Dave Mac's Local Legend

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...

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 gar...

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 15/09/21Rushes 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 v...

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 Mulc...

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 m...

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...

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...

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...

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 he...

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 abou...

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-na...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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 decide...

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, Ballinc...

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 playe...