Founded in 1899, Sunday’s Well Boating & Tennis Club is currently celebrating its 125th anniversary. The Club recently hosted their annual ‘Mary Collins Tennis Tournament’, which generated €5,535 for Edel House, Good Shepherd Cork’s shelter for women and children who are homeless. For the second year in a row, Edel House benefited from proceeds raised at…
Tesco Ireland is proud to introduce Simon the Sloth – a new plush teddy that will be available to buy in all Tesco stores nationwide now. Made from 100% recycled materials, Simon the Sloth will be available for €5, with all proceeds directly donated to Tesco’s charity partner Children’s Health Foundation. Last year, Tesco…
Taoiseach, Simon Harris, and the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, have today announced funding to deliver enhancement and refurbishment works at 399 community centres nationwide. The Community Centres Investment Fund 2024 was launched in June 2024 to provide investment for upgrade and refurbishments works on existing community centres under two categories;…
As October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Network Ireland West Cork held an event to honour and support those impacted by breast cancer, with funds raised going to Breast Cancer Ireland. Branch President Sandra Maybury, who has chosen Breast Cancer Ireland as her charity for her presidential year said “Statistics show that 1 in 7…
Jazz fans can enjoy live music while supporting the Cope Foundation at the Metropole Hotel this weekend. The hotel is part of Trigon Hotels, which has a long standing charity partnership with the Cope Foundation. The partnership resulted in the development of the Cope Foundation garden based in Montenotte and fresh fruit, vegetables…
PepsiCo Ireland is proud to continue its support for Cork Penny Dinners with a €10,000 donation. As PepsiCo celebrates 50 years in Cork, one of their 50for50 campaign activities encouraged employees to answer the Charity’s appeal for Back to School supplies. Employees donated over 150 school bags, pencil cases, and other back-to-school supplies. PepsiCo teams…
Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery has acquired two more paintings by one of Ireland’s best-known painters, Seán Keating. The Keating paintings are amongst four artworks recently acquired at auction by Crawford Art Gallery for the National Collection. Sean Keating’s Elijah with the Ravens, Version II (1930) and his self-portrait, c.1961, along with Winter Evening, Calary (1964) by abstract and landscape artist Camille Souter…
A Taylor Swift tribute is set to take place on Saturday 26th October at the Cork International Hotel in aid of Cope Foundation. Organised by the Cork International Hotel, Taylor Switch – The Eras Be Grand Tour is aimed at young Swifties who want to celebrate the music of their favourite pop star. The event is part of…
This Friday, 18th October, the newest recruits to Cork City Fire Brigade will become “Mercy Heroes” as they undertake a fundraising mission which will see them push and pull a vintage fire truck through the streets of Cork City in aid of the Mercy University Hospital Foundation’s Teens & Young Adult Appeal. Funds raised will…
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD, has welcomed the Irish Aid annual report 2023 which details how Ireland responded to many of the world’s most pressing crises, including conflicts in the occupied Palestinian territory, Ukraine and Sudan, as well as underfunded emergencies in Syria, Yemen, and the Horn of Africa. The…