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Please note that the gym at the Dunmanway Swimming Pool Complex will be re-opening on the 14th September 2022 and school swimming classes will recommence from the 4th October 2022.

Cork County Council is delighted to partner with The Southern Star to announce that the West Cork Business & Tourism Awards are back for 2022.

Cork County Council has been awarded €100,000 to make Bandon a more vibrant and colourful town. The local authority is now seeking applications from the owners of commercial, residential and unoccupied buildings in the town.

Cork County Council Library and Arts Service has launched a pilot initiative that will see free sanitary products made available across its network of 29 branches and mobile libraries. The eco-friendly period products are being provided by Cork-based start-up We Are Riley.

The contracts have been formally signed for the upgrade works on the main N73 Mallow to Mitchelstown Road between Clogher Cross and Waterdyke. 

Cork County Council is inviting applications for the Creative Start-up Scheme. The Creative Start-up Scheme aims to support Artists, Designers, and Craftspeople to establish retail spaces in which to sell their work.

Culture Night nationally and across Cork County is on Friday 23rd of September, with over 200 family friendly free events throughout Baile Mhúirne, Bandon, Carrigaline, Charleville, Clonakilty, Cobh, Fermoy, Kinsale, Macroom, Mallow, Midleton, Mitchelstown, Passage West, Skibbereen, Watergrasshill, Youghal and the surrounding towns and villages.

An initiative to introduce young people in County Cork to Irish authors has returned for the second year in a row. One County, One Book is a programme by Cork County Council Library and Arts Service and is supported by Creative Ireland. The title for 2022 is ‘Not My Problem’ by Ciara Smyth.

Cork County Council unveils unique creative monument and booklet mark the centenary of the killing of Michael Collins at Béal na Bláth

Following consultation with the Health Service Executive, Irish Water, working in partnership with Cork County Council, has issued a Do Not Consume Notice for consumers on the Whiddy Island Public Water Supply. The notice was issued due to low water levels at raw water extraction point and high levels of colour and turbidity in the treated water causing the drinking water quality entering the Whiddy Island public water supply to be affected.

ROUTES 40 / 260 – Youghal:   Ironman 11th – 15th August, 2022

ROUTES 40 / 240 / 260 / 261:  Ironman – Sat. 13th August & Sunday, 14th August, 2022