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Libraries throughout Cork County are taking part in Ireland Reads, a campaign to get the whole country reading this month in the lead up to a national day of reading on Saturday, February 24th.

In celebration of National Tree Week 2024, Cork County Council is offering a number of native trees to schools, community groups and organisations. National Tree Week is an initiative of the Tree Council of Ireland and will take place this year from the 3rd to the 10th of March. 

Met Eireann have issued a High Tide Advisory covering the period from Friday morning to Monday evening with coastal levels HIGH for southern coasts on Saturday.  A period of supermoon spring tides, expected to be one of the highest during 2024, are the primary driver for the elevated and high coastal levels over the weekend. 

The National Transport Authority (NTA) has allocated funds to Ireland’s local authorities with a view to spending on walking and cycling infrastructure in 2024. The recently announced allocation of €21.39m has been warmly welcomed by the Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Frank O’Flynn.

Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service is seeking creative facilitators and musicians to work with them over the next two years. 

Cork County Council has opened application for the Creative Startup Scheme 2024. The scheme supports artists, designers and craftspeople to establish retail spaces, as well as reinforcing the Council’s work in revitalising commercial centres in towns and villages. 

Solid fuel use is one of the biggest sources of air pollution in our homes and communities. With roughly 1 in 10 householders in County Cork burning solid fuel as their main source of heating, Cork County Council is reminding householders that only approved fuels should be used when necessary to heat their homes and to always check the labelling on all solid fuel that they buy. 

BirdWatch Ireland in partnership with Cork County Council and the National Parks and Wildlife Service have completed a survey of Barn Owls in the county, the results of which show that the fortunes of this iconic farmland bird appear to be changing, as Barn Owls were recorded in numbers not seen in the county in the past 50 years. 

A total of seven contracts for Cork County have been signed under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2024 -2028 providing €13.9M in funding to aid deprived and marginalised communities throughout the Cork County. 

Cork County Council is inviting members of the public to have their say on early-stage plans for two new greenway projects in Cork County.  Public consultations for both the Skibbereen sections of the West Cork Greenway and the Cork to Kinsale Greenway are now open for submissions.