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Niamh talks to Dave about being featured in Mealladh na Mara. Which is available to watch now on the RTE Player.

The innovative festival was established in 2009,with the aim of bringing traditional theatre to rural villages and islands in West Cork, in a festival tent. It’s something that was passed down to Geoff from his grandfather. It will be coming to several locations including…

• Ballydehob • Whiddy Island • Drimoleague • Glengarriff • Kilkrohane • Rerrin • Sherkin Island

Tickets are €15 each or family tickets are €40. For more info visit: Tickets - Fit-Up Theatre Festival

The Cork LBGT + Pride Festival, is happening from July 30th - August 5th. It is also celebrating 30 years since the decimalization of Homosexuality in Ireland. Clive talks about how Ireland has changed for the better since then, he goes on to talk up the free events including “Party At The Port” which is taking place after the Parade on Sunday August 6th.

We are proud media partners, and to celebrate we have launched Cork Pride Radio Check it out at: Cork Pride Radio - Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival

Or for more information on the festival visit: Home - Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival (corkpride.com)

As part of the Creative Lives series Mary spoke about Doneraile Art Festival, which is one of the main events organised by Art For The Heart. It’s a 4 day festival with arts and crafts workshops, all the materials will be provided. Participants were given the opportunity to make the súgán Stool, have a go at weaving and creating pictures.

Art For The Heart have other events including a paint and a pint evening which happens on the last Saturday of every month. Breda Forrest spoke with Mary about Art For The Heart.

Listen to the Creative Lives podcasts now at: Creative Lives Project | Red FM

To participate in any of the workshops at Doneraile Art Festival visit: Doneraile Art FesT

Míde Houlihan took time to speak to Dave ahead of her gig at Brú Bar, we also heard her new single “Truth Be Told” she wrote the reflective song during lockdown.

Hear more from Míde now at: Míde Houlihan | Facebook

Michael spoke to Breda Forrest as part of the Creative Lives series, where they discussed the Carraig Na Bhfear drama society. At the time the feature was being recording the society were in the process to staging a 3 man play called Love Lost. It went out for 6 nights. The drama group is a great way for the local community to get involved, be creative and getting active with the welcoming group at Carraig Na Bhfear Drama Society. Either on stage or behind the scenes. Different styles of plays are featured included drama, thriller, and comedy. They will be holding auditions for a 1 man play in Autumn soon.

For more information visit: Carraig Na Bhfear Drama | Facebook

To listen to this and more from the Creative Lives series visit: Creative Lives Project | Red FM

Athletics week is starting on June 30th and running through to July 8th. As part Athletics week there will be several athletic events, happening in clubs around the Country. Various age groups will be able to participate. Including events for 6-12 year olds from 10-2 pm daily, as well as events for adults including strength and conditioning Webinars, Palates and Yoga.

Also, at MTU Athletics track there will be a teenage Track and Field development night on Friday 30th of June.

To register for any of the above events visit: Home | Cork Sports Partnership

Broken Crow Productions in association with the Everyman and Clonmel Junction were showing Aideen Wilde’s play “Found “ and it’s directed by Julie. It was show throughout the weekend in the Graffiti Theatre in Blackpool.

It tells the story of the Irish Diaspora in Newfoundland, and how despite having ancestors who immigrated 100s of years ago still have an accent similar to that of the south east of Ireland. It’s Inspired by a trip that Julie herself took to Newfoundland, as well as having seen footage that her father (a cameraman) shot of Newfoundland.

Willie chats with Dave about the upcoming Carnival celebrations, where Red FM will be on board. More Music and Izzy will be broadcasting live this Friday and Saturday. Willie is responsible for VIP Family Tours of the park, where members of the public can see behind the scenes and have a look into the day to day running of the park. He goes on to chat about his 35 years with the park, as well as the various sections of the park, and the care and attention that goes into looking after the Animals. We also heard some interesting Animal facts.

For more info on the 40th Anniversary celebrations visit: Fota Wildlife Park Celebrates 40 Years of Conservation in Action with carnival-style entertainment - Fota Wildlife Park

Caleb features in an advert highlighting how Motor Neurone Disease started with tremors. He goes onto explain how the tremors started nearly two years ago, and he was officially diagnosed in January of 2022. Some of the side effects Caleb is suffering with because of Motor Neurone Disease include a problem with his speech, a struggle to move his muscles and Eat.

Members of the public are being encouraged to volunteer to a day of silence to see what Motor Neurone sufferers must cope with daily. The tagline for the campaign is “Lose Your Voice So Others Can Be Heard”. It’s a campaign of awareness as well as a fundraising campaign.

For more info IMNDA | Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association | Take on a Sponsored Silence for #Voice4MND - IMNDA

Chris is training in the Defence Forces in Collins Barracks, and Chris and his colleagues took it upon themselves to help raise funds for Marymount Hospice. This involves doing a 12 hour run to take the form a relay, from 8am to 8pm. It will be passing through areas such as… The City Centre, Turner’s Cross, Togher, Wilton, Ballincollig, The Lee Road, The Marina, and Patrick’s Hill. Their aim between the recruits is to cover an area of 120 km between the 55 volunteers.

For more info visit: 1 Brigade Training Centre (@1brigadetrainingcentre) | Instagram

Cork Band True Tides are back for their “Rise Above” tour. Cian spoke to us on the back of playing support to The Coronas at Sea Sessions. He also got the opportunity to play saxophone with the Coronas at a few of their gigs. If that wasn’t a busy enough schedule, the band had the opportunity to open for Olly Murs.

The Rise Above tour starts in Cork on November 11th.

For a full listing of gigs visit: HOME | True Tides Band

Mary and Laharn Community Action group are talking about how they are maintaining the old tradition of dancing at the crossroads at their nearby crossroads at Laharn, situated at the foot of the Baelic Mountains in North Cork . Dancing at the crossroads would have been something that was a lot more frequent before the introduction of the dancehalls and a better transport infrastructure . In Laharn it saw a revival in the 1990’s. It takes place every Sunday from 8 to 10pm.

To hear more about Laharn crossroads dancing as part of our creative lives’ series visit: Creative Lives Project | Red FM

From next Sunday 18th -Thursday 22nd in the Granary, Gavin, and Broken Crow’s production of “The Settling” will be staged. It’s part of the Cork Midsummer Festival and is Gavin’s first fully scripted play. Gavin is a Dub, but his partner George Hanover who is in the play is from Cork. It’s one of 3 plays that Gavin was able to produce with thanks to a grant from the Arts Council of Ireland.

For more info on this and other shows at Cork Midsummer Festival visit: The Settling | Cork Midsummer Festival 2023

The UCC science graduate went onto start as Sister Michael in Derry Girls and is now returning to the stage to act in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days as Winne, this is on the back of having been in Dancing At Lughnasa . It will be taking place from June 14th – 17th. It’s all part of the Cork Midsummer Festival.

To get tickets visit: Happy Days by Samuel Beckett | Cork Midsummer Festival 2023

Johnny is a Kinsale fisherman who went to The Gambia to sample what life on the West Coast of Africa is like, as well as getting the opportunity to fish and spend time with the locals and living with them, in places such as Tanji. Johnny also sees how reliant they are on fishing to make a living, by catching “Yaboi” in wooden boats, and how trawlers from other countries are putting that in jeopardy. Catch up with episode 1 of 'Faraway Fields' on the RTE Player and see episode 2 (Vietnam) and 3 (The Amazon) on Wednesday June 14th & 21st on RTE 1 at 21.35

Ena spoke to Dave ahead of a fashion show in Midleton Park in aid of St Vincent de Paul Midleton and Carrigtwohill. She pervious spoke to Breda Forrest as part the Creative Lives podcast, which highlights creative groups across the City and County that members of the public can join, and get in touch with their creative side.

The ICA (Irish Countrywomen’s Association) is a great organisation that allows women of all ages and backgrounds to socialise with one another, with 6000 members across the country, and 440 guilds . One of the main aspects of the ICA (Irish Countrywomen’s Association) is to help other charities and organisations by creating fundraisers like the event they held in Midleton.

To hear the Creative Lives interview with Ena visit: Creative Lives Project | Red FM

Music Generation provide education to youth groups, schools, and various organisations around Cork City with kids from 5-18 years old. They are celebrating being 10 years old by releasing a new single – Music Gives Me A Reason, which they performed at the Rock The Block at Elizabeth Fort. One of the groups that Music Generation supports is Gary and the Cabin Studios. As part of Cruinnú na nÓg this year two of its members Jamie and Ciara will be taking on ambassadorial roles. U2 play a big part in the funding for Music Generation, with being quoted as saying “they just want to make sure that everyone regardless of their background get access to music tuition”. It’s not only good from a music point of view but it gives its members to opportunity to socialise, gives them an outlet and helps with their mental health.

To see future events and more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/MusicGenerationCorkCity/

The free pop up science festival is taking place this weekend is Fitzgerald’s Park, from 11-6 pm on both the Saturday and Sunday. It’s open to all the family, with over 45 different science activities as well as Live Performers, Workshops, Demonstrations, a Sports Zone, Live Music and Food Venders.

The aim is to make science fun by taking it out of the classroom, where you will have the opportunity to learn how to extract DNA, Drive Mini Robots and walking through a pop up digestive system.

All exhibits on display will be coming from Ireland and further afield.

The event is organised by Cork City Council, and our Red Patrollers will be on site.

For more info visit: Cork Carnival of Science - Cork City Council

Pat who sadly lost his 10-year-old son to cancer is Munster Rep for Little blue heroes, who are a non for profit organisation made up of existing and retired members of An Garda Síochána All with aim of wanting to help families with seriously I’ll children, in terms of providing financial aid and well earned trips away to the 719 families that are currently registered with Little Blue Heroes.

From Friday there will be several rally cars travelling around the country before ending up in Mahon Point Shopping Centre on Sunday, where Colm O’Sullivan will be live from 2-6pm . The Cork part of the trip sees them go through the likes of Midleton, Garryvoe, Bandon Motors and The Celtic Ross in Rosscarbery.

To register visit: NEXT EVENT (bumblebee1000.ie)

Mick talks to Dave ahead of the 50th anniversary of Midleton FC, on June 10th. Starting indoors as Fr Murphy’s youth club with Pat Coakley as the first manager and chairman, Mick started as the club secretary to go on to become the club’s chairman. He recalls some of the club’s highlights including knocking Bray Wanderers out of the FA Cup in 1991,at their home in Knockgriffin Park. To achievements at both senior and underage level.

Next Sunday they will be holding a Family Funday to celebrate the clubs Birthday. There will be Music, Food, Fun and Games, all are welcome!

For more info: https://www.midletonfc.com/50th-anniversary

Brian spoke ahead of Australian Steve Hughes playing at City Limits last Saturday, other comics playing in the coming months including Patrick McDonnell (Eoin McLove) from Fr Ted on June 10th. Local talent will also be playing at City Limits, in the form of Kerryman Bernard Casey and Leesider Chris Kent. It’s not all about comedy as City Limits will have giant screens and will be Rugby mad for the Rugby World Cup, all building up to their 30th anniversary next year. For a full listing of events visit: Home - City Limits Comedy Club (thecomedyclub.ie)

Joya talks about the many events taking place as part of the Cork Harbour Festival, which is happening during the bank holiday weekend right through to June 11th . Within the Festival there is a flagship event Ocean To City, which starts in Crosshaven at 11.30 am. Other events taking place in the 2nd largest natural harbour in the world include. Evening Rib Tours, Wildlife Coastline Tour, Wheel Of A Powerboat Tour, A Stand Up Paddle Tour, Ireland’s Funnest Family and many more…For a full list of events visit: Cork Harbour Festival | 2 - 11 June 2023

Over 25 team members at Casey’s Furniture are psyching themselves up to particate in this year’s Cork City Marathon next Sunday , in the 10k and Half Marathon .Rising much needed funds for the Rainbow Club in Mahon, with a target of €5,000. Which will help those in need of Autism Support Services.To donate to this great cause visit: The Rainbow Club Cork (caseys.ie)

Jack and his twin brother Cian have produced a documentary for TG4 called Cluiche As Baile – The Away Game. It focuses on GAA clubs in unusual parts of the world.Looking at both Natives and the Irish Community in various European Cities, and their love for the sport. One of those clubs is in North Spain, a club with strong Celtic Connections called Fillos De Breogan – The Sons Of Brogan. Catch the documentary now at: TG4 Television | TG4 Player | Irish TV | Irish Language TV | Gaeilge | Súil EileOr watch it live next Thursday at 9.30 Check out the Desmond Brothers website at: Desmond Bros | Film & TV Production Company

Mary O’Riordan from Millstreet and Lisa O’Riordan from Macroom have teamed up to try and make the medical industry more sustainable with their Company HaPPE (Health, Agriculture, P.P.E). It’s all part of the Bord na Móna Accelerate Green Programme They’ve produced an innovative idea to reduce plastics in health care, with the invention of a compostable single use slash apron.There’s about 50 million of these used every year, which equates to approximately 500 tons of plastic. The apron is composable in 8 weeks, rather than spending 50 years in a landfill which your normal plastic apron would be there for. The concept came about from a combination of Mary’s 18 years of working in the health sector and in infectious diseases, along with her cousin Lisa’s business mind, and with Mary’s brother bringing their attention to an apron used in agriculture.They then went about seeing if they could use something similar for the health service.

Since its foundation, the historic venue has seen many acts take to the stage including Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant has played there twice. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, and Conversations After Sex by Mark O’Halloran took place on May 16th. The nights following on from this will have the Banff Mountain Film Festival Tour and Emma Doran’s “Mad Isn’t It” being shown. The Everyman are also involved with 5 productions at the Cork Midsummer Festival, such as Gina Moxley at the Crawford Art Gallery, Rough Magic with their show Free Falling.Also being staged is King, Magic of Motown, Radio Gaga, Chris Kent as well as Leonard Cohan and Garth Brooks tribute acts. On top of all these there’s Harry Potter and Buffy The Vampire Slayer parody shows. For a list of events visit: What's On at The Everyman | Summer Season (everymancork.com)

Aoibhie talks about the 2023 STAMP Festival, which is taking place in the Counting House (former Beamish and Crawford House). It’s a festival aimed at encouraging creativity, with workshops, demos, screenings, exhibitions. Its open to all ages for those who are looking to gain an insight into Cork’s cultural vibrancy. For more info visit: https://sample-studios.com/events/stamp-festival-is-back-this-may-19-21/

Ronan now known as RM Hyde is a 24 year old Singer Songwriter, who’s single Chasing Angels was recorded in Wavefield Recordings in West Cork.It’s part of Ronan’s EP, which is heavily influenced by the likes of the Artic Monkeys and Blues music.To hear more of his music visit: RM Hyde | Spotify

David is doing a podcast with Eoghan Hennessy and Mike Carey, which as the name Suggests is All Music .Its format is a casual interview with a musician and some of their music thrown in for good measure. It’s recorded on location in Knockadoon in East Cork. Musicians featured include Dinny Quirke, Joe Collins, James Fleming, James Walsh, Conor O’Brien, Jason Perry and Melanie de la Cour . Check out the podcast series at: https://open.spotify.com/show/4seAT0p7HGQrG7tz4TXkNT

Kate who is originally from Bristol but moved to Cork in 2005 because of love, is a Food writer and founder of Flavour.ie. She is also Blas Na hEireann Producers Champion 2023. This is awarded to those who support the best in Irish Independently produced Food. Flavour.ie was originally set up as a food blog aimed at supporting local food producers, following this she went on to write for the Echo and Examiner. While continuing to support local Chefs, Farmers and Growers any way she could. If you would like to enter the Blas Na Eireann awards 2023 visit: Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards - Food Producers Ireland Check out Kate’s blog at: flavour.ie Welcome

Sinead shot her film Lamb on location in Youghal with funding from Screen Ireland, it’s a tense Psychological Thriller starring Aoife Duffin and Éanna Hardwicke.It’s been shortlisted for an IFTA for best short film, at this Sunday’s ceremony.The plot is simple, It tells the story of a stranger walking into someone’s home, and the interaction between the homeowner and the stranger.You can view the film at the Fastnet and Beara Film Festivals.To see where future screenings of the film are taking place in Cork visit: https://www.instagram.com/lamb_thefilm/?hl=en

Sinead shot her film Lamb on location in Youghal with funding from Screen Ireland, it’s a tense Psychological Thriller starring Aoife Duffin and Éanna Hardwicke.It’s been shortlisted for an IFTA for best short film, at this Sunday’s ceremony. The plot is simple, It tells the story of a stranger walking into someone’s home, and the interaction between the homeowner and the stranger.You can view the film at the Fastnet and Beara Film Festivals. To see where future screenings of the film are taking place in Cork visit: https://www.instagram.com/lamb_thefilm/?hl=en

There will be 30 events that make up this year’s Midsummer Festival, including and International events, Island of Foam ,a beach in the Millennium Hall, the Midsummer Parade as well as events for established artists and emerging artists. The festival will have Theatre, Opera, Dance, Circus, Music, Visual Arts, Performance Arts, Street Arts. With fun for all ages. For a full programme list of events visit: What's On | Cork Midsummer Festival | 14 - 25 June 2023

15-year-old Aidan Burke from Bandon spoke about a track he released in memory of his late friend Rían from Ballineen, who sadly died by suicide last year.He talks about a touching tribute he paid to Rían in the town park, as well as how the track “We Ain’t Mad At Ya” came about. It’s taken off internationally after it was produced in M5 Sound Studio with assistance of Coco and ND. The song is now part of a campaign for a Suicide Prevention organisation called Healing To The Max.

Youghal native Peter brought his one man show Patrick McCabe’s show “ Country and Irish” to Youghal last night. Peter acted in the likes Coronation Street, Fair City and Love/Hate, he has also starred in the West End and the National Theatre of Great Britain. The show started off as a radio play and was produced with the assistance of Andrew Flynn. It tells the story of Donie Burris who is a man at the end of his rope.

It will also be in Aghada tonight get your tickets now at: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/country-irish-by-patrick-mccabe-tickets-547730756437

With roots in Cork, Kerry, and Tipperary, Bowden are influenced by the likes of Radiohead and Villagers as they met at a Villagers concert. You can hear those influences through the band’s music. Bowden were in the running for supporting Aimée as part of the Red FM Sessions and were shortlisted, but unfortunately didn’t quite get selected. We played their new single “Peel”.

Here more about Bowden’s music now at: Bowden (@BOWDENband) / Twitter

Clara has a farm of fresh produce, along with a deli, catering company and does private cheffing. She returns for another series of podcasts discussing food. The first of the 6 episodes sees Clara talk with the owner of Valleyview Farm. The Farm is run by Jason and his wife Helga Bryan. Valleyview Farm is local to Clara in Riverstick, they provide fresh seasonal veg as well as free range eggs from 1500 free range chickens.

Check out the podcast now at RedFM.ie

Two Louth men Henry (Aoife’s boyfriend) and his best friend Stephen are travelling a distance of 50 miles carrying 60 pounds in memory of Aoife’s late brother Ricky, who sadly lost a 6 year battle with Cancer last October. Aoife from Dunmanway/Enniskeane goes to college in Dundalk. Their journey begins at midnight on Friday with the aim of arriving 18 hours later in Skibbereen, they will be starting at Dunnes in Bishopstown passing through Innishannon, Bandon, Enniskeane, Dunmanway and Drimoleague. All in aid of Aoibheanns Pink Tie, who are a children’s charity helping families going through difficult times.

All support along the route is welcome.

You can donate by going to: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-50-60-challenge

Darian spoke ahead of the ‘New Local Hero’ final in The Academy Dublin. Part of Irish Music Month, run across 25 different Irish radio stations in association with Hotpress Magazine and the IBI, Darian is one of 6 shortlisted artists in line to win a €10,000 bursary. Darian talks about the build up to the event in the Academy, as well as about how herself and the other shortlisted artists took part in a photo shot and received mentoring from industry professionals and musicians.

Thanks to Darian for representing Cork and Red FM at the final of this years search for a ‘New Local Hero’ Hear more of Darian’s music at; https://open.spotify.com/artist/0QVc8W1pLLmDPCxzgCybcp

As part of its diversity and inclusion strategy a new initiative by Cork Sports Partnership has seen them team up with the Primary Schools Sports Committee to run an event at the Mardyke on April 27th which will be for children in mainstream schools who have a physical disability. This is the first of its kind and next year will see both events taking place on the same day demonstrating true and full inclusion within primary school sports events. The event on Thursday will see children from schools all across Cork take part in races for wheelchairs, visual impairment, hearing impairment, power chairs, cerebral palsy, Congenital Scoliosis, spina bifida, Olliers Disease with roughly 10 races happening on the day. Races will be sprint style races between 60 metres and 100 meters. It’s a free event that is open to the public. It will be kicking off at 10.30 am.

This Wednesday at the Incognito Art Sale you can view thousands of original postcard sized Artwork. Which you can purchase for €65 each and you will only find out who the Artist is after you buy. One of those Artists with works on display is Julianne from Buttevant. Her main speciality is figurative Art, primarily Children. Other Cork artists involved are Georgie O’Mahony, Hillary Noonan, Peter Buckley, Claire O’Reilly, Carla Trindle and Ruthie Ashenhurst. Previous contributors to Incognito include Bob Geldof, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, LYRA and Tommy Tiernan. It’s all in aid of the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation.

You can register your interest in purchasing the various paintings before the event now at: https://www.incognito.ie/

To see more of Julianne’s work visit: https://www.julianneguinee.com/

Ballydehob Jazz Festival is back next weekend for the Bank Holiday weekend April 28th – 1st May. There will be plenty of Music from Artists such as; Camilla Griehsel & Friends in Mamasongue, TarantaCeltica, there will also be a music trail with various musicians being featured and Food and Beverages will also be on offer. Along with the Jazz Street Flower Workshop, which was set up with the aim of decorating the Village for the New Orleans Jazz Funeral.

For more information visit: https://ballydehobjazzfestival.org/

A few weeks before his third birthday Noel’s son Dara was diagnosed with Leukaemia. Now the Ballincollig family is looking to give back to the Mercy Hospital with “Darragh Gives Back-Pedal For The Poons ”. With the aim of raising €60,000 this Saturday for the Mercy Hospital Foundation, taking the form of a 12 hour indoor cycle, in Ballincollig GAA Club. He is on the far side of his treatment with thanks to the help of Dr. Clodagh Ryan. The team at Mercy and Dara managed to overcome the challenges of covid two months after the diagnosis.

To donate to this great cause visit: https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/%20daragivesback

Jacob who is originally from Georgia but married to a Dub spoke on what is Autism Awareness Month, with hopes of bringing attention to the work of Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland. For the past 13 years, it has been providing highly trained autism assistance dogs to those with additional needs. It will take a period of 2 years and €25,000 to train an assistance dog. Funding is reliant primarily on the generosity of the public. Niall O’Halloran manager at Rochestown Park Hotel is one of 315 volunteers with their organization. His role is to educate the hospitality sector as to how best deal with assistance dogs in their Hotel. Aside from this, they’re speaking at 8 different universities throughout the month of April. The application process is open at the end of the month for more families wishing to avail of their services.

For more info visit: Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland : About Us

Katie and her band KON is made up of an Englishman, two Italians, and Katie. She is originally from Watergrasshill but resides in London. Their new debut single “Did You Know? “ was recorded in Manchester. Some of their influences are The Cranberries, Wolfe Alice, and Portishead. You can catch Katie and her band at Indiependence this year.

Ant from Cork House act Generic People spoke ahead of a monthly club night launch in the Pavilion, last Saturday. Acts on the night were: Get Down Edits, Noden, Chloe Farquhar, and of course Ant. The aim is to bring Studio 54 and Paradise Garage-like vibes to Cork.

The club nights are free and will run from 9.00 pm- 2.30 am.

Dave caught up with Linda ahead of Joy in the Park 2023, which is a family-friendly event happening in Fitzgerald’s Park on Sunday July 23rd. It’s an event in memory of Joy a family member of Linda’s. The aim of the event is to raise awareness of the importance of looking after your mental health, while also connecting with others, and finding Joy. It’s also trying to destigmatize talking to others if you’re struggling. There will be several mental health services at the event including Pieta House, Jigsaw, and the Samaritans. As well as music from the likes of Frank and Walters, Karen Underwood, Aoife Scott, Pontious Pilate and the Naildrivers, and the Circus Factory. Several workshops will also be at the event.

Supported by Cork’s Red FM and the Cork Mental Health Foundation.

And it’s Free!!!

For more information visit: https://joyinthepark.com/

Dave spoke to Darian ahead of her performance in Cyprus Avenue, where she opened for Moncrieff. Darian is also Cork and Red FM’s representative for this year’s Irish Music Month, which will take place in the Academy in Dublin. She is one of 6 in the final, who are all within a chance of winning €10,000 in career support. We heard her song “Love Ain’t As Cool”.

To hear more of Darian’s music visit: Darian June | Spotify

Stephanie recorded Breathe Easy which is a song Miles Gaffney wrote in memory of his 24 year old niece Ciara O’Gorman who sadly passed away shortly after giving birth to Rocco, as a result of contracting Cystic Fibrosis. Miles reached out to Stephanie because he felt it needed female vocals, as it would be coming from the point of view of Ciara singing to her new-born child. Released only 4 days ago on 65 Roses Day, it already has upwards of 6,500 listens. The track was released with the hope of bringing attention to Cystic Fibrosis and raising funds for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland.

To watch the video or donate visit: Stephanie Rainey - Breathe Easy (Official Video) - YouTube

Killian talks about the return of the Macroom Music Festival. Which will feature headlining acts such as The Frank and Walters, Mundy, and The Riptide Movement. All will play in the town’s square, which is now traffic free thanks to the new bypass.

Get tickets now before they sell out at Home - Macroom Music Festival

Sam chats to Dave ahead of the Enactus Community Market at UCC today 04/04/23, the main aim of Enactus is the make sure they reach their Sustainable Development Goals, it’s a social entrepreneurial project which promotes Suitability. Sustainable Development Goals are 17 goals set up by the United Nations. Enactus is a global organization that is made up of over 1700 Universities. At the event will be social groups, societal groups, and businesses that promote social change. The event is open to the public in the UCC Student Hub today.

MII Cork held their annual ball, The Maritime Marketing Ball 2023, for the first time in three years Clayton Hotel Silver Springs on Saturday night last (1st April), sponsored by Johnson and Perrott Motor Group. The Cork branch of the national organisation, who provide a community for marketers through educational and networking events, also raised over €7,500 for chosen charity, Sailing Into Wellness as part of their hugely popular raffle fundraiser. A mental health and wellbeing charity, Sailing into Wellness offers programmes that aim to empower people and build a positive sense of community through the medium of sailing.

For more information on Sailing Into Wellness visit: https://www.sailingintowellness.ie/about-us/

Dave spoke to Rossa who was an route to a gig in Dublin, ahead of a trip to Cork. Where Kila will be playing Cyprus Avenue as well as Gaelscoil’s in Cork. Kila at times can have up to 16 members on stage but will have 8 on stage at Cyprus Avenue and 4 at the Gaelscoil’s.
For more information on Kila visit: https://kila.ie/

Colin has been in the sea every day of the month, all in aid of west Cork Rapid Response. He also talks about the mental health benefits of cold sea swimming. It’s also a swim in tribute to Colin’s friend Conor King.

To show your support visit: Fundraiser by Colin O'Brien : Sea Swims in aid of West Cork Rapid Response (gofundme.com)

Niamh talks about the mental health campaign called “Hello, How Are You?”. It’s a national campaign that National Rail is backing, it’s aimed at engaging in open conversations about mental health. There are over 250 other events registered around the country. They’re asking the public to participate in Coffee Mornings, get out for a walk and chat or even just connect and reach out to friends and family. For more information on this and more events happening around the county visit : https://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/mhi-campaigns/hellohowru/

Indian Bhagya talks about herself and her partner’s Gin making business Rebel City Distillery, the spices for the Maharani Gin are also Indian. She met her Cork-born husband on a blind date. You are welcome to take a tour of the factory which is based on the site of the Old Ford Factory, down by the Marina. For more information on Rebel City Distillery visit: https://www.rebelcitydistillery.com/home/

Matt talks about an upcoming event that will involve 600 transition-year students, all the proceeds for the event will go towards the Irish Wheelchair Basketball Association. 28 different schools throughout Cork, Tipperary and Kilkenny will be taking part in the series of matches. It’s a brainchild of Diarmuid Lester as well as Paul Ryan of the Irish Wheelchair Association.

24-year-old Edward from Cobh talks about where his love of music came from, and his interest in playing the guitar. He has been playing the guitar since he was 6. Edward would be very heavily influenced by the likes of Mumford and Sons, Gavin James, and Ed Sheeran. We played his single – We Will Find A Way

Julianne from Crookstown literally couldn’t believe that she had just won the Red FM Cash Machine, The news came through when she was looking after her grandchild after getting their nails done. Julie-Ann also spoke to Neil this morning.
Don’t miss your chance to win a chunk of money every day simply stay listening to Cork’s RedFM for more

The children at Educate Together were working hard for the past 3 years in the build up to claim this prestigious award. There were several important guests visiting the school forest to celebrate with its students, including the Lord Mayor and the head of UNICEF. Tasks carried out included picking up litter in the Douglas area and taking care of the local environment, creating a board game on children’s rights and supporting children who are refugees. Red FM was also on site to pay tribute to their achievements.

Lisa Donovan spoke with Dave on World Down Syndrome Day. The centre is fully reliant on public funding, as they receive zero support from the government. With a large amount of the funds going towards early intervention and parental support. Also, funds come from fundraising events like challenge 21 which is taking place on (Father’s Day) June 18th,. The concept is that you aim to get a sponsorship of 21 euros from 21 people. However, if you register before April 30th, you can be entered into a draw for a chance to win a Hotel Stay in Ireland. The walk goes from Haulbowline to Páirc Uí Chaoimh, with a family fun day near the finishing line.

Register now at: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/challenge-21-tickets-540921479707

Leah spoke to us from the BT Young Scientist boot camp which took place in UCD yesterday and runs for 4 days. The idea is to give students the skillset to turn their BT Young Scientist projects into viable a business plan. Leah and her fellow participants were split into groups where she was examining the difference between Local Honey and Manuka Honey, which are imported from New Zealand.

The aim is to see how they can market the local honey to sell better than the imported product. The St Brogan’s students were at the Young Scientist and were shortlisted to attend the event because of the business aspect of their project.

Brett Sutherland is the Co-Founder and President of the Cork Renegades, which is a newly established baseball club in Cork. Brett set up the club coinciding with the birth of his son Ozzy. Boasting members from the Americas, Eastern Europe, Africa, and everywhere in-between, the team consists of beginners and players with decades of experience, all excited to join the Baseball Ireland B-League for the 2023 season.

For more information on Cork Renegades visit: https://www.corkrenegades.com/

Eimear is a member/teacher at Plan Be Studios which is owned by Megan Blyth. It was set up in 2017 and offers both accelerated programme dance classes and open dance classes for students aged 3+, as well as weekly adult classes open to all. It is the dance school’s first time taking part in the Parade. With 14 members taking part and dancing in this year’s parade.
Find out more about Plan Be studios at: https://www.facebook.com/PlanBeMovementStudio/

The Polish Scout Group which was formed in 2010 was the first Polish Scout Group in Ireland.Its 20 members have marched in the parade every year since its formation. At the Parade the Polish Scout Group will be dressed in official uniforms of the Polish Scouting Association and the Polish Community will be represented by members of the Polish Library (it's where the group is based)who will be dressed in traditional costumes and weaving traditional Polish Flags.

The Bodhrán Bookills is comprised of 5th and 6th class boys in St. Joseph’s National School in the Mardyke, there are 50 members with 42 participating in the St Patrick’s day parade this year. The Bodhrán Bookills have been in existence since the 1990s and have performed for Queen Elizabeth, King Charles, and the Queen Consort Camilla. They all play the bodhrán and compose their own compositions.

Lyra stopped by to speak with Dave as part of Irish Music Month. She also came to promote her new single “You”. It’s a track that steers clear of your stereotypical breakup song. You, is actually about getting together with someone. She also spoke about her upcoming performance on Dancing With The Stars, as well as her role in the Dancing With The Stars podcast. We find out if Lyra has any ambitions to take part in next year’s series.

On opening night, Thursday 16th March, Cultúr Club will see St. Patrick’s Festival and LGBTQ+ Club promoters, Mother collaborate once again on the eve of the world’s largest celebration of Irish culture for one big party in Dublin. On the Mainstage at the National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks, Cultúr Club will host the first ever LGBTQ+ ‘Géilí’ led by the fabulous Cork podcaster PJ Kirby, of the I'm Grand Mam podcast. Apart from organizing events, PJ is one half of the podcast pioneers with the “I’m Grand Mam Podcast”. He discusses the podcast’s appeal along with the appeal of their accent to the London demographic.

For more information visit: https://stpatricksfestival.ie/events/festival-quarter/mother-presents-culture-club

Or check out I’m Grand Man at: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/im-grand-mam/id1453420004

Talos played an intimate gig in front of an audience of 80-100 people. It’s their 3rd time playing in the venue. It coincided with the launch of the Galaxy s23, in the cave. Free transport was provided to and from the gig, with drink and grab and go food bags on site. One lucky person also got the opportunity to win the new Galaxy s23. To hear music from Talos visit: Talos (thisistalos.com)

Claire spoke to Dave ahead of a dress rehearsal of Rodrick Forde’s play Daughter Of God, which is coming to the Granary Theatre, March 8th – March 11th. The show is produced by Donal Gallagher It tells the tale of three sisters trapped in a dystopian nightmare, with Claire playing the mother of the 3 girls. It’s a dark show with elements of comedy. Get your tickets at https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/theatre/news/daughter-of-god-in-granary-theatre.html

Gerald Ahern talks about an event titled Grand Theft Audio, which will allow members of the public to tune into the various soundtracks from Grand Theft Auto. It’s in the form of a radio where you can flick through the music at your own pleasure, from station to station. It’s also very much a visual experience with the game itself being displayed on a giant screen.

Gemma who is originally a native of Ballyporeen Co. Tipperary, but now living in Baltimore talks to Dave about Pirates, Dancing for Ronald Reagan, and raising Cork kids who can also choose to support Tipp in the championship! As well as her upcoming gig in St. John’s in Monkstown Saturday April 1st. We also gave her single “Happy Sad” a quick spin.

For more information on the gig visit: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/gemma-hayes-plus-support-naimee-coleman-tickets-538080943587

David talks about the time he was walking around the park in Ballincollig and came across the old gunpowder buildings and got thinking about how more people need to know about the historical significance of it. He then went on to put a Powdermills Voluntary Committee together. To discover the story behind one of the largest gunpowder mills in the British Isles for many years, covering an area of 130 Acres they collectively developed an app which can be downloaded for free here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ballincollig.powdermills&hl=en_IE&gl=US&pli=1

As a result, they won a .IE Digital Town Award. Entries for this year's awards are now open. If you're interested visit: About .IE Digital Town Awards - .IE (weare.ie)

Reggie is back in the Everyman with tips for social climbing, in his show "Reggie's Guide To Social Climbing".
Advice given will include dating, pronunciation, and fashion. There may even be a song or two thrown in.

The show runs from March 8th- March 19th

All are welcome
16+

For more information visit: REGGIE’S GUIDE TO SOCIAL CLIMBING | THE EVERYMAN, CORK | 8–19 MAR 2023 (everymancork.com)

This year UCC hosted the national Intervarsity dance competition at Cork Opera House. This large-scale event is held once a year and features over 500 dancers from 11 colleges across Ireland competing. This is a student run show, solely organised by a committee of UCC dance students. We have hired over 10 dance judges who are renowned for their career in different styles from Irish to hip hop to jazz. This will be the first proper intervarsity's held since 2020 due to the pandemic. Various styles of dance will be on display including Hip-Hop, Irish Dance, Contemporary, and Jazz. It kicks off at 10 am through to 6.30- 7 pm.

Chris Kent of the 3 By The Lee podcast stops by to chat with Dave, ahead of his Live recorded show at City Limits which is sold out.

But you can catch him in Ballycotton on Wednesday night in the Alter Egos Comedy Club and also on Thursday Chris will be playing the White Horse Comedy Club in Ballincollig, with support from Carrie Sully and Vittorio Angelone.

For more information on Chris Kent visit: https://chriskentcomedy.com/live/

Brendan, whose production credits include Hozier's-Take Me To Church Video, chats about the up and coming 14th annual First Cut Film Festival. It's taking place in Youghal's Regal Cinema and the Mall Arts Centre. 200 films will be screened from March 7th -11th.
The age range of participants is from 12-25. They will have their films screened, be able to attend workshops as well as get the opportunity to receive a €5,000 bursary as part of the best music video award.

For more information on the film festival visit: https://firstcutfilmfestival.com/

Tuesday 21st saw the launch of the Cork Proms Series in Cork Opera House.

It's a 5 night event taking place throughout the start of April.
Jack will be paying tribute to the Beatles, he'll be joined on the night by Wallis Bird and Emma Nash, they will also be accompanied by the Cork Opera House Orchestra.
Other shows on display will feature the music of Beethoven and music from Broadway.

For more information on the Cork Prom Series visit: Recommended show list: Cork Opera House

The Karen Fenton Memorial 5k run is taking place on April 23rd, at 12.30 pm.
It's a tribute and fundraising event in aid of 43 year old Karen who sadly lost her battle with ovarian cancer in April of 2017. The first memorial event happened 12 months later.

The aim of the memorial run is to raise much needed funds for those who are battling ovarian cancer as well as for research into the illness.

It's also an opportunity for members of the public to "Run To Remember" their loved ones.

To sign up for the event in association with St Finbarrs FC visit: Fundraising for Cancer Sequencing Machine | Karen Fenton Ovarian Cancer Fund

Jack and his twin Cian are Desmond Bros Media, which is a Film and TV company.

As teens, the Timoleague lads had films screened at the Fresh Film Festival.
Their creative juices started to flow when they were required to carry out a history project in 6th class, then when they went to secondary school they discovered a large number of their peers had an interest in acting.

Jack gives his top tips for producing a film and explains that it's the type of thing that anyone can do. He also chats about the social aspect of film production as regards networking at film festivals such as the Fresh Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival.

To submit your film to the Fresh Film Festival visit: Fresh Film | Encouraging young Filmmakers & Empowering them as artists

Check out Desmond Brother's Media at: Desmond Bros | Film & TV Production Company

Julie of Les SalAmandas spoke to Dave, from Ballydehob on the release of their new album. Julie spent time in London she then went on and studied in Cork City while also working in Ballydehob at weekends.

