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Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service has announced a programme of events to mark International Women’s Day (IWD), which takes place on the 8th of March 2025.

Cork County Council and the OPW, under the State’s Per Cent for Arts Scheme, have announced a call for submissions for a public art commission as part of the Clonakilty Flood Relief Scheme. 
Per Cent for Art is a government initiative where 1% of the cost of any publicly funded capital, infrastructural and building development can be allocated to the commissioning of a work of art.

Cork County Council has issued an open call for events to celebrate culture, creativity and the arts as part of Culture Night 2025. 

Tá clár Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2025 fógartha ag Comhairle Contae Chorcaí, agus beidh imeachtaí Gaeilge ar siúl sna leabharlanna, sna scoileanna agus ar líne an mhí seo chugainn. Is í Seachtain na Gaeilge an ceiliúradh bliantúil is mó in Éirinn ar ár dteanga agus ár gcultúr dúchais. Ritheann sé ón 1 go dtí an 17 Márta.

Cork County Council has announced its Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025 programme, with Irish language events taking place in libraries, schools and online next month. Ireland’s largest annual celebration of our native language and culture, Seachtain na Gaeilge, runs from the 1st to the 17th of March.

Cork County Council and Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre are delighted to announce a partnership residency for artists Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh and Bernie Masterson.

Cork County Council is offering native trees to schools, community groups and organisations to celebrate National Tree Week 2025. An initiative of the Tree Council of Ireland, National Tree Week will take place from March the 9th to the 16th.

Cork County Council has launched the twelfth book in its ‘Heritage of County Cork’ publication series, this time exploring the county’s trade and retail heritage from the prehistoric period through to the present day.
 

Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service is inviting everyone to take part in ‘Ireland Reads’, a campaign to get the whole country reading during February, in the lead up to a National Day of Reading on Saturday, the 22nd of February. 

Cork County Council has announced funding of over €166,000 for 123 artists and arts organisations through its 2025 Arts Grants.