kilian McCann
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The Friday View 6/12
Some changes in the political landscape in Cork, but some things remain the same. There are plenty of Christmas markets this weekend, and a…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
Crafting a career in gold
A series of serendipitous encounters set Róisín McCabe on the path to becoming a goldsmith. This weekend Róisín will be exhibiting at the Benchspace…
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Pádraig O' Connor

November 2024

The Friday View 29/11
🍃 It's Black Friday, General Election 2024 Friday, a cold and wet Friday and most importantly of all Friday View Friday!
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
Piano man
Musician and producer Cian Sweeney is going back to his roots with a project he always knew he should do. It's just taken him some time to get to that…
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Kilian McCann
The Friday View 22/11
🥶 The cold snap is finally here, but we've plenty to keep you...a little less cold. Taxi numbers are trending down, a new Fringe Festival is on the way…
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Kilian McCann
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Making music under the Goldie Fish
Shannon Bowman, co-founder of Studio 23, a newly opened recording studio on Shandon Street, is upbeat about the music scene in Cork and the studios…
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Pádraig O' Connor
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The Friday View 15/11
☕️ The Christmas lights will be switched on tonight in the city centre, the Kino has a new mural courtesy of Boots and a motion to bring Trump and…
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JJ O'Donoghue
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Kilian McCann
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VQ: how two letters created a problem that won't go away
Nowadays everybody's got something to say about the Victorian Quarter.
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JJ O'Donoghue
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