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Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. John Sheehan met officials and players on the grounds of St. Finbarr's National Hurling & Football Club last week to view the two new dugouts on the grounds, funded through Cork City Council's Sports Capital Grant Scheme. The scheme is aimed at providing grant aid to projects that are directly related to enhancing facilities and of a capital nature.

Cork City Council has today launched an online public consultation survey inviting the public, communities, businesses, and key stakeholders to have their say on the proposed implementation of one-way pedestrian movement on four city centre streets.

All is not lost for those who had registered to take part in the Cork City Marathon 2020. Now in its 14th consecutive year, the marathon is moving online for 2020 in an unprecedented approach for Cork City Council and the race organisers, as a direct response to the current climate. They made the difficult decision today, to cancel this year’s race which had been rescheduled to take place on September 6th.

Farranree and Fairhill local community and voluntary groups are hard at work for their community as part the Cork City Community Response Forum.

Local authorities must identify official bathing areas in their area every year so that they can be monitored for safety, water quality and their level of use.

Cork City Council has launched an online public consultation inviting the public to have their say on the temporary closures of three city centre streets.

Cork City is very fortunate to have such great array of natural heritage. Many mammals, birds, invertebrates and wild plants have adapted to life alongside humans in our urban landscape.

Tying in with the ethos of the Bealtaine Festival, which celebrates the arts and creativity as we age, Music Generation Cork City has launched a new project to bring young and old together to sing the beloved Irish classic, ‘Down by the Salley Gardens’, as part of their Lockdown Soundz series.

Further pedestrianisation of city centre streets, provision of additional cycling facilities, the creation of ‘cycle and walk’ facilities and ‘click and collect’ setdown areas and increased priority at pedestrian crossings are amongst a range of proposals being suggested to facilitate the next phase of the reopening of Cork City during COVID-19.

This Sunday, May 17,  Cork City will mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biophobia and Transphobia  ( IDAHOBIT Day) by organising LGBTI+ Awareness Week.