Les SalAmandas is made up of Julie and her mate Colyne who she decided to form the band while working together in Budds Bar in Ballydehob.

We played their new single Gold from the album Now Is The time.

To hear more from them visit: Les SalAmandas | Facebook

Ray of the ‘Home School Hub’ chats to Dave about his up-and-coming role in the Lords Of Strut Musical - Dream Factory @Everyman Theatre Sat 18 & Sun 19

The show will feature Puppeteers like Ray, singers, dancers, circus acts, and acrobatics as well as an input from GMC (Gary McCarthy).

It's all put together while shining a spotlight on the climate crisis in a comedy style show which is a family friendly event for 8+.

For more information visit: DREAM FACTORY | THE EVERYMAN, CORK | 18–19 FEB 2023 (everymancork.com)

Graham spoke to Dave ahead of Jack O'Rourke's gig at St. John's in Monkstown Saturday 18th. In collaboration with Pat Kiernan ex of Corcadorca theatre company, Graham of the band Freezer Room saw an opportunity and has taken it. Jack O'Rourke performs to a sold-out crowd, with support from All The Queen's Horses, it’s the first of more gigs to come in the old and beautifully appointed church.

For a full list of events visit: Live music event in St. John's Church Monkstown Ireland (liveatstjohns.com)

Hayley Ryan does impressions of Love Island contestants on top of Presenting with Red FM and Playing Intermediate Camogie with Cork and her club Blackrock.

She gave her thoughts on this year's contestants, and we even heard a few of her interpretations of them.

You can catch Hayley every Saturday on RedFM from 7 am.

Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa’s Live 'N' Gigging music series returned to Coughlan's on Douglas Street recently, ahead of the night Dave caught up with James

Acts performing on the night include Indie-Folk bands Mono-Poly (James' band), Finnscéalta, and Good Vibrations. Hard Rock groups Volatile, Rage Against The Machine cover band Rory Against The Machine, and Funk/Rock group Black Lagoon.
Next up it’s Triskle Arts Centre keep an eve on their Facebook page below

To keep up to date with CSN Live and Gigging visit: CSN Live 'N' Gigging | Cork | Facebook

Eimear talks to Dave about a fundraising event happening this Saturday at Mitchelstown Leisure Centre. It's a Movie Gala Night run by the CBS Secondary School Parents Council.

On the night you'll get to see 6 short films based on scenes from famous TV Shows or Movies, in an Oscar Style Ceremony. Which were pre-recorded just before Christmas, with a local cast and the use of locations within the vicinity of Mitchelstown.

With the assistance of Kevin Rowe Entertainment, these top-quality films were shot. Such as Father Ted, Fawlty Towers, Sister Act, Braveheart, and The Field.

For more information on the event visit: CBS OsKaRs Fundraiser – Mitchelstown CBS (cbsmitchelstown.ie)
Check out more of Kevin's work at:
Charity & Creative Fundraising Event Management Dublin Ireland (kevinroweevents.ie)

Sophie stopped by to chat about some of the numerous and varying events coming to the everyman for spring.

This season sees the return of Reggie from Blackrock Road with his "Guide To Social Climbing", Folk Musician Eddi Reader of Fairground Attraction, and Comedy from the likes of Sara Pascoe, Jason Byrne, and Neil Delamere.
Also coming to the everyman is an Adele Tribute Act, Opera Music as well as plenty of Family Fun events from the likes of the Dream Factory featuring Lords of Strut of Britain's Got Talent Fame.

If that wasn't enough!
There's also a great variety of contemporary drama from both National and Local Playwrights, and a Fawlty Towers Dining Experience.

For a full listing of events visit: What's On at The Everyman | NOW LAUNCHED (everymancork.com)

Shawn spoke to Dave on the back of being crowned the Comedy Cavern Comedian of the year.
After being crowned the King of the Comedy Cavern Shawn made his way back to the Royal County via Dublin.
Shawn's comedy varies from pre-prepared to off-the-cuff.

Other participants in the contest were...
Michael Roche, Mark Maloney, Daniel Lucas, Coleman Hayes, and James Moran.

Not for the first time, Karl spoke on Red FM, and he tells all about his previous experience.
This Friday Karl will be returning to Cork, taking to the stage in the City Limits Comedy Club.
He also spoke about online dating, the pro-choice movement, and having pineapple on a pizza.

Get your tickets now at Karl Spain Plus Guests - City Limits Comedy Club (thecomedyclub.ie)

As part of MTU Cork Rag Week 2023, there'll be a number of events taking place throughout the week, including a Roadshow with Colm O'Sullivan and the Red Patrollers on campus this Wednesday. With plenty of fun and prizes to be had on the day.
Other highlights include; Bingo, a Fun Fair, and a Hypnotist.

On the back of the College claiming University status they're getting a big expansion in terms of a student chill-out zone and a Sports Complex which is set to open this week.

The aim of the event is to raise funds for charity each year, this year the chosen charity is the Eating Disorder Centre Cork.

Mint videos is Rob's video production company, and he's now taken it upon himself to try and produce a video for his single "We Are The Sun". It's combining his interest in music having played in different bands, along with his passion for creating music videos. Last month the stop-go animation video for his single - What Do You Want - was released.

We Are The Sun is off of Rob's 4-track EP, it tells of how people are guilty of comparing themselves and their lives to others.

Check out Rob's music at Rob O'Halloran on Amazon Music Unlimited
Or see his various video projects at Robert O'Halloran - Mint Video Productions - Videography Cork (mint-video.com)

BalconyTV is a cultural phenomenon that has been syndicated to 100 cities around the world, it’s brokered million dollar deals, clocked up hundreds of millions of international viewers, and is now owned by one of the largest record companies in the world. Joanne produced Balcony TV Cork. It was the longest running of them all. Started in Dublin in 2006, the brainchild of Stephen O'Regan, Tom Millett, and Pauline Freeman. Put together by Mark Graham (King Kong Company) a new three part podcast tells the story of the Rise and Fall of Balcony TV. During her time with Balcony TV, Joanne aired musicians like; Fred, Mick Flannery, Frankie Gavin (De Dannan), Declan Sinnott, Jimmy Crowley, Jack O'Rourke, and John Spillane from the top of the Big Wheel. As well as plenty of others throughout various hotels and restaurant balconies all over the City.

The podcast goes live on February 1st at: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-irish-music-industry-podcast/id1451423030

Hanna, who is a Swedish native but has made Cork home for the last 20 years, talks about what it's been like making honey from the comfort of her own home.
She also has a number of hives across the City and County.
Her passion for beekeeping came about originally from having an interest in growing fruit and veg in her garden. In order to grow the fruit and veg Hannah needed pollinators, this is when bees entered the equation.

Hanna features in the Change Makers series today and is part of a Green Revolution in the Red Rebel Rebel County.

Listen to the Change Makers podcast now at: Change Makers – Red FM
Or find out more about Hanna's Bees at Home - Hanna's Bees (hannasbees.ie)

Brian chats to Dave about the Cork Rooftop Farm, a city centre based rooftop farm that grow their own fresh produce which is distributed in the downstairs shop on Cornmarket Street. There are also plans in the pipeline to build both an Education Centre and a Restaurant. Brian also goes on to discuss the importance of food sustainability. His project kick start’s RedFM’s environmental podcast series Changemakers shining a light on Cork businesses putting sustainability and environmental responsibility at the heart of what they do. To hear this Changemakers conversation in full go to redfm.ie and see what you can do to join the green revolution in the red rebel county. RedFM’s Changemakers series is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television Licence Fee.

John recently contributed to the History Matters podcast with Dave to discuss his latest book An Irish Folklore Treasury as well as the various stories in the book. John tells us how the concept for the book came about as well as the importance of keeping the tradition of Irishness and Folklore alive, despite the Normans' best efforts to wipe it out. Hear the full interview at: https://redfm.ie/podcast/john-creedon-on-an-irish-folklore-treasury-and-his-interest-in-placenames-history-language-and-lore

John recently contributed to the History Matters podcast with Dave to discuss his latest book An Irish Folklore Treasury as well as the various stories in the book. One of which tells the story of how his Dad knew someone that was around at the time of the famine, and his recollection of it. Hear the full interview at: https://redfm.ie/podcast/john-creedon-on-an-irish-folklore-treasury-and-his-interest-in-placenames-history-language-and-lore

Sinead stopped by to plug both the fact that she is taking over Red Hits for the next few weeks and is also contributing to the Three By The Lee Podcast alongside Cornelius Patrick O'Sullivan and Chris Kent. It goes out every Thursday.

They will be covering topics such as...
* The fact that comedians don't wear watches * Online parking discs * Naked Attraction

Warning it contains audio of a Sensitive Nature.

Listen to Three By The Lee wherever you get your podcasts or at Three By The Lee – Red FM

Elaine, who lives in Mallow and is involved with Clean Coasts, spoke to Dave Mac about what the environmental education branch of An Taisce is responsible for which includes sub-branches such as Clean Coasts.

They're tasked with cleaning up the coasts, and working with Blue Flags, Green Schools, and Green Schools Travel.
They were the driving force behind a recent campaign called Think Before You Flush. Their mantra is that you should only be flushing the 3 P's (Pee, Poo, and Paper) down the toilet.
On top of that you are being encouraged to think about what you pour down the sink including fats and greases which are a big No No. Instead, leave it cool and put it in the bin or in industrial composting.

Aside from doing your bit at home Clean Coasts is asking members of the public to carry out a 2-minute beach clean. It's a small gesture that can make a big difference.

To find out more about how you can play your part visit: Homepage - Clean Coasts

Kevin chats about how it has been for him to star in the Sleeping Beauty Panto at Cork Opera House, as Chester the Jester. It's running until Sunday 22nd of January.

He also chats about the huge effort involved in trying to get a show of that scale up and running both on stage and behind the scenes.
Aside from this, there are bits of fun, off-the-cuff devilment, and laughter throughout the show.

Tickets are limited but still available at The Sleeping Beauty Panto 2022 - Live: Cork Opera House

Listen to Kevin's Podcast: I'm Grand Mam on Apple Podcasts

t.Ruth is currently recording new music which will take you on a journey of self discovery. The highs and lows of life,overcoming the various challenges and growing inner confidence. Her music is something that we can all relate to.

Listen to t.Ruth's music now at:
https://www.facebook.com/ruthbrosnanmusic/
t.RUTH | music for your station playlist — iPluggers

GLOW has expanded this year & a series of free eco festive workshops have being taking place at GLOW at TEST SITE which is located on Kyle Quay by Cornmaket Street. This weekend a host of Christmas decoration workshops such as how to make pop up Christmas cards, how to make fresh wreaths and Darren O’Connor on how to make table centres using fresh foliage will take place. All workshops are free. On Sunday at 1230pm Aoife Claffey will show you how to make napkins using recycled fabrics and festive patterns. GLOW @Bishop Lucey Park is fully booked for this weekend but there is still availability on the Ferris Wheel. See glowcork.ie to book tickets for the Ferris Wheel and for details of the eco workshops at GLOW @TEST SITE on Kry’s Quay.

Shane has been working with Cork Simon Community for 11 years.Starting off as a full-time volunteer, then progressing to doing casual work on their relief panel,following this Shane ended up getting a permanent position.

Shane is tasked with developing care plans, referrals to mental health and addiction services as well as access to housing for service users.
It's also about having compassion towards users and being aware of past traumas that the users may have gone through.

At present the most challenging aspect is residential care and they are relying on the generosity of the public to help their users.

You can donate now at: Cork Simon Community

Fiona chats to Fiona from National School,Scoil Chlochair Mhuire in Carrigtwohill ahead of the Red Patrollers surprise visit to the school on Friday.

It's sure to be a day of Festive Fun and Games with a visit from Santa.

James is a CSN Music Management and Sound student,his band Mono-Poly are involved in CSN Live 'n' Gigging in the White Horse in Ballincollig on Wednesday. Along with numerous other acts such as...

Fionnán Barrett, Black Lagoon, Tweezerz, Shane Reilly, Spare Parts, Mino Mars and of course Mono-Poly.

Doors are at 7.30 pm, get tickets now at: CSN Live 'n' Gigging @ The White Horse Tickets, Wed 14 Dec 2022 at 19:30 | Eventbrite

The Arcadia was run by Thurles native Elvera Butler and her partner Andy Foster and was one of the few places in Cork city that would host punk bands. Butler had been the entertainments officer at University College Cork, and so the venue became known as the 'Downtown Kampus'. The punk scene that developed in the late at the Arc was an important turning point for emerging Cork punk music; until then live music in the city had consisted mostly of Blues and pub rock bands. According to Mean Features guitarist Liam Heffernan, "the [emerging post-punk] scene was amazing....there was nothing else really in late Seventies and early Eighties Cork. Heavy industry was whacked. Elvera Butler brought some fantastic music to Cork. That woke us all up.”

Here Elvera discusses when U2 first played in the Arcadia as a support act to XTC in October 1978 to a crowd of over 1000 people.

They then came back a 2nd time to support the Only Ones in May of 1979. Other gigs included them playing on a level footing to DC9 and alongside their close friends the Virgin Prunes. Then they progressed to having a headlining gig with acts such as Nun Attax as a support act.

Check the full chat in the Cork History Matters podcast on Redfm.ie

Red Breakfast's Laura O'Mahony talks about this year's Improv Panto which is returning this Friday to Cork Opera House. The Adult only panto is making a welcome return after two years.

Also making up the cast are Dominic MacHale, Cornelius Patrick O'Sullivan, the brains behind the operation Laura Harte and Declan Wolfe from Studio Wolfe.

Grab your tickets now before it's too late at: The Improv Panto 2022 - Over 18s - Live : Cork Opera House

Aware is responsible for caring and treating people with depression and bipolar disorder. In the form of support services, a support line as well as a range of education programmes.

Stephen is encouraging people to Dash,Dance or Prance for Aware on December 9-11th.
It's a nationwide 5k event, you are encouraged to share pictures of the event to social media. You will also receive a medal which doubles as a Christmas tree ornament for your troubles.

To register for the event visit: Depression Support & Education Services - Aware

My Lovely Horse Rescue is aimed at helping ALL animals. Their mantra is to "Adopt Don't Shop This Christmas" when it comes to family pets. This is on the back of an influx of pets being brought back into rescue centres post covid.

If you're interested in adopting a pet visit: mylovelyhorserescue.com - WELCOME

Declan from Rubyhorse spoke with Dave about the band's up coming gig in St Lukes and a Christmas song he has co-written that tackles the cost of living

crisis. It's been recorded & released by The Derelict Debits. All proceeds go to homeless charities in the UK and Ireland.

Hear the song now at: https://open.spotify.com/track/3rhd2Mwkn4xnNbWDZkr5Ls?si=ff4aef2a9949446d

Get tickets to the St Lukes gig; Rubyhorse & The White Horse Gospel Choir (uticket.ie)

Sean chats with Dave about how lockdown has created more opportunities for him having moved home from London. Both Sean and his sister Jane were living in their family home. They were both looking for employment and Jane bought 2nd hand Jewellery. Sean then took it upon himself to post pictures of the Jewellery on Instagram. Taking advantage of the fact that most people would be at home and online.

The business has taken off to such an extent that they are now selling in the Marina Market, we also have number of vouchers for Ivy's Attic Jewellery to give away throughout the weekend.

Check out Ivy's Attic at: Ivys Attic Jewellery | Affordable, Quality, Contemporary Jewellery

Ivy's Attic Jewellery (@ivysatticjewellery) • Instagram photos and videos

The CoCo Comedy Club is located upstairs in the Roundy in Daunt Square.

We hear about some of the impressive stats behind the Coco Comedy Club.

A club which hosts a variety of comedians such as emerging talent on a Thursday, local talent on a Friday and a national headliner will be playing on the Saturday (someone who is established within the industry)

This weekend sees the CoCo Comedy Awards Ceremony, with proceeds going to Autism Assistance Dogs.

Tickets available at: CoCo Comedy Club: Charity Comedy Special Tickets, Sat 3 Dec 2022 at 20:30 | Eventbrite

Damien spoke to us ahead to Virgin Media's "Gamers Are Athletes Too" in Turner's Cross. Damien is Co-Commentator at the event alongside side former Manchester United player Darron Gibson. It will see David Meyler and Stephanie Roche take on Ireland's top E Footballers Tyrone Ryan and Ciaran Walsh AKA Team Wild.

You can catch the battle live on twitch at 5pm tomorrow.

This Saturday in Goldbergs at 7.30 pm sees the return of the Santa Cycle.

It is hoped that upwards of 500 Santa's will be cycling through the City in the 6th event of its kind.

With the aim of spreading festival cheer while also raising much needed funds for a number of charities. It's a 30-minute cycle and members of the public are encouraged to turn out to support the event.

This is off the back of a fundraising initiative in the Marina Market, where they sold raffle tickets and Christmas themed Azure Jewellery. With proceeds going to Marymount.

Audrey is involved in the planning along with Rory Walsh and Connie Wiseman.

If you wish to take part in the Santa Cycle you can register at: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cork-santa-cycle-tickets-435706498867

Where you'll be provided with a Santa costume and lights for your bike.

Cork singer Rebecca spoke to Dave about her love of the dance scene in Cork and being approached by Fish Go Deep to sing on a few of their tracks. As well as her travels to London to pursue music and the Netherlands where she settled down to have kids and work in software for 15 years. Only in the last year has Rebecca got back into creating music.

I'll Be Alright is one of the two tracks Rebecca produced in the last year.

Hear Rebecca now at:

I'll Be Alright - YouTube

Former Irish Footballer David Meyler talks to Dave about the event that’s happening in Turner Cross next Tuesday.

Barbra McDonagh of Insight Insurance talks about Donate A Dinner that’s happening this Christmas.

Songstress Marguerite O’Connor speaks to Dave about her gig with Cork Harbour Cruises. She will be providing the entertainment on the evening for the Christmas cruises this year – listen in to Dave Macs Drive to win a Christmas party for you and a few mates.

Trish Harris from Cork Harbour Cruises talks to Dave about the Christmas parties they are hosting – listen in to Dave Macs Drive to win a Christmas party for you and a few mates.

Liam Daly - lead singer of band Little Known talks to Dave Mac about their brand new single Listen and their gig in Fred Zeppelins.

Caoimhe Barry speaks to Dave about the Cabin in Knocknaheeny and her as a tutor. Also talks about the 10 years of Music Generation in Cork – with a concert in The Everyman on Monday 21st

Comedian Chris Kent talks about his brand new gig as an MC in the Comedy Club in the White Horse in Ballincollig and the event happening in The Bróg on Wednesday 23rd of November at 7pm. Win tickets here on Corks RedFM.

Programme Co-Ordinator of Cork Science Festival Mervyn Horgan talks about events that are happening for Cork Science Week 2022

Myles Gaffney talks about his brand new album Soldier On with the leading single of the same name – also his gig on in The Cork Arts Theatre November 12th

Christian McCallum - AKA The Belly Man speaks about The Cork International Film Festival and the film The Harder They Come.

Fiona Clarke talks about the Cork International Film Festival ahead of the opening and the movies that are to come throughout including the Irish film Aisha.

Connie Wiseman speaks to Dave Mac about The Cork Santa Cycle 2022 happening on Sunday 4th of December with all proceeds from the event donated to Marymount Hospice.

Christopher O' Leary chats to Dave about The Comedy Cavern in Coughlans on Douglas Street offering up Cork's finest comics and where they run free gigs on Tuesdays.
He talks about a show on in The Comedy Cavern on Saturday 12th of November Kiri Pritchard-McLean - Home Truths.

Thomas O'Donovan from West Cork has blown up on TikTok over the past year with more than 6 million views and 42K followers. He has built a following on Spotify of 12K monthly listeners and gotten over 200K streams. He speaks to Dave about his new single Far Away that is released on Friday November 4th.

Comedian Andrew Ryan talks about bringing his new show to the Everyman Theatre Saturday November 5th.

Jan is after partaking in the Jack and Jill Up the Hill Challenge, to gather much needed funds for the organisation.

Even though the event is supposed to take place in November Jan climbed Carrauntoohil as the appropriate conditions are not guaranteed.

You can either gather funds by registering online and giving €18 which will provide an hour of nursing care or getting sponsorship is another option.

Jack and Jill are a Childrens Foundation raising money for sick kids.

It's something that is personal to Jan and her Husband. From having had to deal with them back in 2020.

If you are interested in supporting the Jack and Gill foundation visit: #UpTheHill2022 - The Jack and Jill Children's Foundation.

The 11th annual Fort 2 Fort charity cycle is taking place on Saturday 29th of October. Registration for the event is still open online until 1pm on Friday 28th of October. Or alternatively you can register at the Raddison Blu Hotel from 4.30- 8 pm also on the Friday, the final chance to register is at Crosshaven Soccer between 8 and 9 am.

The event is raising money for the Mercy University Hospital Foundation, four Cork City and County Lions Clubs, and Camden Fort Meagher Restoration. Red Breakfast presenter and Olympian Rob Heffernen is a proud supporter of the event and he also opened it.

The event goes from Crosshaven Soccer Club to Camden Fort Meagher. With 4 different routes to choose from.

For more information on the event visit: Save the date for Fort2Fort 2022 - Mercy Hospital Foundation

In association with Cork County Council, Re-use Republic took place in the IRD (Irish Rural Development) Duhallow headquarters in Newmarket Tuesday 25th from 2-7pm. It involved exhibits, workshops in recycling furniture and also Trisha of Trisha's Transformation will be wrapping up proceedings on how not to waste food.

The event is all about showing local businesses how to start being green friendly.

For more information on Re-use Republic visit: Reuse Republic Event 2022 Tickets, Tue 25 Oct 2022 at 14:00 | Eventbrite

Out of the 5 acts shortlisted Ruby was winner and became the Red FM representative of Irish Music Month.

London based Ruby is now back with a new single "Precious". Which is a R&B style tune.

To hear more of Ruby's Music visit: ‎Ruby Ivy on Apple Music

Steve was kind enough to give us some of his time while the Kodaline lads and himself were on tour in Poland. The tour is aimed at promoting there new album Our Roots Run Deep.

Which is an acoustic live album of the bands songs to date.

It was recorded in the Olympia and is out now: https://goldendiscs.ie/collections/our-roots-run-deep-kodaline

Kodaline will be playing in Musgrave Park on Friday 23rd of June: https://mcd.ie/kodaline-announce-performance-at-musgrave-park-cork/

Paul Moore and the team at Rebel Chilli are one of many businesses across Cork City and County to pick up awards at

Blas na hÉireann 2022 .

Rebel Chilli won silver awards for their Korean BBQ and Siracha sauce.

On top of winning an award 8 years ago when Rebel Chilli was founded, Paul was fresh out of college and producing the products from his mother's kitchen.

To avail of Red Chilli's products visit: https://www.facebook.com/rebelchilli/

https://www.instagram.com/rebelchilli/?hl=en

Julie Jay chats to Dave ahead of her run at the Everyman at 8 pm tonight.

Where she will be wearing red latex and will be draped in a plastic snake.
Comedian Tommy Tiernan is a big supporter of hers, so much so that she has opened for him on his "Paddy Crazyhorse" tour

The show is a dark comedy love letter to Britney Spears, it starts in the 90s and goes through to the noughties.

Anne talks about the significant but lesser known role Cork women played in the struggle for Irish independence and the book produced on 5 of such women - "Ordinary Women in Extraordinary Times" - the MacSwiney sisters, Muriel MacSwiney, widow of Terence, and the Wallace sisters. Now a Frameworks films documentary recently screened as part of Indie Cork 2022.

You can listen back to the full interview at: Dave Mac’s Cork History Matters – Red FM

Mary- Lou from Summerhill North brings ‘The Dead Letter Office’ to Graffiti Theatre Blackpool

The show opens on Wednesday 19th of October in the Graffiti Theatre until Saturday the 22nd of October

Elizabeth is a dead letter detective and knows everything there is to know about lost post. She loves her job… but people don’t send letters anymore. Days before the closure of her beloved Dead Letter Office, a mysterious package arrives.

Its target Audience is primarily for school kids from 9 years of age and it's 60 mins in duration.

Also part of the cast is Curtis-Lee Ashqar.

For more information visit: THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE | GRAFFITI THEATRE, CORK | 19–22 OCT 2022 (everymancork.com)

Clodagh who is originally from Montenotte but has relocated to Park Avenue in New York City is part of a Board Bia Graduate Programme that are responsible for marketing Irish Food and Drink in the US.

It is a two-year role which the French and commerce graduate is undertaking. She moved over in July 2021 in a pre-covid like NYC.

Clodagh talks about the Food and Drink that the Irish are renowned for such as Kerrygold and Jameson.

Fiona chats about Holy Island a film that premiered in last year’s Cork International Film Festival currently screening at Triskel Arts Centre. Directed by Robert Manson; it's set in a port town where the two main characters are trapped and it follows their mission to get a ferry ticket for a way out of the mysterious town.

In the black and white, suspense, experimental feature film Fiona's role has 3 different personas.

If this has wet your appetite you can catch it at Triskel Arts Centre until Thursday October 20th: Holy Island | Triskel Arts Centre

The Burma is made of Tony O Donovan (Vocals and Rhythm Guitar), Peter Piggott (Lead Guitar, Synths and Backing Vocals) and Cian Doherty (Drummer and Percussionist).

Despite having released numerous EP's Tony and his band The Burma are only now after releasing their debut album "Sucker for Stars". They Play Sea Church, Ballycotton Friday Oct 21st.

We heard the Burma's new single "Hard to Say".

To hear more of their music visit: The Burma | Irish Indie Band | Official Website | Cork, Ireland (theburmamusic.com)

In this people’s history of Ireland, John Creedon introduces a fascinating collection of stories from the Schools’ Collection. This treasure trove of old stories, ways and wisdom, which could have been lost for ever, was collected by schoolchildren as part of a nationwide project set up in the 1930s to preserve Irish folklore.

Published here for the first time, this ‘best of’ selection includes chapters on ghost stories, agriculture, forgotten trades, schooling and pastimes. The result is an incredible arc of folk history that tells us about ourselves and how we lived long ago.

Pick up a copy of John's book at: An Irish Folklore Treasury | Pre-Order At Eason (easons.com)

The Enactus society is a global network of Student Entrepeneur's who want to make a difference to society or the sustainable development programme. UCC recently saw off 10 other Universities, winning a competition that involves presenting projects on various topical issues every year. The winner in terms of having impact and innovation with their presentation will go on to represent Ireland on the international stage.

The projects Timothy and his team presented this year were Ceangal which involves working with Women in Direct Provision allowing them to create their own products such as candles and lip balm. With stalls in UCC at the start of each month, they're also in Mahon Farmer's Market.

The second project is ReFrame which is making micro transport from recycled plastic.

The Enactus World Cup is happening in Puerto Rica at the end of the month.

Best of luck to Timothy and his team!

Tom and his partner Stephanie set up their Athleisure Active Wear Clothing company "Gym Grow Gain" during covid. They are giving back to some of their female clients by hosting a coffee morning in aid of Breast Cancer Ireland in the Dean Hotel in Cork City on Monday, 17 October from 10.30am – 12pm.

For more information on the event visit: Gym Grow Gain coffee morning in aid of Breast Cancer Ireland Tickets, Mon 17 Oct 2022 at 10:30 | Eventbrite

Damien from the 3 Amigos is in high spirits after Cork City gained promotion to the Premier Division on the back of their 0-0 draw against Wexford. With a little help from our friends in Athlone. Damien talks about all the drama that unfolded last Friday in the Cross.

Damien and his Co-Hosts Declan McCormack and Wayne Mullins chat about the ups and downs of Cork City on and off the pitch in this award-winning podcast.

The team picked up silver in the Irish podcast awards.

To hear the lads podcast visit: The Other 3 Amigos Podcast on Apple Podcasts

John who has been a die hard Cork City fan from an early age has been given the opportunity to release a book in association with Hero Books.
He got to interview his Hero's such as: John Caulfield, Dave Barry, Johnny Dunleavey, Liam Kearney, Sean McGuire and Neal Horgan.
They recall a game that stands out for them and why.
There's interviews with 30 Cork City legends past and present.

The official launch will take place in Waterstones in Patrick Street on October 19th at 6.30 pm. With a number of players in attendance with Ruairi O'Hagan of The Big Red Bench as MC on the night.

Pick up your copy of the book now at: https://www.waterstones.com/book/cork-city-game-of-my-life/john-oshea/9781910827550

Danny chats to Dave ahead of The Coronas Golden Discs appearance this Sunday at 1pm in Golden Discs to promote the release of their 7th studio album ‘Time Stopped.’

He discussed the longevity of the band as well as the decision to be more open to collaborations with other musicians.

The new album features the single "If You Let Me" which can be heard at the end of the interview.

For more information on The Coronas visit: The Coronas

Despite being a Dub living in Galway Maura is working for The Hope Foundation which is a 23 year old Cork based charity. It was set up in 1999 by Maureen Forrest with the initial objective of helping out 20 young women who she came across on the streets of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India. The aim is to provide them with health care and education.
However it has grown to the point where they have provided care for up 3 million people living in the slums of a City with a population of 15 million people.

Monday 10th -17th is the week of the Hope Fundraising initiative. Where volunteers from secondary schools will be taking to the streets and shopping centres with buckets to collect much needed funds. You can also purchase chocolate bars which will go towards the Hope Foundation for as little as €2 which will feed a child for 2 days.

For more information on how you can help visit: The Hope Foundation

Lyra stopped by to chat ahead of her trip to the Gossies on Sunday where she has been nominated for Music Artist of the year. She is back touring all around the country to a sold out crowd, including in Cyprus Avenue on October 28th.

This is on the back of performing at Electric Picnic and Indiependence Festival where she performed an Adele cover with Mark Feehily from Westlife.

Hear more of Lyra's music at: Lyra Singer | The Official Website Of Lyra

The Everyman is so excited to welcome the return of An Evening with Reggie, alongside a bunch of the best theatre artists that Cork and Ireland have to offer, taking to the stage. Literally…Reggie is back on the North Side. Reggie himself shared some thoughts “I adored being up on stage in the Everyman - there's a decent gap between yourself and the people in the front row, so there was zero chance of catching the Norrie flu. My wife asked me if I got stage fright and I said not a chance Marjorie, sure you're up nice and high and there is nothing I enjoy more than talking down to people. On top of that, the audiences were well able to laugh at themselves, which is very important, particularly when you're from Kilmallock.” Reggie enthralled his audience in The Everyman earlier this year and is delighted to be back on stage to spread the love.

For tickets to An Evening With Reggie visit: What's On at The Everyman | NOW LAUNCHED (everymancork.com)

Clare talks up her new single "Keep The Flame Burning" ahead of the recent release of her self- titled album.

The album (a mix of Irish and English) explores Gaelic tradition and the power of Women, and her love of all things Irish.

Featured on the album are fellow musicians: Susan O'Neill, Fiachna Ó Braonáin (The Hothouse Flowers) and Steve Cooney.

Clare, accompanied by Manchán Magan, played St Luke's over the weekend and for more dates see Official Website | Clare Sands | Irish Fiddler & Bilingual Singer – Fearless Fiddler & Bilingual Singer

The Cork Folk Festival is underway through to Sunday October 2nd with over 50 events taking place throughout the Festival.

Some of the many artists taking part include Mary Black, Matt Molloy and Sean Keane of the Chieftains, Thomas McCarthy, and Jimmy Crowley.

As well that there will be a performance by two great bands in Fitzgerald's Park.

To see what acts take your fancy visit: PROGRAMME & TICKETS 2022 | Cork Folk Festival - Cork, Ireland 29th Sept-2nd October 2022

Peter is back with Ardú the contemporary street art project, the third of its kind.
It features 3 new works of art for the public to enjoy throughout the Streets and Alleyways of Cork City.

The inaugural project came about as a result of the lockdown in 2020,with the aim of creating murals to brighten up the City.

Murals that are being showcased this year include works by Bristol artist Vents137 on South Terrace and also a mural is being painted by Jolene Kitsune who is from Belgium that's being painted on O'Sullivan's Quay. Further to that one's being painted on Pope's Quay by French artist based in Dublin Claire Prouvost.

It all came together with the help of Creative Ireland and Cork City Council and a large team of volunteers.

There's an audio tour available at: http://arducork.ie/audio-tour/

Or check out: https://www.instagram.com/ardustreetart/

Edel talks about the beautiful and intimate venue reaching such a milestone, of 10 years today.
Because of the fact that it's such a small venue the Anniversary event sold in quick fashion.

Musicians playing at the event were Paddy Dennnehy, Clodagh Quirke, John Blek, Jemma Hayes, Love Buzz, Paul Newnan of Belx1, Lorraine Nash, Scullion, Jack O'Rourke, Naked Animals, Silent Disco, The Villagers, Niall McCabe and Interference.

Some of the Artists were newcomers to Coughlan's and others made a return.

To see what's happening in Coughlan's further down the line visit: Coughlan's Bar & Live Music Venue, Cork, Ireland (coughlans.ie)

Esther will be in conversation with broadcasting legend John Creedon on October 1st at 8 pm - 9.30 pm as part of "Words By Water" Festival. John will discuss his new book "An Irish Folklore Treasury". He will also speak about his previously released book "That Place We Call Home".
It will be taking place in the Trident Hotel in Kinsale.

It's the fifth year the Words By Water Festival is taking place. It's running from September 29th - October 2nd.

For more information on the event visit: https://www.wordsbywater.ie/

Fishamble is very proud to have commissioned, developed, and produced plays written and performed by Pat, which continue to tour extensively. They are Forgotten (since 2006), Silent (since 2011) Underneath (since 2014), and Before (since 2018), all directed by Jim Culleton. The Everyman is honoured to give audiences an opportunity to see all four renowned shows back to back. The plays have been performed in over 60 venues throughout Ireland. They have won Olivier, Fringe First, Helen Hayes, Herald Angel, Herald Archangel, Argus Angel, LA Stage Raw, and Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre awards. Pat, originally from Cobh, is hugely honoured at the opportunity and says he is also thrilled to get a chance to pop down to see his mum while he’s here too.

For more information on all of Pat's plays visit: What's On at The Everyman | NOW LAUNCHED (everymancork.com)

On the back of his chat with Cormac, Dave chats to Noelle about the weekend ahead for Culture Night where events will be taking place between the Coal Quay and the Firkin Crane as part of the Pitch'd Circus and Arts Festival.

On the Saturday there was be a staging of "Soup" in the Firkin Crane. Soup is a Live art physical theatre show which explores grief.

On the Sunday Tony award winning Actor and professional clown Bill Irwin will be performing on Douglas Street outside the Firkin Crane, Bill would have a similar style of cabaret to that of Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy.

For more info visit: Pitch'd Festival (circusfactorycork.com)

Autism Dogs Ireland is a Cork based charity and Aileen on top of having children has taken on the task of training two dogs. It's a very important job as they can make a significant difference to the users. This means matching the right dog to the right owner. Sometimes training the dogs can take up to 2 years.

Aileen is appealing to the public for funds in order to enable them to continue this vital training, which has now become more challenging in recent times.

To support this worthy cause visit: Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland : Donate

Fate: The Winx Saga season 2 is now available to view on Netflix. It sees six student fairies attend the ethereal boarding school of Alfea and learn the ways of magic and mystery, and get to experience all sorts of feats of wonder and wizardry. Series two sees the start of a new term at Alfea, with new fairy faces, new romances and new threats. The show was filmed in Wicklow in November 2021. You may recognise Éanna from RTE's Smother.

Stream Fate: The Winx Saga now on Netflix

Ray joins Dave to discuss the 18th Clonakilty International Guitar Festival, which is currently underway. It's a return to normality after having two years of holding it with restrictions in place. Musicians at the festival include the likes of Andy Irvine, Anna Tivel, Jeffery Martin, John Spillane, Post Punk Podge & The Techno-Hippies, Enola Gay, Kris Drever, Marisa Anderson and the Farmers Markets Mystery Go Green Gig, where they aim to encourage a greener and more sustainable form of living. If that wasn't enough there's a walking tour with balladeer Sean Fitzgerald. That's just to name a few!

For more info on Clonakilty International Guitar Festival visit: Timetable | Clonakilty International Guitar Festival | 9 - 18 September 2022 (clonguitarfest.com)

Anne talks about the Surf Lifesaving World Championships which is taking place in Italy.
She is flying out with a group from Clonakilty over to Riccione on the east coast of Italy. They will be hoping to bring home a Gold medal again. Also involved is Niamh Morrison of Hen Jewellery who Dave spoke to previously during Cork Craft Month.

The various age groups taking part are...
Juniors: 15-18 years
Seniors: 18-30 years
30- 35 years
35-40 years and so forth

It was something that Anne didn't get involved with until she was 50,after coming across Thomas Neville who is a Boatman in Inchydoney , she also came across the rest of group while out swimming.

If you would like to get involved in lifesaving visit: Cork Surf Lifesaving - Home | Facebook
LIFESAVING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022 (lifesaving2022.com)

John from UCC and military historian Gerry White are both authors of The Battle for Cork The Burning of Cork respectively and both were involved in assisting the presenting of a new exhibition – open now – at St Peter’s North Main Street on the ‘battle for Cork’ of 1922 as seen through the lens of WD Hogan. WD being a famous photographer at the time.

It tells of an episode of Ireland’s civil war that saw the free state army drive the anti-treaty IRA out of Cork following an amphibious landing at Passage West and a fierce series of gun battles through Rochestown and Garyduff woods.

To visit the exhibit visit: https://stpeterscork.ie/whats-on/?e=11139213&rand=75027

You’ll find a longer conversation on the matter here https://redfm.ie/shows/dave-macs-cork-history-matters/

Hailing from Millstreet in Co. Cork, Ireland - Darren began playing regularly in some of the finest hotels and venues up and down the country in 2019!

Inheriting a love of traditional Irish music and classical rock from his parents (the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan) and combining it with a love of current alternative bands and singer-songwriters (most notably The Lumineers and Dermot Kennedy)

Darren quickly grew his fanbase on social media during the pandemic. Darren's deep, raspy and emotive voice allows his lyrics to remain central to the song, while creating a folk/pop style.

Fast forward to 2022 and Darren has moved to New York City to pursue his music career closer to his producer. He is about to release his debut single in late August, with more to come before the turn of the year.

Single drops on Friday,

Presave info,

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/darrenkiely/how-could-you-love-me

Malcolm is one of the 30 percent of those living in Dingle who isn't from the area or is a Blow-In.

