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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
#CorkNews Cork City Council spent just over a quarter of a million euro on its annual Cork on a Fork Fest over the last three years, with its spend increasing nearly 150%.
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Cork on a Fork cost just over a quarter of a million euro over three years
From 2022 to 2024, €256,058.84 in total was spent by the council on the festival, though this was offset by some third-party sponsorship in 2023 and ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
#News The bodies of his father Mark O’Connor, 54, mother Louise, 56, and his brother Evan, 27 – who has additional needs, were found at the family’s home in Dromgowna, outside Tallanstown village in Co Louth on Monday morning.
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Man charged with murder of his parents and brother in Co Louth
He is next to appear in the same court via videolink on October 6.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
#Cork Epic action across the quarter-finals and relegation playoffs. Here is what Derek Daly learned this week.
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Cork Club Hurling Talking Points: What we learned from a packed weekend...
Epic action across the quarter-finals and relegation playoffs
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Members of the public have been advised to avoid contact with sick or dead wild birds after an outbreak of avian influenza has been confirmed at The Lough in #Cork city.
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Bird flu outbreak confirmed at Cork city's The Lough
Avian influenza is highly contagious amongst birds, and can, in rare circumstances, pose a threat to humans
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
#Cork In the middle of the East Cork village of Lisgoold stands J. Woods, a family-run pub that has been part of the community for well over a century. “I reckon the building itself goes back to the 1890s,” says its current proprietor, Michael Woods.
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The Village Pubs of Cork: ‘We’re trying to keep price of pint down, folk are stretched enough’
In the latest installment of our popular weekly series, The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY heads to a long-time family-run pub, J. Woods, in ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Science and technology company Merck has officially opened its new €150 million filtration manufacturing facility at Blarney Business Park in Cork.
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Merck opens new Cork facility which will support 200 new jobs
It is expected to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2025 and will manufacture filtration devices used in aseptic processing, tangential-flow ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Work is underway on a river-use study which will consider the development of a lido or a public open-air swimming pool in #Cork city.
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Study to consider development of open-air 'lido' pool in Cork city
A variety of benefits associated with swimming were raised in the submissions including that a lido can act as a community building asset.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
#Cork Here are the standouts from Premier Senior, Senior A and Premier Intermediate – the XV who defined the weekend.
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Hurling Team of the Week: Carrig's Walsh brothers and Hill's Adam Murphy headline weekend XV
The top acts from Premier Senior, Senior A and Premier Intermediate are named in our latest team of the week
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
#Cork City Council has paid out €3.3m in insurance claims between 2024 and 2025 to date, with the largest number of these claims relating to roads and footpaths.
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Cork City Council has paid out €3.3m in insurance claims since 2024
Almost €2.2m was paid out for 200 claims during 2024, with a further €1.1m paid out on 99 claims so far in 2025.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Cork City Council has sought further information before a proposed €200m development at Mahon Point can be given the green light. The planned development at Cork’s largest retail complex, which has been dubbed ‘Mahon 2.0’, would see a major expansion of the centre.
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Cork City Council seeks further information on 'Mahon 2.0' plan
An application for planning permission was lodged with Cork City Council in July by Deka Immobilien for the mixed-use development.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
#Cork City Council has defended spending over €1m on two terraced houses and almost €500,000 on renovating a southside house and adjoining granny flat as part of a ‘northside regeneration’ project.
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Cork City Council defends spending €1m on two terrace houses
The works were part of the Cork City Northwest Quarter Regeneration (CNWQR), a huge, multi-annual, phased regeneration project, which began in the ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
It’s Dennis O’Donovan, with his wife Marie and their two teenage sons, Mark and Cathal, who run the show today. Both boys pull pints when needed, and 15-year-old Cathal might be the one who takes the reins for the next generation.
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The Village Pubs of Cork: ‘If not for places like this... some people wouldn’t meet anyone’
In the latest installment of our popular weekly series, The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY drops in on O’Donovan’s Bar near Clonakilty, which has ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We're down to the knockout stages of the Cork club hurling championships after a bumper three days of brilliant matches with a mix of superb performances and some shocks.
