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This Spring Cork County Council is offering an online gardening course open to all residents, representatives of Tidy Towns groups, Residents Associations, Green Schools Coordinators and Community Groups in County Cork.

Cork City Council, Cork County Council and the Port of Cork are delighted to announce that Cork Harbour Festival’s flagship Ocean to City race will be going ahead this June with an altered format.  Collaborating with national rowing associations in Scotland and Wales, this year’s Ocean to City will be part of a unique, international time trial series called the Five Miles From Home Series 2021.   The Ocean to City – Five Miles From Home is the second leg in the Series, and will take place 4-6 June 2021. The challenge can be joined from anywhere in the world; rather than asking participants to travel, Ocean to City invites people to participate in this international challenge from their home waters.   Taking part is simple! Just form a crew, plot a 5 mile (8047meters / 4.345nm) course, cover the distance as fast or as stylishly as possible during the designated time windows, submit your times and join the online celebration afterwards.  The Five Miles From Home Series has a ‘Main’ and an ‘Alternative’ Challenge. The Main Challenge is open to fixed-seat rowing boats such as currachs, skiffs, gigs and yawls. The Alternative Challenge is open to kayaks, SUPs, canoes, dragon boats, offshore sliding-seat boats and outriggers. Incorporating a dedicated Under-19s youth category, the organisers are also keen to involve and celebrate young people on the water.  The full Five Miles From Home Series includes the Scottish Castle to Crane leg on 7-9 May and the Welsh Sea Rowing leg on 9-11 July. Participants can take part in the whole series, allowing them to compare and improve on their results as they progress, or just in one single leg. Each leg in the series has a 48-hour window during which the challenge has to be completed.  With covid-19 constraints making large events off limits, it is hoped that by the summer restrictions will be relaxed sufficiently to allow clubs from across Cork Harbour, Cork County and beyond to organise their own Ocean to City - Five Miles From Home micro-events.  Adrienne Rodgers, Director of Services at Cork City Council said:

Following on from the success of the 2020 Painting and Signage Scheme, Elected Members of the Cork County Council’s Carrigaline Municipal District have allocated a further €20,000 to the Carrigaline Paint Scheme for 2021. At the February meeting of Carrigaline MD, members also agreed to extend the scheme to the settlements of Ringaskiddy and Crosshaven. 

Cork County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team convened again this morning to assess the impact of significant amounts of rainfall over the past 2 days.  Rain gauges in the catchment upstream of Mallow recorded almost 100mm or 4 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. While levels appear to be receding, the Council remains on alert.

‘Making It Happen’ is the theme of Local Enterprise Week, organised by Local Enterprise Office South Cork

A Status Orange Met Eireann Rainfall Warning and Status Yellow Wind Warning remains in effect with significant amounts of rainfall being experienced across the county.  Over 76mm has been recorded in some locations. 

In advance of Met Eireann’s Status Orange - Rainfall Warning, with very heavy rain forecast for Monday night and throughout Tuesday, Cork County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team have convened again this afternoon.