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Cork City Council is delighted to announce a new list of events for the latest First Friday’s.

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Damian Boylan, welcomed European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, and Taoiseach Micheál Martin, to Cork City today for Ms von der Leyen’s first political greeting here since Ireland assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Damian Boylan raised the Irish and EU flags above City Hall today to proudly mark the moment Ireland’s assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and to celebrate our shared values and strong European partnerships.

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Damian Boylan, marked the successful completion of a series of enhancement projects in Blarney and Tower, funded under the 2023 Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS), during a series of visits to both communities on Thursday, 25 June 2026.

Cork City Council and Ballincollig Tidy Towns joined forces to help the town represent Ireland in the prestigious international Communities in Bloom (CiB) competition.

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Damian Boylan, has welcomed judges of the 32nd edition of the international Communities in Bloom (CiB) competition to Cork as they judge Ireland’s representative in the competition – Ballincollig, the country’s 2024 National Tidy Towns winner.

Cork City Council’s Ceol sa Chathair summer series of free lunchtime city centre concerts continues today (Wednesday June 24).

The welcome signs are out for the judges of the 32nd edition of the international Communities in Bloom (CiB) competition who are due to arrive in Cork on Thursday to judge Ireland’s representative in the competition – Ballincollig, the country’s 2024 National Tidy Towns winner.

In the personal note to Lord Mayor, Cllr. Damian Boylan, Mr Biden, the 46th President of the United States, praised the role of city mayors and expressed confidence in the new Lord Mayor’s ability to serve the people of Cork.

Cllr Damian Boylan has been elected the new Lord Mayor of Cork at the Annual Meeting of Cork City Council this evening (Friday 19June).