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The Echo Podcast: Picking the Cork club hurling team and player of the week
Every week on The Echo Sport Podcast, Éamonn Murphy and our GAA experts discuss the talking points in Gaelic games in Cork
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
#Corknews In the latest installment in our popular weekly series, The .Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY heads out west, and checks out Mary Ann’s bar in Castletownshend
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The Village Pubs of Cork: ‘In summer, you make your money, winter is quiet... you hold on’
In the latest installment in our popular weekly series, The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY heads out west, and checks out Mary Ann’s bar in ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Since Carbery Rangers’ sole title win in 2016, only three clubs have lifted the Andy Scannell Cup: Nemo Rangers, Castlehaven and St Finbarr’s.
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Cork GAA: Castlehaven, Nemo and Barrs strike for biggest winning margins
Premier Senior big three have scored large wins at each stage of the competition since the restructuring in 2020
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
In this week’s edition of The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY heads west to The Four Winds in Ahiohill, and talks to Mary O’Neill, who says the bar holds a cherished place in the local community.
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The Village Pubs Of Cork: 'I’m not worried about bar’s future,' says West Cork publican
In this week’s edition of The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY heads west to The Four Winds in Ahiohill, and talks to Mary O’Neill, who says the ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The alarm was raised at 4pm yesterday by a man who was passing by and spotted the body inside the window of the terraced house.
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Body of man found in property on Cork's northside
The alarm was raised at 4pm today by a man who was passing by and spotted the body inside the window of the terraced house.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Let's hear your Rebel Roar! Share your favourite Cork memories to win. www.echolive.ie/competitions...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
#CorkNews The shop which sold the winning EuroMillions ticket on Tuesday night has been revealed as Clifford's Centra on Shandon Street on the city's northside.
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Shandon Street Centra in Cork city sold winning EuroMillions ticket
The National Lottery has revealed the shop which sold the winning €250m EuroMillions jackpot on Tuesday night was a Centra shop on the northside of ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#Cork Living with a rare and often misunderstood condition inspired Cork woman Deirdre O’Grady to set up her own business. Deirdre, from Lissarda, and her two children Kerri, 25, and Aaron, 19, have a rare connective tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).
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Living with a rare condition inspired Cork woman to start her own business
Deirdre O’Grady tells EMMA CONNOLLY that setting up her own business allowed her to turn her passion for true inclusivity into action.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#CorkNews All roads lead to Laois Hire O’Moore Park in Portlaoise this weekend as the Cork footballers' day of reckoning arrives.
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Can Cork hold their nerve against Roscommon this weekend?
Rebels must win on Saturday in Portlaoise to keep their season going
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#CorkNews A Cork woman celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday, surrounded by up to 30 of her close family members and friends.
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Time to party as Mary marks 100th birthday
The celebration, attended by family and friends from all across Ireland, was a special gathering for the extended O’Callaghan family.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#CorkNews An outpouring of tributes have been paid following the death of prominent Cork community activist, Phil Goodman. Ms Goodman, who founded the Douglas Young at Heart group in 2001, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning following a short illness.
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Tributes paid to popular Cork community champion Phil Goodman
Ms Goodman, who founded the Douglas Young at Heart group in 2001, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning following a short illness.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
#CorkNews Gardaí have launched an investigation after the decapitated body of a fox was found hanging from overhead electrical wires in Co Cork on Sunday evening.
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Gardaí investigating after mutilated body of fox found hanging from wires in north Cork
In a statement, gardaí said the remains could not be immediately removed due to a lack of suitable equipment, but arrangements have since been made ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The Village Pubs of #Cork In a new weekly series, The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY visits some of the landmark bars around the county, at a time when many are struggling to survive. We launch this series by visiting a Ballinhassig pub that has just called last orders for the last time.
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The Village Pubs of Cork: 300 years a pub, last orders for Ramble Inn
In a new weekly series, The Village Pubs Of Cork, NOEL SWEENEY visits some of the landmark bars around the county, at a time when many are struggling ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#CorkSport Cork's Caoimhín Kelleher buzzing to get going at new club Brentford. “I’m buzzing, I’m really happy to be here," the 26-year-old told the club's official website.
