Dave Mac's Local Legend

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 p...

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....

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...

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/h...

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...

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 o...

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 socia...

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 Crowdfundi...

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...

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...

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 | FacebookFundraiser by Andy Carr : 35 in 35 for mental health awareness...

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...

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, 40...

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 Sp...

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...

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 b...

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...