As this is a something Malcolm can relate to he decided to create a documentary titled "Blow-Ins" along with the assistance of Ben Kavanagh from Tralee.

It screened on RTE One Thurs 08th see the RTE player for more

Eoin was part of the All-Ireland winning Football team with Cork in 2010, but that means nothing on Ultimate Hell Week. He wasn't able to give away much apart from it's explosive start which is kicked off last and the fact that calling it "brutal" is an understatement. With each participant being tested mentally and physically with no sleep. The aim being to be one of very few to pass selection into the Army Ranger Wing.

Eoin is one of many Cork representatives on the show, with Billy Holland and Setanta Ó hAilpín also taking part.

Catch up with episode one of Ultimate Hell Week – The Professionals on the RTE player now or Wednesday’s at 9.35 on RTE One.

In a concept that came about from a Christmas night out, Jesper talks about the excitement surrounding the return of the Upstart Festival 2022 to Glounthaune this weekend from 4pm on Saturday. 5 bands will take to the stage next to the Rising Tide Pub. In what is forecast to be a lovely day.
Playing at the festival for over 16's are...
- The Love Buzz
- First Class and Coach
- Fonda
- Little Known
- The Clifford's

Tickets are €20 on Eventbrite: Upstart Festival Cork Tickets, Sat 10 Sep 2022 at 16:00 | Eventbrite

Fresh from Electric Picnic Cormac talks about this years Pitch'd Circus and Arts Festival 2022.

The festival runs from Friday 9th- Sunday 25th of September, with Cork's Red FM as proud media partners.

The event is a way of bringing high quality contemporary international Circus acts such as Dutch/Irish ensemble the Tea Time Company who will be getting the festival up and running this Friday and Saturday at Dance Cork Firkin Crane.

The following weekend Circus factory will be turning their stomping ground (across from the Marina Market) into a venue with a late night cabaret and street shows during the day.

The final weekend of the festival will be culture night and collaborating and combining with Douglas Street, Autumn Festival.

For more information on the event visit:

Pitch'd Festival (circusfactorycork.com)

Eddie spoke about his label FIFA (Forever In Financial Arrears),reaching the milestone of 100 releases. However Eddie couldn't do this without the assistance of Ashley Keating drummer of the Franks and Walters.

Eddie himself was the manager of Emperor of Ice Cream

The main focus of FIFA is to get bands air time on radio stations, gigs and generally introducing them to a wider audience while still giving them creative rights to their music.

Eddie chats about the benefits of realising music digitally.

The compilation album features 13 tracks with a track from each of the artists signed to FIFA.

To hear more about the album visit: Artists | FIFA Records (bandcamp.com)

FIFA Records - Forever In Financial Arrears | Facebook

Nicole who featured in "Too Hot To Handle" spoke to Dave about the period between when the show had finished recording and when it went out live, she goes on to speak about how she handled all the attention and concluded by talking about what life living in the bright lights of London was like.

We played her new single C'est La Vie, which can be heard here; C'est La Vie - YouTube

This Saturday will see the Cycle Against Suicide 42 K Bike 4 Life Cork Spin Off charity event. The aim of the event is to promote positive Mental Health, Stamp Out Stigma and Demystify Mental Wellbeing. It's in advance of World Prevention Against Suicide day on September 10th. Another aim is to fight the stigma around masculinity, with 3 out of 4 suicides in Ireland being male, their mantra is "Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength". After the cycle returns to Marina Market there will be Food, Music and Mental Health talks and free on site counselling from 2-6 pm. Phil and the Red Patrollers will also be there as will Peter Dennehy who has always played a major role in Cycle Against Suicide events in the past.

For more info on the event visit: Cycle Against Suicide – Help for anyone battling depression, self-harm, at risk of suicide

Rathcormac actress Claire chats to Dave from the Sondheim Theatre in Soho where she features in Les Misérables, she made her West End London debut just before Covid struck and has sopent the last year and a-half in the cast of the show.

Before she hit the West End Claire was a part of the Montfort College of Performing Arts from an early age, and she will be a part of their 60th birthday celebrations in Cork Opera House this Thursday. Where in the past she played Penny Pingleton in Hairspray and Alice in Alice In Wonderland.

To attend the Monfort Anniversary concert visit: The Montforts 60th Birthday-A Gala Celebration - Live : Cork Opera House

Before The Rainbow... And After is participatory arts project produced in association with Cork Gay Project culminating in the launch of an art publication (book of photography, collage images and poetic text) and film piece exploring and reflecting the experiences of older, marginalised gay men. Produced in collaboration with high profile UK artist and facilitator, Mark Storor, Creative Producer Claire Ryan, filmographer Cathal MacGabhann (band member of The Altered Hours) and photographer, Carolyn Collier, in a process of shared conversation, exchange, action and dreaming. Through the arts process, people of different ages, nationalities and ethnicities have participated in the creation of beautiful pieces of artwork, through the telling of stories that have been unheard, that have been forgotten, that need to be re-remembered, and that are yet to happen and make their way into the public realm. The project saw 10 older GBTQI++++ people working with arts facilitator Mark Storor over the course of the last nine weeks, taking part in practical, participatory workshops where they developed a creative language together, to tell their stories. The outcome is this beautiful publication and film piece reflecting the men's stories and experiences through a variety of artistic mediums - collage, photography, costume design, film.

To see Before the Rainbow visit: Home - Gay Project

Philip King of Scullion chats about his love of coming from ‘Where The South Wind Blows’ back over the Cork county bounds, particularly to West Cork, in this case to Allihies for the first gig of a brand new tour for a brand new album. He talks about how it feels to get the band back together in a post pandemic world, as well as their past fashion choices.

Other Cork venues on the list include: Levis Corner House, Ballydehob- September 23rd

Everyman Theatre, Cork - September 24th

Inkwell Theatre, Tracton - October 22nd

For a full list of venues that Scullion are visiting: HOME | scullion

Laoise was kind enough to take time out of rehearsing for tonight's show in Cork City Hall, as part of Soul Fest 2022.

She is joined by a rhythm section down from Dublin, Guitarist Jimmy Smyth, Dominic Mullen on Drums, Pianist Johnny Taylor, Paul Dunlea on the horn section all topped off by Aine Whelan, Angela Ryan and Nikki Griffin.
With an arrangement of 38 musicians performing on the night.

There's plenty on offer as part of Cork Soul Fest: Soul Fest (soulfestcork.com)

Having already expanded to do food in 2019 Sam from Connolly's chats about the further expansion of the outdoor area of the family run music venue and pub, when the lockdown came about.

This in turn allowed them to have gigs outside.
Including day long gigs which are happening this Saturday 27th August.
With musicians such as Kneecap, Jelani Blackman, Mango, Arveene and Lisa OH.

On the 28th John Francis Flynn and spíní na hEireann will be taking to the stage.

Get your tickets now at: Events - Connolly's Of Leap (connollysofleap.com)

Seán talks about the pivotal role his club Ballinhassig plays in his sporting life. Now they're looking to replace there 50 year old clubhouse, despite it creating some great memories. Enter Tipperary man Pascal Ryan who resides in Ballinhassig. Who came up with the suggestion of a walk to Tipperary, which is going back to the concept of walking to the Munster Hurling Final in Thurles in days gone by. The event will be starting in Ballinhassig GAA Club Sunday 28th and will involve a 7 day walk covering over 170 km to Pascal's former club on the far side of Thurles.

There'll be between 14-20 people walking everyday, with the underage teams stopping over in a number of clubs on route to play a game.

Day 1: Ballinhassig to Sarsfields

Day 2: Sarsfields to Bride Rovers

Day 3: Sarsfields to Glanworth

Day 4: Glanworth to Ballylanders

Day 5: Ballylanders to Cahir

Day 6: Cahir to Cashel

Day 7: Cashel to Thurles & on to Moyne Templetouhey

If you would like to contribute or volunteer in some way visit: https://www.facebook.com/ballinhassiggaa

Last Saturday in Castlebar Ivanna became the 75th Miss Ireland, she is from Clare however she has strong Cork connections having studied medicine in UCC as well as serving an internship at CUH. If that wasn't enough of a connection to the Rebel County she also worked in Voodoo Nightclub.

Congrats to Ivanna!!

Sinéad Dunphy talks about a post covid Soul Fest retuning to 20 different venues throughout Cork City. Where you can sample Music, Drink and Soul Food within the various venues.

Cork's Red FM are proud media partners and music on offer includes... Laoise Leahy opening on the Friday night and music from Karen Underwood as well as a Heritage Pub Trail on the Saturday night.

Also a side from just music Colette Forde is on the look out for dancers to get involved in the Soul Train, dancing to Tina Turners "Proud Mary".

There's is around an hour and a half of rehearsals involved for the event on Friday.

If you would like to be involved email: info@soulfestcork.com

To see what other events make up Soul Fest 2022 visit: What's on... — Soul Fest (soulfestcork.com)

Allen speaks with Dave about the connection between the Imperial Hotel and General Michael Collins and of how the hotel has commemorated that connection on the 100th anniversary of the Béal na Bláth ambush.

Fancy a stay at the Imperial Hotel? Then visit: Hotels in Cork City, Luxury Cork Hotels | Imperial Hotel Cork

Abbey from Cork band Pretty Happy talks about her Audio/Visual tour of Cork's Noisy Punk Tradition at Triskel Arts Centre, at 8pm on August 26th.

If you are eager to learn about Cork's Punk past with bands such as: Stump, Microdisney and Nun Attax in the form of a documentary and a Live performance, this event is for you.
Abbey highlights one of her favourite stories from the documentary and we also hear a sound bite from the documentary

If you would like more info on the event visit: Pretty Happy: WRITE RECORD PERFORM | Triskel Arts Centre
To hear music from Pretty Happy visit: HOME | PRETTY HAPPY (prettyhappyband.com)

Yellow belly Peter Cooney talks to us Live from the Carrigaline Court Hotel which was the last stop over spot for the Roses in the 2022 Rose Of Tralee Festival. It's the second year coming to this venue. Where they will be wined and dined, before heading for the Kingdom tomorrow.
When eventually one of the 33 roses will be crowned the "Rose of Tralee" next Tuesday.
For more information on the festival visit: Rose of Tralee Festival 19th to 23rd August 2022 | Ireland

Maire of activitydays.ie is hosting a fun food trail in Cork as part of the Cork On A Fork food fest underway right now & a Cork tapas trail Friday evening too

For more information about Cork On A Fork visit: Cork on a Fork Fest - Cork City Council

Or to see more activates available around Cork visit: http://activitydays.ie/

Timmy will be performing his latest play "The Story" in Cork Arts Theatre. On Wednesday 17th - Friday 19th at 1pm as well as Friday and Saturday at 9pm.

The play tells the tale of a man living with his parents on Cork’s North side, he is a Sherlock Holmes fanatic and when his close friend goes missing he uses the skills he picked up from watching it to try and solve the mystery of his disappearance.

Timmy has nothing but praise for the TDC (Theatre Development Centre) at Triskel Arts Centre and Pat Kearnan who helped him with his script.

To see what the story is with Timmy's play visit: The Story - Cork Arts Theatre

Clonakilty woman Niamh Morrison spoke to us about her business Hen Jewellery which is a part of Cork Craft Month happening now until the end of August.

Niamh is one of many members who are a part of Cork Craft and Design, as a silversmith she describes the importance of Cork Craft Month for her and her fellow creators for getting their work into the public eye. As well as networking with other crafters.

A lot of the action is happening in St Peter's Church in North Main Street, with demonstrations, Face Painting and Music as well as the opportunity to meet the Artists.

For check out Niamh's work visit: About - HEN Jewellery

Or visit: https://www.corkcraftanddesign.com/corkcraftmonth/

Bambi is a Cork native who resides in London and has had one of her tracks played 3 times on the BBC. She made the move to London in order to study theater and dance,upon deciding that it wasn't for her, she started writing tracks and "fell" into the industry.
However studying theater wasn't all a waste of time as her Instagram is full of theatrical and flamboyant images. As well as this she has a broad taste of musical influences.

To hear more music from Bambi visit: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6g3orasGcMPn0gwcE3JMAC

Elmarie speaks about Cork businesses coming together with the aim of growing Cork as a food destination, on top of its already rich legacy and how it's taking advantage of the on street dining in the City Centre. You can enjoy Food Trails, Tasting Masterclasses, Bitesize Food talks, Food demos and plenty of fun for all the family.

If this event has wetted your appetite visit: Cork on a Fork Fest - Cork City Council

Deirdre from Union Hall chats about the six part series on RTE on Tuesday nights at 7, it examines the passion that Irish people have for their Horses.

You will be able to catch up with John, Emma and Deirdre carrying out tasks such as the family getting the show pony ready for Wexford.

It will also look at other families in Sligo and Galway.

All with the common aim of making it to the RDS Horseshow.

Watch episode 2 of Horse Country tonight on RTE1 at 7pm or watch it on playback at: Horse Country - RTÉ Player (rte.ie)

Strength In Numbers is an artist development platform, record label and music supply company founded by long time creative collaborators Glen Brady and Arveene Juthan. Initially Strength In Numbers started doing club nights and show cases in Irish venues like The Sugar Club in Dublin & Connolly’s of Leap in Cork and the SIN 001 compilation began to take shape. Extra production input, mastering and art & design were thought of and this eclectic and encompassing compilation was born. Amongst the tracks is one born in West Cork under the creative endeavour of Alex…

To hear Son Of Nowhere visit: Spotify – Son of Nowhere

Ger chats to Dave on the back of the Minor Ladies Footballers All-Ireland victory over Galway, and ahead of a triple header in Croke Park with both Cork Intermediates and Senior Camogie teams in the hunt for All-Ireland titles.

You can hear the Ger's Women In Sport podcast at: The Big Red Bench – Red FM
Where, as well as Gaelic games, you will hear a variety of sports being covered such as Rugby, Aussie Rules, F1, Hockey and Basketball.

Ger also has a book on Cork Ladies Gaelic Football out now available at: Buy Cork L.G.F.A. Game Of My Life Book at Easons

Good luck to Cork’s Camogie teams playing All-Ireland finals in Croke Park this weekend!!

Comedian and former member of CCCahoots Tadhg Hickey took time away from his rehearsal of the John B Keane play - Letters Of A Country Postman to talk up the merits of the show. Despite his renowned comedic background he plays a straight role as Postman Mocky Fondoo.

It tells the tale of how the Postman is a pivotal part of what glues the community together and as well as being the only person that some people could speak to all day.

It was wrote in 1975 however there's still a number of themes that apply to the modern day.

The play also stars; Accordionist Danny O' Mahony as well as Madi O'Carroll and Chloe O' Reilly who take on numerous roles through out.

The play runs from August 10-27th get your tickets at: LETTERS OF A COUNTRY POSTMAN | The Everyman Cork | 5-27 AUG 2022

Bunny chats to Dave about how suicide impacts those left behind after the death of their loved ones. The event is aimed at raising awareness of this matter, in the form of the Cuddle Run.
Bunny will be hopping on his son Cian's bike, a side from raising awareness the event is to raise some much needed funding for a centre that is functioning but a slightly run down facility they have in Middleton. They're looking to improve it and enhance the services they can provide such as : Mindfulness, bereavement support groups as well as any other systems that may be needed.

This all came about when Bunny came to the realisation that there were no services available for Bunny with he was grieving his son Cian's death in 2009.

For more info on the event visit: The Midleton Hub

Bunny talks to Dave about the Cuddle Run that is raising awareness of suicide prevention & support and funds for the Midleton Hub. It provides help to those suffering from suicide bereavement. Sponsor a brick for €100 to help redevelop facilities at the Hub. The target figure is €100,000. Bunny's own son.

Bunny's objective is to go through 32 counties in 32 days, on his son Cian's motorbike. Cian sadly died through suicide.

The Red FM roadshow will be there next Monday from 11.30 am for a 1pm start.

For more information about the event or to donate visit: The Midleton Hub

Chat topping musician Tom Grennan spoke to Dave about new single "All These Nights", his connection to Offaly, Tom's (little bitta) love for the beautiful game and the danger of Patrice Evra!!

To see the video for Tom's new track visit: Tom Grennan - All These Nights (Lyric Video) - YouTube.

Ray and his band Two Time Polka will be performing at Spraoi in Waterford this weekend.
They are an eclectic band playing music from all around the world.

Ray and Two Time Polka have been going to the famous street arts festival for years.
Featuring Street Theatre and Comedy throughout the streets of Waterford on the Friday and Saturday, ending with a parade on Sunday.

And...It's free!!

For more information visit: Spraoi - Spraoi
Or hear more from Two Time Polka at: Home - TWO TIME POLKA

Goldie is a 21 year old musician from Cork City. Far Apart is the first song he recorded under a label, this particular tune has been recorded under a Canadian Label with the assistance of German DJ Kenage. The song was inspired by lockdown and the fact that everyone was so "Far Apart". It's also about a girl from Australia who was texting Goldie and despite the fact that she is on the other side of the world living a different life the lockdown is a global thing that everyone is going through.

Goldie is heavily influenced by Hip-Hop as well other numerous genres.

To hear more about Goldie visit: Goldie Bron$on (@goldie.bronson) • Instagram photos and videos

Goldie Bron$on (@goldiebronson) / Twitter

Konrad talks up the Family Fun Day happening this Sunday as part of Cork LGBT Plus Pride. It kicks off a whole week of celebrations. There over 30 events as part of the festival this year. The Family Fun Day is taking place in Fitzgerald's Park, incorporated into the event this year is Prides Got Talent, with a cash prize of €500 and the opportunity to perform on the pride mainstage on Sunday 31st. Also on display will be a number of drag acts and musicians.

Red FM's Colm O' Sullivan will be there playing tunes with Letycha Le'Synn making an appearance too.

Gates open at 1 pm.

This is all after a number of pride parades around the county on Saturday.

For more information on this event visit: Home - Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival (corkpride.com)

Buttervant native Alan talks to Dave about how he made the move from playing video games to being a professional drifter. It all came about from his interest in car racing video games and he decided that he would like to try racing for real.

If you'd like to witness drifting for yourself you can do so at Kart World in Watergrasshill this weekend. With a birds eye view of cars racing up to 150 km per hour.

This spectacle is happening on Sat 23rd and Sunday 24th of July.

With gates at 10 am.

Seán from Fuinneamh Workshop Architects chats with Dave, Fuinneamh being the Irish for energy. Seán and his team are setting out to construct a rammed earth building which is made using bio-degradable materials such as timber and sub soil in Tramore Valley Park, the first of it's kind in Ireland. It's part of the Kinship project, Cork City Council have teamed up with Creative Ireland in order to build an Eco Lab with the aim of allowing members for the public to congregate in order to discuss ecology within the park.

The project is currently under construction with the hope of it being completed by September.

You are also invited to pitch your own ideas for activities by emailing: kinshipapplications@gmail.com
For more information visit: EcoLab - Cork City Council

We hear from Hayley Ryan of the Saturday Breakfast on Red FM.
She tells us how her Love Island impressions took off on TikTok (most famously Maura Higgins), who her favourite contestant is from this year and we even listen to some of her impressions.

To hear more of Hayley's work visit: Hayley Ryan (@hayls_ryan) / Twitter
Hayley (@hayls_ryan) TikTok
Or listen to her show every Saturday: https://redfm.ie

Des discusses the Blackrock Village Festival which happening tomorrow in the Plaza from 2-6.
It's an event with Food, Fun and good weather as well as plenty of activities to keep your kids occupied. Such as a Teddy Bear's Picnic and exercises at the Green Area, it's now the proposed spot for a playground.
If that's not enough there's music from the likes of Hank Wedel and Declan Sinnott as well a Jazz Band and Irish Dancing.

All done with the assistance of the local community in Blackrock.

For more information on the event visit: Blackrock Village Festival - Home | Facebook
Blackrock Village Festival (@BlackrockVilla1) / Twitter

Sinéad chats about being on Clear History with the likes of Joanne McNally, Colin Murphy and Kevin McGahern she also tells her story about kissing more than just the stone in Blarney.
Sinéad is gigging tomorrow night (July 15th) in the Coco Comedy Club.

Tickets €20

Get your tickets here: CoCo Comedy Club: SINÉAD QUINLAN and Guests Tickets, Fri 15 Jul 2022 at 20:30 | Eventbrite

Dominic spoke with us less than an hour before the Cork Ladies under 16 Footballers faced Dublin.

He spoke about taking on Kerry in the Munster Final and Cavan in the All-Ireland semi final, and how they had to dig deep in the championship so far.

Congratulations to the Cork under 16 Ladies for making it to the All Ireland final this year.

Kieran chats to us in the middle of Volvo Cork Week, where there's a large crowd gathering under less than ideal conditions for racing, due to the lack of wind.
However it's not all bad with Sun forecast throughout the rest of the week it will create a sea breeze.
There's plenty on offer including a Classic Yacht Regatta, Cork Week Ladies Day with Amy Huberman and Brendan Courtney all wrapped up with a big party on Friday night.

It's an event that attracts boats from all over the world. Including Hong Kong, US and UK all congregating in the oldest Yacht Club in the World.

Joy In The Park is happening in Fitzgerald's Park this Sunday 17th of July from 12 noon until 6 pm.
It's a community event filled with free fun for all the family.
Including music form: Kíla, Jerry Fish and Pontious Pilate & The Naildrivers.
As well as: The Circus Factory and Cork Puppetry Company...The Pompous Creatures.

For more information on the event visit: Artists - Joy In The Park - Cork, July 17

Steph chats to Dave about the charity awareness raising video for new single "Remember Who Your Friends Are".

It's an upbeat and happy track with a video to suit the mood. Featuring dogs from Pauline's Rescue, as they are a Man's best friend. It also aims at highlighting the adopt, don't shop message.

Check out the video now: Remember Who Your Friends Are (Official Video) - YouTube

And catch the Sunday Brunch at: Red FM |

Brian who just got back from Spain took time to speak to Dave ahead of his gig in Cyprus Avenue. He will be performing Live tomorrow night with doors at 7 pm.
He chats about getting back into the swing of gigging Live again.

For more information visit: Cyprus Avenue - Cork, Ireland

Now living in Bundoran, Finn speaks with Dave ahead of her return to Cork, which is where she studied Marine Biology in UCC. Finn is back in town for the Volvo Cork Week, which was initially supposed to happen in 2020. It's taking place in the home of the 2nd biggest natural harbour in the world. Kicking off the week is a Family Fun Day on Sunday in Crosshaven.
The Fun Day includes: Funfair, Boat Trips, Coastal Walks, Games and a Children's Workshop which will be held by Finn.

For more information visit; Cork Week 2022 - 11th-15th July 2022

Daniel chats about a new six part series which commenced on RTE 1 Weds 06th July. It consists of chef Paul Flynn exploring food trucks throughout the country.

It is sponsored by Kerrygold and produced by Aperture media, a Cork company that was set up in 2011.

The series was filmed in the summer of 2021, with each episode looking at 3 food trucks with a different dish in each episode, which will aim at inspiring Paul to cook up a feast at his Kitchen in Dungarvan.

You can catch Paul's food truck favourites now at: Paul Flynn's Food Truck Favourites - RTÉ Player (rte.ie)

Paul talks about the return of this year's Cork Pride Festival which is a week long.

This year Brooke Scullion and Nadine Coyle both from Derry coincidently, will be at the event as well as an array of Cork’s finest Drag talent , Sparkle, The Guilty Judges, Kabin Studio and a number of Red DJ's too.

For more info visit: Home - Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival (corkpride.com)

Karen Underwood took time out of rehearsing at Cork Opera House to chat about what being African- American and celebrating the 4th of July means to her in terms of her freedom and independence.

Karen is also part of a new Opera by John O'Brien called Morrigan. Morrigan being the Irish Godess of death and faith. It contains dramatic scenes of blood and fire, soaring arias, tender duets, and large action packed ensembles with highly charged battle scenes.

Tickets available at :Morrigan - Live : Cork Opera House

Happy 4th of July to all our American listeners!

With a similar vibe to Lana Del Rey Jennifer talks up her new single "Take It back". Which in her own words she describes as being a "Fruit salad of emotions" in other words it has various emotions throughout.
You can listen to listen to Jennifer's music at all the usual places...
Including at: Spotify – Jennifer Lyons

Ahead of an intimate Red FM listener only gig at Cypress Avenue with The Coronas, lead singer Danny O’Reilly spoke with Dave Mac ahead of their kick start to Live At The Marquee Friday and revealed its now a sold out show…

Describing his political videos as marmite to the general public, Tadgh Hickey chats to Dave about his new show - In One Eye, Out the Other. The show is him telling the story of his problem with alcohol through the main character in the show Fergal.

It will be coming to The Everyman on June 2nd-3rd.

On the 2nd of June, Tadgh will also be doing a post show discussion with James Leonard of The Two Norries.

Tickets available at: IN ONE EYE, OUT THE OTHER | The Everyman Cork | 2– 3 JUN 2022

Kieran from The Love Buzz chatted to us ahead of his gig at Mike the Pies, but more importantly on the eve of the band's performance in Cyprus Avenue. He spoke about his influences and we also heard the band's new single "Wild One"

To hear music from The Love Buzz visit: Spotify – The Love Buzz

There are many story's about Cobh that make the history books including not only the Titanic but also the Lusitania,and the major role that Cobh played during the war of independence. It was one of very few towns to rep the rewards of British Imperialism in Ireland from an economic point of view. With the harbour being used for troops going out to numerous wars.

Kieran's tour is 2 hours long starting in Cobh Heritage Centre. It visits 16 different sites throughout Cobh or Queenstown as it was formally known as.

For more information on booking a tour visit: http://cobhrebelwalkingtours.ie/

Damien chats about last week's launch of a new business network for the LGBT+ community. With headquarters based in Cork. It's a non profit organisation for individuals who identify as LGBT.

Last week they went through their itinerary for the year and explained what the network is all about, while also getting the chance to mingle with like minded people. With approximately 140 invited guests showing up on the night.

This was all ahead of the 2022 Cork Pride Festival and Cork's Red FM are proud media sponsors.

Some of the benefits to being part of the network include:

An opportunity to network and build professional relationships
-Broaden career opportunities
-Educate yourself on workplace topics and become a more inclusive colleague

For more information about the network visit: https://corkpride.com/

Dave from the Cork band Rubyhorse talks about a special concert in aid of the Irish Red Cross Ukraine appeal.The event is taking place this Friday 13th of May at 8pm.
To a sold out crowd.

It's the first time in 18 years the four lads from Rubyhorse have performed live together.

Also participating on the night are; The White Horse Guitar Club, Karen Underwood, Carrigtwohill Gospel Choir and The White Horse Gospel Choir, along with MC Colm O'Sullivan from RedFM. It promises to be a great night out while also showing solidarity through song for the people suffering unimaginably in Ukraine. All proceeds from the show will be donated to the Red Cross to provide much needed help to refugees fleeing the war.

A side from the Artists taking part a large portion of the organising was down to David Gaffney.

Having a 19 year old daughter of her own with Down Syndrome. Marcia decided to put her experience of caring for children with learning difficulties to use by fostering a child with learning difficulties 8 years ago.

Next Wednesday May 18th there is an online seminar for anyone interested in being a Foster Carer for children with disabilities.
Information on this can be found at: https://www.tusla.ie/services/alternative-care/foster-care/

MTU Cork School of Music are delighted to announce ‘Find Me Here’ a new EP, released under the CSM Sounds record label on Thursday 28th of April. The five track EP consists of original works and traditional pieces created and performed by students at MTU Cork School of Music and recorded in their top of the range Recording Suite on site. Spanning and even breaking boundaries across genres, ‘Find Me Here’ includes works from; Angela Moynihan, Colm O’Brien, Darian O’Shea, Julianne Quirke and Macdara Ó Faoláin. ‘Find Me Here’ released digitally on all streaming platforms.

1.You Got Me by Darian O Shea
2.These Days by Julianne Quirke aka Julia-Maria
3.It Just Couldn’t be Him by Colm O’Brien
4.Anyone But Me by Angela Moynihan aka Angie
5.Dursey Sound/Glenbeg Lake/The Sunny Hills of Beara arr. and perf. by Macdara Ó Faoláin

To listen to Find Me Here in full visit: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m2Y6PB9xCqjyGDvSGazz5vAT7T-f6f5KE

Kacper who has recently turn 14 was in remission from cancer, but unfortunately it has returned. He's now waiting on his 5th surgery. So Mark and Dots Tobin teamed up and are to do a walk from Youghal to Midleton ( where Kacper was playing hurling up until 18 months ago) it's distance of 27km. They will be joined by Kacper for the start and ending of the walk. Also Mark will be carrying out the walk in a firefighter uniform with an oxygen tank on his back.
The walk is taking place this Saturday from Perks at 9 am.

Mark is inviting everyone to join in!
You can donate to the event by visiting: Fundraiser by David Tobin : Help Kacper and his family (gofundme.com)
Or find out more about the event at: Midleton community rallies for brave teen fighting cancer with fundraising event (echolive.ie)

Stephanie chatted to Dave ahead of her show in St. Luke's. In order to prepare for the show Stephanie needed to sacrifice her ticket to see Ed Sheeran. Along with that she has a six month old toddler to look after. She also discussed how her songs connect with her on a more emotional level now because of that fact that she has a kid.

To hear more of Stephanie's Music visit : Stephanie Rainey Music – Stephanie Rainey

Or listen to the Sunday Brunch every Sunday from 10 am -2 pm on Cork's Red FM.

Six year old Charlie is a massive fan of Ed Sheeran. However at the age of two it was thought that he may have trouble with his speech. Move forward four years and he is fully able to speak and sing.
Martin believes that from listening Ed Sheeran's music it helped Charlie develop his speech.
Having said that, there are some songs by Ed that he is less in favour of as Charlie last year has been diagnosed with autism. Meaning that the more emotional songs can be overwhelming for him. An example would be the song "The Joker And The Queen".

Martin is hoping that Charlie will get to meet his hero or at least get the message about Charlie to Ed.

Lets make it happen by heading over to Instagram and tagging Ed: https://www.instagram.com/mychampioncharlie/?hl=en

Joe talks about an event happening in Cork Opera House on Friday 13th of May,all in aid of the Irish Red Cross Ukraine Appeal. Joe and The White Horse Guitar Club will be playing along with a number of other musicians, the organising committee include Dave Gaffney and Decky Lucey of Rubyhorse who are on the bill, along with The White Horse Guitar Club, Karen Underwood, Carrigtwohill Gospel Choir and The White Horse Gospel Choir. It's all kicking off with Citadel a choir made up of refugees living in Cork.

It's a great opportunity for both a night out and to support a worthy cause.
Tickets are €25.
Purchase them now at: https://www.corkoperahouse.ie/en-GB/categories/all%20events

Having organised the event virtually over the last number of years Joe and his team are delighted to welcome back the Ballydehob Jazz Festival, which takes place over the May Bank Holiday weekend. With a something to please everyone including music from Karen Underwood, a free Music Trail, The Bones of Ballydehob New Orleans Jazz Parade and Ticketed Concerts. All of which is community driven.

Get your tickets now at: Ballydehob Jazz Festival – Ballydehob, West Cork, Ireland

The 18th edition of Cork World Book Fest is a celebration of new and familiar voices and of our wonderful cultural city. The events take place in Cork City Library, Triskel Arts Centre, St. Peter’s and Fitzgerald’s Park. Featuring writers the world over including Jan Carson, Jose Maria Gallego, Catherine Prasifka, Edel Coffey, Martin Veiga, Nithy Kasa, Keith Payne and more in a series of readings, workshops, translations, illustration and family friendly events during Teen Day at the library on Wednesday 21st. Angelus to Angelus! Is a 6-hour marathon – Cover to Cover – reading by Cónal Creedon of Pancho and Lefty Ride Again, a collection of award-winning short fiction from this year’s One City One Book.

For more information on World Book Fest visit: Cork World Book Fest

Fresh from appearing on the Neil Prendeville show Sophie chats about Misneach, which is a project carried out in the Kabin Studio. They have recorded a track along with the assistance of GMC called "Pressure" it's about Women feeling under pressure to buy into the Materialistic Lifestyle for Social Media purposes and the fact that by doing so they aren't being true to who they really are.

Those involved in the production of Pressure were: Rosaleen, Chloe, Cara, Charmaine, Róisín, Katelynne and of course Sophie.

The Down Syndrome Centre Ireland are looking for your help with some much needed funding. They're asking that you take part in challenge 21 which is a Jog, walk or Running event. It's a distance of 21K from Haulbowline to Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
With our very own Rob Heffernan proud to be the Event ambassador.

To sign up or donate visit: Challenge 21 Tickets, Sun 19 Jun 2022 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

Moncrieff chatted with Dave from his home studio in North-West London. He also talks having his first no 1 single with Warm, co-written by Wild Youth’s Conor O ‘Donohoe.

Get your tickets for his Cyprus Avenue gig now: https://www.cyprusavenue.ie/gigs/moncrieff-11131171

Tony spoke with Dave the other night ahead of a live performance which was streamed online. Which coincided with the release of their new track Don't Believe Your Dreams.

The Burma is made up of Tony, Peter and Cian. They have a new album coming out towards the end of the year also.

To hear more of the bands music visit: The Burma | Irish Indie Band | Official Website | Cork, Ireland (theburmamusic.com)

Frances and Maurice won First Dance in association with Michelle the Jewellers, Best Menswear and Cinderella's Closet. The track they have chose for their first dance was "I want to break free" by Queen. In doing so they have won 15k towards their wedding in Garryvoe Hotel on November 19th. All done whilst trying to arrange a mortgage with the bank.

Congrats to the happy couple!

The types of Businesses and Organisations that Kevin and Cork Business Association will be representing include An Garda Síochána,Fáilte Ireland and Cork City Council. With the aim of getting Cork City to reach it's true potential. On the back of the pandemic there are a number of events plan throughout the year including...
The President's Dinner on April 23rd and Breakfast Briefings with Cork Businesses (In order to get new members).

We wish Kevin the best of luck with his tenure as President.

Liam O'Callaghan along with Eddie Butt of Emperor of Ice Cream are Arctic Lights. They're after releasing a calibration with Cat Dowling. It came about after a conversation Eddie had with Cat, as well as a mutual admiration they have for each other's music. Together they produced Fade away,which was produced in Ballycotton.

For more information about the single and to purchase it visit: https://arcticlights.bandcamp.com/track/fade-away-featuring-cat-dowling

Reggie will be performing in the North-side located Everyman Theatre starting from March 31st.
Reggie is a character who is part of an agony aunt column Ask Audrey, who were short listed for an IMRO award.Pat is also the writer behind the other much loved characters.He discusses how the idea came about.

Preview shows are happening on March 31st and April 1st,with the main shows taking place from April 2nd - April 16th.

Get your tickets fast before it's too late at: https://everymancork.com/

Rob, a former Red Patroller turned tech professional took part in the Great House Revival which was aired last night. It followed Rob restoring his Glenbrook Victorian House, which he purchased in 2019 as a single man and is now ready to settle down with his other half and 6 month old daughter.

To follow Rob's journey of him building a dream home visit:
The Great House Revival (rte.ie)

The IMART World Cup or The International Mixed Ability World Ruby Tournament, is for players with or without a disability. It's an adult tournament with 28 teams participating, from 40 nations, with 4 Women's teams and 24 Men's teams. This year it is taking place in Cork from June 5th - 10th.

It's a family event and all are welcome to attend.
For more information visit: Home New - International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament (imartworldcup.org)

Cork BMX Club will be involved in this years St Patrick's Day Parade, start time is 1pm on South Mall and MC is our very own Rob Heffernan.

The Club was established in 2015 it is a BMX Racing Club, Cork has an international standard BMX Racing Club. It's based in Tramore Valley Park.
They are open for business again and happy to take new members.
/https://tramorevalleypark.glencentre.ie/bmx/

The Barrack Street Band are back with a bang for their first St Patrick's Day appearance in 3 years. The band are back practicing again since last September, they have attended a few public engagements since, including the opening of the new runway in Cork Airport as well as a number matches.

If you would like more information on being involved with the Barrack
Street Band email: chairman@corkbarrackstreetband.ie

Cork musician Emmo chats to Dave (be it with a crick in his neck) about his new single 'Still' which is out today.
He also discusses gigs he has coming up, including in Cyprus Avenue in June. As well as what other ambitions he has..

To hear more music from Emmo visit: https://emmo.ie/about

Originally from India Dr. Lekha is a microbiology student involved with Aatma dance troop, who will be participating in this year's Paddy's Day Parade in Cork City for this first time in the groups history. They are keen to show Indian culture through dance, with a surprise thrown in. It's all tying with the theme of this year's parade "Unsung Heroes"
They will be joined by the UCC Indian Alumni community.

Sophie along with Garry McCarthy and a team of other young Ladies decided to record the track "No Worries" which was released as part of International Women's Day.
With the help of a grant from the St Patrick's Day Festival who teamed up with TikTok, this enabled them to record 3 songs. As well as music videos.
Listen to their new track "No Worries" at the end of the interview with Dave.

For more information on projects being carried out at the Kabin Studio visit:
https://www.facebook.com/thekabinstudio/

Pat McMahon will perform his one-man play "From 13 to 31" in Meelin Parish Hall after a 9 Mile walk around Meelin in aid of "Mothers First" on International Women's Day. Mothers First is a charity aimed at helping malnourished Children in Countries such as Africa and India.

To catch a live broadcast of the play visit:
Mothers First - Home | Facebook

Paudy Hourihane talks up his new single Cold Walk Home. Which has a boy meets girl type of narrative behind it.

You can listen to the song at the end of the interview with Dave and check out more of Paudy's music in the following locations:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2k6icJ27yn8wUzzNZPkkcd?si=TSHpINToRxejExz43rkFag&utm_source=copy-link

https://www.instagram.com/musicpaudyhourihane/

https://www.facebook.com/paudyhourihanemusic/

https://youtu.be/x-QfFWz_Nxw

Running from March 17th - 20th this year's St Patrick's weekend is sure to be fun for all, with the parade as the main event. With over 40 participants taking place in this NON VIRTUAL St Patrick's Day Parade. The theme is ordinary people in extraordinary times. The grand marshals this year are Blood Bike South.

Jordan Run (Aaron O'Sullivan) a Skibbereen native spoke to Dave ahead of him and his band's first gig of 2022, which is happening in Cypress Avenue on Thursday March 3rd.
We also heard their new track 21, a song composed during lockdown about being away in isolation from loved ones.

To hear more of Jordan Run's music visit: Jordan Run Official WebsiteJordan Run Official Website
Jordan Run - Home | Facebook

The aim of Recruit Refugees is to link up Refugees with employers in order to give them the opportunity to get into the work force.