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Cork's Caoimhín Kelleher buzzing to get going at new club Brentford
The Republic of Ireland international pens a five-year contract with club option of an additional year
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#CorkNews Nancy Lehane from Meelin was crowned as the Cork Rose on Sunday. She tells Emma Connolly that she hopes taking part in the festival will help her to get her old self-back.
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‘It was the last thing I expected’: Meet the new Cork Rose
Nancy Lehane from Meelin was crowned as the Cork Rose on Sunday. She tells EMMA CONNOLLY that she hopes taking part in the festival will help her to ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#CorkSport It's back to the scene of the crime on Saturday, when the Cork hurlers must face Limerick in their first Munster final since 2018. We discuss where Cork can improve as they bid to end the Treaty's provincial dominance
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The Echo Sport Podcast: How Cork hurlers can beat Limerick in Munster final, plus clinical Kerry foil footballers again
Every week on The Echo Sport Podcast, Éamonn Murphy and our GAA experts discuss the talking points in Gaelic games in Cork
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#CorkNews Safety concerns led Iarnród Éireann to turn down a request by Cork City Council to take its controversial “robot trees”, which cost more than €444,000 and were removed at short notice last month.
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Iarnród Éireann turns down Cork City Council request to take 'robot trees' over safety concerns
Cork TD says city needs benches, bins, and footpaths — not 'expensive gimmicks'.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#CorkNews An Post dispatched a package of almost 4,000 Mass cards from Irish people sympathising on the death of Francis for direct delivery to the Vatican in Rome.
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'They’ll be received warmly in the Vatican': An Post praised for free Mass card delivery on pope’s death
An Post dispatched a package of almost 4,000 Mass cards from Irish people sympathising on the death of Francis for direct delivery to the Vatican in ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#CorkNews Gardaí are investigating reports of a robbery at an off licence in Cork city yesterday evening, where a sum of cash is believed to have been taken.
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Gardaí investigating robbery at Cork city off licence
Anyone who was in the area or has dash cam footage between 8pm and 9pm is asked to make this available to gardaí.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Two men were hospitalised last night following a fire at the former Morris Arms pub in Connonagh, near Leap in West Cork. Read more on EchoLive.ie📲 #corknews #cork #breakingnews
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Two men hospitalised in suspected arson incident at former west Cork pub
A technical examination of the scene is being carried out as part of an investigation into what gardaí have described as “criminal damage by fire”.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
#Cork Sport: Treaty will have a clean bill of health for the provincial final but injuries are the back concern for Rebels.
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Limerick v Cork: What we learned from Munster Hurling Championship last round action
Treaty will have a clean bill of health for the provincial final but injuries are the back concern for Rebels
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Tickets for Saturday week’s Munster SHC final have been priced at €50 for stand, €40 for the terrace, and €10 for U16s.
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Stand ticket for Limerick-Cork Munster SHC final set at €50 - €20 dearer than the football final price
There is a €5 increase on stand, terrace and juvenile price points from last year’s final between Limerick and Clare in Thurles.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
#Cork News: A Cork based Liverpool FC supporter has described the panic that descended on the city after a car ploughed into a crowd of supporters at the club’s Premier League title celebration parade.
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Cork Liverpool fan 'still in disbelief' after witnessing car drive into supporters
Speaking to The Echo, John Isherwood described the how the mood in Liverpool changed in an instant, on what should have been a day and night of ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
#Cork News: Investigations are ongoing after a woman in her 20s was hospitalised yesterday evening following a collision involving two buses in the city centre.
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Woman hospitalised after collision involving two buses in Cork city
A woman in her 20s, a passenger on one of the buses, was taken to Cork University Hospital (CUH) with non life threatening injuries last night.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
#Cork News: Gardaí are appealing for information after a man in his 20s was found unresponsive in the city centre in the early hours of this morning.
