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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.

The EnergyCloud Age Friendly Initiative – a collaboration between Cork City Council, Cork City Age Friendly, and EnergyCloud Ireland, a charity supported by Irish utility providers and wind energy companies which uses innovative solutions to divert renewable energy to Irish homes at risk of fuel poverty – won the environment category section of the National Age Friendly Recognition and Achievement Awards.

Coffee pots & pumpkins were the order of the day at Cork City Hall recently as Lady Mayoress of Cork, Karen Brennan, launched the Lady Mayoress’ Coffee Morning in Aid of Marymount University Hospital & Hospice which will take place on Thursday 30 October in Millenium Hall, Cork City Hall. 

Last night, Wednesday October 15, Cork City Hall played host to a special civic reception hosted by the Lord Mayor to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Cork Public Museum, marking eight decades of cultural preservation, public service, and community pride.

Cork County Hall will come alive with creativity and collaboration on Wednesday, the 22nd of October as artists, community leaders, educators, and advocates from across the region gather for the inaugural Community Arts Networking Day, a joint initiative from the Cork County Council and Cork City Council Arts Offices.

Two new resources to help create more compassionate workplaces for people who experience pregnancy loss have been launched at an event hosted by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Fergal Dennehy.

Cork City Council took delivery of the two new fully accessible toilet units on Monday and they have been placed on a site adjacent to Cortado Coffee at the city end of the Marina Promenade.

Award-winning musician and songwriter, John Spillane, has been named Cork’s new Age Friendly Ambassador, the Cork City Age Friendly Programme has announced.

Cork City Council is seeking suggestions from landowners, homebuilders and interested parties for lands suitable for residential zoning in order to accelerate housing delivery.