Roos explains how they help the refuges get ready for the work place.

The group is based in Cork's Shandon Street, they do however work online and have candidates from all around the country.

For more info visit recruit: Home | Recruit Refugees Ireland

The group also benefited from the Rethink Ireland social start up fund, which will help community focused enterprises in carrying out good work around the Country. With up to 20 groups being rewarded. A side from funding you get a high level consultant helping you to build a strategic plan.

If you are interested availing of this fund visit: Freedom From Fear (rethinkireland.ie)

Garnish GAA Club in West Cork is set to hold a 24 hour event to raise funds for the club and the Irish Community Air Ambulance. The Longest Road takes place on Saturday, February 26th and will see club members and supporters running and walking around the pitch for a full 24 hours. The club is located at the western tip of the Beara Peninsula in the parish of Allihies. The Irish Community Air Ambulance was tasked to the club’s pitch last summer after a visiting player sustained injuries during a practice match. He was airlifted to Cork University Hospital.

Rory O'Driscoll is PRO of Garnish GAA Club and one of the organisers of the event, he said, “We’re a small club with approximately 40 players and came really close to folding two years ago. However, thanks to huge local effort we’ve found our feet again. The importance of the Irish Community Air Ambulance really hit home when it was tasked to our club last summer to help an injured player. We’re more than two hours from Cork University Hospital and it is a long road if you’ve suffered a head injury, a bad break or a heart attack. There is great community spirit in the area and we’re delighted to be able to give back to the Air Ambulance. We plan to have players on the pitch from the very early hours of Saturday morning until last thing that night, it also promises to be a great social event with plenty of tea, coffee and biscuits throughout.”

The Longest Road takes place on Saturday, February 26th and the club says all are welcome to join them for an hour or in their own locality. The club has set up an online donation page: https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11426985_then-longest-road.html
For more information about the service or to make a donation directly to the Irish Community Air Ambulance visit https://communityairambulance.ie

Baltimore fisherman Gerard Sheehy's sea-going maxim ‘fail we may, go we must’ is the inspiration behind many things including the documentary "Sail We Must (A Sea Story of Andrew Weatherall and An Irish Fisherman)" find out why here…

Yasmine chats with Dave on International Day of Mother Language.
She discusses how the North African Nation of Algeria has their own variation of Arabic.
Jasmine gives us a flavour of the language telling us what she loves about Cork in English first then in Arabic.

Gerry screens his satirical take on 007 in Clancy's Bar, the film features an all Cork cast with the premise being a guy who THINKS he is James Bond.
Here's the trailer to whet your appetite : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG1QRgaidJA

Joanna's first language is English and she spoke to Dave about life growing up in Bombay (Mumbai) in India.She tells us about how important it is to acknowledge the influx of various cultures and languages in Cork, as well as the ideas that these nationality's bring with them.

Good Day Cork have been running a multilingual event "Many Tongues of Cork" since 2019.

If you are interested finding out more about Good Day Cork and this event visit: https://gooddaycork.com/many-tongues-of-cork-3/

We are lucky to be welcoming Olympic Medallist and proud Cork man Rob Heffernan to the breakfast show weekdays from 6AM.
Rob and his daughter's Regan and Tara popped into the studio to speak to Dave ahead of Rob's debut on RedFM Breakfast.

You can catch Rob Live or on Podcast in the following locations: Red FM |
Breakfast on Cork’s RedFM – Red FM

Sophie talks to Dave about Kudos' new single Fragile thoughts which is based on a dream where you feel like you can do anything you want and a feeling of invincibility.
Then waking up to the realisation that it's not quite that straightforward in reality.

They were also involved in an event which was held in their hometown of Ballycotton. The Ballycotton Sessions goes out this Thursday,Kudos have recorded a behind the scenes series for every episode.

The first episode is on RTE 2 this Thursday with The Academic and is presented by Louis Duffy.

Dave from Wild Youth talked about Wild Youth's takeover of Green on Red and the songs he selected for the show,the challenges of lock-down for the band who were on the rise before hand.He also discussed the gigs they have planned including a gig in Cyprus Avenue in April.

Stephanie chats about how she is nervous but excited at the prospect of venturing into the world of radio presenting this Sunday at 10 AM.

She discusses how she is looking forward to engaging with her listeners and picking up new skills,on top of already looking after her son Jackson.

Tune into the Sunday Brunch this Sunday on Cork's Red FM.
redfm.ie

Despite Caitriona taking a PR role there is a big crew involved in the upkeep of Penny Dinners including; a board of Trustees, Management and Volunteers. She speaks of the generosity from members of the public and organisations from Cork and further a field. Cork's Red FM were happy to be involved with the donate a dinner campaign for the 2nd year running. This involved the public donating €7.50 (the cost of a lunch) as they couldn't have a Christmas party this year. Also involved was insight insurance. The grand total came to 10k.

Cork Penny Dinners now have a new service centre which will open in accordance with government guidelines. Some of the facilities available in the new centre are: Recovery Meetings, Mindfulness and Wellness workshops, a cookery school and a school which teaches survival skills.

For more information about Cork Penny Dinners visit: http://corkpennydinners.ie/

The Two Norries Podcast-Changing The Conversation Tour 2022

Hosts of the hugely successful podcast “The Two Norries” bring their ‘Changing the Conversation’ Tour to Cork Opera House with special guest Pat Falvey.

Saturday 12 February 2022

Vinci are a four piece band based in Dublin, however Kurtis was born in Cork. They built their own studio and started recording music remotely.

Their track secret lovers is one of those recordings.

For more information on Vinci visit: VINCI (vinciband.com)

Dave chats to Cork hurler and actor Timmy Creed on the resurgence of the Irish language and his involvement in an online modern day hedge school designed to reawaken your grá for our native teanga

Hugh chats about some of the emergencies he responded to provide pre-hospital care, which is something he does on a voluntary basis.

They're currently hoping to buy a new ventilator to provide more advanced care.

Healthcare is something that Hugh has inherited from his Father who carried out similar work in the 70's.

There's a challenge being set called the 999 challenge, which is happening to raise funds for East Cork Rapid response.

This involves spending 9 minutes in an Ice bath to raise €9,000. Which is a grand for the average number of calls East Cork Rapid Response are responding to each month.

If you would like more information about the challenge visit: East Cork Rapid Response - Home | Facebook

Ant 1 is a French Indie musician who is now well settled in Cork and was a member of a band called Slow Motion Heroes. Now deciding to fly solo he talks up his new single "It Is Life" which is out now on Cork's FIFA records.

To hear more of Ant's music visit: Music | ANT-1 (bandcamp.com)

22 year old French and Spanish Graduate Kaia Purcell has been crowned Miss Cork City, and recently represented Cork in the Miss Ireland contest. As a result of the pandemic it was a longer experience for Kaia then the competition would normally run for. Starting in 2020 with Miss Cork. Then progressing to the semi- final and final of Miss Ireland.

Entries for the 2022 competition are being accepted at: Miss Ireland (miss-ireland.ie)
Or download the Miss Ireland App.

Under the recommendation of Christian from MAKO DC and formally Cyclefly, Dave chats to Paul who has been playing guitar since the age of 16 doing covers and since the pandemic he found the space and time to write his own material, including his new single slipstream.

For more information about Paul's music visit: https://twitter.com/paulmacasey

Author & publisher Roz Crowley on her book Macroom Mountain Dew, Ireland’s first outdoor music festival in Macroom in the late 70s, available at Waterstones, Nano Nagle Place on Douglas Street and online. Roz chats about how the idea for the festival came about as well as the established artists in attendance.

Hear the full chat here

https://redfm.ie/shows/dave-macs-cork-history-matters/

Award-winning movie podcast, where Married couple Dave and Cathy podcast their walk home from the movies. As featured in The Observer, The Guardian, Le BBC & now they are Local Legends on Dave Mac's Drive too! thecinemile.com for more.

Micheal was sick of bringing his kids to the local park in Farranree and looking at how much of a mess it was, as well as the hazards such as broken glass and shredded metal from Coke cans. So he put up an advert using the hashtag Civic Pride North Side and he is encouraging the public to be part of the solution rather than the problem by bringing any cleaning equipment they have to Pophams Field and helping out this Saturday from 11am.

In advance of a forthcoming Cork History Matters podcast Dave Mac here complies a sample of the conversation he had with author & publisher Roz Crowley whose book Macroom Mountain Dew, available at Waterstones, Nano Nagle Place on Douglas Street and online, tells the tale of Ireland’s first outdoor music festival in Macroom in the late 70s. The Mountain Dew festival first featured Marianne Faithful in a dome borrowed from the Rose of Tralee committee and then by Cork’s very own local hero, the international rock superstar that was Rory Gallagher. Other acts to feature include Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, The Chieftains, Paul Brady, Horslips, Paul Young, The Dubliners, and many more.

The Kerry native is back fresh from a festive climb up Carrauntoohil and is ready to present you with music, chat and banter weeknights from 7.

The trailer for Gary's film has already received 2,500 views. It's a 35 min comedy flick that members of society who have dyslexia or anxiety should be able to connect with.

Gary who has a background in teaching got inspiration from the film when he noticed that not every student has the same needs.

To see the film premiere visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcsHjb6moY0

Miki from Slovakia who originally is a qualified architect decided to move discipline to fashion photography and partly in PR and commercial. He mentions the crossover in terms of composition and the fact that he had always been playing around with cameras since he was about 9. A side from this he has decided to launch his own clothing brand after seeing a niche in the Irish market, called Gnarly Peaks which is a specifically for thermal wear.
To buy your mountaineering clothing visit:
https://www.gnarlypeaks.com/

With the return of spectators Sinéad chats about this year's Cork club championships.
Including the Senior division footballers of St.Finbarr's claiming victory over Clonakilty and in the Hurling Midleton beating Glen Rovers.

Throughout December there's a new initiative in place called Red Friday.

Dave will be giving away Cork GAA club season tickets for 2022. As Cork's RedFM are proud sponsors of the Hurling Leagues.

To see what other types of packages they have available visit : https://gaacork.ie/2021/12/03/redfridaywithcorkgaa/

Stephanie Rainey's cover of the Christmas classic Last Christmas which was ironically recorded Last Christmas really began to take off, and started getting close to 250,000 streams.
It has now been added to a spotify playlist.

Despite having another addition to her family Stephanie still plans to produce plenty of great music in the coming year.

To hear her rendition of Last Christmas visit: Spotify – Last Christmas

Corcadorca Theatre Company have just celebrated their 30th Anniversary and are now full steam ahead with Éadaoin O’Donoghue’s new play, Hail to the Great Wave! which is open at CTDC (Corcadorca Theatre Development Centre) in Triskel nightly (except Sunday) at 8pm until Saturday, December 4th.

Hail to the Great Wave! is a dark, sweet, comedy about a couple surviving during the apocalypse. Ironically, it was first scheduled for production in Spring 2020 and was put on hold as a result of the covid pandemic. This is a play that looks at the heroism of ordinary people, the insanity of the times we live in, and the necessity of hope…and teabags. Playwright and actor, Éadaoin says, “it is a strange time to make theatre. Antigen tests, masks, rehearsing in a room with other people again, but still being very careful. There’s a sense of precarity and fragility. It’s also the exact time we need theatre.”

Starring Éadaoin and Moe Dunford, directed by Pat Kiernan, with set design by Owen Boss, lighting design by Aedín Cosgrove and costumes by Valentina Gambardella, Hail to the Great Wave!

For more info visit: https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/hail-to-the-great-wav

Brought to you by the creators & operators of Cork On Ice (since 2007) and iceskating.ie. Skate through the woodlands of Fota on a brand new skating experience, the first of its kind in Ireland.

In cinemas and online from Friday 5th to Sun 21st, the 66th Cork international film festival runs for a full 17 days and is safe & fully Covid compliant. With documentary's, features and short films from Cork Ireland & around the world. Including: Disco Pigs, Road runner, Clueless, Boiling Point and Big. There's also a trail of discovery around the City available.

You can now download the app for free and purchase your tickets at: https://corkfilmfest.org/the-66th-cork-international-film-festival-2021/download-the-myciff-app/

Fear Park is a scare event held every October. We are a live immersive walk through horror maze. Coláiste Éamann Rís - formally known as Deer Park CBC - hold a scare house every Halloween, as a family friendly community based night of spooky scary fun. This is the biggest fundraising event in the schools calendar. All proceeds of the night go straight back into the school so between students, parents, staff and volunteers it’s a spooky night to remember.

The event happens this Friday the 29th of October.

To book your tickets on Eventbrite visit: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/fearpark-2021-tickets-185009547537?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Part documentary, part concert film, Love Yourself Today is an emotive celebration of modern spirituality and the power of music to heal, it centres around the music of Irish singer songwriter Damien Dempsey but also turns the lens onto his fans. Every Christmas in Dublin, the crowds gather for Damo’s Christmas gig at Vicar Street. For many, these shows have become a cathartic ritual, a safe space where emotions can be laid bare. Through the prism of the concert, we meet Dempsey and three members of the audience. We hear their stories, unravel their grief and find the light in the darkness through communal art. With themes of addiction, loss but also hope and positivity, Dempsey’s music often reflects his fans' pain, alleviates their anguish and ultimately provides peace as they ‘sing all their cares away’.

The film is in cinemas from Friday 5th of November.

https://motherland.ie/film/love-yourself-today-official-trailer

Rachel started posting videos during the first lockdown of her playing songs on the piano such as; Tiësto's Adagio for Strings with the man himself re-sharing the video. Along with Mark McCabe's Maniac 2000 which Mark also reposted. Other fans include Brian O'Driscoll, Jenny Green and Jerry Cinnamon.

Rachel has an opening spot at Block Rockin" Beats in Cork Opera House this Sunday.

For tickets visit: Block Rockin' Beats Live with Today Fms Dec Pierce and guests - Over 18s - Live : Cork Opera House

Gavin chats about the video for the song which has a comedic element to it. Which suits the fun sound of the single.
The third album is something that he wanted to be unique to the first two while still maintaining the songwriter vibe.

To hear more of Gavin's music visit: https://shop.gavinjamesmusic.com/

The Arts and Ageing podcast was launched last week. It's an 8 part series with a new episode released every Monday. It was an initiative originally funded by the Arts Council and initiated by Cork City Council.
The podcast looks at creative ways at engaging with the elderly.
Including a part called local know- how, where older members of the public talk about skills they have and how they are still relevant in modern society. Like for example Kevin Jones's skill of knitting fishing nets.

If this has wet your appetite visit: https://open.spotify.com/show/5poyW4Xgjpc0Gf7IaIDW1C

The network is voluntary and works at a community level across the County and represents over 1000 groups. With the aim of giving a voice to these community groups. The organisation dates back to 2014 when town councils were scrapped. The PPN then stepped in with 31 groups across the Country. In Cork there's one for the City and one for the County. Any community can join for free and gain access to free training which is designed for community groups in relation to: Social Media, GDPR, Fundraising and how to access funding. The are 3 types of groups in the network: Environmental, Social inclusion and General Community groups.

If you our someone in your group would like to fill one of 37 seats available on the committee visit: Cork County PPN - Public Participation Network

The script are back playing gigs already and are extra excited. Danny chats about how the concert goers aren't on their phones as much and are living in the moment and how it took for them playing their hit "The Hall of Fame" for the stadium to light up in Romania.

We hear their new single "I want it all"

Rob is talking about how important eggs are as a superfood not only for athletes but for everyone.
He chats about how you can cook so many different meals with eggs which are also very tasty and healthy .
He speaks from Turners Cross as he awaited watching his son Cathal captain the Republic of Ireland under 17 to victory over Andorra last night in the European Championship playoffs.

For more information about world egg day visit: https://www.bordbia.ie/industry/news/press-releases/celebrate-world-egg-day-with-bord-bias-delicious-egg-recipes/

Ardú Street Art project recently announced their return with some of the country’s most exciting street artists brightening up Cork city’s streets from now until October 15th. Commissioning artwork from home grown talent of the highest level is the main aim of Ardú. The 2021 edition features four large scale murals by renowned artists: Friz at St Finbarr’s Road, Shane O’Malley at Lower Glanmire Road/Horgan’s Quay, Conor Harrington at Bishop Lucey Park, and Asbestos at South Main Street. Friz’s piece is nearly completed and start dates for the remaining artists will be announced soon on Ardú’s social media. The public are invited to visit the mural sites while the artists’ work, observe their process and finished pieces, and also get involved at an exciting series of hands-on activities at Wandesford Quay Courtyard – which are supported by Backwater Artists Group, Cork Printmakers, the Lavit Gallery and Cork City Council Arts Office through the Arts Council of Ireland's In The Open – Faoin Spéir award. Peter is Co- organiser of Ardú part 2 along with Shane O'Driscoll who is also organising this initiative attempting to bring life back to the City in the form of street art and large scale murals that are painted by Cork and Irish based artists. Artist Friz is commissioning a special print to mark Ardú 2021 and the support at Cork Printmakers. The print will be available to purchase.

For more details, visit Ardú’s social media pages:
Twitter @ArduStreetArt https://twitter.com/ArduStreetArt
Instagram: @ArduStreetArt https://www.instagram.com/ardustreetart

The Finswim Expedition started out from Carrickfin Blue Flag beach on the North West Donegal Coast on 17th September 2020. Anrí Ó Domhnaill (Henry o Donnell) was aiming to attempt a finswim and circumnavigation of the entire coast of Ireland with support from his expedition team. He also aimed to raise €100k for two worthy charities, Irish Cancer Society (ICS) and Water Safety Ireland (WSI). They reached the half way point off the Waterford coast earlier this year raising €43K for the charities but unfortunately the event was seriously disrupted and suspended due to the covid pandemic. Anrí continued training and planning amid the uncertainty generated by the covid situation in the hope that the event could resume.

Expedition Revival - after alot of hard work, serious planning by anrí and effort from the expedition team and support from the local community in Bunmahon , Dungarvan and other Waterford coastal areas , finswim is back on course along the south coast from Ardmore / Youghal area towards Ballycotton and onwards towards Valentia in the coming months. He reached south east of Kinsale this week.

For more information on Henry's fundraising efforts visit: finswim2020.com

John is currently on tour in Germany, he is arriving home to Cork in 3 days. Where he will be doing a number of gigs around Ireland for October. With gigs in Cork that include: The Triskel Arts Centre on October 16th, Mallow Arts Festival on October 27th and Tracton on November 20th. Next year he will also be playing in Coughlans, Douglas Street on February 3rd and 4th. He has released a new album titled On Ether & Air which is out now. It's the final part of a challenge that John set himself of recording 4 Records in a 4 year period. With a theme of: Sea, Earth, Fire and Air.

To hear more music from John visit: https://johnblek.com/

You're spoilt for choice at Ballyhass Lakes with activities such as: Axe Throwing, Zip Lining and High Ropes.
There's also a Coachford branch with other activities. Such as an assault course and wakeboarding.

Being located so near to Rathcool where the Irish Community Air Ambulance is located, Ballyhass decided to set up a fundraising effort.
The price of availing of the Air Ambulance is €3500.

Meaning that they need to raise 3 and a half Million every year to keep the service tipping over.

The event is for 16+ it's cost is €50 pp.

For an Adventure Race and Bake Sale. From 12pm-6pm on Sunday 3rd of October.

For more information visit: https://www.ballyhass.ie/activity/fly-high-for-heros-adventure-race/

The first Air Ambulance Charity Cycle will take place in West Cork on Saturday, October 2nd. Caheragh native, Darren Lynch is organising the 60km event to thank the Irish Community Air Ambulance following his own experience this summer. Darren was involved in a serious cycling accident in July and was treated at the scene and then airlifted to hospital to treat his injuries by the crew of the charity Air Ambulance.

The Irish Community Air Ambulance is Ireland’s first and only charity-funded HEMS Air Ambulance. It works in partnership with the National Ambulance Service and responds to serious incidents and medical emergencies from its base in Rathcoole in North Cork. The entry fee for the Air Ambulance Charity Cycle is €50. Donations can also be made online. For more information about the service or to make a donation directly to the Irish Community Air Ambulance visit https://communityairambulance.ie

If you wish to take part in the event or even just donate visit: https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11414248_friends-of-the-charity-air-ambulance-cycle.html

Thermo Fisher Scientific, based in Currabinny, has opened up applications to its €50,000 Community Partnership Grant scheme. Applications are open until the 8th of October to community groups in the lower harbour area who are making their communities healthier, cleaner and/or safer and can be made at www.thermofisher.com/csr/community-partnership-grant

This is the second year in a row they've done this scheme, and Cork Missing Person's Search and Recovery was one of the groups who benefitted last year. Chris O'Donovan is the group's search coordinator.

A documentary made about The Quay Co-op is featured in this year's Indie Film Festival which was produced by Emma and Eddie of Frameworks Films. It was founded in 1982 and John has worked there since 1985. A large number of those who set it up would have been members of communities back then that would have been seen as outside the norm such as: Lesbian, Gay, CND and Anti- Apartheid. It was seen as somewhere that gave a voice to those communities, somewhere where you weren't judged for being different. John also chats about how important it is that the public are now aware of topics such as climate change, something the Co-op had been campaigning for 40 years ago.

For more info about the documentary visit: https://frameworksfilms.com/

Tomasz is a recipient of the inaugural PLATFORM 31 bursary award. He screened 4 art films as part of the No Space project at Uillinn Arts Centre in west Cork as part of culture night last Friday night, in which he collaborated with other artists in Ireland, Australia, Pakistan and Sweden.

For more info about Tomasz visit: Installations/Projects (tomaszmadajczak.com)

Karen Underwood took the time to chat with Dave ahead of her performance at Cork Opera House. She performed her ‘Black American Song Book’ - a fusion of soul and gospel and everything associated with black culture. Aoibhe McCarthy of Sample Studios in Churchfield laid out what they do - offer an affordable space for artists as well as graphic designers, theatre performers, dancers and film makers - and their involvement in culture night. Finally Gillian Hennessy also discussed Triskel Arts Centre involvement in Culture night 2021 too.

For more information: Sample-Studios - Sample-Studios Triskel Arts Centre

Backwater is an artist studio in Wandesford Quay, near Clarke's Bridge. The idea behind the studios is to provide artists with a work area plus an exhibition space and a dark room.

There's a total of 68 members at present.

For more info about Backwater visit: https://backwaterartists.ie/

The Kabin Studio (Harbour View Road, Hollyhill, Cork), supported by Music Generation Cork City, is a non-profit community space that has grown out of a love for hip hop, original music, and more recently, horticulture. They believe in a holistic approach that includes the facilitation of music workshops, the recording and production of original songs, and the nurturing of a community vegetable garden in a neglected urban setting surrounded by social housing.

Check out the Kabin at: The Kabin Studio Cork - Home | Facebook

Niall's first feature film will screen at Gate Cinema North Main Street this Sunday as the opening film of IndieCork. He describes it as like a love child of Love/Hate and The Shining, a criminal story with a physiological horror element.

The film will open the 9th IndieCork.

For more info visit: https://indiecork.com/about/

Zoe chats about how important it is to be comfortable in your own skin which is something that she is passionate about telling others, as well as ignoring how things can be viewed on social media platforms. She encourages people to take a break from it every now and then, although that is easier said than done for Zoe who is a digital marketing analyst.

Video for the lead album track, ‘Lost in Therapy,’ shot all around West Cork including Lough Hyne hits the world Wednesday 15/09/21

Rushes describes his style of music as covering numerous genres including: hip hop, pop and R&B.

To hear more of Rushes music visit: Rushes (facebook.com)

There's a number of acts at the event including: Those nervous animals, John Francis Flynn, Fish go Deep ,Daithi and Paul Noonan of Belx1. As well as comedy from Sinead Quinlan and Cork's RedFM's Laura O' Mahony and Stevie G.

On top of that there's podcasts to be enjoyed from the likes of Blindboy.

All on a 121 acre site.

FOR OVER 21s.

If you are interested in booking a house to attend the event visit: It Takes a Village

Ultimate Hell Week- The Professionals

RTÉ One from 8th of September for 6 weeks.

18 celebrity recruits take part in a grueling special forces selection course designed by former members of Ireland’s elite Special Forces unit, the Army Ranger Wing (ARW).

The Professionals: Jake Carter, Peter Stringer, Laura Nolan, Stephaine Roche, Ryan Andrews, Marc O'Neill, Eamonn McGee, Niamh Cullen, Valerie Mulcahy, Deric Hartigan, Rory O’Connor, Andrew Trimble, Barry Murphy, Melanie Nocher, John Sharpson, Paul Olima, Anna Caplice and Darren O’Sullivan.

Commences Weds 8th of September.

Trisha Lewis AKA Trisha Transformations is Izzy’s local legend. She chats about a new Dove campaign she’s involved in, which is helping people to be themselves online. Plus she gives us some top tips about how to reset when in comes to getting back into the gym and getting more organised with food.

Waiting for Wi-fi tells the story of a girl named Maggie who is travelling around South America. Well actually...she has locked herself on her room since lockdown in 2020 and it's now 2023, she is pretending to travel the world on green screen.

Jess also chats about single 'Paranoid' which has an electro pop vibe. It was produced by Jess along with the assistance of Brian Casey in Wavefield with melody from Tiz McNamara.

To hear more music from Jess visit: Filmmaker | Jessica Courtney Leen

Laoise is a soul musician who will be performing a combination of original material as well covers of artists such as: Aretha Franklin, Incognito and some dance soul tunes.

The festival is taking place across a number of venues such as Triskel Arts Centre, Marina Market, Cornmarket Street. Finishing with a bang with a performance with Cork's Karen Underwood.

For more information about the festival visit: About — Soul in the City (soulinthecitycork.ie)

Introducing Curious Gardens: a series of one-day festivals of tunes, chats and laughs in the walled gardens of two historic houses, presented by Schweppe Curtis Nunn and Emperor’s Robes in partnership with the Office of Public Works. From the people who bring you MindField, Trailer Park and Salty Dog at Electric Picnic come two brand new, day-long festivals in the beautiful, intimate surroundings of the historic walled gardens at Doneraile Estate, Co. Cork (September 5th) and Emo Court, Co. Laois (September 9th) that celebrate the essence of the Irish summer festival. Curious Gardens takes you through the keyhole of these secret gardens to witness the planting of seeds, turning of soil, tending of vines, blooming of flowers and nurturing of green shoots. Birdsong will be joined by human music; the buzz of bees will accompany enlightening conversations and the hissing of summer lawns will give way to laughter as the walled gardens in Doneraile Court and Emo Court spring into life. Experience intriguing entertainment including music, talks and comedy; a hamlet of interactive installations ranging from a Calcutta-style bus, to a forgotten circus, to an Alpine snow chalet, with great food and drinks, loads of picnic benches with room to roam and much more.

Doneraile Estate, Co. Cork - Sunday, September 5th

Music : JYellowL // Dublin Gospel Choir // Jafaris // Interskalactic // Cooks But We’re Chefs // Steo Wall

Words: An Irishman Abroad Podcast hosted by Jarlath Regan with special guest Hilary Rose (The Young Offenders) // Colm O’Regan: Climate Worrier // Waterford Whispers News: Live with special guest Mary Ann // Elaine Feeney // Sinéad Gleeson // Lisa McInerney // Jennifer O'Connell // Martin Collins // Mairtín Mac an Bhaird // Oein De Bhairdúin // Marty Mulligan // Willzee Casey // David McDonagh

Interactive installations: Après Ski // Lord Ganesh’s Larder

For further information about this event visit: Curious Gardens - Doneraile Estate, Cork — TakeYourSeats.ie

The opening event of this year’s Pitch’d Circus & Street Arts Festival is Pure Daycent Chats with Paddy O’Brien and Noelle Ní Ríagáin, two Master Storytellers and Listeners, who are inviting the public to join them at the Douglas Street Parklet by the Cork Flower Studio for a cuppa and a chat from September 2nd to 5th and 9th to 12th.

How do you feel about where you live, what you love or hate about it, and how do you see it in 100 years? Tell them what the funniest thing that’s happened to you on the streets of Cork, or what’s your favourite Cork expression? Pure Daycent Chats want to know!

Other events include on Culture Night Friday 17th - RedFM media partners to Culture Night – where you’ll find a Circus street disco on the Coal Quay. Elsewhere and on other dates you’ll find Pop- up shows, Tumble Circus performing a brand new show, a workshop with Tom Campbell that shows you how to cover yourself completely in recycled rubbish, a community cabaret show, a circus street arts trail, and all to be finished off in Red Abbey square on Sunday 26th of September with an event called Pure decent rhymes which features GMC creating story's from the public in Rap form.

There's Plenty of more events available to check out at: PITCH'D - Programme of events (pitchdfestival.ie)

Kevin moved to Toronto just before the first lock down.

He decided to go recording with fellow musician and Corkonian Tiz McNamara, who he knew from having grown up with him in Douglas.
Resulting in a 5 track EP.

We hear one of the tracks from it hush.

To hear more music from Kev visit: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UQFOklwM8AKd8JcgRrwHF

The idea was brought about to raise awareness and letting people express hope in their mental health recovery as well as trying to break the stigma surrounding it.
In association with Notes to Cork, Steps of Hope decided to create a community exhibit which consists of a number of billboards around the city as well as a walk.
With artists expressing their journey and optimism and hope for mental health recovery.

They will be visible across Cork through the month of September.
With a selection of Photography, Artwork, Creative Writing and Poetry as well has hints and tips on relation to mental health recovery.

Other contributions were made from the Simon Community, Nask Gateway Project and Smart Recovery.

If you wish to find out more about this wonderful initiative visit: https://shine.ie/events/steps-of-hope/

Cork's Emperor of Ice Cream new single 'Weather Vane' is out now on FIFA Records, mixed by Graham Finn and produced by the band it captures the zeitgeist of this isolationist day and age, where social relations can be somewhat strained. Moods, motives and expectations can sometimes make us feel like we are caught up in a tornado of emotions when a relationship hits a rocky patch. This song is about the hope that remains even when things are falling apart. Offering driving rhythms and the Emperors trademark basslines, the band lays the foundations for raw and melodic guitars, topped by elegant, lush vocals and harmonies. A natural direction for the band, they bring in a fresher and raw sound, letting the parts speak for themselves rather than enveloping them with pedals and tricks. Since re-emerging on the scene in May 2020, Emperor of Ice Cream have embarked on a chapter few anticipated would be written. Their debut record's first anniversary is marked by a second pressing on vinyl and CD. Entering the official Irish album charts at number 35 upon release, the LP topped the independent charts and was among the top 20 best-selling Irish releases of 2020.
Garnering a new legion of supporters around the globe and a renewed demand for the band's back catalogue resulted in the release of a compilation album of their three early Sony-backed EPs ('Overflow', 'William' and 'Know Me'), having sold out in the pre-digital 90’s. The album reached number 21 in the official album charts, rising to number 3 in the independent charts. While the limited-edition physical copies were sold out on release day, it is still available as a digital download via bandcamp.

If you would like to hear more music from the Emperor of Ice cream visit: https://emperoroficecream.bandcamp.com/merch

Saanvi Kaushik from Frankfield in Cork city has won the Technology category at Technovation, a global competition that saw 5,900 girls from 60 countries develop 1,700 mobile apps that solve community problems. Stellar, the App developed by Saanvi, was selected as the best in the Technology category beating entries from all over the globe.

Saanvi who is 13 years old developed Stellar, an easy-to-navigate app, to provide timely and affordable Paediatric Occupational Therapy services to children that need them. Saanvi’s mother is an Occupational Therapist and during lockdown she saw first-hand her parent’s struggle to deliver care. Stellar provides a safe platform to Occupational Therapists so they can deliver remote appointments, monitor progress, and develop individualised programmes for children.

Ceara talks about how rowing has grown in popularity as a sport amongst Irish people especially after the success of our recent Olympians. The national rowing centre is based in Cork and the championships will see 503 crew's compete in 55 categories making for 130 races over 3 days.

The Lord Mayor talks about his reign as mayor so far, and chats about the playful culture trail. Which has 30 fun things to do across a range of museums and galleries.
It's an initiative sponsored by Cork City Council. It's set up to make these amenities more child friendly and help kids get more culture.

Available are such events as scoot down the marina, skim a stone across the Lee and ring the bells of Shandon.

He also chats about the banter back and forth between the Mayor of Limerick and himself, and how they are meeting one another at the county bounds with hurleys for "hurls at high noon".

Form more info on this event visit: https://purecork.ie/plan-your-trip/blog/2021/july/play-trail

Tom Jordan, co-founder of Cork environmental organisation Trees Please, studied history in UCC and worked many jobs while living in Cork city for 18 years. A self-taught musician, he plays with Cork folk ensemble Blind Poets and eagerly anticipates the return of live gigs. In the meantime, you may find him in the woodshed, learning about bees or tending his garden and tree nursery near Dunmanway.

To see our goal of ‘more trees’ realised we soon agreed that a lot of people starting small nurseries, growing local seeds and rejuvenating the local environment would be the best solution. And that is how our environmental action group, Trees Please, came to be. Our role is to facilitate people who want to plant trees. We are not ourselves experts, but we have organised woodland walks and foraging expeditions with native woodland specialists, including heritage officer Ted Cook, who cares for many of Munster's ancient trees including the Muskerry Oak and has also fostered many young forests around Macroom.

Ecologist Daniel Buckley gave us a terrific tour of Currabinny woods near Carrigaline during the easing of Covid restrictions last summer, while Mike Collard, who founded Future Forests nursery in Kealkill, brought a group of Trees Please enthusiasts on a terrific tour just before Covid struck in January 2020. By providing this point of contact Trees Please has become a touchstone for many people who wanted to grow trees but didn't know how. We encourage all types of tree planting, from windowsill nurseries to larger-scale planting. Trees please also collaborate with Green Spaces for Health, Green Spine Gurranabraher and Churchfield ,St Mary's Health Campus and Friends of the Glen as well as other Community groups.

To find out more about Tom's vision visit: https://tripeanddrisheen.substack.com/p/our-cork-2040-cork-could-be-a-wonderful

Or find out more on Trees please at: https://m.facebook.com/planttreescork/

The Cope foundation are holding one of many golf classics at Monkstown Golf course on the 19th and 20th of August.

Copes policy is mainly to help people with intellectual disabilities and Autism.

So for this golf classic they have decided to get two blind and two amputee golf teams involved as well as a team of Special Olympic golfers.

Terence talks about how those who are Amputees or blind would overcome the challenges of golf. As well as how everyone has a right to be included in sport and social activities.

For more information about Cope visit: https://www.cope-foundation.ie/

Having lived in Dublin as well as London for a lengthy period of time Sean is coming home to Cork! Here he tells us how he came 3rd in an international song writing contest previously won by another Cork man, Mick Flannery. Selected by a serious jury panel including: Tom Waits, Coldplay, Bastille and Fleet Foxes, the comp attracted 26,000 applicants from 158 countries.

His homemade lockdown album saw him score a record deal, his new label submitted the song – and new single - ‘Jocelyn’ album and it saw him finish third. A huge result!

The songs theme is the Irish diaspora of the 60's and how difficult a journey it would have been for many of them, specially it tells the story of one girl who went abroad and things didn't work out for...

To hear more of Sean's Music visit: All The Queens Horses – Official artist website All The Queen's Horses (allthequeenshorsesmusic.com)

On September 10th Steph and 500 of her colleagues at Telus aim to walk Kilimanjaro Africa's highest mountain... well not actually Kilimanjaro but the equivalent of 97 KM in aid or My Lovely Horse Rescue and AWARE.

The aim is to raise €50,000 for the two charities. The 97K can be done as part of a team or individually.

Steph visited My Lovely Horse rescue and fell in love with two Horses and decided to adopt them and they are now residing with her in Ballycotton.

If you would like to support this fundraising effort visit: #GOALLOUT TELUS Days of Giving 2021 | Fundraising Event Ireland (idonate.ie)

Jim talks about a secret language "Bearlager na Saor" that stonemasons used to communicate, a language that was used around the country with a stronghold in Munster.

He also talks of his involvement in Cork heritage open day online.

There's 3 minute guided tours of over 45 buildings across Cork this Saturday.

Including Riverstone House in Glanmire, The Quaker Meeting House, The Courthouse, Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills, Blarney Castle, Cork Opera House and Collins Barracks.

Not forgetting Carpenter's Hall based Stonemasons.

To view these amazing buildings visit: Cork Heritage Open Day - Cork City Council

Clodagh talks to us live from Germany about Mahon Community Pop academy which is an initiative of music Generation Cork City and in partnership with Cork academy of music. They have released a single called ‘Lose Yourselves in Hope,’ a song completely written by the students of Mahon Community Pop academy.

Those involved in the songwriting process were:
Alexander Lawton,Eimear Halihan (guest player from Rebel Brass)
Sean Hurley,Adam McNamara,Lucy O’ Sullivan,Lyneisha Gaule
Aoife O’Brien and Wiktor Owczarek

The tutors include : Clodagh Kearney
Stephen Manning Jr, Andrew Moran and Mark Kelleher

All carried out through zoom sessions every Wednesday for an hour. Where the teens were able to get their frustration about to pandemic out in the form of music. However they did want it to be an upbeat and catchy song at the same time.

To hear the song visit: https://youtu.be/inTD1QdWqY8

Trading in the heart of Cork city centre since 1788, the English Market is a roofed food market in one of the most important heritage buildings in Ireland and is made up of local stallholders and traders, who work together and independently to bring an eclectic mix of fresh, traditional, local and international produce to the people of Cork and beyond.

That includes Eoin O’Mahony of O’Mahony’s Family Butchers. A family run craft butchers that specialise in Dry-Aged meats and innovative cuts of meat - located on The Grande Parade Entrance at The English Market market, trading since 1974. O’Mahony’s was started by Eoin’s mum Katherine O’Mahony and since then Eoin and sister Eimear have joined her behind the counter and become integral to the business and are backed by generations of skilled trade. They have been bringing the best local meat to dinner tables in Cork for over 40 years and also supply meat to 20 restaurants in Cork City. Nearly every product you see in O’Mahony’s originates in Munster, and half of those come from their family farm, Ballea Farm. Since we work directly with farmers and suppliers, our supply chain is short and our food miles stay low. By keeping it local, we’re able to serve you meat that’s in season and always at its best. You will always expect to find innovative cuts of meat and a unique offering at O’Mahony’s - they were the first in Cork to stock ‘Macroom Buffalo’ - Buffalo is a sustainable, all natural, locally produced product. A favourite among customers is the very popular ‘Buffalo Burger’.

