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01 Nov 2024

Cork County Cleans Up at this Year’s Tidy Towns

The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Joe Carroll has warmly congratulated the volunteers and tidy towns champions from County Cork for their success at this year’s Supervalu TidyTowns awards ceremony at Croke Park in Dublin.

Moira Murrell, Chief Executive Cork County Council; Liz Downes, Chair of the Older Peoples Council and Cllr Joe Carroll, Mayor of the County of Cork launching the Age Friendly strategy 2024 - 2028.
Municipal Districts Operations & Rural Development
30 Oct 2024

Cork County Council Launches Age Friendly Strategy

The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Joe Carroll has launched a new framework plan to make County Cork a great place in which to live and grow old. The Cork County Age Friendly Strategy 2024 – 2028 aims to provide a structure for interagency cooperation which is essential to improve the quality of life for older people in the county. 

International rowing champions Fintan McCarthy and Jake McCarthy taking a selfie with students at the “Igniting Entrepreneurship” event, hosted by the Local Enterprise Office Cork North and West.
Cork County Council Local Enterprise Offices
16 Oct 2024

Olympic Gold Medallist Fintan McCarthy Inspires West Cork Students to Dream Big at Entrepreneurial Event

Over 300 transition year students from eleven schools across West Cork gathered at the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery for the “Igniting Entrepreneurship” event, hosted by the Local Enterprise Office Cork North and West. Designed to inspire the region’s young minds, the event featured double Olympic gold medallist Fintan McCarthy and his brother Jake, both international rowing champions, who shared their stories of resilience and success.

Patricia Liddy, Director of Service, Municipal District Operations & Rural Development; Cork County Council; Joan Kearney, Librarian, Leabharlann Oileán Chléire; Emer O’Brien, Cork County Librarian; Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Joe Carroll; Moira Murrell, Chief Executive of Cork County Council and Ruairi O’Donovan, Údarás na Gaeltachta pictured at the ribbon cutting at Leabharlann Oileán Chléire .
Libraries
16 Oct 2024

Athoscailt Oifigiúil Leabharlann Oileán Chléire á Ceiliúradh

Tá Leabharlann Oileán Chléire athoscailte go hoifigiúil ag Méara Chontae Chorcaí, an Clr Joe Carroll agus Príomhfheidhmeannach Chomhairle Contae Chorcaí, Moira Murrell. Bhí ról lárnach ag an leabharlann i saol an oileáin le blianta fada, ó bunaíodh den chéad uair i 1978 í sa Halla Glas, an tInbhear. 

Patricia Liddy, Director of Service, Municipal District Operations & Rural Development; Cork County Council; Joan Kearney, Librarian, Leabharlann Oileán Chléire; Emer O’Brien, Cork County Librarian; Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Joe Carroll; Moira Murrell, Chief Executive of Cork County Council and Ruairi O’Donovan, Údarás na Gaeltachta pictured at the ribbon cutting at Leabharlann Oileán Chléire .
Libraries
16 Oct 2024

Leabharlann Oileán Chléire Celebrates Official Reopening

Leabharlann Oileán Chléire has been officially reopened by Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Joe Carroll and Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Moira Murrell. The library, originally founded in 1978 in The Halla Glas, South Harbour, has played a pivotal role in island life for decades.