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Man in his 20s discovered 'unresponsive' in Cork city centre this morning
The injured male, aged in his 20s, was transferred from Winthrop Street to Cork University Hospital where he remains in a serious condition.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The store, located off Mill Road and Courthouse Road in Fermoy will open in July, bringing the total number of Tesco stores across Cork to 13.
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Tesco recruiting up to 100 staff for new Fermoy superstore
Representatives from Tesco will host several hiring events in Fermoy and Mitchelstown later this month.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Gardaí from the West Cork Roads Policing Unit arrested the motorist in Crookstown after it was observed that they were travelling at a speed of 182km/h in a 100km/h zone.
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Gardaí seize sports car driving 182km/h on Cork road
The driver, who was operating a Lotus Emira, has been charged to court and the vehicle has been seized by the West Cork Roads Policing Unit.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
WoW Bites: In January, 2024, Claire Nash called time on her iconic Nash 19 restaurant. In this month’s WoW Bites, she tells KATE RYAN about the difficult decision to close and starting a new chapter. #Cork
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Back to her roots: Claire Nash on closing Nash 19 and her new venture
In January, 2024, Claire Nash called time on her iconic Nash 19 restaurant. In this month’s WoW Bites, she tells KATE RYAN about the difficult ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
#Cork Jobs: Canto, a provider of digital asset management is to expand operastions at its innovation centre in Cork, based in South Mall in the city centre, with plans to grow the office as part of the company’s global product development strategy.
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50 new jobs for Cork as US multinational announces expansion
anto, a provider of digital asset management is to expand operastions at its innovation centre in Cork, with plans to grow the office as part of the ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Early yesterday morning, the Vatican camerlengo, or chamberlain, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, broke the news that Pope Francis had died.
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Explainer: What happens in the lead up to a new pope being elected?
Cardinal Kevin Farrell will play a crucial role in the days and weeks that the Roman Catholic Church is without a pope.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell said on Monday: “At 7.35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father."
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'An exceptional leader': Taoiseach pays tribute to Pope Francis following his death
Camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell said on Monday: “At 7.35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father."
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Cork News: A new pedestrian bridge was lifted into place across the River Lee yesterday, linking Crosse’s Green to the Beamish & Crawford site. Read more: www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It was all of 65 years ago, hurling's greatest rivals colliding in the 1960 decider before a massive attendance at the old Cork Athletic Grounds.
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John Horgan recalls when Cork and Tipp collided in 1960 hurling league final
Rebels and the Premier meet for the first time in 65 years in the secondary final this Sunday on Leeside
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A group of locals in Kinsale have come together in the hope of bringing Cork its first community-run pub. The Harbour Bar, located along the Scilly Walk in Kinsale town, has more than 150 years of history, having served as a public house and residence since the mid 1800s.
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'We know this is an outlandish idea, but it’s not impossible': Locals hope to open Cork’s first community run pub
The Harbour Bar, located along the Scilly Walk in Kinsale town, has more than 150 years of history, having served as a public house and residence ...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It's a massive weekend in Cork GAA with the hurlers hosting Tipperary in a sold-out league final.
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The Echo Sport Podcast: Cork v Tipp league final preview as footballers head to Limerick
Every week on The Echo Sport Podcast, Éamonn Murphy and our GAA experts discuss the talking points in Gaelic games in Cork
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
We are seeking Cork couples who would like to feature in our Wedding of the Week. See below how you can get involved.
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Have you recently married? If so we'd love to hear from you.
We are seeking Cork couples who would like to feature in our Wedding of the Week. See below how you can get involved.
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
#Cheltenham Owner Charlie McCarthy from Fermoy and jockey Paul Townend from Lisgoold were both very emotional after this win in a race named after their great friend Michael O'Sullivan who passed away recently. www.echolive.ie/corksport/ar...
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EchoLive @echolive.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025🍀 Labhair John Spillane le Scéalta Chorcaí faoina bhua sa RTÉ Folk Award in agallamh a bheidh le cloisteáil ar eagrán speisialta de phodchraoladh The Echo. Éist: www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari... #corknews #cork #breakingnews #seachtainnagaeilge
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