To get your hands on some of their produce visit: O’Mahonys Family Butchers – Old English Market, Cork (omahonysbutchers.com)

Paula is one of fifteen cyclists facing into a 10 day cycle challenge covering a distance of 1,500 KM. All in aid of much needed funds for breakthrough cancer research.

Starting off in Mizen head in beautiful weather as Paula and the group made their way up the country it wasn't quite as glorious while they made there way to Malin head eventually arriving on Sunday 8th of August.

This is not the only fundraising effort from Qualtrax they have raised close to 1 million with previous events.

It was all spearheaded by former chairman Dermot Costello who sadly passed away from bowl Cancer in January 2018.

If you would like to donate to the Crowdfunding page visit: Ride2amillion | Fundraising Event Ireland (idonate.ie)

Mick and Susan were put together due to the fact that they share a manager Sheena Keane who thought that a collaboration would sound well between the two.

Mick describes the whole album as telling a story between a couple.

The album 'Baby Talk' is out on September 3rd.

Carol and her team of 110 designers are playing a part in Cork Craft Month with over 70 events throughout August. Which is aimed at showcasing the talented creators and designers of Cork.

These various types of Crafts include: Ceramics,Woodwork,Jewelry,Basketmaking and Bookbinding.

There's plenty of events to attend with some available online too.

For more info visit: https://www.corkcraftanddesign.com/corkcraftmonth/

The group was founded 12 years ago in the north side of Cork City. It is the 3rd time this particular event has taken place, it will take place in the Firkin Crane. However it can only be viewed virtually unfortunately because of you know what.

Acts will be taking to the stage tonight at 7 PM.
The acts performing include John Spillane, The Lost Gecko and Dots Tobin,
it's being streaming in association with Unity Media.

Sadly Myles has known people who took their own lives and decided something needed to be done. So he set up the concert on order to bring attention to the services available in relation to mental health.

If you want to view the concert you can check out the artists Facebook pages or go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UHmSccgXNY

The family store which was originally opened on Marlboro Street , just after the burning of Cork. Is now based on 65 Oliver Plunkett Street. 2 generations later after David's grandparents moved there in 1927.

To celebrate they have competitions running such as the opportunity to win €1000 gift voucher. Which can be won by telling Casey's why a certain piece of Casey's Furniture is your favourite.

There's also further celebrations in the pipeline for September.

David is encouraging members of the public to consider going into stores rather than just buying online and support the type of businesses you want to see thrive.

If you want to see what they have on offer visit :Furniture, Beds, Rugs, Flooring - Nationwide Delivery - Shop Online | Caseys Furniture

The Good Room recently announced a brand new series of 21 live music and comedy events set to take place outdoors in the beautiful surroundings of O’Mahony’s of Watergrasshill. Each event will be staged in O’Mahony’s beautiful open air tented courtyard, with socially distanced tables for groups of 4 and 6, from July 29th to September 10th. These shows are supported by the Live Performance Support Scheme from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

Only 100 lucky patrons per show will be able to attend these fully seated events featuring some of Ireland's best musicians, comedians and singers over the course of six weeks this summer. The line up includes The Frank and Walters, Lisa Hannigan, Paul Noonan, Neil Delamare, Stephanie Rainey, John Spillane, Greenshine, Bernard Casey, Sinead Quinlan, Jerry Fish with many more gracing the stage from the August Bank Holiday weekend through to September 10th.

Events kick off over the August Bank Holiday weekend with a free show on Thursday 29th July when Cork based acoustic blues, folk and bluegrass outfit Jawbone led by guitar wizard Alan Comerford take to the stage. The following evening Friday 30th July, award winning comedian Neil Delamere will perform as part of the COCO Comedy series hosted by Cornelius The Comic. On Saturday 31st July, burlesque specialist Foxy P. Cox will present the Peacock Parlour, a varietease cabaret show with everything from burlesque, circus, drag, acrobatics and sideshow thrills. The most successful pop act to come out of Cork, The Frank and Walters will finish off the bank holiday festivities on Sunday 1st August.

Tickets for all 21 shows are available to buy online at uTicket.ie and limited tickets are available from O’Mahony’s Of Watergrasshill.

https://uticket.ie/venue/o-mahony-s-of-watergrasshill

Keith Duffy, Ian Dempsey and Dragons' Den entrepreneur Bobby Kerr get in on the fun in the new Irish road movie Poster Boys. The debut film from director Dave Minogue stars Trevor O'Connell, Ryan Minogue-Lee and Aoife Spratt and is billed as having "a lot of heart while showing off the beauty of the Irish landscape and the quirky towns across the country". "Set in contemporary Ireland during a time of extortionate rents and expensive pints, Aoife (Spratt) dupes her hapless brother Al Clancy (O'Connell) into babysitting her ten-year-old son Karl (Minogue-Lee) while she attends a weeklong music festival in Barcelona. "In a desperate attempt to save his job, the dysfunctional uncle lets his young nephew skip school so the reluctant duo can embark on a cross-country adventure in a stolen campervan." The cast also includes comedian Joe Rooney and Mallow actor Amy Hughes with music from Bell X1, Horslips, Joe Dolan, and an original score by Vyvienne Long from the album A Lifetime of High Fives.

In selected Cork cinemas now, it’s available to VOD on iTunes and Google from August 23rd.

Dylan briefly spoke to Dave about his band Rowan's new single, 'Love Gets in the Way,'

released last November on the bands first EP ‘No One is Safe Here’.

For more information on Rowan visit: Rowan Band | Rowan (rowantheband.com)

Anna Geary is on a crusade to find out why teenage girls give up on sport and exercise.

Huge numbers of teenagers give up sports during their teenage years, and girls are 3 times more likely to give up than boys. By the age of 13 -15 teenage girls are living by the label “not sporty” according to research from Sport Ireland. For presenter Anna Geary, sport has played a vital role in her life and she is desperate to understand and investigate the drop-out rate among teenage girls.

This series follows 4 time All-Ireland winning Cork Camogie captain as she takes on her biggest challenge yet: to create a Ladies Gaelic football team from the students of Ringsend College, a school on the outskirts of Dublin city where just a handful of female students play sports. In just 8 weeks Anna will have to encourage the girls to sign up, turn up, and form a team which is ready to play against other school teams in a GAA blitz. Meeting experts throughout, Anna will look at current research which aims to explain the current state of play, and learn some startling statistics about the impacts of inactivity on teenagers’ mental health.

Are you looking for interactive, educational, and playful things to do with your kids this summer? Museums, galleries, and attractions in Cork City have come together to create a Playful Culture Trail, featuring 30 fun and playful places where kids can explore the city’s culture, heritage and green spaces through play. Families participating in the trail will have the opportunity to hop through labyrinths at St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, design costumes for superheroes at Crawford Art Gallery, find their Bog Age at the Cork Butter Museum, trace tombstones at St Peter’s Church, make daisy chains at Nano Nagle Place, enjoy the playground at the Old Cork Waterworks, and lots more.The full trail is highlighted on a colourful and child friendly map that can be picked up along with a unique tote bag, colouring pencils, a Pure Cork pencil, and a bookmark, from attractions and hotels in the city.

Get ready by picking up your free canvas goodie bag or download the virtual map at purecork.ie/playtrail, Get set by choosing where you want to visit, and go, go, go before the summer is out! Some venues are free and others offer family rates. For more see purecork.ie/playtrail. Follow @corkcitycouncilofficial on social media for updates on the Cork Cultural Play Trail and Cork as a Playful City. Hashtags are #LetsPlayCork #ActiveCorkCity and anyone who uses these when enjoying the trail could be in with a chance to win spot prizes.

For more info visit: https://www.corkcity.ie/en/things-to-do/playful-culture-trail/

Cork Pride Chairperson Clive Davis: “The Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival are delighted to partner with our friends at Cork’s RedFM once again, and are thrilled that this annual partnership has developed into the creation of Cork Pride Radio, our new pop-up radio station, which is a first for a Pride Festival in Ireland. On the 24th July, the 2021 Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival will burst into life again, although not quite as we usually know it! We've just launched our full line-up of over 20 Cork Pride 2021 events, head on over to our corkpride.com website - we hope you'll be as excited as we are!”

Available on the new look redfm.ie website, on corkpride.com and on the Irish radio player app, Cork Pride Radio promises pride classics to make you dance, pride anthems to make you sing, lots of modern pride favs like Lady Gaga and all of RedFM’s amazing selection of hot new music. It's definitely something to banish the blues and to turn up loud! So if your life has been feeling a little dull of late, resuscitate yourself with a quick blast of Pride giving CPR - that’s Cork Pride Radio, on RedFM’s Red Hot.

For a full list of information visit : Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival (corkpride.com)

MakeSomeNoiseCork Presented by Shine A Light Suicide & Mental Health Awareness CLG Streamed live by Unity Media Network From the Firkin Crane Cork @ 7pm to 8.15pm On Friday 30th July

The main purpose of the event is to raise awareness of positive mental health, and to signpost people to the services and resources in their localities. A collaboration with Cork City Partnership and sponsored under the Healthy Ireland campaign and a Government of Ireland initiative small grants for 2020 and by Cork City Council.

Myles Gaffney, The Lost Gecko, Dots Tobin are with us again this year. We have changed the line-up for the event again this year by adding some of Cork’s most talented artist’s, special guests, John Spillane & Ger Wolfe, renowned singers’ songwriters and poets.

Please join us on the night for information on services in your area and nationally and entertainment by Cork’s finest talent. “Talking is a sign of strength not weakness”

visit: https://www.facebook.com/shinealightgroup/?hc_ref=ARS8WMYW5nuqLcrElxewWjWc5ejPq7J95gHmWFPMZpscuhBWu8RNkm_IB1uMNs-NRJI&fref=nf&__tn__=kC-R

Filmed in the atmospheric and awe-inspiring caverns of the Mitchelstown Cave, Subterranean Sessions will air on RTE 2 on Thursday July 15th at 22.30h. Subterranean Sessions: Songs from Beneath the Surface of the Earth, is presented by Roisin O and Barry Murphy (Hermitage Green) and features stunning performances from Lisa Hannigan, Gavin James, Paul Noonan, Lyra, Talos, Eve Belle, Moncrieff and Roisin O. Recorded live, Subterranean Sessions was filmed in the beautiful Mitchelstown Cave in December 2020. The superb acoustics and the vast natural auditorium of the cavern makes for a unique and unforgettable concert experience. Set in spectacular surroundings that will simply take your breath away, Subterranean Sessions has captured unforgettable performances from some of Ireland’s leading artists. Some of the highlights include musical gems such as Lisa Hannigan’s ‘Fall’, Gavin James’ ‘Nervous (OOH)’, Paul Noonan’s ‘Some Surprise’ and Lyra’s ‘New Day’. Producer Shane Dunne says: “At the point this was recorded we as an industry hadn’t worked or seen our colleagues for months. While we are still very much in the worst impacted industry of the pandemic, recordings like this were such a special few days for artists and crew alike. It was a chance to feel normal, to feel valued and to see brilliant artists express themselves in a beautiful location. Now as we hopefully see green shoots and look to the future, it’s nice to look back to those dark December days in South Tipperary and believe this time, that some summer night we’ll see our friends again.” Subterranean Sessions was part-funded by The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media through the Live Performance Support Scheme. Subterranean Sessions: Songs from Beneath the Surface of the Earth will air on RTE 2 on Thursday 15 July 2021 at 22.30h.

Speedo Mick has set his sights on a new mega mission – to walk 2,000 miles across the UK and Ireland and hand out up to £250,000 to worthy causes. Mick Cullen, 56, has trekked thousands of miles, attended hundreds of football matches and raised more than £650,000 in recent years - all while dressed only in a pair of blue swimming trunks. And the huge Everton fan has now embarked on a five-month trek across the UK and Ireland to hand out cash raised from his previous adventures - as well as raising even more. Super-fit Mick, who has twice been nominated for a Pride of Britain Award, first hit the headlines in 2014 by swimming the English Channel in just under 16 hours - despite being a novice swimmer. He turned up to Everton’s next home game in a pair of blue Speedos with ‘Channel Swimmer’ written on his chest, and his famous look was born. And in 2019 he completed a 1,000-mile walk from John O’Groats to Land’s End and raised half a million pounds, far exceeding his initial target of £100,000. His newest mission, the ‘Speedo Mick Giving Back Tour’, will cover 2,000 miles, taking in five capital cities - London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Dublin and Belfast. Starting from Stornoway, in Scotland’s Western Isles, and ending in Liverpool, the route will cover a string of towns and cities, and Mick will walk up to 20 miles per day across five months. He’ll only be wearing his trademark blue undies, as well as a swimming cap, Everton scarf and a pair of boots. He wants to raise more money to donate in future, with Mick just £350,000 away from hitting the £1million mark since he began in 2014.

Filmed in the atmospheric and awe-inspiring caverns of the Mitchelstown Cave, Subterranean Sessions will air on RTE 2 on Thursday July 15th at 22.30h.

Subterranean Sessions: Songs from Beneath the Surface of the Earth, is presented by Roisin O and Barry Murphy (Hermitage Green) and features stunning performances from Lisa Hannigan, Gavin James, Paul Noonan, Lyra, Talos, Eve Belle, Moncrieff and Roisin O.

Recorded live, Subterranean Sessions was filmed in the beautiful Mitchelstown Cave in December 2020. The superb acoustics and the vast natural auditorium of the cavern makes for a unique and unforgettable concert experience.

Set in spectacular surroundings that will simply take your breath away, Subterranean Sessions has captured unforgettable performances from some of Ireland’s leading artists. Some of the highlights include musical gems such as Lisa Hannigan’s ‘Fall’, Gavin James’ ‘Nervous (OOH)’, Paul Noonan’s ‘Some Surprise’ and Lyra’s ‘New Day’.

Producer Shane Dunne says: “At the point this was recorded we as an industry hadn’t worked or seen our colleagues for months. While we are still very much in the worst impacted industry of the pandemic, recordings like this were such a special few days for artists and crew alike. It was a chance to feel normal, to feel valued and to see brilliant artists express themselves in a beautiful location. Now as we hopefully see green shoots and look to the future, it’s nice to look back to those dark December days in South Tipperary and believe this time, that some summer night we’ll see our friends again.”

Subterranean Sessions was part-funded by The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media through the Live Performance Support Scheme.

Subterranean Sessions: Songs from Beneath the Surface of the Earth will air on RTE 2 on Thursday 15 July 2021 at 22.30h.

This year Kinsale Arts Weekend festival runs from July 8th to 11th and as we emerge from the trauma of a global pandemic, the theme of the festival “The Year the world changed” which was inspired by the David Attenborough documentary, offers opportunities to reflect, heal and hope through the power of the creative arts.
· The festival programme has been tailored to allow for safe enjoyment in the context of COVID-19 restrictions and reflects both outdoor events as well as innovative “drive in” shows.

The exciting 2021 programme reflects the festival’s aims to celebrate many diverse art forms and artists from the worlds of theatre, dance, music, comedy, literature, crafts, and film as well as the visual arts come together over one weekend to delight and inspire locals and visitors.
· Singers, Song Writers and Musicians, John Spillane, Lorraine Nash, Paddy Dennehy, Jack O’Rourke, Marian Cassidy, and Emmet O’Connor feature alongside local and loved artists over the four-day event at the “drive in” Saile venue.
· Irish National Opera present an outdoor screening of “The Lighthouse” by Peter Maxwell Davies at the Bowling Green, one of Kinsale’s beautiful and historic locations.
· Families and young audiences will enjoy a creative adaptation of a much-loved children’s classic, featuring “a terrible pair of foul folk” and a “feathered and furry rebellion” alongside a variety of other innovative dance, storytelling and theatre pieces at locations across the town.
· Alannah Hopkin partakes in a live Q&A on her recently published book “A very strange man”, selected by Sebastian Barry as his “book of the year” at the Tap Tavern.
· Kinsale will become a live gallery incorporating shop windows alongside traditional galleries, enabling the display of the wonderful work of both local and national artists. Come to the Spaniard to experience the explosion of colour and creativity in the work of Omin, the renowned international muralist and graffiti artist.
· Kinsale’s beautiful harbour and magnificent seascape provide a natural setting for a variety of other events such as poetry readings, craft making and drama.

Kinsale, offering a variety of high-quality accommodation and restaurant options for all budgets makes it a destination of choice in which to connect with friends, festival fans and artists alike.
The festival, organised by a team of local professionals, artists and residents benefits from an inspiring and inclusive community spirit that aims to place Kinsale firmly back on the road to recovery during the summer of 2021.
“Walk ins” are possible for most events on the programme, but to be certain of your place, why not visit kinsaleartsweekend.com and book your ticket now!.

Kinsale Arts Weekend Events | Eventbrite

Sarah is one of just 6 Irish applicants, amongst a total of 300 women all vying for a prize of racing in the GT Cup series. The idea behind Formula Women racing is to provide training to women with limited or no racing experience and offer them the chance to take a place in the GT Cup racing series. It has been run previously in 2004 with over 10,000 applications and as it was so successful they decided to bring it back this year for a televised event. Sarah first became interested in racing at the age of 10 by her mother and has been obsessed ever since. She discovered Formula women through a motor sport podcast, It's a sport that requires passion for driving over experience when starting off. In order to prepare there's an on track assessment in the UK and training in Mondello park.

She needs sponsorship support, find out more here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2BN3EchrqsyxmG4sDstfTg

The Courtmacsherry All Weather Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat was called out Tuesday June 29th at 9.10am, to go to the aid of a 32 foot Yacht with a lone sailor on board that got into difficulties 15 miles south west of Courtmacsherry Bay in West Cork. The Courtmacsherry All Weather Lifeboat, Frederick Storey Cockburn under volunteer Coxswain Kevin Young and a crew of 4 were away quickly from their moorings, as a pan pan alert was issued by the Coastguard, that the yacht had suffered a broken mast, disabled steering plus engine failure and required immediate assistance. The yacht was at sea for the past 14 days while on passage from the Azores to Ireland when the incidents occurred in poor conditions over the past few days. Once the Lifeboat reached the causality at 10.10 am, Lifeboat Coxswain Kevin Young assessed the situation and as the causality was completely disabled, a decision was taken to put the Lifeboat towline on board the yacht and proceed under tow to the nearest port of Courtmacsherry. The weather at sea had improved overnight and the Lifeboat proceeded at a safe towing speed back to safe surrounds of the Courtmacsherry pontoon, while also putting one crewperson on board the yacht to help a very tired skipper as they took the yacht alongside while traversing the Harbour Channel and final arriving to the Village Pontoon at 1.15pm. The skipper of the Yacht suffered the mast break four days ago and without any sleep since in gusting weather, was mighty glad to be on safe grounds of Courtmacsherry after being completely disabled at sea earlier this morning.

The Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat voluntary Lifeboat Operations Manager Brian O Dwyer said “We are all so relieved that the crewmen was rescued so quickly this morning and praised the great response of all the crew and officers who left their workplaces and rushed to the station, in order to help a fellow seaman in distress at sea this morning”. The Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat Crew involved in this morning’s callout were Coxswain Kevin Young, Mechanic Pat Lawton and crewmembers Tadgh McCarthy, Evin O Sullivan and Conor Tyndall. The Lifeboat has now refuelled and re stocked, in readiness of whenever the next call to action may occur. This was the 17th callout of 2021 for the All Weather Lifeboat Station in Courtmacsherry.

Dripsy woman Kathleen moved to the UK aged 18 and got stuck but finally moved back home two years ago. The only way it was affordable for her to make the move home was through arranging for a custom-built off grid eco tiny house to be constructed. Which she is now raffling to raise funds to build on Beara. 5% of the proceeds will go to Cork Penny Dinners and Cork's Simon Community.

Included in the home is :An open plan kitchen-living Room, with underfloor heating, and a "Hobbit" wood burning stove. There is a sliding door that leads to the bathroom and a very large shower, and includes "The Villa" high spec composting loo (includes integral fan, no odours.) A staircase with storage leads to two double bedrooms.

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this home visit: Enter Raffle to Win Eco Tiny House Raffle Ireland Hosted By Thereasa Riordan (raffall.com)

Sunday 27 June was World Microbiome Day - a worldwide celebration of all things microbe. APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre is a lead coordinator and had three highlight events - Reading of Children’s book ‘There’s a Zoom in my Poo’ by Felice Jacka; Microbiome Friendly Brunch, an online cooking demonstration by Darina Allen in conversation with fermented food researcher John Leech; and Ask the Experts-Sustainability and Microbiomes, an information session hosted by Jack Daly a scientist from The Lough for the public to post questions to APC microbiome experts. Catch up on apc.ucc.ie

Dunmanway lass Rua talks about the pros and cons of living in Los Angeles & following her musical dreams.

'Pretty Good Right Now' is a nostalgic yet hopeful folk-pop summer tune to see us through the final stretch as we transition out of pandemic blues and trust in the pretty good times we have ahead. Definitely a song to blare while driving with the windows down at sunset.

‘Throwing Shapes’ the culmination of two years of writing, performing and development with a core group of eight young artists from The Kabin in Knocknaheeny. Performers/writers: Alex Brady, Ava Collins, Cian Hearn (Gatch), Katelyn O’Sullivan, Kayleigh Russel, Patrick (Ricky) Salmon Anson, Daniel Sheehan (Jester). Featuring supporting artists from the Kabin MGCC programme’s junior and senior groups. These young people are central to The Kabin Studio –a Cork Education and Training Board facility in Knocknaheeny run in partnership with GMC Beats and MGCC –and the film showcases their music, their words, their performance and their journey in expressing themselves through Hip Hop. This is music and art that is unmistakably of Cork City. The film explores this familiar landscape through a lens coloured by the experience of the year we’ve just had and the creativity that sparks in challenging circumstances.

Executive Producers : Ayla Amano and Brendan Canty (Feel Good Lost who have created videos for Hozier, Dermot Kennedy, Saint Sister)

Directed by Rosie Barrett and filmed by Albert Hooi (recent work includes Gemma Dunleavy’s Up The Flats and Jape’s Sentinel project)

Co-produced by GMCBeats at the Kabin Studio, Music Generation Cork City Cork, Graffiti Theatre Company, Cork Midsummer Festival

Project support from Music Generation’s Creativity and Collaboration Fund, the Department of Education and Skills, Arts Council Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Cork City Council’s Arts in Context fund, City Northwest Quarter Regeneration Fund, Cork Midsummer Festival and Youth Work Ireland. Creative facilitation team: Niall Cleary (Graffiti Theatre and Fighting Words), 0phelia aka Ophelia McCabe, Garry McCarthy (GMCBeats, The Kabin Studio)

For more information on future works visit: The Kabin Studio Cork - Home | Facebook

Fallen is Mel O’Doherty’s debut novel. When Michael Connolly was a child in the 1970s, his mother Elaine told him about all the things that happened to her in that place. All that the nuns had done. The doctors encouraged Elaine to talk, and talk she did. She even tried to tell the public. She wrote letters to the newspapers. She made signs and picketed Mass. The good pious parishioners silenced her. The doctors told her she was delusional. Her husband didn’t post her letters. Her son didn’t believe her. Three decades later, still caught in the guilt from that time, Michael sits watching the news about the mother and baby homes unfolding, and realises, with his mother long gone, that she had been telling the truth all those years ago. Fallen is a stark and beautifully written account of the impact on one family of a shameful chapter in modern Irish history.

'Fallen is a powerful, engrossing, deeply moving novel. I loved it.' Roddy Doyle

'A hugely powerful novel, full of heart, empathy and quiet passion.' Joseph O'Connor.

'A quietly devastating novel. Mel O'Doherty crafts this powerful story with the lightest of touches and yet every sentence seemed to sink its teeth into me. I will be thinking about Fallen for quite some time.' Jan Carson

Mel O’Doherty was shortlisted for the Francis MacManus Award in 2019. In 2020 he was shortlisted for the Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Award and longlisted for The Sunday Times Short Story Award. His stories have been published in Southword Literary Journal and The Irish Times and broadcast on RTÉ Radio. He is an English teacher by profession. Fallen is his debut novel and it is published by Bluemoose Books in June 2021. He lives in Douglas, Cork with his wife and three children.

The aim of this initiative is to show people how amazing Cork City is and allows you to take in Shandons Old and Historic buildings, while also getting outdoors and keeping fit at the same time.

It is urban course with tiles marked on the routes with an online map.

This Friday the 2nd route is being launched, as the first one was so successful. It will go through the marsh and into the South Parish. All kicking off in Wandesford Quay from 5.30 PM - 8 PM.

If you fancy having your artwork featured on the new route you can in a competition which involves drawing a sketch of a historical building on a ceramic tile.

If you would like to take in the route in your own time or want more info visit:
https://www.corkcity.ie/en/things-to-do/parks-outdoors/orienteering/shandon-orienteering-project/

As part of Cork Midsummer Festival 2021, Corcadorca Theatre Company presents FitzHenry, a theatrical Anglo-Irish horse, is visiting this year’s festival taking in the city and its environs until 27th June.

“Where is the Horse?” is part of Corcadorca's development of a large-scale, outdoor, theatre piece based upon Frank O’Connor’s seminal short story ‘Guests of the Nation’ which will be presented as part of Cork Midsummer Festival in 2022. This will be a creative collaboration between Kevin Barry, the celebrated Irish writer, recently long-listed for the Booker Prize, Mel Mercier, Tony-nominated and multi award-winning composer and sound designer, and Corcadorca’s Artistic Director, Pat Kiernan.

This year, as part of the development, they have created a two-person theatrical horse, designed and made by Elisa Gallo Rossa, and led by performer Kathie Richardson to represent the often uneasy relationship between Ireland and England. Kathie will walk the horse around various locations, at undisclosed times, during the festival, catching the public by surprise… keep an eye out for FitzHenry!

In Diving for Pearls, a young woman's body floats in the Dubai marina. Her death alters the fates of six people, each one striving for a better life in an unforgiving city. A young Irish man comes to stay with his sister, keen to erase his troubled past in the heat of the Dubai sun. A Russian sex worker has outsmarted the system so far – but will her luck run out? A Pakistani taxi driver dreams of a future for his daughters. An Emirate man hides the truth about who he really is. An Ethiopian maid tries to carve out a path of her own. From every corner of the globe, Dubai has made promises to them all. Promises of gilded opportunities and bright new horizons, the chance to forget the past and protect long-held secrets. But Dubai breaks its promises, with deadly consequences. In a city of mirages, how do you find your way out?

Jamie O’Connell , from Fermoy, was Highly Commended for the Costa Short Story Award 2018, short-listed for the Maeve Binchy Award and the Sky Arts Future’s Fund, and long-listed for BBC Radio 4 Opening Lines Short Story Competition. He teaches in University College Dublin. Diving for Pearls is his debut novel and is published by Doubleday Ireland.

Leah talks turning 25 and the importance of releasing her first single to mark the moment.

She studied songwriting in Dublin in the BIMM Institute gaining a wealth of experience from the other musicians on the course.

For more information on Leah's music visit: https://www.instagram.com/leahrosemusic/?hl=en

Cruinniú na nÓg is a creative festival for children and young adults, and Sharon and daughter Karina have cooked up, shot, edited and produced a promo video featuring their dance troop of 56 dancers between the ages of 6 -24, dancing in pods at various hot spots around the Wild Atlantic Way.

Other events on display include ; Music Generation Cork, GMC Beats workshop and plenty more...

To find out more about Cruinniú na nÓg visit: Cruinniú na nÓg - A day of free creativity for children and young people (creativeireland.gov.ie)

Joan Denise Moriarty - School of Dance (joandenisemoriartyschoolofdance.ie)

Literary curator Danny Denton tells us about A City and A Garden, commissioned by Sounds from a Safe Harbour in association with Body & Soul and presented as part of Brightening Air | Coiscéim Coiligh, a nationwide, ten-day season of arts experiences brought to you by the Arts Council. It’s a new state-of-the-art sonic experience that combines story and song produced by some of Ireland’s most exciting writers, musicians, and voice artists.

From Friday 11 - Sunday 20 June, visitors will discover, through free smartphone technology, the stories and songs that lie hidden in the trees and bricks of our city spaces. There are 2 trails across Cork City:

ROUTE 1 - Cork City - Sundays Well Road (Rose Construction hoarding) to Red Abbey Square.

A Northside rebel tells us how on a mad dash through the city streets she lost her heart - and various other bits of herself - to a lovely boy from West Cork in “Town: A Love Story in Body Parts” by Lisa McInerney. Narrated by Hilary Rose with accompanying music by Fish Go Deep.

ROUTE 2 - Cork City - Mardyke Bridge (Skate Park) to Bell’s Field

A lone man, invisible to you or me and stuck in some in-between place, slips through time as he follows a path from riverside to graveyard to hilly climb in “Now, Voyagers” by Louise Hegarty. Narrated by Conor Lovett with sound design by The Quiet Club and song by Seán O’Sé.

For more info visit: Sounds from a Safe Harbour // SFSH

Back home in Wategrasshill cause of you know what Watergrasshill musican Kelsey here tells Dave about her new single and journey into music to date.

Jeanette from Killmallock has been in Cork since college and has been a singer, hair dresser and now makeup artist with 66.8K Insta followers, a large portion of which came from jumping on a TikTok makeup trend.

A relative newcomer to the industry, up to age 33 Jeanette had a varied background; she studied music in Cork and was involved in signing in clubs, after this she studied Counselling and psychotherapy and then worked in a salon for 10 years.

Jeanette will be demonstrating her skills, with videos posted on Red FM'S Facebook page every Thursday throughout the month of June.

Corks RedFM 104-106 - Home | Facebook

The power of art to connect, inspire and tell a story is beautifully and powerfully encapsulated in Kindred Spirits, a distinctive and much-loved sculpture, located at Bailick Park in Midleton. Created by Alex Pentek, the piece was commissioned by Cork County Council in 2013 and commemorates the donation of $170 (a huge sum for the time) by the Choctaw Nation to the Irish people during the Famine.

The piece, referred to locally as ‘the feathers’, comprises nine 20ft-high stainless steel feathers, each one unique, in the shape of an empty bowl. It is a feat of artistic ingenuity, design and engineering, taking heavy-duty materials and making them appear as light and delicate as the air that blows through them.

Pentek, who lives near Grenagh, Co Cork, says he wanted to encompass the Irish and Choctaw stories of oppression in the piece, and he did extensive research on the history of both nations ahead of making it.

http://alexpentek.com/profile/

Cork ETB student Anna Jakobek has recently been accepted into the Washington Leadership Programme and has written a testimonial about her time in Mayfield Training Centre.

Anna recently hosted Cork ETB’s Youthreach and Community Training Centres #ThisIsMe exhibition and anthology at Crawford Gallery.

For more info visit: https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40298996.html

Anna Keyes, Amy O'Brien, Eleanore Robb and Alannah Wyrnn joined YMCA Cork last year, where they met online.

Celebrating its 10th year, Trend Micro’s What’s Your Story? annual video competition posed a very fitting question to Ireland’s youth, ‘How did the internet help you get through this past year?’ Leaders in cloud security, Trend Micro’s What’s Your Story? competition is an annual highlight in their Internet Safety for Kids & Families (ISKF) programme. It is designed to give young people a platform to educate themselves and others on responsible use of the internet and to nurture this safe space. Featuring a quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet to summarise the roll the internet played in their lives last year, ‘I could be bound in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space’, it was Anna Keyes, Amy O'Brien, Eleanore Robb and Alannah Wyrnn from YMCA Cork who were crowned overall competition winners. In just two minutes they demonstrated how technology was intertwined in all of their individual interests from learning guitar with the assistance of YouTube tutorials to cooking along to Instagram lives. Commenting on their winning submission Alannah says, “It got personal. Lockdown allowed us the time to focus on our own personal needs and the internet was a huge support for personal development, growth and friendship”. While for Anna and Amy, it was the fostering of friendships which stood out most, “The internet allowed us to find like-minded people where we could learn and broaden our views on so many things that we are passionate about”. “What is amazing about our overall winners this year, is that before the cheque presentation they had never met in person before. The students from Ballydehob, Mitchelstown, Dunmanway and Carrigaline joined YMCA last year, where they met online. Our increased dependence on the internet this past year has created some challenges, but also great opportunities. In the case of these talented young people, they showed the world how the internet has positively impacted their lives and literally brought them together.”

The band is made up of ex-Cyclefly members Declan O'Shea and Christian Montagne with Lawrence Sweeney on Bass and Ciaran O'Neill on drums.

Their new single ‘Adore’ is an experimental track as well as observations on everyday life.

Declan talks of his past rock n roll adventures in 'Cyclefly 'playing festivals like Woodstock and numerous arena tours.

For more on Mako DC visit: https://mako-dc.com/home

Kayleigh is heading to the UK this weekend for the 2nd round of the F1000 UK championship. Which in layman's terms is a race carried out on a 1000 CC bike engine, which has you going from 0- 60 Km per hour in 3 seconds and up to speeds of 150MPH.

Having started with Karting 3 or 4 years back Kayleigh wanted more of a challenge, her love for motor racing came about when she attended rallies with her father from a young age and decided she was sick of watching from the sideline and wanted to be behind the wheel.

Little did she know that she would then go on to race in the likes of Silverstone and Donington. As well as going on to win a best newcomer award.

We wish Kayleigh the best of luck this weekend!!

To see how she gets on visit: https://www.youtube.com/user/750MotorClubTV

Sally has a smokehouse between Skibbereen and Castletownsend in rural West Cork She has first-hand experience of the fishing industry, as she was married to a fisherman. Sally has been smoking fish for the the past 40 years. She is now passing on her wealth of knowledge to these who are interested in classes down in her smokehouse. Woodcock smokehouse recently enjoyed a visit from Chef and owner of Randaddy's beachfront restaurant in Lahince County Clare. Randy recently shot an online TV series, available on his social accounts and on rte.ie/lifestyle form Saturday 30th, called Randy's Real Taste of Adventure: East of Ireland Tour. This 6 part mini-series saw him leave his restaurant of ten years behind to take to the highways and byways of Ireland on his first Irish adventure exploring the South and East of Ireland. He covered 8 counties in just 6 days visiting a dozen food businesses and enjoying some great Irish adventure in the great outdoors.

For more info visit: RTÉ Lifestyle | Food, Fashion, Living, Travel & Motors (rte.ie)
https://www.facebook.com/randaddys/

SECAD Sustainable Communities Training Programme is a FREE programme aimed at community groups, volunteers, businesses, young people and individuals who are interested in developing and nurturing sustainability within their local communities. The initiative will support participating communities to identify sustainability goals, while helping them to develop a community plan that strives for social, environmental and economic benefits for all. The core programme will run until June 2022, beginning in September this year with a series of weekly workshops that will cover a wide range of important sustainability topics.

This latest initiative follows SECAD’s 2019-20 ‘My Town, My Plan’ programme, during which eight communities (Clonakilty, Skibbereen, Rosscarbery, Kinsale, Carrigaline, Youghal, Cobh and Midleton) started a process of planning for their local area. The closing date to register for the introductory workshops is 24th May. For further information on the SECAD Sustainable Communities Training Programme, and to register please contact noconnell@secad.ie or info@secad.ie / or tel 021 4613432 or 087 9672515.

Will and his team Zipp are looking to expand the availability of E- Scooters to the public using a crowdfunding platform, with the hope that they can expand to country's such as Portugal and Poland as well as Cork. With a concept that is similar to that of the Coca Cola bicycle scheme and was set up by Dublin man Charlie Gleeson.

If you would like to help support this cause visit: Spark Crowdfunding – Equity Crowdfunding Platform in Ireland

Skibbereen musician Rushes explains Stevie G’s influence on his musical formation and of how he brought him into RedFM aged just 17 to play his first song, something that gave him a huge boost and inspired him to want to come back bigger and better the next time. Later his 2019 debut EP 'Glimpse' earned him an astonishing 1.5 million streams on Spotify. Now new single ‘Wide Eyed’ is but the first in a series of 10 tracks he’s releasing under the title ‘Glow Child.’ The main message behind the song ‘Wide Eyed’ is about self doubt and cutting ties with the past.

To hear more music from Rushes visit: Rushes | Spotify

Announcing the launch of a Fund it crowdfunding campaign for Cork-based singer, songwriter Kevin Walsh, in support of his debut single, Embrace the World, a super-group song in aid of the Autism charity, AsIAm. Kevin’s inspiration for the super-group style of performance comes from the Band Aid charity singles of Bob Geldof, and the recently successful Irish Women in Harmony singles. AsIAm, set up by Adam Harris in 2014, aims to provide a one-stop shop for the Autism community in Ireland. Their mission statement emphasises education, empowerment, advocacy and community, four areas which strongly resonate with Kevin, who was diagnosed with Autism at the age of five. ‘Music is my way of expressing myself to the world around me,’ says Kevin.

Embrace the World is set to be released later this year, to support the project, follow the progress, and enjoy some unique rewards make your donation at the following link https://fundit.ie/project/embrace-the-world

Tomorrow is going to be the first of 35 days that Andy will run 10k up until his 35th Birthday. It is all in aid of mental health awareness and the work that is carried out by Lisheen's House in West Cork.

If you wish to find out more on his fundraising efforts visit: Lisheen's House, Preventing Suicide & Self Harm - Home | Facebook
Fundraiser by Andy Carr : 35 in 35 for mental health awareness (gofundme.com)

Gerry is a retired company quarter master Sargent, after providing 43 years of service to the Irish army.

So who better to talk to about Frameworks Films documentary about Collins Barracks.
A Building that has been a part of Cork's history for over 200 years.

It was built by the British because of a fear of Napoleon in order to have Cork properly armed, as well as a warning to Cork people not even think about having a rebellion and also to improve the quarters of the British troops who were stationed in Cork.

You can watch this documentary back at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADPmZOm8X8U

Phil who holds the 100 metres record as Ireland's fastest woman has teamed up with Clóna as Ambassador for Clóna’s New Vitamin Enriched Milk. Clóna was founded in Cork in 1919, by the Hurley family on their Clonakilty farm, they can also claim to having the first pasteurised milk bottles in Munster. Phil will compete in this year’s Olympics and hopes it will be in 3 separate events, 200 Metres, 400 Metres and mixed relay. We wish her all the best in her endeavours!

21 years young, Pontious Pilate & The Naildrivers are a nine-piece band that include founding member Ian Walsh on drums and, fellow survivor through all the incarnations over the years, lead singer Sean McDonnell. Influenced by Punk, Ska and Reggae, they are an outrageously fun live band that have to be experienced to be fully and properly understood.

