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This Christmas reduce your food waste with Catherine Fulvio’s Seven Secrets to Stop Festive Food Waste. Shockingly we will throw out millions of euro worth of food over Christmas week.  Cork County Council has joined seven other local authorities to link up with Catherine Fulvio to explore how we can avoid food waste in the coming weeks.

Met Eireann have issued a status Orange Wind Warning valid from 21.00 tonight, (Tuesday) to 09.00 tomorrow (Wednesday).  Due to high seas, as a result of high astronomical Spring Tides approaching Highest Astronomical Tide, and strong onshore winds, there is a risk of coastal flooding tonight and on Wednesday. Gale force southeast winds, veering southwest gusting 90 to 110km/h generally, higher in exposed areas, have been forecasted.

A period of very high astronomical Spring Tides approaching Highest Astronomical Tide (HAT) will commence tomorrow, Tuesday 15th December up to Friday 18th December 2020. 

Cork County Council has launched the 8th instalment of its heritage publication series “The Archaeological Heritage of County Cork”. This publication draws from the wealth of knowledge of community groups countywide, whose submissions were assembled and enriched by the expertise of the former Director of the Cork Archaeological Survey, Denis Power.

Cork County Council is encouraging households and businesses to rethink their fuel choices over the festive period.