Dave Mac's Local Legend

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 Fam...

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 o...

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.corkcraftanddesig...

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 associat...

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. T...

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...

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 tim...

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 s...

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 la...

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, alt...

#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 JulyThe 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 und...

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 Ro...

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 tr...

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 Ro...

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 c...

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 d...

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 moo...

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...

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...

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 group...

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 h...

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 Paris...