See the video for latest song "Own Your Spectrum" here:

https://youtu.be/MuEISNn-z-s

Cork Boi! Nothing But A Ghost Town A look back at living with Covid - Pure Cork Style.

Also available on Stan's website is various types of merchandise including Cork orientated Mugs, Hoodies, t-shirts and Art.

All of which can be found at: https://youtu.be/6ZUaxd-vuqw
https://stannottecreations.ie/

https://stannottecreations.ie/videos

Vanessa Byrne and Niamh O'Leary, students at Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal Blarney, won the Cork Student Enterprise Programme with by making a ‘Bosca Cóisir’ - essentially, a series of 100% recyclable and biodegradable boxes, which, when opened, reveal personalised photos and messages for loved ones and friends.

They will represent Cork in the ‘virtual’ National Final Friday 14th streaming live from Croke Park, hosted by Rick O'Shea with Leo Varadkar as special guest, they will be up against 20 other schools and we wish them the best of luck!

If your car needs a wash and you are also feeling charitable David will clean your car from his home in Curraghbinny. In aid of Cystic Fibrosis which is something that David suffers from himself, it's a decease that effects the lungs, the pancreas and makes it challenging to breathe. So far David has already raised over €6,000, and would appreciate it if you would help him continue to raise more by visiting : David Howard (@davidnvdhoward) • Instagram photos and videos

Fundraiser by David Howard : Help raise vital funds for cystic fibrosis Ireland (gofundme.com)

Sean is attempting to break world records using his basketball skills, after some inspiration from his PE teacher at the start of the closing of schools in January. He took it apon himself to look up world records which he could try breaking.

One of which was to break a record for bouncing 2 basketballs simultaneously while blindfolded,which he did for 2 hours 6 minutes. He is also aiming to break the record in Skibbereen sports centre for the most bounces of 2 basketballs in 1 minute. The elements involved in trying to officially set a record is making sure you have proper balls and two time keepers, as well as video footage for evidence. We wish Sean all the best with his forthcoming record breaking attempt!

The Music Management and Sound Course can boast graduates such as Stephanie Rainy and Mick Flannery.Those hoping to follow in their footsteps include: Kit with a Soul and R n B set, Rita Doherty with Jazz music, a band called Moss who play Heavy Rock and Dylan Wentz and They Might Be Retro Sloths who are influenced by Johnny Marr and The Stone Roses.

All of which is overseen by Kit as event manager and Covid officer

To keep an eye on future events visit: https://www.facebook.com/CSNLiveNGigging/

We hear about this year's virtual darkness into light, a fundraising event that was started by Imelda O'Keeffe and Viv Mulqueen in Clonakilty 8 years ago.

Sinead who was volunteering from day 1 is still helping out prior to them stepping as side.
However now more then ever it is just as important if not more so to keep the event going in order to promote the importance of mental health and looking after it.
With funds going to Pieta House.

The walk is a very special one with a great bond with each member of the community looking out for one another, or remembering loved ones, family or friends who have challenges in the current climate.

Registration forms for the event can be found at: https://www.darknessintolight.ie/home-page-2021

TEST SITE is a collaborative, urban research project based on Kyrl’s Quay, Cork City. Co-created by Ailbhe Cunningham + Aoife Desmond, the project works at the intersection of art, architecture and ecology. Engaging with natural and built heritage, the project uses site-specific architectural interventions, film/performance work, discursive talks and live events to respond to a vacant ‘island’ site on Kyrl’s Quay, Cork City Centre.

Aoife and a number of others including Ailbhe Cunningham, Mary Kelleher and Cáit Ní Dhuinnín are all working on an urban research project on Kyrl's Quay, at the end of Cornmarket Street. On a site which was H.Parker & Sons / Cork Timber, Slate & Cement Co. timber yard and sawmill.

Aoife and her team decided to take advantage of the empty space to draw the attention to the space, as well as it's artistic potential and how the public can participate in the building of our city.

They are aiming to be open by the end of June, with live talks, live performances, music and film.

It is a temporary installation for a two month period, but it’s hoped that it may become a long running project.

For more information visit: testsitekyrlsquay.ie

Currently completing a master's degree in Cork School of Music, Sarah has previously released a track titled Hollow and new song, ‘Free,’ is her follow up that’s perfectly timed for the easing of restrictions. Self-described as: Reflective, Ethereal and Earthy, Free was produced with the assistance of Cork Musicians/Producers Peter Piggott, Herbie Mac, Chris McCarthy and mixed by Christian Best and master by Ruairi O'Flaherty, all carried out remotely.

For more info on Sarah visit: https://sarahhickeymusic.wordpress.com/

https://music.apple.com/ie/album/free-single/1560132677

Written over lockdown "My Life" documents Cillian’s approach to becoming an artist and singer. The message is to follow your dreams.

Hear his new single now:
My Life - Single by Cillian | Spotify

At this year's Cork Choral Festival poet Billy Ramsell will have his specially commissioned piece - 'A Singing City' - voiced by Elmarie Mawe. The meaning behind Billy's poem is looking into Cork's rich history as a singing City but also looking into the future when the event will hopefully be held in reality and Cork will get it's voice back again next year. Under normal circumstances the event would attract up to 5000 singers and 50,000 visitors from all over the world throughout the City and County. This year's event will have free interactive workshops. As well as 48 international Choirs from across the globe. There will also be a big group singing experience with Ardú Director Ciaran Kelly.

For more information about this year's festival visit:2021 Cork International Choral Festival | Cork International Choral Festival, Cork, Ireland (corkchoral.ie)

Lorraine and her team have designed a hybrid event of online and In Real Life.

There are 5 main strands including: Online, City Stage (Port to the Fort), City Stage on your doorstep, City Gallery and City Rising, Emerging Artists.

Events within the strands include: A Silent Disco, Hip-Hop,Street Art,Music,Dance and Outdoor socially distant workshops for kids and many more..

To see the exciting events at this year's festival as well as this years participants visit: https://www.corkmidsummer.com/

Ciaran and Blue Haven Kinsale team are full of praise for the work of Kinsale Youth Support Services and in order to show support 47 participants are walking the distance from Kinsale to sister town of Newport, Rhode Island, a total distance of 4,890 KMs throughout the month of April.

If you would like to support this worthy cause visit: https://ie.gofundme.com/f/friends-of-the-blue-haven?utm_campaign=p_cp_url&utm_medium=os&utm_source=customer

We hear from the extraordinary Cork Singer Songwriter Stephanie Rainey and the release of her new single "Ross and Rachel". Written at the end of 2019 with the assistance of London-based Cian Ducrot, Stephanie describes this as a song she really fell in love with and has been exited about releasing it for a long time.

The song tells the story of the ups and downs in a relationship,whist using Ross and Rachel from friends as an analogy, it's especially relevant now with a Friends reunion only around the corner.

To hear more of Stephanie's music visit: https://stephanierainey.com/
https://www.facebook.com/stephanieraineyband/

The Schull native who spent 9 years in London, making the move over to attend drama school, tells us about the 9th First Cut! Youth Film Festival which is taking place online. Ayoola played the role of Kathy in the RTE drama smother and also Audrey in Killing Eve, both of which can be found on the RTE player. Getting these parts is a fantastic achievement considering how tough it can be to get roles in acting , this is something else she goes on to discuss.

If you would like more information on the First Cut! Film Festival visit: https://firstcutfilmfestival.com/

Joe talks about opening up food trucks providing Ramen last year to the people of West Cork. Aside from food trucks they have been lucky enough to be able to stream gigs online during the middle of the pandemic. Now that experience will assist in making the Ballydehob Jazz Festival happen online over the forthcoming May Bank Holiday. Find out more here.

For more information on this years Jazz festival visit: https://ballydehobjazzfestival.org/

Drimoleague director Pat Collins got his first taste of world cinema aged 18 at the Cork International Film Festival and has since been editor of Film West magazine and a mentor of Cork Film Centre.

Since then he has gone on to make numerous documentary's and films. Pat talks about his most recent film which examines the life of American Folklorist Henry Glassie, a curious character who discover different cultures and people through the things they make.

The title of the film is "Fieldwork" and it is a meditative film for those who are into creativity.

It has also been released in the UK.

To watch Fieldwork now visit : https://ifi.ie/film/ifi-documentary-festival-henry-glassie-field-work/
https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Henry-Glassie

The ‘Celtic Ross Artisan Food Truck’ - C.R.A.F.T - West Cork – is a permanent fixture on the terrace of the Celtic Ross Hotel. Serving vibrant West Cork street food CRAFT offers you the opportunity to sample their passion for local produce and enjoy a cup or two of Stone Valley’s celebrated coffee, brewed using beans freshly roasted in nearby Clonakilty. The team at the family-owned Celtic Ross are avid supporters of all things local and up to 35 local food and beverage producers are showcased on the menus of CRAFT West Cork and in the hotel itself.

Tue in to RedFM’s Breakfast show this week for the chance to ‘Taste the Real West Cork’ by winning a two-night stay for two at the Celtic Ross Hotel Rosscarbery including dinner on an evening of your choice the Kingfisher Bar and Bistro, recently awarded with an AA rosette in culinary excellence.

Rebecca has been singing all her life but it was while in Australia performing in a number of bands that her career began.

Through networking online Rebecca became acquainted with Kevin Sunray where he reached out with instrumental tracks and Rebecca then came up with the perfect accompaniment to one of his tracks which then became known as voices.Which tells the story of a women crying out in pain to a man that can't hear her anymore because he is listening to other voices.

There is also a music video to go with the song which was shot with the assistance of Jarek Sowinski of JS productions outside Fountainstown beach.

Check out the video for voices and more of Rebecca's music at: https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaHoulihanMusician/

Hosted by award winning writers Danielle McLaughlin and Madeleine D'Arcy, Fiction at the Friary is a free monthly event in the Friary Bar (currently online). On the 25th they host an event called "The Secret Life of Book Bloggers" at 3 o'clock as part of the Cork World Book Fest.The festival, which turns 17 this year, runs from Tuesday 20th to Sunday 25th April and incorporates UNECSCO World Book Day on April 23rd. This year will see writers from Australia, Latin America, Ireland and Northern Ireland read from their work in events taking place online. The programme also includes events with partners UCC and, for the first time, Nano Nagle Place and Fiction at the Friary in bringing writers and readers together.

The Fest is a participative, inclusive event, connecting readers with established and emerging Irish and international authors. It also caters for all age groups with Teen Day coming back on Wednesday 21st April, which includes authors Louise O’Neill and Shane Hegarty as well as the launch of the popular Graphic Novel Project. There will also be discussions on children’s books from around the world, and on the role of literature in climate change. Languages featured during the fest include Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Basque, Latvian, German, Chinese, Indonesian, Irish and Hebrew.

To book tickets for these events, which are free to attend, visit http://corkworldbookfest.eventbrite.com or www.corkworldbookfest.com

Alan Dalton of Notes to Cork, with whom RedFM partnered on the ‘Love Notes to Cork’ and ‘Love Notes to Mum’ campaigns, here talks of a new campaign called Notes 4 Cork ARC, a campaign dedicated to the memory of Alan's late Aunt Breda who passed from cancer in 2019. The mission is to turn Cork purple whilst also raising money for cancer and remembering loved ones who are no longer with us. It’s an installation of over 200 posters across the City and suburbs.

Donations gratefully received and you can leave a message in memory of a loved one who sadly passed away or perhaps overcame cancer on a billboard by donating upwards of €20. All donations to Cork ARC Cancer Support House.

To support this worthy cause visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/notes-4-cork-arc

Jack Wyse, Kyle Langford and Ciaran Cullinane are taking part in a one month challenge in aid of Breaking the Silence, charity based in Cobh but serving Cork and beyond. The trio will cycle over 430KM, the equivalent of cycling from Cobh to Belfast, while also completing a sea swimming challenge at the same time.

The one month challenge will commence on Monday April 5th 2021. The challenge consists of a 30KM cycle on one day and a swim on the next, consecutively for the month, while raising money along the way.

Breaking The Silence are a voluntary group who provide FREE Suicide Intervention & Prevention training to communities across Cork and beyond. Their mission is to help “Create a Suicide Safer Community by connecting the person at risk of Suicide with life preserving resources”.

An iDonate page has been set up and donations can be made by clicking www.idonate.ie/cycle4bts

Broken Crow have had a residency at the Everyman Theatre for the last couple of years, at present they are working on the "Play It by Ear" series which is a number of audio dramas such as Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara which Gavin helped produce recently.

There are a number of shows in the series being live streamed from the stage in the Everyman Theatre, if you are interested in checking any future productions visit:

https://www.facebook.com/EverymanCork/

https://everymancork.com/

Eighteen-year-old Corkman Tristan O’Donovan’s “Bottle O’Red” is a sunny reggae-tinged track with rock and R&B notes. A cheeky and full-bodied debut single, it has already racked up thousands of hits on Spotify and for its music video on YouTube.

“It was pure chance,” Tristan explains, humbly. “Last year, me and my friend Daniel Duffy started making music in my stepdad’s mobile home in Kealkill. This song is about a girl I never got the chance to have a second date with, due to the lockdown. I uploaded it to Spotify, and then I forgot about it to be honest!” Lucas Skannel, a blacksmith shared it on his popular Facebook page, Colla Forge, after which interest exploded, unbeknownst to Tristan.

‘Bottle O’Red’ is a swaggering and confident track. Tristan’s vocals sail assertively above rhythmic guitar slashes and a bright drum beat. Hard to place in terms of genre, his sound borrows from the spirit of Bob Marley’s output as much as it does from the surf-rock stylings of Ocean Alley, with perhaps a pinch of the lovable cheekiness of Anderson Paak. Tristan O’Donovan began playing guitar at the age of the 12, after his father died, popular local musician Tony O’Donovan. In 2020, he dropped out of the Leaving Cert to focus fully on music, producing songs in his stepfather’s mobile home in Kealkill, in West Cork. ‘Bottle O’Red’ was produced, mixed and mastered there, with his long-time friend and collaborator, Daniel Duffy.

To hear more of Tristin's music visit: https://www.tristanodonovan.com/

5 years into recovery Kieran chats about how Focus Ireland is still a massive support to him, this comes about after 19 months of treatment in a residential facility. He also talks about how now more than ever homelessness is on the rise as a result of the pandemic. Focus Ireland have helped give Kieran a purpose and routine in life again.

On the 24th of April Focus Ireland want you to do the virtual Big Rebel Sleep Out.

To support or take part visit: https://www.focusireland.ie/

Rachel Gleeson announced as the new company manager at Corcadorca Theatre Company.

Rachel worked as an actor for 15 years, performing on the main stages across the country as well as abroad on international tours. She holds a BA in Drama & Theatre Studies from Trinity College, a Law Degree from The Honorable Society of King’s Inns and an MA in Arts Management & Creative Producing from UCC. Rachel has been working as Assistant Producer at Corcadorca since July 2020.

Rachel: “I am thrilled to be embarking upon this new chapter with Corcadorca; a company that not only has stood at the heart of civic celebration in Cork for 30 years, but is also one of Ireland’s leading producers of off-site theatre. In taking on this role, I hope to bring fresh eyes, new perspectives and a renewed dedication to supporting new work and emerging artists. I want to thank the board for putting their trust in me to take on this legacy and greatly look forward to rolling out our exciting plans for this year and beyond, alongside Pat Kiernan.”

If you would like more information on Corcadorca email: info@corcadorca.com

Asha saw off 2 of her male competitors to become the first female student union president in 18 years, picking up 53 % of first preference votes.

Just after competing her undergraduate in Environmental Science Asha is now doing a masters in environmental law. She is using what she learnt from her time as a student to put back into focusing on sustainability in her term as president. Also discussed is how important the college experience is from a social point of view and how she is looking forward to a day when on campus learning can go ahead again.

Set up by local West Cork man Jack O’Regan West Talk is an Instagram page that promotes West Cork business and recently he ran a socially distanced fundraising initiative for Lisheen House in Skibbereen, who provide support to those who are struggling with mental health.
Since starting West Talk I’ve wanted to find a way of using the page to give back to the community. I have set up a fundraiser in aid of @lisheenshouse
Lisheens House provides support to people who are struggling with their mental health or who are in crisis. It’s a great charity that offers a lot of services such as support, training and counselling. They also have a “Phone a friend” service for the elderly people in the area who are experiencing loneliness.

For more information on Lisheen House visit: https://lisheenshouse.ie/tag/lisheens-house/

An exceptional evening of celebration, awards, great food, light entertainment and networking, and panel discussions with business and civic leaders, has been planned for the President’s Dinner At Home and Cork Business of the Year Awards, which takes place virtually this year on April 17th. The dinner is always a stunning showcase of Cork produce, and this year will be no different. Attendees will enjoy a Taste of the City at Home culinary experience, which is a collaboration between Cork’s top hotel chefs and well-known Nash19 owner and past CBA President, Claire Nash. Claire, who has been a leading organiser in Cork’s famous Long Table Dinner over the past few years, says “the quality of the food will be on a par with the Long Table and will showcase our favourite local producers and the extraordinary talent of local chefs who are pushing the boundaries with their food.” The Cork Business of the Year Awards will also be presented on the evening. The finalists were announced last week and 7000 public votes have already been received. Voting is open on CBAAwards.ie for the remainder of the month. The chefs involved in the food experience are from the Metropole, the Imperial, the Cork International, the Kingsley, Nash19, and Vienna Woods. The Cork Business Association is encouraging everyone to dress up on the night and to share their experience on Twitter. They will be linking into people’s homes via social media and there’ll be plenty of prizes for the best dressed, the best presented meal, and the best tweet!” The charity partner is Marymount University Hospital & Hospice, and the awards and event are sponsored by JCD, Centra, Peninsula, and The Irish Examiner is the media partner. Tickets are priced at €95 per person (€190 for the dinner for 2) and are on a first come first served basis. To book or for more information see CBAAwards.ie, contact (021) 427 8295 or info@corkbusiness.ie .

If you would like to cast your vote visit: https://cbaawards.ie/

Having featured on the Indie episode of the series my tribe which looks into the various music scenes in Ireland in the past and present. They talk about being Cureheads and the tattoo they got of the band to literally mark the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the last time they had seen them live. Other Cork contributors to this series include Michelle Ring (Dance) and RedFM’s Stevie G (Hip Hop).

Aside from this they also chat about how they became friends and shared a love of the same music.

Watch this production by mind the gap now at :https://www.rte.ie/player/series/my-tribe-mo-threibh/SI0000008291?epguid=IP000066495

Since Emperor of Ice Cream announced their return from a twenty-five-year hiatus in May 2020 and with the release of their long-awaited debut album 'No Sound Ever Dies' last August, they have embarked on a chapter that very few, if any, expected would be written. The acclaimed debut long player entered the official Irish album charts upon release while also taking the No.1 spot in the indie album charts. Due to the wide acclaim for the album and the associated singles the band have not only appeased their long-established cult following but have garnered a new legion of supporters around the globe, which in turn has created a renewed demand for the bands back catalogue.

April 16th will see Emperor of Ice Cream release ‘The EP Collection 93-94’ a compilation of their three extremely well-received EPs (Overflow, William and Know Me) which unless you were lucky enough to pick up a physical copy back in the pre digital 90’s, were no longer available. Puerile will be the 2nd single released from the forthcoming compilation album following on from Overflow earlier this year. It was recorded at Protocol Studios London with Swedish producer Adam Kviman at the controls and is a three-minute indie guitar track that once again displays the Emperors trademark compulsive rhythms, creative chord choices and frontman John Haggis’ gift for melody. ‘Puerile’ will be available on all platforms from Mar 26th. The EP collection 93-94 can be pre-ordered now via Bandcamp and is available as a digital download and a limited-edition cd.

To find out more about Fifa records and Emperor of Ice Cream visit:

https://www.facebook.com/corkfifa/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCebV6OxkyVhTVD-b6sAEUMQ

Cork's rapidly rising comedy star and face from the telly (RTÉ's The Den/Ray D'Arcy Show/Seriously Sinead?/Winner of Stand Up & Be Funny) is on a mission to keep people laughing while they #StayHome. Sinéad has been bringing laughs (and even some knowledge) to comedy fans at home through her private virtual quizzes - which are now available for bookings. Just because we're in lockdown doesn't mean we can't have the craic & cans together (but apart).

These interactive comedy quizzes are produced by WOMP Events, a Galway-based digital events firm which was formed during the first lockdown of 2020. Full information and booking via wompevents.com.

Find Sinéad Quinlan on Insta @sineadquinlan_

This weekend Zoey and her teammate's are carrying out a socially distanced dribbleathon in aid of Mallow Search & Rescue. The total distance from Mallow to the national basketball arena in Tallaght is 210 KM and, whilst remaining in their own back garden's, they’ll dribble 10K each and would really appreciate your support.

We wish the girls and their coach Niall O’Connell the best of luck Saturday 27th.

If you would like to donate to this fundraiser visit: https://ie.gofundme.com/f/u16-dribblethon-fundraiser

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After releasing an EP at the end of 2020 Rowan made traction on Spotify, as a result of this success Beverly Martel a U.S. record label approached them looking to sign them for an EP and album, which will help the band gain international recognition.

Rowan is made up of : Fionn Hennessy-Hayes on drums and Kevin Herron on Guitar and Dylan Howe on Vocals.

To hear more of the bands music visit:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4S02P3R8YZkZGM79HEH7ov

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2-Rsmb8Em-wKS5Zg9-E2yQ

The Donkey's Ears was located on Union Quay just across from Cork City Hall. Starting as a pub with a morning licence they could see that there was something special happening in relation to the dance music scene in Cork in the late 80s/early 90s so they wanted in on the action and got Michelle's brother Mark (Donkeyman) to DJ reggae music in the pub and it became the pre-Sir Henry’s spot to go to.

Also featuring on the series is a number of Corkonians including: An Indie episode with Lauren Michelle, Stevie G, Aoife Nic Canna and Ray Cuddihy talking Hip Hop .

Other topics Michelle discussed was the lasting friendship's that she developed as a result of Sir Henry's as well as the atmosphere and unity at the time.

Watch on playback at: My Tribe - Mo Threibh - RTÉ Player (rte.ie)

Inspired by fleeting love amidst the chaos of lockdown, the Irish wordsmith paints the scene of being friend-zoned on his rooftop, comparing an unnamed lover to the stunning views of London at sunset from his lofty bedroom studio; “city sunset glittering red - how could I have ever impressed you?” Bold brass, luscious smooth strings, and mellow melodic wind textures, subtly create an orchestral bed of sound on which his gritty sparkling vocals sit. This impressive pop production comes as no surprise as Braynin draws from his extensive musical upbringing, clearly hinting at the world-class musical education he received at the renowned Yehudi Menuhin School. Having been awarded a scholarship, he left his home in Cork- Ireland at a young age to study violin and piano at the London-based specialist music school.

Braynin’s debut single introduces him as a new artist, but this is certainly not his first rodeo. The gifted prodigy amassed 100 million streams as a songwriter/producer during 2020 alone, writing and producing for the likes of global DJ Imanbek and Darkroom/Interscope’s newest signee, Cian Ducrot. The multi-instrumentalist has single-handedly written, produced, mix-mastered, and performed the song, showcasing Braynin’s mastery of his craft; a definite artist to watch. “Too Late” is the first of four songs Braynin has lined up for 2021.

BRAYNIN ON WRITING “TOO LATE” :

“To be honest this is one of the first songs I wrote truly from the heart. Quite frankly, it came together so effortlessly I was speechless. I fell madly for this girl, and after being friend-zoned, I wrote this song. I wanted to impress her, hoping she would change her mind, and I think it worked! Definitely more love songs coming soon, that’s for sure.

Having already booked acts to perform in the Pub for when lockdown ends Corina is really looking forward to that day.

Although Pubs are closed Guinness and Diageo have an initiative called raising the bar, where you can use the hashtag #bestofthepub in order to tell your stories about how central the Pubs are to Irish society. Be it meeting someone famous, Catchphrases from your favourite bartender or Celebrating winning a Match with your team.

Corina shares some of her stories such as Charleville winning the Club championship as a well as having Coronas perform live on Arthur’s Day in 2012.

The Barrack Street Band have been part of the St Patrick's Day Parade in Cork City every year since 1889 with the exception of 2011 when they were in Savannah, Georgia leading the out their St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

The band hope to get back to practice as soon as possible as there is no practice going on at the moment, aside from those younger members of the band who are getting lessons online in partnership with Music Generation Cork.

To look back at the Barrack Street Band's contribution to the Cork Parades of the past visit: https://www.facebook.com/DeBarracka1837/videos/253484683097255/

Blood Bike South is a voluntary out of hours Motorcycle and Car courier service which helps with the transportation of Blood as well other medical materials to and from Hospitals and other Medical facilities.

The origins of Blood Bike can be dated back to London in 1969, then in 2012 Ireland decided to follow suit with setting up 3 different groups: Blood Bike East, Blood Bike West and Blood Bike South.

Normally the ones to lead out the St Patrick's Day parade which in turn helped them gain awareness of the service they provide, however without this year's parade and in these challenging times for a lot of charities they would be greatly appreciative of your donations.

To help with the continued running of these services visit: https://www.bloodbikesouth.ie/

The new single from the girls 'Molly' is about loving someone who is struggling with addiction, it also addresses the risks and dangers involved with substance abuse.

If you would like to hear more music by Kudos visit:

https://www.facebook.com/kudosinfo/

IMBOLC was the ancient Celtic festival in honour of the pagan goddess Brigid, who was evoked in fertility rites and oversaw poetry, crafts and prophecy and a very special celebration of contemporary Irish female artists featuring Erica Cody, Emma Langford, Síomha, Ciara Meade, Dea Matrona, Wyvern Lingo and Lisa Lambe is on the RTE player now.

After multiple reschedules and having evolved with the levels from socially distanced live shows to a full broadcast recording, IMBOLC performances were filmed on the shores of Lough Derg at Birdhill and GarryKennedy in early February this year and was part-funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht Sport and Media from the Live Performance Support Scheme.

Over 64 artists and crew worked on the show to present an all-female line up hosted by Maykay in honour of the original female goddess generating 141 days of work.

IMBOLC is a celebration of the pagan period of a rebirth following the dark which began on the 1st February, St. Brigid's Day.

Speaking about this special event artist Erica Cody said, “We have come so far, endured so much, but we have conquered even more. To me, being a woman is celebrating what we have overcome and what we continue to build and achieve, not only today but every day. To spread love and acknowledge our struggles to ALL our sisters”

Joining Erica at the event, Emma Langford comments, “More than ever before I feel a connection to the pagan festival of Imbolc this year - a time to burst from the bud, to step out of the darkness of winter and into the Spring, to take ownership of the space around us and draw energy from nature. Ireland needs as much light as it can get right now.”.

From Mexico City Tania says she loves the peace and tranquility of Ireland and more particularly Cork. AMDIE is a group based in Cork that was formed in 2014 to let people enjoy Mexican traditional dance and music. AMDIE are a wide varying community from different diverse cultures who come together to learn Latin American Choreography. This group is open to everyone with interest in dance. You don’t need previous dance experience. amdie.org

If you are looking for an exciting new class to join visit: https://www.facebook.com/pg/MEXICANDANCEIRELAND/posts/

Email: amdiegroup@gmail.com

Soulé is one of Ireland's freshest young voices at the forefront of the new wave of Irish pop, boasting an impressive back catalogue in a relatively short space of time. For St Patrick's Festival 2021, in response to the festival's audio-visual SOLAS concept, Soulé will be pulling out all the stops to treat us to an incredible live performance bursting with colour, light, dance and theatre. In an SPF exclusive, composed of mostly brand new and yet to be heard music it also tells her personal story of love and life through expertly crafted styling and choreography alongside world class set and lighting design. Filmed at the all new home of the Complex, one of Dublin's key creative, arts and performance spaces Soulé's show will be the ultimate showcase of what Irish pop looks and sounds like in 2021. Her SPF show will be a one off chance to catch her perform her new music, with official releases due from early summer on via Diffusion Lab.

Solas x Soulé is commissioned by St. Patrick’s Festival and supported by TikTok.

To watch her performance visit: https://www.stpatricksfestival.ie/events/soule-live-the-complex

Whist in Varanasi in India Paddy saw a child dying of malnutrition. Off the back of that he set up a charity called 'Mother's First' with the aim of helping malnourished pregnant mothers and children in Varanasi.

Recently he conducted a ‘Barefoot Paddy’ walk, which was to mark an event that happened in 1850 during the famine when 124 starving people set off from Tracton to the workhouse in Kinsale. This was to draw parallels with what happened then to now. As a result of the pandemic the are now 135 million people who are now into severe food insecurity. The reason it is being brought to your attention on international woman's day is because women are disproportionately affected by every bad thing that happens.

They are Currently in a financial crisis because of being unable to carry out any fundraising. So they are now asking the public to consider texting Mother to 50300 which will then donate €4 to the charity which will have provide food for malnourished mothers for 2 weeks.

If you would like to donate to mother's first visit: https://mothersfirst.net/contact-us/

The music collective is back raising funds for a worthy cause the frontline workers of Blood Bike South, following up from their previous cover of what's up by 4 non blondes with David Bowie's Heroes.

The collective features musicians playing instruments that include: Guitars,Drums,Bass,Slide Guitar,Keyboards and of course vocals from fantastic Cork singers.

The line up of the collective includes: David Dots Tobin, David Quirke, Stephen Balvin, Dan Murphy, Jamie Stanton, Brian O' Glanby, Leah Ahern, Wayne Mc Sweeney, Ryan Mc Sweeney, Steve Leahy, Mo O'Connor, Sinéad McCarthy, Ruairi De Leastar, Sean Carroll and of course Eoin Hennessy.

It was mastered by Jamie Stanton an mixed by Dan Murphy.

To hear more from East Cork Music collective visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHt7t2IV6hOv-E5AK0NUJFw

Or watch the video for Heroes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXfdJgHxXo

Alan from Buttevant is band leader with Shandrum Céili band operating from the Newtownshandrum Parish. Resurrected in 2015 as part of the All Ireland competition, Alan suggested that they use the name that the original band would have used, he then got the go ahead from Michael O' Mahony the old band leader.

The band will be given the opportunity to perform on St. Patrick's Day with the scenic backdrop of Doneraile Estate. While Cian Broderick a Rockchapel native will be given the honour of doing Sean-nós dancing with the band on the day.

Pre recorded in the spacious setting with a 15 minute set of Reels and slides which are local to the Area, with the help of Videographer Cal O'Callaghan.

Watch the Band's performance from the comfort of your own home: https://www.stpatricksfestival.ie/

17 year old Michael Walsh is a student at Clonakilty Community College, who took part in the Young Mariner programme at Kinsale Outdoor Education Centre.

Whilst out for a walk with his mother at a deserted Dunworley beach. Or at least what appeared to be deserted, until they came across a Towel, Keys and Phone. Thinking it was suspicious Michael climbed up high to try and get a better view of the surrounding area when he heard the faint cry of a Lady trapped in a sea arch under a blow hole.

When hearing that the Lady was struggling his training from the Young Mariner programme instinctively kicked in ,he asked his Mother to call 911 and he went up to get a buoyancy aid and a throw rope after first establishing contact with the Lady in trouble. He kept calm while buying her time until the Coastal Cliff rescue services arrived, along with a helicopter and the RNLI all reaching the scene within 15 minutes.

Well done to Michael, The Paramedic's, Coastal Rescue and Courmacsherry Lifeboat service headed up by Coxswain Sean O Farrell, Mechanic Stuart Russell and crewmembers Mark Gannon, Peter Nunan and Sean Maxwell.

Whilst Stateside in Martha's Vineyard he met a lawer who encouraged him to make the move to LA and even gave him a spin to LA in his Jet. Then when he moved to LA he put up an instagram post looking for somewhere to stay and Ryan O'Shaughnessy guided him in the direction of both a manager and accommodation.

This then led to an internship with Crush music management. Who represent such high profile names such as :Sia,Lorde,Fall Out Boy and Green Day.

In the coming months Bill has written with and for: Tim Chadwick,Cian Ducrot and Lenii.

Chatting about the band's love for grunge and the fact that they weren't old enough to see Nirvana play Sir Henry's.

Happy Alone is made up of: Baxter, Slee and Jay.

To hear more of the band's music visit: https://www.facebook.com/happyalonehappy/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/07cGsRL23DtuPJnawMKACY?si=IXeQmlQYS7qQrqvuMJHpyw&nd=1

Aoife was a tour manager to such artists as; Mumford and Sons, Tame Impala and former first lady Michelle Obama. Other artists that Aoife would have formed relationships with from working with MCD would be; Madonna, Prince, Jay Z, Beyonce, Arcade Fire and Daft Punk.

Like all good stories Aoife's career as a tour manager started in Cork, where she was involved in a Hip Hop night with Fresh and Funky.

Following this she went to Dublin and became acquainted with a promoter called Gilly Robertson who was involved with the Notting Hill carnival and Fresh and Funky in London and he asked her to set up an event in Dublin at a club called HQ. This then became Spirit where Aoife sold out student nights to over 2,500 people for 5 years on a weekly basis. After this she started working for MCD promotions.

Míde who was working in a Pub and as a musician in her spare time now has plenty of time on her hands to focus on her music, as a result of having time to dwell on her thoughts more she was able to generate more ideas. Her song 'Without Me' which was written before lockdown is even more relevant now as it’s about missing someone you haven't seen in a while.

With the help of Unemployable Records' Paul and Mick as well Christian Best the new EP 'Shifting Gears' was recorded in Monique Studios in Cork.

If you would like to hear more music from Míde visit: https://soundcloud.com/midehoulihanmusic

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2l1PVhauAouqxAZ0wH06Ay

Jennifer is a Coordinator for Refill Ireland which is a Cork based company. Founded by Gary Fitzpatrick who is also the lead coordinator. They have now set up a competition for a Cork business to win the title of Cork's First hydration hub. In order to win the title the business would need to be green and considerate of the environment. The winner will receive a contactless water dispenser to the value of €2000 as well as being added to Refill Ireland's national tap map. Which will allow the public free access to drinking water in Cork City, with the aim of getting rid of as much single use plastic as possible.

There's now a number of these taps throughout the county with thanks to Cork City Council and Refill Ireland. In such locations as: Douglas Park, Fitzgerald's Park, Bishopstown, Ballincollig as well as Terry O'Sullivan and Tramore Valley Park as well as 1,500 areas around the country

If you would like to save yourself from being out of pocket from buying another bottle of water as well as saving the environment visit: https://refill.ie/tap-map/

To enter your business in the running to win a Contactless Water dispenser visit:
https://refill.ie/win/

Cormac tells us about how Cork Circus Factory have received funding from the Arts Council. The Circus Factory is located in a warehouse down by the marina and has equipment such as a trapeze and stilts, tight wires and street performance would also come under the banner of Circus. If you fancy trying to learn to juggle via zoom Comac is now giving online classes, a skill he says teaches resilience. If you don't have juggling balls don't worry because there is a tutorial on their YouTube account teaching you how to make them.

There's also a number of other classes which Cormac is giving online at :

https://circusfactorycork.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d6NEyD1FKg

A Mayfield Art Punk/Post Punk trio: Guitarist and Vocalist Abbey Blake, Bassist Arann Blake, Drummer Andy Killian

In terms of their approach to songwriting it takes shape from the band being spontaneous and deciding afterwords what music they want to keep.

We hear the last song that the band wrote before lockdown called Salami. Which Abbey describes as her tribute to Cork, which was written after a shopping trip to Dunnes in Ballyvolane.

For more information about Pretty happy visit: https://www.prettyhappyband.com/

Working as a freelance professional musician since completing his masters two years ago, Brendan has been playing the Violin since the age of 7 and began to take it very very seriously from age 16.

This Saturday (20/02) at 6 PM Brendan on violin accompanied by Gary Beecher on piano will stream an ‘as live’ recorded concert from The Curtis Auditorium. It is the 2nd in a six part series by Cork Orchestral society.

They will be playing works by composers such as Mozart, Brahms and Chopin.

To view this free event visit: http://www.corkorchestralsociety.ie/programme/

Inspired by Stevie G & an early love of Old Skool Hip-Hop, Ellen Murphy from College Road dreamt of being a music producer. Aged just 15 she scored a transition year place at a music college in New York called Dubspot. From there she got into DJing. Lenii returned to Cork to finish school and began studying psychology in UCC but went back to Dubspot for a tech internship and there crossed paths with her now ex-manager TJ Marsé who encouraged her to use her voice and she hasn’t stopped since…

To hear more about Lenii visit: https://www.leniimusic.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaNFm-5hLhZPFEGUhpFbtNg

Having already discussed Cork’s GAA Holy Trintiy of Croke, MacCarthy and Maguire, Dunmanway man Kieran Connolly is back with the fascinating story of Skellig night, Ireland’s ancient answer to Mardi Gras or Carnival, a Shrove Tuesday tradition.

Discussed in the podcast is a painting of Skellig night by James Beale which is on display in the Crawford Art Gallery. It takes in the view of the Grand Parade in 1845.

The idea behind Skellig Night is to shame those who were single, by pouring water over single women in the aim of purifying them and tying them to the nearest, Tree,Fence or Pole until they were rescued.

If you would like to listen to this podcast or any others in the series visit:

https://www.redfm.ie/on-air/podcasts/dave-macs-cork-history-matters/episode/cork-history-matters-the-story-behind-skellig-night-shrove-tuesday-and-bonna-night-st-johns-eve/

Youth Work Ireland Cork and Love Notes to Cork have teamed up to create hand painted billboards. Davy decided to set a challenge to those he works with through Youth work Ireland. Any of the Youngsters who had shown interest had to hand draw their own posters while communicating via either Facetime/Zoom, or would meet in small groups face to face. Where Davy would help them to develop their designs.

All the designs are in Red and White for the County Colours, the project name also has a Cork theme with the title 'Sconce' being Cork slang for a having a look.
This is a project which aims to inspire youth creativity and brighten up the Cork landscape with positive massaging.

Check out the billboard's across the city now or for more information on this project visit: https://www.facebook.com/notestocork/
https://twitter.com/ywicork?lang=en

The album is a play on words as the largest instrument in the band is called a sousaphone, the album features covers such as Gangstas Paradise by Coolio and Sophie Ellis- Bextor's Murder on the dance floor. Along with an original track called 'Ole'

Recorded last September in Kitten Lane recording studio's with assistance from Aidan O'Mahony and a large enough space to record 2 metres apart. Which they saw as a good way of still giving the album a Live feel.

