Cruinniú na nÓg, Ireland’s national day of creativity for children and young people, takes place on Saturday 12th June 2021, providing opportunities for young people to be inquisitive and curious, to be inventive and innovative, and to learn a new skill, to fulfil a creative ambition or showcase an inner creative talent.
With all primary school children returning to school this week Cork County Council’s Road Safety Office issues a timely reminder to help each other stay safe in our daily lives, especially getting to and from school and at the school gate.
The Climate Action Regional Offices (CARO) have just launched a website www.caro.ie - to support all County and City Councils in leading Ireland’s climate action efforts.
Cork County Council is calling on relevant businesses operating from commercially rated premises to avail of the Small Business Assistance Scheme for Covid (SBASC) fund which can assist with fixed costs following the ongoing impact of Covid-19 restrictions. This fund, launched by the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, will supplement the €34 million awarded to County Cork businesses and administered by the Council under the Business Restart Grant Scheme.
Cork County Council Library and Arts Service continues to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge, culminating in a range of activities for St. Patrick’s Day in Cork County.
A positive news story for Irish exports at the beginning of this month with the official launch of Glanseair Children’s Formula for the Chinese market. Glanseair Children’s Formula has been developed to facilitate the growth and nutrition of Chinese children aged 4 to 12 and is produced by Kerry Group in their state-of-the-art facilities in Charleville, Co. Cork.
Cork County Council Library & Arts Service invites applications to be part of a new and exciting project “The Art of Living”. Funded under the Creative Ireland Positive Ageing and Creative Wellbeing Challenge Fund, The Art of Living is a short film about creativity which highlights, showcases and celebrates a selected group of our older citizens.
Cork County Council Library and Arts Service is pleased to announce a new poetry initiative that aims to encourage people to imaginatively respond through poetry to the new perspectives and understanding of place, nature and environment that the limitations on travel outside of the 5k limit have created in the last year. This boundary has meant that many of us are experiencing our locality in new and surprising ways, as we rediscover the world on our doorstep. “Poems from My 5k” provides an opportunity to reflect on this new reality through poetry.
While there may be no physical parades taking place across Cork County this St Patricks Day, Cork County Council have announced details of a number of virtual St Patrick’s Day activities, including include the greening of many public buildings along with a range of local events marking our National Day, many of which are supported by the Local Authority through the eight Municipal Districts across County Cork.
Cork County Council’s Age Friendly Town Programme has been cited as an example of a Good Practice, as part of an EU Interreg Project (SilverSME) submitted by the Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence at Munster Technological University (MTU).
