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The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Fergal Dennehy officially opened the redeveloped Bishop Lucey Park this afternoon, Friday 14 December.

The Corkmas parade, the official start of Christmas in Cork city, is going ahead tonight.

Cork City Council has agreed an expenditure budget of €362.2m for 2026 at its annual budget meeting this evening, Wednesday, November 12 - a near €36m increase on this year.

A new pilot City Centre Warden Scheme has been launched in Cork to promote and enhance the city centre experience.

Cork City Council would like to advise that a period of very high astronomical spring tides is expected from this Wednesday, November 5, lasting until Saturday evening, November 8.

The Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Fergal Dennehy visited Mahon to view the recently completed Mahon Street Renewal Scheme. The scheme is Cork’s first community wide streetscape renewal programme, aimed at providing improved streets which are safer and provide multi-modal connected links to schools, retail, sport and leisure within the Mahon area.

Cork City Council has commenced preliminary work on an Urban Framework plan for North Blackpool/Kilbarry which was identified as one of the City’s strategic expansion areas in the current Cork City Development Plan.

November Festivals and Events

Cork City is proud to announce that five outstanding community groups have been shortlisted for the prestigious IPB Pride of Place Awards 2025, taking place on Friday, November 7th at the Strand Hotel, Limerick.

A Cork city community has planted rain gardens in the city’s first learn-to-cycle track as part of an exciting project backed by Cork City Council that is now being hailed as a model for other urban neighbourhoods.