Code of Behaviour consists of: Tom O'Donovan,Brian O'Sullivan,Ben Cuffe, Darragh Johnson, Jack Mahony, Barry Shanahan, Chris Calvert and of course Seán Heary.

If you would like to listen to more of Code of Behaviour's music visit:

https://www.codeofbehaviour.com/

https://www.facebook.com/COBBrassBand/

https://www.youtube.com/c/CodeofBehaviourBrassBand/discussion

Alan and his business 'Notes to Cork' have teamed up with Cork's Red FM in order the spread the love around Cork City in the form of billboards with you the listener's love notes on them, as well as this you can hear them over the airwaves and see them online.

Having taken over the business after the passing of his Aunt two years ago, last year with local businesses suffering as a result of the first lockdown he saw that there was more of a need for advertising on billboards, this then turned Notes to Cork into a fully fledged business. However on the other hand Alan saw that because of lack of live events that there was a lot empty space on billboards, along with this he noted that people's mental health was suffering so he decided to use both of those factors to try and spread some love and positivity.

Hear ‘Love Notes to Cork’ across the weekend on Cork's Red FM and see them on billboards across the City and suburbs.

If you would like to leave a message to a loved one visit : https://www.redfm.ie/love-notes-to-cork-leave-your-message-here/?cmpredirect

The 5th year in the running 'The secret song festival' was supposed to happen last year but for obvious reasons it didn't go ahead. Having been crowned ‘IMRO Music Venue of the Year’ for Munster, it holds a capacity of 40 people and now it will host a number of Artists to play virtually and individually. The format it would usually take is numerous musicians varying from well established artists to less well known play and are kept a mystery until the day itself,all taking place on one day. This year however it is broken up over 2 days with 10 artists, and its available to watch online. This year the secret song festival has teamed up with a festival in Canada called 'The Calgary Folk festival'. With the intention of each of the two festivals exchanging footage of one of the other festivals set.

The festival takes place next Weekend and tickets are available here://leviscornerhouse.bandcamp.com/merch

One Hundred and seventy six years ago a young African American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, sailed from America to Ireland for a four month lecture tour. Amongst other places, he visited Cork where he spoke to a large, enthusiastic, audience. To honour his legacy, Douglass Week (February 8th to 14th) a multi-disciplinary, collaborative event has been organised, and Nano Nagle Place in Cork City will host a number of them to help strengthen his connection to the city. Paul Oakley Stovall, who played George Washington in the first national tour of Hamilton is in Cork to help celebrate Douglass Week and will visit Nano Nagle Place to join in a series of events and workshops organised in partnership with the Cork Migrant Centre. “I am particularly thrilled with the opportunity that has been presented to me to meet people like Junior and his friends and colleagues in Cork Migrant Centre and Nano Nagle Place. It was the unexpected icing on this wonderful cake.

Frederick Douglass is not only significant for black people in America, he has continued to bring people together for nearly 200 years. It’s quite exciting for me to be forming a bond with Junior and Nano Nagle Place and Cork Migrant Centre. In the end, its’s one of the more unexpected bonuses of this whole experience.” Junior, a spoken work artist and rapper from Cork, is one of those who’s mentoring young people in Nano Nagle Place. He says he is “aware that an open mind is key for a successful and progressive society, we hope that our creative baby steps will eventually become giant strides that will inspire others.

The focus on the Cork Migrant Centre is to educate and enable the youth we work with.” Junior also works to help develop structures to raise racial awareness in the Irish education system. Cork Migrant Centre and Nano Nagle Place will be hosting four events during Frederick Douglas Week: The Inspiration Series on Wednesday 10th where a panel of established artists, such as Paul Stovall, will be present, hosted by Youth Mentors, Stevie G and Raphael Olympio. Teaching Douglass and Decolonising the Curriculum on Thursday 11th , a roundtable event with Dr Naomi Masheti, Douglass’s 18th Century to 21st Century Cork which will showcase mentors from the Cork Migrant Centre speaking about their inspiration and the work they have created as part of Douglass Week and I Am Remarkable, a webinar series which will serve to highlight and promote the positive narratives of black people in Ireland.
For more information about the event visit : https://nanonagleplace.ie/nanoevents/douglass-week-curating-activism-roundtable/

The future of a worthy animal charity which offers homes to unwanted racing greyhounds is secure thanks to a significant donation from Maxi Zoo Ireland. In a year that has pushed charities to the brink, Maxi Zoo, Ireland’s largest pet retailer, has given a critical lifeline to Homes for Unwanted Greyhounds (HUG) through its Friendship Connects campaign which was run throughout its 20 stores nationwide. HUG is a national charity that provides loving homes for the gentle giants of the canine world - greyhounds that have been bred for racing and retired young due to injury or underperformance which would otherwise be destroyed. Through Maxi Zoo’s Friendship Connects campaign, over €27,000 was raised for the charity to secure its future which was in jeopardy and allow it to purchase a new vehicle to enable more greyhounds to be rehomed and ensure the continuance of its responsible rehoming and due diligence processes for fostering. Thankfully perception has and is changing in relation to greyhounds which were unfairly thought of as ‘hard work’ rather than being excellent pets for their gentle, affectionate and friendly nature. This is why HUG was established to cater for the speciality breed, particularly those that have been bred for racing, that deserved an equal right to a new and loving home.

Maxi Zoo employee Mark Slattery from Crosshaven is himself a greyhound owner and talks about what a wonderful dog they are and how they make a great pet.
If you would like to adopt a four legged friend visit: https://homesforunwantedgreyhounds.ie/

Micheal tells us about the collective which includes artists: John Blek, Anna Mitchell, Rowan, Kevin Herron and Marlene Enright, all of whom are great singer songwriters in their own merit. However they have now joined up with the collective on order to reinterpret songs about Love, Loss and grief. All in the name of charity. Anna's song which was originally recorded by Beth Gibbons of Portishead and Paul Webb (Rustin Man) of Talk Talk, with all the proceeds going to Cork Simon Community. It is a song which a lot of people in these current times can identify with as it is a song about loss either from losing loved ones or struggling with the changes in daily life. It is part of the forthcoming album from the collective titled 'No simple highway'

If you would like to support this worth while cause visit; https://www.somerisesomefall.com/

Edel Curtin of Coughlans live music venue chats about the Live Music Collective which consists of 23 live venues around around the Country with 6 in Cork and they are: Coughlans, The Crane Lane,The Kino,De Barras, Levis Corner Store,The White Horse and Connolly's . With funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. 2000 people were hired taking part in 400 shows, with over 500,000 audience members engaging digitally. Having seen how much of a success those events were the venues decided to come together and support each other by applying for the funding as one group. As they all have one goal and this is to save the live music industry. Edel feels like now more than ever it is so important to support grassroots venues. If you are looking for some virtual live gigs to watch this weekend you can catch Mick Flannery live in Ballincollig at 9 O'Clock on Saturday night, the set theatre have David Kitt at 8.30 PM, and The Spirit Store have The Strypes at 8 PM.

For more information on upcoming gigs visit :https://www.facebook.com/LiveVenueIre/

Cork singing star and actor Claudia Rose Long brings a modern twist to the famous Irish lament, Caoineadh Art Uí Laoghaire (Lament for Art O’Leary), in the latest episode of Scéalta Grá na hÉireann. Claudia gives a powerful performance as Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill who composed the Caoineadh over 200 years ago expressing her love and passion for Cork hero and legend, Art Ó Laoghaire. Claudia worked with Cork composer Darren Sheahan and musicologist Nóirín Ní Riain to re-imagine the ‘Caoineadh’ for a modern audience. Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill was the daughter of Máire Ní Dhonnchadha Dhuibh and Dónal Mór O'Connell. Eibhlín grew up in Derrynane house in the beautiful southwest corner of Kerry. She was the aunt of The Liberator, Daniel O'Connell. Eibhlín's mother bore 22 children with 8 daughters and 4 sons surviving. Death and lamentation were a regular part of life. Eibhlín was widowed at fifteen after marrying a much older man. At 23 she saw Art O'Laoghaire in the market square of Macroom and fell in love at first sight. Art, a Captain in the Hungarian Hussars, was an outspoken, brash young man who wore his officer's uniform in public. He rode a fine brown mare he had brought from Austria, a silver-hilted sword at his side. The ruling protestant class did not take kindly to such behaviour from a catholic living under the penal laws in 18th century Ireland. The O'Connells saw Art as unwanted trouble. Not wishing to draw attention to themselves and their smuggling activities, they forbid the marriage. Eibhlín went against her family’s wishes and eloped with Art. They were married on December 19th 1767 and returned to live with Art's father at Rathleigh House outside Macroom. There was a history of bad blood between Art and the Sheriff of Cork, Abraham Morris. Morris’ disgust and hatred for Art eventually led to the violent events that inspired Eibhlín Dubh to compose 'Caoineadh Art Uí Laoghaire'.

To watch the show on playback visit: https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/play/?pid=6228071872001&title=Eibhl%C3%ADn%20Dubh%20&%20Art%20%C3%93%20Laoghaire&series=Sc%C3%A9alta%20Gr%C3%A1%20na%20h%C3%89ireann&genre=Faisneis&pcode=604369

Organised by a team made up of: Anna Butler, Rebecca O' Mahony, Isabelle Canning, David Walsh, Eadaoin Murphy and Eoin O' Reilly. If this is something that sparks your interest you can take a look at their online brochure where you will find out about the various speakers and as well as information about them. This year's theme 'changing with the times' is about how everything is changing and how businesses need to adapt with the change. Speakers include: Anne O'Leary CEO of Vodafone Ireland, Sinead Mc Sweeney Managing director of Twitter Ireland and Cian Kelleher Managing director of KPMG Ireland.

There's 9 speakers in total with something to inspire everyone.

For more information on how to watch this conference (at the time of streaming only) visit: https://www.ucccommerceconference.com/

Jack talks up his live set which was filmed in Cyprus Avenue in Cork city. With a diverse mix of old and new songs played, along with the assistance of his band; Hugh on Guitar, Aishling on Cello and Davy on drums.

This isn't the first time he has played live since the pandemic, he has done other voices before Christmas with Such performers as; Denise Chaila,The Mary Wallopers, John Sheehan and Eimear Quinn.

To watch Jack's gig from Cyrus Avenue log on to the RedFM Facebook page and find it in the video section along with performances from Brian Deady, Gavin James & Moncrieff.

Joining us from Spain, Brian talks to us ahead of the steaming of his Live gig at Cyrus Avenue at 8 PM. Listen to him play his acoustic songs on a brand new guitar.
We played his new single - Great Big mystery.

We also give a nodd to Alan O'Donovan of Green on Red who has been a massive supporter of Brian's music down through the years.

Watch Brian's gig at: https://www.facebook.com/corksredfm/videos/863977307721263/

Chatting from Dingle, where he’s attending a song writing boot camp with Pa Sheehy of Walking on Cars and Talos, Moncrieff discusses his recently released ‘Class of 2020’ EP and says that the lockdown has given him the perfect opportunity to put write music to suit the mood of what is happening in the world right now. This year will see him putting out music of a more personal nature on his debut album.

We hear his new track 'America'

If you want to hear anymore of his music visit: https://www.facebook.com/MoncrieffMusic/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvB2YyMvbC-X1GxhBF8IpVQ

The open night is happening this year on zoom at 7.30 PM. So far over 50 new members have signed up, will you be next? Here Dave talks about how Róisín Burke a journalist with Cork’s Evening Echo encouraged RedFM to enter a media team in the CTC King of The Hill mini tri at the Dock Beach Kinsale in 2019 and of how much fun it was. Aside from just the sporting aspect of the Triathlon there's also a huge social aspect to it too. It is hoped that this year's King of The Hill event will take place on July 24th.

For more information on how to join visit : http://www.corktri.com/club-membership/

Rob Heffernan is encouraging you to get out and about, get fit and healthy whilst at the same time raising funds for a very worthy cause. Rob says rather than just keeping your body fit it will also keep your mind active by releasing endorphins and you will deal with negative situations better as a result. Listen to hear more great advise from a man who knows!

The funds for this project will be spent on 400 kids who are waiting for an Autism spectrum disorder assessment and 13,500 waiting for specialist intervention.

If you would like to take part or donate visit:
https://www.cope-foundation.ie/februarychallenge

Burns Night celebrates 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns. Every year the Celtic Ross Hotel their would host a Burns Night supper with a large gathering of 60 or 70 people. However with it being the year that it is Neil and team came up with a novel idea of putting the traditional Haggis meal in a box and selling them as ‘eat-at-home’ kits.

KP Ring talks about his new single recorded with Darragh Nolan in Co. Wexford in Asta Kalapa Studios. Once finished he got in touch with filmmaker Brendan Canty jokingly asking would he help him with the music video, asking him if he could 'make him famous' as he did create Hozier's video for Take Me To Church. He ended up hearing back from Brendan's associate Ayla Amano who loved the song and wanted to make the video for him.

To hear more of KP's music visit: https://www.facebook.com/K.P.RingMusic/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE5R7S7uMi7FyUz7_qF0gag

Ray from Doneraile in North Cork talks up the Ardú street art walking tour for which he is the narrator. Perfect for those within 5k of the city centre and looking for something safe and fun to do.
Each stop along the tour has background information about the artist's who are after painting a picture in relation to the burning of Cork City. Also to add to the experience are beats by DJ Colm K.

If you are interested in the tour visit: http://arducork.ie/

Just after getting married Canadian David Whitla moved to Ireland to join the RTÉ National Concert Symphony Orchestra. 3 years later a job opportunity for a double bass tutor in Cork arrived and 20 years later David hasn't looked back. Coming up in the next few months Cork Orchestral Society will be streaming online gigs. The first gig is this Saturday with '13 strings' with David being a member. The instruments which are part of 13 strings include: Double Bass, Violins, Violas and Cellos.
Other gigs streamed also include:
Solo Piano recitals, Wind quintet,a Piano Trio and a Trio of sopranos.

There's no tickets required and it's open to the public this Saturday at: http://www.corkorchestralsociety.ie/programme/

After having spent 13 years working as a stock broker in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong and after spending two years looking for a premises, Macroom man Tom Creedon made the brave move to open a deli in Cork city centre. Under the current circumstances the company is operating take away coffees and treats through a side hatch that opens onto French Church Street.

The deli, called Masseytown in tribute to his late father's birthplace, Tom started off in the food industry working with Victor Murphy of O'Mahony’s in Watergrasshill and from there did a twelve week cookery course in Ballymaloe.

Make sure to pop by Tom's store 'Masseytown' on Paul street, open weekdays from 10-6 pm.

All year Creative Ireland and TG4 asked production companies to pitch; “to create visual poems", so they set about striving to tell visual stories with flow and expression, colour, movement, speed, angles, contrast and depth.

Members of the production crew include; director, Tomek, from Poland who was getting married during production but went online to help out because he knew how special the project was,Burschi Wojnar, a multi award winning legend of a DOP (director of photography) DJ, Daithi. As a composer he is not afraid to push boundaries and that is exactly what was being sought.

Wes describes the challenges faced such as having a van break down in the middle of the night, one contributor contracted covid so they had to find a replacement and ended up having to drive 5 hours that night to get to a new location, there were a few grumpy faces that evening.

The end result.. a number of inserts with a balance between craft, art, diversity and location.

To watch the inserts visit: https://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/boxset/seinn/?pid=6220067483001&title=Ceait%C3%AD%20N%C3%AD%20Bheild%C3%BAin&series=Samhl%C3%BA%20-%20Cro%C3%AD%20Cruthaitheach

Liam O'Callaghan and Eddie are releasing this project which came about on the back of Emperor of Ice Cream's latest album last year. Having played with Liam in a band called 'Bulkhead,' which had some interest from record companies but disbanded because they got disillusioned by the music business, Eddie & Liam reunited 6 months ago after Liam reached out to Eddie with a song he had written and it took off from there, resulting in a 4 track EP titled Tabula Rasa which is out now. Their sound can be described as Melodic Indie pop, with catchy bass lines, distorted guitars with a blend of classic instruments.

The the lead single is titled 'King of America '.

It will be made available on all streaming platforms in the next couple of weeks.

For now check out their music at the following places: https://www.facebook.com/ArcticLightsCork/
https://arcticlights.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.redfm.ie/news/entertainment/watch-corks-arctic-lights-release-single-king-of-america/

Peter is encouraging you to reach out to your colleagues to establish a work place Choir to take on the 'Choirworks' challenge. An online initiative from Cork International Choral Festival aimed at bringing people together from different locations around the country. Each company will be assigned a Choral conductor to teach each choir a song, as well as doing warm ups and having discussions about healthy singing which will help your body and mind. Every company will record a video with aim of hopefully entering each video into a competition as part of the Choral festival at the end of April. No previous singing experience required!

Cork International Choral Festival 2021 28th of April - May 2nd

Bring at bit of light back into yourself or your work colleagues life at:

https://www.corkchoral.ie/2021-festival/

Email: KERY@corkchoral.ie

His love of film making started in when he got a taster of it in transition year, films to his credit also include 'Tree Keeper'. Scéalta Grá na hÉireann tells the historical love stories of 6 different couples, therefore needed to be a lot of research prior to shooting.

The film explores Irish history through the prism of love including the love story of Michael Collins & Kitty Kiernan, Robert Emmet and Sarah Curran, as well as Oscar Wilde and Alfred Douglas.

You can catch the series Wednesday at 8.30 on TG4 or catch up on the TG4 player.

Having been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome David talks about how he struggled in the past with mental health as a result of being bullied in school. Coming from a musical family, he talks about how music has helped him express himself and about how supportive all his family were. His message is simple "we're not different we are the same, we're all under the stars".

If you would like to hear more of his music visit: www.youtube.com/user/punchy365
https://www.instagram.com/davidpunchmusic/

Ursula grew up in the Ireland of the 1960s-70s with her 9 siblings on a remote farm, in County Cork, Ireland. Her mom, an industrious mother of her time, always had a pair of knitting needles close at hand. While Dog Sweaters were unheard of (who dressed their dog in the 1960s), Handmade sweaters were very popular. Ursula, being the youngest spent many nights sitting by the fire, with Rose the family sheepdog asleep at her feet watching her mom knit and often falling asleep to the “click click” sound of knitting needles.
This developed a natural passion and talent in Ursula for Irish Crafts with Handknitting being her favourite. Ursula turned her passion into a career and becoming a knitwear designer, was a dream come true. Ursula now lives in a quaint red door cottage amongst green fields and native Irish trees with her 2 dogs, Bailey and Brona and her husband and 2 sons. Having worked in the knitwear industry for many years she has now decided to realize her dream of combining her two childhood loves, Knitwear and the love of Dogs – Say hello to Irish Dog Designs

For more information visit: https://irishdogdesigns.com/
https://redextra.ie/podcast/red-business-episode-179-2020-threw-up-plenty-of-challenges-but-cork-businesses-continue-to-innovate/

LYRA talks about ringing in the New Year live from Dublin Castle performing her cover version of the Jackie Lomax 60’s classic 'New Day' and how the message of the song is one that helped her through Covid and is now generating huge momentum for her as an artist in a year in which she intends to release a debut album..

She was accompanied by 12 year old Sligo dancer Fionn McMorrow, the broadcast was all part of the Fáilte Ireland midnight moment from RTÉ one's midnight countdown.

To look back at the video of this amazing performance visit:https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJgUqO0nMMN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Peter who is an art teacher in Christian's College and painter, feels that street art in Ireland has come a long way in the past few years in realising the potential we have and the pool of artists we have for such a small country. Ardú is a street art project Peter helped organize with Shane O'Driscoll, Deirdre Breen, MASER, James Earley, Aches and Gareth Joyce.

The festival consists of 7 murals painted over the period when the Jazz festival was set to take place.

If you can't make it into the city don't worry because it is available online with a guided tour thanks to: Cork City Council,Creative Ireland, Failte Ireland, Michelle Carew (Arts officer of Cork City council).

To view these wonderful pictures visit:

http://arducork.ie/

Stef McSherry, former broadcaster and graduate of the Italia Conti School of Performing Arts in London, first launched her online Kinderama classes via Instagram and Facebook Live during the initial Covid-19 lockdown, carrying out the classes with her children by her side. Now, after months of hard work, she is ready to officially launch Kinderama Online, offering parents the option of safe – and more importantly – guilt-free screen time for their kids. “My online classes are full of music, movement and magic and are suitable for children age two and up,” commented Stef. “We filmed it all on green screen, so it looks amazing. The classes incorporate make believe adventures, energetic routines, yoga and mindfulness, action songs and games. It really is the perfect solution to creating guilt-free screen time for parents working from home or quarantining with young kids. We’re playing a waiting game when it comes to our children’s extracurricular activities, with no clue as to when they will be in a position to return safely to the things they love. In the meantime, Kinderama.com provides kids with an outlet to get active, have fun and grow in confidence – while you grab a cuppa!”

For more information visit: https://www.kinderama.com/

Principal Jim O'Sullivan and teachers Lisa McLaughlin and Fiona Hegarty challenged students Hakim, Donal, Olu, Kevin and Tosin to reflect on 2020 both from a personal level and in society as a whole. Such was their enthusiasm for the task the had lyrics for the track 'lockdown' wrote straight away. Knowing that they had something special they decided to record the song with the help of Aiden from Kitten Lane recording studio's.

As if this wasn't enough of an achievement they have gone and shot a music video with the help of more students Victor and Zion, using Victors drone and Zion's camera.

Check on the music video at: https://youtu.be/6qtMoau5_Qk

Ten years ago, Anna Clarke’s parents disappeared. The mystery haunts her, and she hopes her job in a busy city Garda Station will one day help her find answers.
The case of a man shot dead crosses her desk – and Anna is shocked to discover that the main suspect is her childhood friend Kate Crowley. Certain that Kate is innocent, Anna is determined to help her clear her name. But first she has to find her …

Tom Gallagher’s son David is dead, and Tom believes Kate is responsible. Now his older son John is missing – unable to grieve for one son until he finds the other, desperation can cause a man to do terrible things … Then the German Meier brothers descend on the city, intent on finding an item David had offered to sell them. Even Tom doesn’t know where it is, but he suspects Kate Crowley must have taken it.

Kate is on the run. She is trapped in the dead man’s city – can her old friend help her find a way out?

In a week where a political summit is taking place and the city is on high alert, Kate must struggle to stay hidden and stay alive. And Anna is drawn into the twisted race against time, falling deeper into danger.

Buy it here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blinding-Lies-gripping-contemporary-thriller-ebook/dp/B08R68QFY6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=blinding+lies&qid=1609358255&sr=8-1

Blinding Lies: A gripping contemporary thriller set in Cork, where the search for truth can prove deadly (An Anna Clarke Novel Book 1)

A number of Cork schools weren't feeling the festive spirit in the build up to Christmas, with no visits from Santa or Christmas Carol singing, so Niall and partner Julie teamed up with Fighting Words in Dublin a company headed up by Roddy Doyle and Seán Love.

The concept of the project was that they would commission 12 writers asking them to write the start of a children's story with the idea of Children finishing the story.

The project really gathered momentum with the backing of :Eoin Colfer, Cecilia Ahern, Shane Casey, Hillary Rose and Fighting Words Northern Ireland also came on board with Lisa McGee the writer of the hit series 'Derry Girls'.

To get in touch with your creative side at : https://www.graffiti.ie/workshops/fighting-words/12-stories-of-christmas/

Cork City Council have developed a new fun, outdoor activity for all the family. Get out and about and explore the newly developed Heritage Orienteering Course that has been developed in Shandon. The aim of the orienteering course is to raise awareness and celebrate the architectural conservation areas of our city. The course will highlight wonderful architectural features that can be seen on shop fronts, houses and civic buildings such as wrought iron railings, sash windows, intricate stone carvings, fanlights and many other features, some of which are hundreds of years old! By taking part, you can enjoy the historic urban landscape in a healthy and fun way.

The marking points are Illustrated by local artists who entered a competition, in the form of ceramic tiles stuck to 5 different check points which you can find on your map. The aim is to not only draw your attention to these artist's designs but also to the other forms of architecture our marvelous City has on offer such as Georgian railings and old boot scrapers. You will also find out some of the stories about the people who once lived and worked here. The trail starts on North Mall, going through Shandon street,on to Anne's tower and Church and ending on at the Civic Trust House on Pope's quay.

If you wish to do a bit of Orienteering in Cork City visit:
https://www.corkcity.ie/en/things-to-do/parks-outdoors/orienteering/

Following sold out concerts over the last four years, our annual Christmas Concert will be hosted online this December 19th-21st, ensuring one of Cork’s most recent festive traditions can continue in the comfort of your home.

Always a highlight of our Winter Programme at Cork Opera House, the Christmas Concert will take a different format as the best in local Cork and national talent come together to sing a range of festive classics, streamed online with the usual mix of musical and artistic talent.

Accompanied by the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra and conducted by John O'Brien, a variety of artists will take to the stage to perform a range of seasonal classics. Those performing across the three evenings will include renowned Irish tenor Gavan Ring and one of the country’s most celebrated sopranos, Majella Cullagh. They will be joined by the mother and daughter duo of Karen and Christiana Underwood along with rising star Emma Sophia of The Emma Sophia Show. All will be performing seasonal festive favourites, along with a spoken word performance by Ciarán Bermingham.

Gather your holly, your ivy and sit down with the whole family to join us from afar for a special night of seasonal music this Christmas - we promise this magical evening will leave you brimming over with festive cheer.

Get your tickets for the concert at: https://www.corkoperahouse.ie/en-GB/shows/cork%20opera%20house%20christmas%20concert%202020/info

https://dice.fm/event/xmg2k-cork-opera-house-christmas-concert-21st-dec-stream-via-cork-opera-house-dublin-tickets

The song was Wrote by Katrina last year and Recorded in Rusheen's "Tribarac Recording studio", with Adrian and the 6th Class students recording the vocals as early as last March, whilst it was touch and go as to whether it would be released in time it was, and the whole school was involved in the music video.

To Check out the video or donate to Cork Penny dinners and the Children’s Unit at CUH visit: https://youtu.be/_YN-YaqbVcg
https://www.gofundme.com/f/rusheenns-christmas-appeal?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all

The West Cork musicians have a CD out for Christmas, on the back of the successful Facebook live gigs they have been carrying out all year.

Ella has also experienced success having performed on the Sea Princess cruise ship.

Pick up the CD in the following locations:
Scannell's Pharmacy, Ballineen.

O'Farrell's Newsagents, Bandon

As well as numerous other places through out West Cork and I-Tunes.

Filmed in the Metropole Hotel with plenty of performers including: Tracie Keenan, Mikey O'Donovan, Lorna Moore, Orla Hill, The Loungeman, Gill McGee, Mary Norberg O'Neill, Kayla Meaghair, Timothy O'Sullivan, Marie Bradfield, The Jazz Dude and of course Marguerite O'Connor The Songstress herself. Also contributing is Cork singer songwriter Mick Flannery. The annual event was founded in 2017 by Marguerite and Mary O'Connor with the aim of raising much needed funds for local charities.

The enable Ireland centre in Curragheen are currently short a million in funding, the event is going to be streamed Sunday coming at 6 pm.

Get your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-christmas-jingle-2020-in-aid-of-enable-ireland-tickets-130448794857

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christmasjinglecork/

Affinití, Celtic inspired classical crossover group, announce a very special Christmas concert filmed in the wonderfully atmospheric surroundings of Powerscourt House. Classically trained musicians Emer Barry (Soprano), Aisling Ennis (Harp) and Mary Mc Cague (Violin) have brought their Christmas show to the USA each year and are delighted to share ‘A Celtic Christmas’ with Irish music lovers for the first time. Highlights will include:

l Affiniti’s chart topping version of O Holy Night - over 3 million views on YouTube

l An opportunity to see Powerscourt House and Gardens, which will be beautifully decorated for this one-offevent by Miller & Lambe Events & Design, from the safety and comfort of your home.

l A special virtual guest appearance by Bing Crosby’s nephew, Howard Crosby, who will tell one of his manypersonal stories about his famous uncle

TICKETS available from Affinití’s online shop on www.affinitimusic.com Enter ‘RedFM’ to avail of a 15% discount

“Full of soul, sass and sophistication, as well as exquisite technique." – The Boston Globe.

The Chattyboo Productions team should have been embarking on their 12th year of the show, another 6 week run all the way through til mid-January. However, due to the restrictions governinglive shows they are out of work this Christmas. Instead of doing nothing, the gang made this sketch show between the lockdowns. It’s a collection of sketches, animation and songs; a mix of favourites from past years as well as new sketches too. As they say: It’s rude, it’s crude… but never nude! Book the Adult Panto sketch show on TakeYourSeats.ie

Cast and crew includes: Adrian Scanlon, Leah woods, Darragh Keating, Pearse O' Donoghue, Dave Peer, Anne Marie O'Donovan, Angela Newman, the sketch show was filmed and directed by RedFM’s Kilian Pettit,

The song has over half a million views, the writing of the song started in 2017 and was finished last September just before the news about the sealing of the documents in relation to the mother and Baby home broke.

You can hear the single at: Aine O'Gorman - YouTube

Local historian Colm Cronin of the Coppeen Historical, Archaeological and Cultural society chats about not wanting the opportunity to commemorate the Kilmichael ambush to pass, especially when it was an event which held such significance.Colm's son Shane came on board with his skills from working in digital media and research with E-learning in CIT, with Colm writing a script and presenting the piece.

Expect an un-biased account of the event and never-before-heard audio from those who were there on the day.

View the film at :
https://www.coppeenheritage.com/kilmichael-ambush

The 50 volunteers who spent weeks on zoom meetings whilst working from home produced the book in aid of Make A Wish Ireland, to help children like their inspiration Molly Daly a 9 year old Cork girl living with Kabuki syndrome.

The book is titled 'Molly the Mouse' a play on words down to the fact that Logitech makes Mice (for computers).

The book is available on https://highstreetbooks.ie/Molly-The-Mouse-By-Logitech-Cork-Care-Team-For-Make-A-Wish-Ireland who are distributingthe books free of charge, as well as a number of Ryan's Supervalu stores in Togher, Glanmire and Grange

A virtual online Santa calling service for the smallies with pre recorded video messages also possible. Dave also heard from the main man himself too!

To book your chance to talk to Santa calling visit: https://www.santacalling.ie/

Framework Films are celebrating 21 years of filmmaking and documenting the stories of various communities in Cork. In Established by two film-makers, Eddie Noonan and Emma Bowell in 1999, Frameworks Films provides access to the art of film-making, to communities who wanted to tell their story. Over the past twenty-one years, Frameworks Films have worked with a variety of Cork groups and organisations, people with disabilities, young people, older people, migrant communities, Traveller organisations, LGBT+ communities and other minority groups, as well as communities in almost every part of Cork city. The company is now moving on to a new chapter with the establishment of Cork Community Media Hub, an amalgamation of the work previously done by Frameworks Films and Cork Community TV, which will include production, training, broadcasting and archiving.

“We now have a treasure trove of films that really reflect the cultural, social and political life of Cork over the past twenty to thirty years” says Eddie Noonan, who has been documenting life in Cork with his camera since the late eighties “and our hope is to be able to properly archive all this content so that future generations can access it.”

Visit; https://frameworksfilms.com/
http://www.corkcommunitytv.ie/

Jamin describes what it's like being locked down in the UK stating that the 2nd lockdown isn't as exciting as the 1st. He goes on to chat about the urge during his time in Fred to release music of his own,when he did get around to it the last take was recorded the day before lockdown kicked in.

To hear more of Jamin's music check out: https://www.facebook.com/pg/jaminodonovanmusic/posts/

Top Tracks – Jamin O Donovan - YouTube

All the teams were set against each other to see who could raise the most for charity. With each member having to make a donation to be part of the team.The team which Des was a part of was 'The lumberjacks' which raised the most moneyfor their charity 'Field of dreams' which help people with down syndrome to get back into the workforce. Silver and bronze was also awarded to Cork teams.

The competition included completing the equivalent of 23 marathons over 30 days.

It didn't stop there however as tomorrow the staff at Cork Builder Providers are having a jumper day for cancer treatment in the regional hospital.

The Chadwicks Group, Ireland's leading builders' merchanting company, instigated ‘The Chadwick’s Challenge’ tasked teams of up to six staff members to step-up and get active. Hosted online via the Fitbit app, teams had 30 days to log asmany steps as they could, with the top three teams getting to nominate their charities of choice to receive the funds raised.

Over 70 teams nationwide took part, but there was no stopping three Cork Builders Providers (CBP) powerhouses.

Having walked the equivalent of Cork to Cape Town, 15,827,611 steps in total, three of the Cork Builders Providers teams took 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

1st - The Lumberjacks

● Cian Keohane (captain)
● Vince O'Brien
● Des Murphy
● James Reardon
● Eoin Crowley
● Dave Cronin

2nd - No ‘Margin’ For Error

● Sean Twomey (captain)
● Barry Hackett
● Mark O’Sullivan
● Paul Comerford
● Thomas Darcy

3rd - Stepbrothers

● Liam O Brien (captain)
● Paul Duggan
● Chris Fox
● Eoghan Simpson
● Eoin McSweeney
● Mick Cronin

Walking on average over 40,200 steps a day each, the equivalent of every team member completing 23 marathons over 30 days, winning team, The Lumberjacks, selected Field Of Dreams Cork as their chosen charity. Receiving a cheque for €10,000, Field Of DreamsCork was developed by the Cork branch of Down Syndrome Ireland to provide opportunities for adults with Down Syndrome for ongoing learning and growth

The event has been running for 8 years in Myrtleville beach as a way of keeping Danny's memory alive,while also raising much needed funds for the Mercy Hospital Foundation. So far the amount raised adds up to over €100,000. This year's event has gone virtual meaning you can do the swim anytime between December 17th-24th.

To post pictures of you carrying out the swim and to contribute visit the following websites: https://www.mercyfundraising.ie/danny-crowley-christmas-swim/

Instagram:@thedannycrowleyswim

Over the first two weeks of December, Declan Daly and his siblings, Geraldine, Paula and Kenneth, together with some well known faces from the world of broadcasting and sport - are taking on a virtual 5km challengeto support front-line staff at the Mercy University Hospital and to remember their mother, Lena. In September 2020, Lena Daly sadly passed away at The Mercy after spending over three weeks there. Speaking about this difficult time in their lives, Declan said “the efforts of the catering, cleaning, nursing and care teams contributed greatly tomaking my mam’s time on the wards a very dignified and humane one.” This inspired the siblings to come together and raise funds for the Mercy University Hospital Foundation’s Covid-19 Appeal. Funds raised will support frontline staff at The Mercy as they work through the Covid-19 pandemic this Christmas. They are challengingthemselves to walk or run 5km and you are invited to do the same.

To support this initiative visit: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/5kmforlenadaly

Hailing from Co. Cork, Morning Medicine is a band that combines indie-folk and alternative-rock influences.

Having spent a number of years producing and writing for a wide range of artists, the bands founding members, Sarah O' Mahony and Brian Casey, spent the early months of 2020 channelling years of latenight collaborations into long overdue recordings of their own.

With guest appearances from a small cast of friends, Morning Medicine's debut EP 'Everything You've Been Told You Need' wanders from sparse soundscapes to dense arrangements with layered female and malevocals forming a constant throughout.

To hear more music from Morning Medicine visit; https://soundcloud.com/morningmedicineband

Danny was full of praise for Cork's RedFM for the Red Talks Record's event held at the end of July, which saw them out on a promo tour across the country in an Ice-cream van and resulted in them pipping Fontaines DC to the number 1 album spot with ‘True Love Waits’. New single ‘LA At Night’ has "taken on new meaning" due to Covid 19 now too. All this and more. Just click play.

To see the chat in full visit: https://www.facebook.com/50571612059/posts/10158073345702060/

Send a virtual Irish guide dog puppy and mascot "Rover" around the world in 80 days by going for a walk, jog or cycle. All the miles you do send Rover further across the globe and you can track his journey online too! His journey commences on the 13th of November from the Guide Dog HQ on the Model Farm Road and currently Rover is in Iraq!! We need him back by the end of January so get out get busy and do some good.

To donate to the Irish Guidedog fundraiser event visit: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/around-the-world-in80days?fbclid=IwAR2gzMbMVH9efNYSVnkFqIukrU3RfRWONubMTuF6aCcmsbuHOc3EN1M4Zvg

https://www.facebook.com/challengeAlex/posts/3418032084960195

Describing herself as 'every man's Christmas fantasy ' Nanny Nelly was looking for something to do what with there being no panto at Cork Opera House this year so, like everything else these days, she’s decided to go online. So enjoy Nanny Nellie reminiscing on some of her best bits from the COH Xmas panto of the last five years, perfect for the smallies & not-so smallies too.

For more information on how to purchase tickets for this event visit:
https://www.corkoperahouse.ie/en-GB/shows/nanny%20nellie%E2%80%99s%20panto%20telly/events

https://dice.fm/event/y3dqx-nanny-nellies-panto-telly-22nd-dec-stream-via-cork-opera-house-dublin-tickets

The initiative came about from general small talk in the work canteen chatting about their Christmas party, how it wouldn't be going ahead and the fact that they have an extra few quid to spare as a result. Realising that the demand for services is at a high and the funds were at a low because of the pandemic, they thought why not donate the dinner they would have got at their Christmas party to Penny Dinners. The required price to be able to feed a single person for a full Christmas dinner is €7.50 with the aim being to feed 1000 people over Christmas.

For more information about how you can help visit; https://www.redfm.ie/donate-a-dinner-this-christmas-in-aid-of-cork-penny-dinners/

In 2017 Darce released his debut EP and since then has been releasing a diverse range of music, his music has had over 100,000 streams. He also discusses bringing a Dutch TV crew to Cork .

The first episode in the 3 part series sees Clara chat with Brian and Thay of the Cork rooftop farm. Having previously worked with a US consulting firm she threw in the towel in order to feed her passion for food. Having grown up in a family with the same enthusiasm for food with her great grandfather having an organic vegetable farm and a grandfather who was a Baker in one of Cork's very first bakeries.

Having learnt her trade in an intensive cooking course in Ballymaloe Clara now goes to people's houses to educate them about food and carrying out cooking classes.

To listen to the podcast visit;https://www.redfm.ie/on-air/podcasts/cork-food-stories-with-clara-cooney/
https://redextra.ie/shows/cork-food-stories-with-clara-cooney/

12 years into making a comedic career for himself across the water in the UK, Knocknaheeny man Chris was delighted with life and with his career really starting to go places, he felt comfortable enough to make the decision to move home early this year and then…youknowwhat happened, the world turned upside downand his gigging career stopped flat. Still though returning home has allowed him rediscover his love of Cork Chippers and although he’s had to return to a real-world real-job he hopes it will provide material for future comedic routines when the world rights itself once again. Allow him to regale you withamusing stories in his own inimitable and 100% home-grown Cork style as part of Your Official Kick-Start to Xmas at the RedFM Jingle Bell Ball Saturday 21st from 7pm it’s on air and online and free for you to enjoy – all you need is a Xmas jumper or Santa hat and why not get your decorations out on time too – if ever there was a year we needed Xmas to come early it’s this year!!

https://www.redfm.ie/the-jingle-bell-ball-returns/

The fairytale of Nano Nagle is a live dramatic performance which is available to view online, it is produced by Judie Charmers and Ann Dolton. It was filmed in an area called "Mrs Nagle's parlour" this being a room she would have spentmuch of her life.

You also have the option to carry out a podcast walking tour where you can venture to the various schools that she would have overlooked.

Available from Saturday November 21st. For more information visit: https://nanonagleplace.ie/

Greywood Arts opened 3 years ago in an old Georgian building as an artist residency. Prior to opening it's members became heavily involved in running art programmes with various groups in the community, including reviving the May Sundayfestival an event which started in Killeagh over a Century ago. With the realisation that there's demand from local artists to get involved in Arts classes/workshops, they need a more spacious workshop. With plans for a newfacility which will provide studio's for local artists, dedicated education space and a flexible event and exhibition space, in the planning with €15,000 as a target for the roof and a third already collected, Jessica is pleading with the public for donationsfor the rest of the funds.

To support this initiative visit: https://fundit.ie/user/82454
https://greywoodarts.org/author/greywoodarts/

Luunah, an alternative-electronic music project led by singer-songwriter, artist and live performer, Sarah-Beth, came together in 2019, gradually coalescing from different years of CIT School of Music’s undergrad in Popular Music. The band quickly began writing and gigging, working hard to form a uniquealternative pop sound. And there’s been some big gigs, with the band landing festival spots at Electric Picnic and Indiependence and playing city venues with Angry Mom Collective.The band consists of Sarah-Beth - Vocals-Keyboard,James Gormley - Guitar ,Paul Brennan - Drums,Emily Naughton - Piano-Synth and LeeKennedy on Bass.

To check out more music from Lwnah visit: https://www.facebook.com/Luunahmusic/
https://twitter.com/luunah5?lang=en

She tells Dave that this song encourages an attitude of having more acceptance of yourself as well as having self belief, especially in the age of social media where a lot of what we are seeing are other people's highlight reels that can make us feel like our lives don’t measure up.

For more information on Jen's music visit; https://www.facebook.com/jenom95/
https://twitter.com/jenellamusic

Thursday 12th sees a number of towns and villages across Cork turning on the Christmas lights, including Youghal, Kinsale and Bandon. It’s a part of Cork County Council initiative ‘A Real Cork Christmas’ designed to boost community solidarity and hope and to encourage support for local business, local enterprise and local traders.

For more info visit; https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/cork-county-council-calls-real-cork-christmas

Lilith, a cabaret-style song cycle by Éadaoin O'Donoghue (lyrics) and John O’Brien (music) and performed by Karen Underwood with Dave Whitla on bass, Fionn Ó Ceallacháin on drums, and John on piano.

"LILITH, Adam's first wife, made of earth and clay... not rib. Written out of history, 'til now that is. She's gonna let it all hang out and sing her side of the story. 11 new songs with influences from the worlds of soul, blues, tango, pop and classical - a gleefully irreverent, sacred, sexy take on Creation." The original live performance of Lilith was commissioned by and premiered at Cork Midsummer Festival 2019, and supported by The Arts Council. A live recording of this beautiful work was recently released to coincide with the upcoming performance here at Cork Opera House.

For more tickets & further info go to https://www.corkoperahouse.ie/calendar/2020-11-14

A group of young people from Cork have joined forces to compose a rap song called "Science Shapes Our Future" especially for the Cork Science Festival. With the help of GMCBeats Workshops the song is all about the importance of science in the community. The music projects they are involved in across the northside are supported by Music Generation and YWI Cork.
The group consists of: Co-ordinator of the Kabin Studio, music producer and rap/songwriting workshop facilitator: Garry McCarthy (GMCBeats Workshops). Animator, videographer and co-music producer and songwriter: Sean Parnell
Performers: Sophie McCarthy, 15, Cara Cullen, 15, Luke Martin, 14, Ellen Martin, 12, Darren Stewart, 11, Coben Cullen, 9

Cork Science Festival runs until Nov 15th find out more here
https://www.corksciencefestival.ie/

Irish director Kieron J. Walsh's fictional film The Racer, set in the Summer of 1998 when the Tour de France passed through Ireland, is an exhilarating action film and dark comedy about a ‘domestique’ rider nearing the end of his career who makes a fateful decision to steal a chance for one last moment of glory….it packs an adrenalin-filled punch right to the finish line.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sIQIwczfE4
Full programme at https://corkfilmfest.org/

Owen has supported Declan O'Rourke in a learn from leaders live event. Hear more from Owen here https://www.facebook.com/owenruamusic/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6uDn439qBHGhlX5BT1WZ8E

Sinéad has landed the gig as roving reporter on ‘The Den’ a 6-part series of the beloved show which kicks off Sunday 8th Nov. The 27 year old has only been doing stand up for a year, and after only two gigs entered a competition for stand up with the prize being a pilot episode of a show on RTE player, which she won.

Catch the series now at: https://www.rte.ie/player/series/seriously-sin%C3%A9ad%3F/SI0000007324?epguid=PL000006131&seasonguid=160024616310

Elected Lord Mayor of Cork following the death by hunger-strike of Terrance MacSwiney in Brixton Prison, Donal Og was Cork’s third Sinn Fein Lord mayor in 1920 following MacSwiney and Tomás Mac Curtain, assassinated by the RIC at his home in Blackpool.
We hear about the politics that were going on during the Civil war as side from the war of independence. After the ‘Burning of Cork’ he fled to America to spread the word of the Irish Republican movement. In 1924 he suffered an embarrassing election defeat finishing last out of the 7 candidates up for election.

Aodh's book 'the forgotten mayor ' can be purchased in all good book stores for more information on the book visit; https://www.corkcity.ie/en/cork-city-commemorations/books/donal-g-o-callaghan/

Elected Lord Mayor of Cork following the death by hunger-strike of Terrance MacSwiney in Brixton Prison, Donla Og was Cork’s third Sinn Fein Lord mayor in 1920 following MacSwiney and Tomás Mac Curtain, assassinated by the RIC at his home in Blackpool.
We hear about the politics that were going on during the Civil war as side from the war of independence. After the ‘Burning of Cork’ he fled to America to spread the word of the Irish Republican movement. In 1924 he suffered an embarrassing election defeat finishing last out of the 7 candidates up for election.

Aodh's book 'the forgotten mayor ' can be purchased in all good book stores for more information on the book visit; https://www.corkcity.ie/en/cork-city-commemorations/books/donal-g-o-callaghan/

A tale of trauma set along the northern Irish border tells how the troubles have affected both the family and community concerned. However Cathy is keen to emphasize that it is a personal film rather than political. It takes a look at two sisters who grow up on the Irish border and one of them finally returns home after being missing, looking into their mother's past they find someunhidden secrets which get overwhelming for all involved.

The film is extra special as it’s the last screen appearance of Nika McGuigan who sadly passed away since the filming of Wildfire and she shows herself to have been an absolutelyhuge talent.

Download the Cork International Film festival app CIFF 2020 or browse, book or stream on corkfilmfest.org

Dr.Phil talks about the dangers of social isolation and of how social interaction was something we took for granted before it disappeared. He advises reaching out to friends and family to give and get support in equal measure either via phone or Zoom. Also key is a healthy diet and exercise to release endorphins in the body and to give yourself a good blast of feel-good dopamine too.

As well as having his song 'Cannibal Tree' feature in the wildly successful BBC drama ‘Normal People.’ Tipped as one of Nialler 9's favourite new acts, one to watch by Hot Press magazine, and with music influenced by the tones of such 70'smusicians as; Prince, John Martyn and ABBA, Cork’s Yenkee is on the move and on the rise.

Here we hear new track 'Life in 3/4 Time,’ recorded between home studio in Cork and new home of London.

More music by Graham Cooney as Yenkee here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1yLpGinPA3E5RvXfbAXUIu

The ‘Buy Back Time’ for Cancer Patients in Cork with Breakthrough Cancer Research campaign includes a number of free-but-donations-welcome online events across the Halloween weekend including Cork comedian/writer Colm O'Regan with Aoife Barry of The Journal.ie in a wide-ranging free-flowing conversation that will take in Colm's 2nd Ann Devine novel ‘Handle With Care,’ a light hearted novel about a mother of four living in rural Ireland. https://www.breakthroughcancerresearch.ie/news/help-buy-back-time-for-cancer-patients/

You know that extra hour we all gained when the clocks went back? We want you to help us put that hour to very good use. We want you to join us in the fight against cancer…basically,we need your help to ‘buy back time’ for cancer patients in Cork. Take that hour of time you got back and give it to Breakthrough Cancer Research by hosting a fun Halloween fundraising event at home or at work, donate the value of that one hour you got backor even more simply again donate 4 euro right now by texting the letters B C R to 50 300. Whatever you choose to do, stay listening to Cork’s RedFM and together we’ll help ‘buy back time’ for vital cancer research in Cork. Learn more by hearing Dave chat withCEO of the charity Orla Dorgan & feel free to join a host of fun online events over the Halloween weekend at break through cancer research dot com forward slash buy back time

Cillian’s first single "In love with a friend " debuted at number 1 in the iTunes and Spotify charts and he’s hoping to do the same with his new one "Me,Myself and I." Covering Cillian's struggles with his mental health, it’s something he feels is important to open up about despite his initial hesitancy at first. But if we don’t open up and talk, we can’t break the stigma.

Check out Cillian's music here https://open.spotify.com/artist/2qIbFBKfDuZ7KBMWcpkadi

https://www.facebook.com/cillianobrienmusic/

Stephen talks about how musicians need us now more than ever. He’s posted songs from 15 individual singers over 15 weeks and he thinks you should give them your time!

He encourages you to listen to real and original content. One of the artists featured is Rua Rí and you’ll hear his song ‘Rolled and Boned’

Clive talks about his pride in the team overcoming all the adversity that this strangest of years has thrown at them and of how it’s been a great Pride to date with still more to come including the launch of Orla Egan’s walking tour Friday23rd from 6 here; https://www.facebook.com/CorkLGBTArchive

Red FM are proud media partners of Cork Pride & want you to join the safe socially distanced virtual After Party & Parade "Together, Apart" Sunday 25th at 2 join the fun from the comfort of your home here corkpride.live

Dying in Cork prison just hours after the passing of Cork Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney in Brixton prison on October 25th 1920, Pouladuff rd. man Joseph Murphy is to be commemorated this Sunday in the TogherBallyphehane area with people being asked to ‘fly the flag’ either Tri Colours, blood & bandages or Stars and stripes (Joe was originally born in the US). Also see corkcitycouncil.ie Sunday at 8 to enjoy a documentary all about Joe titled "The boy from Pouladuff "produced by Shirley and media graduate Emma Horgan. It will be introduced by the Lord Mayor and followed by a play titled "My Unsung Hero" written by Morris Dineen, directed by Catherine Mahon Buckley. See it on Sunday here https://www.corkcity.ie/en/

Settle back & enjoy film content from around the world in all its various forms from the comfort of your own couch at this years 65th edition of the Cork International Film Festival Sunday November 8th - 15th. The portal to all this content and all the information re same is the "CIFF 2020" App available in all App stores. Included in the festival are 50 features and Documentaries and over 80 short films of various genres including films for families, 4 world premiers and 9 Irish films.

The Opening Gala screening Sunday 8th (although available for you all week if you purchase it) is ‘The Racer’ directed by Kieron J Walsh an Irish fiction about two competing racers in the 1998 Tour De France the year the opening stages played out in Ireland and rolled through Cork. It packs an adrenalin-filled punch right to the finish line.

Speaking from personal experience as a beneficiary of the service with her daughter Alex. Jennifer talks about previously needing to travel to the hospital on some occasions 5 times a week initially. However with this service for Children and Teens it puts the patient at ease in the comfort of their own home.

This year the service has carried out 655 home visits during 2019. Travelling almost 32,000 Km whilst providing support to 32 different families.

Jennifer is encouraging people to donate to their fund this year, last year the fund was just short of 100 K. Schools are also being asked to get involved by holding a dress up or dress down day.

To donate visit:https://www.mercyfundraising.ie/our-work/the-mercy-kids-teens-appeal/

After completing her BA in Popular Music at CIT Cork School of Music, where she graduated with First Class Honors in May 2018, Cork singer songwriter Ruth Brosnanset off to LA on a graduate visa to learn more about the music business. While in LA, she entered an online competition called The Great American Song Contest and was chosen as a finalist with her debut single, Good Enough,which she says was a great honour. It was also something for which she has had a lifetime of training. “I always wanted to be a performer. I did a lot of acting and singing with The Performers in the Firkin Crane with Irene Warren, I had been in The Monforts and I was in the Cork Schoolof Dance with Sinead Murphy. I was in pantos with Bryan Flynn and I’m so delighted I got to work with him. These people were all very influential when I was growing up.”

Follow Ruth on Facebook at; https://www.facebook.com/ruthbrosnanmusic/

Eoin has been working with the arts sector for 24 years, both as an artist in his own right and working with disabled artists and musicians,

Last weekend a virtual conference was held in cork on the topic. The initiative has the backing of Conal Creedon and John Spillane, who recorded videos for the event, allowing the public to see cork in all its glory online.He also talksabout the rights that people with these challenges have to participate in cultural life in the form of article 30. He finished by stating that there is progress being made but still a long way to go. For more information about the organisation visit;

https://www.cope-foundation.ie/What-We-Do/Support/Therapy-and-Multidisciplinary/Music-Therapy

Originating as part of the Clon Bike Festival 9 years ago, the Clonakilty Bike Circus is a non profit workshop aimed at teaching you to build, maintain and mend your own Bikes. Jack tells Dave the story and also talks up his recent conversion to the e-bike revolution and talks about how he has become an e-bike ambassador. In his view they are the future and have already brought many people back to bikes again. He also points out that they are a lot of fun too! https://www.facebook.com/thebikecircus/

A street art initiative - underway until October 31st at various locations across the City - Ardú (as Gaelige for Rise) arrives with the intention of injecting colour, vibrancy, and life into the city and aims to unite the Leeside community through art, lifting its creative energy at a time when it needs it most. The programme welcomes seven of Ireland’s most respected and renowned street artists: MASER, Shane O’Driscoll, Deirdre Breen, Peter Martin, James Earley, ACHES, and Garreth Joyce, to create works at key city-centre locations, in response to a theme inspired by the 1920 Burning of Cork, the murals will appear at Harley’s Street, Wandesford Quay, The Kino, Anglesea Street, Liberty Street, Kyle Street, and Henry Street.

www.corkcity.ie/ardu

She talks about 'nosing' the whiskey to make sure the quality is acceptable. Also discussed is the various stages involved in producing the whiskey. It is a 2 year program and she is looking to recruit graduates for the distillery in Corkand in the bottling plant in Midleton. Applications are open until October 29th. To Apply now visit; https://www.jamesongraduateprogramme.com/apply-now

The track was recorded for MASI - Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland - a grassroots group of asylum seekers set up to campaign against direct provision and deportation. Hillary speaks about how the song examines the life of an asylum seeker travelling from thecountry of their birth to a new country without seeing any borders. It is something that is very close to Hillary's heart.
Check out the video on the Red FM Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/50571612059/posts/10157953504342060/

Dr Gillian O'Brien, The reader in modern Irish history at Liverpool's John Moore's University, has written a book where she sets out on a journey to physically explore the key locations in Ireland's dark history including topics such as famine and rebellion. Up to 20 of the locations she visits on her journey are here in Cork.

Cork actor Pascal chats about the post water shed animated comedy series ‘Fantasy Ireland’- described as a ‘twisted look at contemporaryIreland’ – created by the team behind Zig & Zag/Podge & Rodge, it debuts on RTE Two October 8th at 23.20. From Upper John Street and educated at the North Mon, Pascal spent 28 years as a guard before finally scratching the itch for acting and has never looked back since. Roles include Killnaskully and The Young Offenders film.

In 1995, aged 20 Irene joined Cork City Fire Brigade. Here she talks about how rewarding the job can be and how vital the fire service is to the local community. Irene is station officer in Ballyvolane and is encouraging recruitment to the fire service including more women. See more here https://www.corkcity.ie/en/council-services/services/emergency-management/cork-city-fire-brigade/recruitment/

Eoin tells Dave about the event set up to commemorate his brother Mark who they lost to testicular cancer back in 2012. This year's event is virtual & you’ve got two weeks to complete a distance of 22 km - the distance of the traditional route from the viaduct to the town hall in Bandon. 350K has been raised to date for Mercy Cancer Care Foundation. Donate here https://www.mercyfundraising.ie/events/make-your-mark-on-cancer/

Bantry born, Ballincollig living, St John's Central College graduate talks about his Indie Cork opening film - a horror about a guy who agrees to look after a girl in a creepy house in the middle of nowhere. Find out more about the 8thIndie Cork fest at indiecork.com

Run to give those at risk of homelessness – and other who have faced difficult circumstances or suffer from or are in danger of marginalization – the Cork Street League runs Fridays in The Glen Sports Complex and it’s a competitive footyleague that has developed a huge community connection amongst those who are a part of it. A multitude of cultures and nationalities are now involved. He also talks about the ‘Street League’ film, open in cinemas Nationwide, which is the story of the Irishteam in the Homeless World Cup and features Colin Farrell.

Find out more by contacting Paul at Cork Street League on Facebook.

Linda tells Dave about her appearance on Catherine Fulvio’s Tastes Like Home Show where she shows Catherine how to make a fish pie and Catherine then flys out to San Sebastien to cook that fish pie for Linda’s sister Fiona. See how they all get on on RTE 1 Mon 5th October at 8.30pm

In this first solo comedy show from Tadhg Hickey, we meet Feargal, a downtrodden but cheery man who fulfilled his lifelongdream of becoming an alcoholic. Ahead of two forthcoming safe & socially distanced shows at Everyman Theatre – Weds 21st & Thurs 22nd - Tadgh tells Dave all about it. See more here https://everymancork.com/events/in-one-eye-out-the-other/

A man who was around in the earliest days of the development of an alternative rebellious youth culture in Cork, all centred around quirky bands with quirky names making quirky music (none of the bands in questionwould appreciate that description but it’s true) Ricky Dineen is back making music with Liam Heffernan as Big Boy Foolish. Here he talks to Dave about the days of Elvera Butler & the Downtown Kampus at The Arcadia (now apartments across from Kent station)and the recent album release marking those times 40 years ago ‘Kaught on Kampus

Maria Kidney and Sligo born husband Martin Ballantyne set up the charitable organization Brighter Communities in rural Kenya in 2002 and they badly need your help to help them help vulnerable Afrocan children sufferingas a result of Covid conditions. Find out more donate here https://www.brightercommunities.org/en/index.php

Al chats about the ‘Poster Display’ business set up by his Grandfather in the early 90's, taken over by Aunt Breda in 05 and then him last year. At the start of Covid he turned over some of the display spaces to positive messages - "Don'tbe a langer, be kind" and a tribute to frontline staff: “Not All Heroes Wear Capes” - and wants to up the campaign again – he needs your help!

Rugby-playing college buddies (Bath, UK), Glanmire man Chris Barry and Offaly man Jason Adam-Hein have formed the group Shoulder 2 Shoulder and their first fundraising event is the Coast2Coast Ultra-Run through the Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland’s spectacular coastal route. This amazing journey willtake them through nine of Ireland’s beautiful coastal counties, running up to 75km each day and reaching a total target of 2,500 km between them within 35 days.

A week into the challenge Chris and Jason speak about how the idea came about as well as how it has been for these ‘two non-runners’ so far. Find out more here & support if you can: https://www.shoulder2shouldermentalhealth.com/

Ger talks of how much he is missing playing live gigs, of how the band are keeping creative and how the new single is a tribute to those working hard to keep the whole thing trucking along. Video of Machine by J-90 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksDZW06yagk

Hear Conal talk up the ‘Kaught on Kampus’ album launch, celebrating an era, space and place that was the heyday for him and his mates.

Hear how Larry first became an honorary West Cork man hanging out with Castlehaven lads in New York City, the intense rivalry with Meath, how this was a epic era for Cork football and why he’s happy to support the Marymount Hospice fundraiser.

Tomás talks about a golden year for Cork GAA 30 years ago, as well as showing his support for the ‘Wear Red For Cork’, Marymount Hospice fundraiser organised by Conor Cahalane & the senior Cork panels from that year. See more here: https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11390467_go-red-for-cork.html

Joe And his friend Sean Gordan set themselves the challenge to Cycle the loop of Ireland a distance of 2,500 KM,and a challenge it was..encountering two thunderstorms and a puncher on route. All in aid of DR Jason and his rapid response in west cork.For more information on how to donate visit : https://www.gofundme.com/f/le-tour-de-l039irlande.

On the 30th anniversary of the day the Cork hurlers won the All-Ireland (their 27th Liam McCarthy trophy) to set up the historic ‘double,’ Cork author Adrian Russell discusses that win over Galway and sets the story for the footballers clash with Meath to come.

As part of Hot Press magazines ongoing online 75th birthday tribute to ‘Van the Man’ - widely considered to be Ireland’s greatest and most influential ever songwriter, singer and performer – and one of the outstanding figures in contemporary music over the past 50-plus years- John Spillane, amongst a host of stellar contributors like Bob Geldoff, Glen Hansard, Damien Rice, Gary Lightbody and The President of Ireland himself, will all perform covers of Van Morrison classics – see them for yourself on youtube.com/hotpressmagazine

Míde talks about how Mick's manager Sheena Keane brought about the whole concept. She also chats about the unusual means in which the single had to be written.

‘No Sound Ever Dies’ is the debut album from 90’s heroes Emperor of Ice Cream. Here Graham tells Dave about what it has been like working with old friends again and reveals the story behind the cover art and album title. Buy it on Bandcamp.comright now.

Cork doctor & Bandon resident Patrick Seigne, a consultant intensivist at CUH, talks about a charity cycle taking place on September 3rd and 4th with frontline healthcare workers cycling to Dublin from the 4 corners of Ireland over twodays. It’s in appreciation of the ongoing support of the Irish public for healthcare workers throughout the Covid19 pandemic who say they are uncomfortable being labelled ‘heroic’ and ‘frontline’ and want to turn the focus back on the patients and the supportingcharities that help the most vulnerable in society, specifically Alone (older people), Breakthrough Cancer Research (new cancer treatments), Aware (mental health) and ICUsteps (ICU patient aftercare support). The team has already raised more than half of the €100k target thanks to incredible support from corporate sponsors, including lead sponsor AerCap, gold sponsors Eli Lily and BNP Paribas, silver sponsors Pfizer and Gilead, and other supporters. To support the cause go to ICU4U.ie

Martin Fenton, whose sister Karen sadly lost her battle with Ovarian cancer three years ago, is cycling from their family home in Waterfall to Howth Road in Dublin where she lived prior to her passing. You can help with Martin's fundraising efforts for Cork’s CUH here

https://www.ifundraise.ie/event/2511_martin-s-home-to-home-cycle-challenge.html

Kerri from Fitzpatrick's shop in Glounthaune, talks about her mother Geraldine's genius idea to produce a creativity book for all the smallies they were missing seeing during lockdown. The family affair included daughter Erin in Dubai andCarrig Printers too. Pick up a copy at Fitzpatrick's or Little Island and Glounthaune post offices all for the children's ward at CUH.

Knocknagree's Elly O' Keeffe, a recent contestant on The Voice UK speaks of her experience of the show, meeting Tom Jones, how nice everybody was and of how it has helped kick her on down the path of releasing music starting with currentsingle Gold. For more: Elly O' Keeffe Music on Facebook

Glanmire native Keelan Skillington talks of the ongoing preparations involved in taking on a marathon challenge – his first time running 42K - Friday September 4th. He tells Dave he is doing to this to raise funds for the Parkinson's associationof Ireland an organisation doing so much to help his grandad manage his condition. You can help him here: https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11389685_keelin-skillington-s-page.html

Crónán O’ Doibhlin tells Dave about UCC’s acquisition of The Great Book of Ireland, (Leabhar Mór na hÉireann) - ‘Ireland’s modern-day Book of Kells’ - a gallery of original modern Irish art, poetry, and musical compositions produced between 1989 and 1991 and all bound in one single volume. The book is one and a half times the size of The Book of Kells and required over 110 calfskins to complete. See the Alan Gilsenan directed documentary about the book on RTE 1 tonight Thursday 20th August at 10.10

Carrigaline/Cloyne man Conor Cahill speaks about his ‘Camino de Ireland’ which sees him walking from Malin to Mizen raising funds for the Ambo deaf project, a school in Ethiopia set up by Corkonians. You are invited to donate and guess the total number of steps he will take to win a €500 voucher from deaf enterprises or a midweek stay at the Emmet Hotel, Clonakilty. For more info visit https://www.edp-ambo.com/.

Ahead of Munster taking on old rivals Lenster at Aviva/Landsdowne Road Saturday 7.35, Dave spoke to former Munster legend Ronan O’Gara who has teamed up with Guinness to celebrate the return of rugby - after an unprecedented 175-day absence - with an exciting new food collaboration with BuJo, which has created two limited edition kits, one for Leinster and one for Munster, for the ultimate rugby at home experience, the Guinness x Bujo Home Kits. We’ve clapped, we’ve cried and now, for at least 80 minutes, it’s finally time to cheer!

Fresh from being awarded an artist residency on Inisheer (Inis Oirr) on the Aran Islands, where she will create songs using the soundscape of the island, 6th generation Cork Fiddler Claire Sands speaks to Dave about her Fund-it album campaign – find more info on the “Claire Sands Music” Facebook page.

The Coronas lead singer Danny O’ Reilly speaks to Dave about their Number 1 selling album “True Love waits” and of how much fun it was recording the recent ‘Red Talks Records with The Coronas’ live in The Vinyl Lounge of Golden Discs – jam packed full of funny stories and insights into being in one of Ireland’s biggest bands it’s available to view in full here https://www.redextra.ie/qtvideo/red-talks-records-with-the-coronas/

As seen on the front of the Irish Examiner, Ricky O’ Hanlon speaks of his pride for his 6-year-old son ‘Harry The Hero’ who took on a charity challenge to cycle 3K a day for 33 days and is currently just shy of €28,000 after cycling a grand total of 120 KM. https://ie.gofundme.com/f/help-for-harrys-heroes .

Ray O’Brien from Music Zone Record Shop (formerly and soon-to-be-again Douglas Village SC but currently in Deanrock Biz park in Togher) talks to Dave about how it’s been going since the enforced move from Douglas and of how Irish artists have been taking over the charts this year such as; Cork’s Mick Flannery, The Coronas and Fontaines D.C. He also encourages fans of Scottish band Biffy Clyro to pre-order an album and earn an invite to a virtual acoustic session & Q&A with the band on Tuesday 18th August see music.zone.ie for more.

“Hen Jewellery” designer from Clonakilty, Niamh Morrison the is one of the drivers of Cork Craft Month - currently underway – which has managed to make the most of the current limitations and here she tells Dave why there are some interesting upsides to being ‘mostly digital,’ particularly for those interested in peeping behind the scenes of craft and design makers across the county of Cork. She speaks of feeling inspired by the sea and sky of nearby Inchydoney & of how working with metal makes here giddy with excitement and says that it’s only in the process that the end product reveals itself to her. Cork Craft Month: 60 masterclasses, craft trails, demonstrations, conversations and product launches, as well as virtual behind-the-scenes exhibitions, open studio tours and family-friendly activities. There is an 80% increase in online events with up to 90% of events free-of-charge. See corkcraftanddesign.com for more.

The Cork Musician speaks with Dave about what it has been like writing music during these challenging times, as well as her ambitions to give people hope through her Music. For more info: visit Lyra.ie.

John Spriggs chairman of Cobh GAA and Bingo caller extraordinaire, speaks about how zoom has transformed the bingo experience on ‘The Great island’, how it has been connecting Cobh ex-pats across the globe and bringing much needed fun into peoples lives too.

Ed O’ Leary is one half of ‘The Good Room’ promotional team who, with compatriot Joe Kelly, helps keep Cork culture bubbling along nicely with the always-interesting gigs we’ve enjoyed ‘Live at St. Luke’s’ and at It Takes A Village Festival in Trabolgan, here speaks about bringing live music back – safely - to Kino on Washington Street.

He may be from Tipp but Johnnie Smacks of The 2 Johnnies agrees with all in Cork that keeping ‘the cats in the bag’ is the ideal Summer scenario, this and more as he talks up their new single ‘Dancing in My Kitchen’ - a singalong ode to the joys of warm cans, chicken skewers and having the gang around to yours that they showcase on RedFM’s Heroes Aid Live – for more go here https://www.the2johnnies.ie/podcast

West Cork boxer Georgie Goff & best pal Marko Pejić have come up with a madcap adventure that’s raising money for a very worthy cause. The two lads plan to run home from The Viaduct on the Bandon rd all the way to Glengarrif this coming Saturday August 1st – that’s two and a half marathons lads!! All in aid of Cancer Connect (transport to Cork Hospitals). There will be a number of collection points on route or donate here https://ie.gofundme.com/f/marko-and-george-100km-for-cancer

Cork Musician Mick Flannery speaks about his 7th album release " Alive in Cork Opera House" raising funds for his band and crew.

Session Drummer for Mick Flannery Christian Best Speaks about the live gig that was recorded for the "Alive at Cork Opera house" album release with all funds from the album sales going to Mick's touring crew and those working behind the scenes. Album is out now.

Cork’s Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa dance graduate James Berkery from Nenagh in Tipp talks about his Tik Tok smash ``The Magic Gang" a video he filmed with 18 dancers on Zoom during lockdown and about his BAFTA Nomination.

Stephanie Lynch of ontheqt.ie talks about the new staycation focused series of Red Travel videos where she goes as Glamping on the grounds of Slane Castle, Wakeboarding at Ballyhass lakes, Mallow, checks out the Clock Tower at Youghal and heads across Cork Harbour to sample the delights of the Spike Island Tour. Check Red FM’s Facebook page for regular Red Travel video posts and find them all here in the video section of RedExtra.ie.

Conor from The Coronas speaks ahead of the release of the bands 6th studio album “True Love Waits” on Friday July 31st and reveals one of the two records he has chosen to talk about at the special pre-album launch event ‘Red Talks Records’ hosted by Dave Mac following his live show at The Vinyl Lounge in Golden Discs on Patrick Street on Thursday 30th. This event will be filmed in front of a small socially distanced audience of lucky invitee winners and you can win your way on Dave Mac’s Drive each and every day up to the event itself.

John speaks about Cork City FC’s annual “Liam Miller Memorial 5K Run” Sunday 26th of July, a key fundraiser for Marymount Hospice, Cork City academies and a way to keep the memory of one of Cork’s finest sons and finest soccer players alive and kicking. Walk, Jog or Run from wherever you are in the world this year on Eventbrite.ie.

Cork Born Music producer Lenii speaks about her upcoming EP “In all fairness” and her new single “Mood swings”. As well what life has been like living and learning how to DJ in America.

Angela Newman Talks arts and crafts and her Project “Chatty Boo” which posts out packs to kids once a month. For more information visit Make and Do with Chatty 2 on Facebook.

Eddie Butt of Cork’s 90s Indie-Rock heroes Emperor of Ice Cream talks up the bands 2nd single, “Everyone Looks So Fine” and reflects on the bands history, recent & long-overdue revival, forthcoming debut album and why the fan shot video is so special for him.

Anne Marie Collins - president of the Sports and Social Club with AIB in Munster, one of Cope’s Corporate Partners, is urging you to do the equivalent of the 5 peaks of Munster in steps in a week (45km). The #5Peak1Week Challenge is one you can take on with your family, friends and colleagues. All money raised goes to Cope Foundation. More here www.cope-foundation.ie/Cope5Peaks1Week

Take on Munster’s highest peaks and go the (social) distance for Cope Foundation with your friends, family or colleagues. ⛰

Cope Foundation’s #5Peaks1Week campaign shines a light on 5 of Munster’s highest mountains and asks Teams to challenge themselves from home by walking, running, cycling and even getting up and down the stairs to really feel the pull of the peak! 💪

The 5 Peaks are:

⛰Knockboy, County Cork
⛰Moylussa, County Clare
⛰Knockmealdown, County Waterford
⛰Galteemore, County Limerick and County Tipperary
⛰Corrantuathail, County Kerry

Actress, comedian, voice over artist, Ireland’s Fittest Family winner and all-round good egg Norma Sheehan is spearheading a campaign to raise €50,000 for Arc House. In a fundraising initiative called Arc2Arc, email fundraising@corkcancersupport.ie to find out more.

Sabrina Hill, Influencer, owner of Kopper Hair Salon and Feel good ambassador for Pieta speaks about the ‘FeelGood with Pieta’ July fundraising campaign. For more on that go to feelgoodwithpieta.ie

Michelle O'Sullivan the Sustainable Cork Programme Manager at Cork Chamber here speaks about an online survey that invites you to ‘Imagineer’ your City, your County – how do you want your region to look by 2030/50.

Cork Author Natasha Karis speaks about her Book ‘The Initiates’, a large part of the story is located in the town of Knockfarrig which is loosely based on the East Cork town of Youghal. “It’s about a teacher who finds a note while overseeing a series of detentions with 5 Leaving Cert students. The note is expressing the person's intention to end their life. Only one of them could have written it. She decides to teach them what she wished she knew when she was their age. It's an emotional read that deals with many issues from the different characters. I've been told it's a page turner with many people saying they had to finish it in one sitting.”

One of Ireland's best known influencers, Joanne Larby is a best-selling author, content creator, make-up artist, podcast host, and plus size model. Here she talks to RedFM about becoming an online personality, the pressures involved and why making the move to Schull on Mizen in West Cork is probably the best decision she ever made.

Dave Mac spoke to Megan K. Fox about one of the best and funniest Irish short films of the last 2 years called The Shift. The film won Best Cork Short presented by RedFM at Cork Film Festival 2018. The Shift was awarded funding through the Film in Cork Script Award 2018 and premiered at Cork Film Festival where it began it’s festival journey by winning the title of Best Cork Short. It went on to add the XX Award at Underwire Film Festival 2019, Best Short at the Iffy Awards 2019, and Best Short at the Belfast Film Festival 2020.

The film stars Fiona Bergin in the lead role, with support from Kit Barrett, Joshua Campbell, Cian Colbert, Una O’Brien, and Carol O’Reilly. It was produced by Karen Twomey, with costumes by Sarah Lally and cinematography by Evan Barry.

See for free at megankfoxfilm.com

Jennifer Barry is best known for her role as Siobhán Walsh in The Young Offenders. The 19-year-old actress lives in Kilbrittain and has been involved in amateur dramatics since she was a little girl.

Aged 16, she began working on sitcom. To the outside world, her life seemed perfect. But Jennifer was battling with depression.

She said: “People created in their heads a perfect life for me. But, that’s not the case. I have a brilliant life and I am very happy now but, last year, it didn’t feel like the perfect life. It was a really horrible way of living. It got so bad that I didn’t want to live.”

Last year, Jennifer’s mental health started to deteriorate. She started to lose weight. She didn’t want to get out of bed in the morning and stopped going to school for a while.

“It got to the point where I needed serious help. It was a proper illness.”

Without getting help, she says, she “wouldn’t have survived”.

She knew something wasn’t right because she had a panic attack at school. She also didn’t want to celebrate her 18th birthday and had no interest in marking this milestone with friends and family. After having a panic attack at school, her parents helped her find a counsellor to talk to.

“I didn’t take notice of the early signs. My advice to young people is that as soon as you notice that something isn’t quite right, get it checked.”

She started taking medication, as well as attending psychotherapy sessions. She also found that talking to others really helped in her recovery, as well as exercising regularly and eating a well-balanced diet and getting enough sleep.

As a result of her experiences, Jennifer is keen to become an advocate for mental health, in particular the mental health and wellbeing of teens.

This month she started a blog, called ‘Jen B’s Journey’, dealing with mental health and self-care topics — with plans for a podcast in future. As well as that, she is taking part in Teen Talk; Gen Z.

Cork County Council’s TeenTalks was designed to support teenagers with their Health & Wellbeing, particularly Mental Health.

TeenTalks are organised by Cork County Council and funded by Healthy Ireland through the Council’s three Local Community Development Committees.

The speakers in the on-line seminars will include;

· Grace O’Rourke (Special Forces Hell Week Winner),

· Gerry Hussey (Performance Psychology Consultant & Motivational Speaker)

· Pat Divilly (Fitness Expert & Entrepreneur)

· Graham McCormack (Former MMA Athlete & Mindfulness Coach).

· Elaine Crowley (TV Presenter, Virgin TV)

· Jennifer Barry (Actress, The Young Offenders)

Teenagers are invited to participate by submitting a question, to any or all of the speakers. TeenTalks@CorkCoCo.ie Please include “Teen Talks” in the subject line.

Colm talks with Dave about the Harry Potter quiz which happens tomorrow night at 9.

Conrad Speaks with Dave about His Creation, the love Cork Symbol.

Laura Talks with Dave about her new book, Simple tips and tricks to help you run your home.

Eve Talks with Dave about her new EP and single, down down down.

Eddie Talks to Dave About the festival which connects Cork and Lisbon.

Graham Talks about All things St Patrick's Day in relation to the Choir.

Tim Talks to Killian about how he set up his own publishing company and about His writing's for Charity.

Dave talks to Ted about the band's new single,Long nights in Poky Places.

Joanne Speaks with Dave about the different ways in which people can still donate to the charity.

Jean speaks with Dave about her entry into Portrait Artist of the year on Sky Arts.

Alan Hodgins Speaks about his involvement with the student enterprise and Bee Hotel.

Emma Speaks to Dave about the film festival which takes place from March 11th - 14th.

Ava is hosting a NINETEEN HOUR Relay for Life in the Mardyke Arena for cancer survivors, and Ava Archbold tells Dave about being chosen for Hot for 2020

Dave speaks to Laura about a celebratory lunch at the Bodega for International Women's Day

Dave speaks to Cork Tri Club chairperson Catherine Redmond about the upcoming events to promote women in sport