With 84% of Irish people believing there is now a growing awareness of the effects of excessive drinking and how it affects others, and 76% of drinkers saying they have become more aware of the benefits of pacing their drinking, the alcohol social responsibility organisation drinkaware.ie says there are significant improvements in people’s attitudes to drinking in Ireland.
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Pictured at the launch are Claire O’Rorke, Teresa Coughlan, Eoin Coughlan, Conor Coughlan, Naoise Coughlan, Denis Hyland, Ella Mc Carthy, Séimí McCarthy and Deirdre McCarthy. To find out more visit jackandjill.ie or happyfacesday.ie.
Is it time to update those dated portraits on the wall? If so then why not have your photograph taken for a good cause...
Cork City will mark World Autism Awareness Day on April 2nd by participating in the Cork Association for Autism’s ‘Light It Up Blue’ campaign. Iconic landmarks such as the Rockefeller Center in New York, the Tokyo Tower in Japan, Canada’s CN Tower, the Sydney Opera House in Australia and Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge will be bathed in blue light to raise awareness if...
The Cork University Hospital (CUH) Charity will host their inaugural Diamond Wishes Black and Bling Ball on April 19th at Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork in aid of their €1.5m appeal to refurbish the existing Children’s Unit at the CUH.
The Diamond Wishes Black and Bling Ball starts with a drinks reception at 7:15pm, followed by a three course meal and music by well-known band,...
Businesses throughout Cork city and county are backing Plan Ireland’s Don’t Bottle It, Give It campaign, which encourages people to avoid buying bottled water and donate the money instead.
All funds raised will go to help Plan Ireland’s water and sanitation projects in over 50 countries around the world. Every year Irish people spend €270 million on bottled water...
Members of the Ballincollig Scout Group have volunteered to clean up an overgrown area around the village car park in an effort to help their local Tidy Town group.
Ronan Mahony, who has been involved with the Scouts since the 1980s, put forward the idea at a recent meeting and called on Scout members to give back to the local community during their time in the group.
Mahoney has...
An innovative life drawing class is to be rolled out in Cork on a monthly basis. Artist Masquerade organiser Edward McCarthy explained that the concept is all about inspiring painters and sketchers of all abilities. “It’s a place that artists can go and just be creative,” he said.
The first event takes place at Camden Palace Hotel this evening, Friday, March 22nd from...
Cork City Council's failure to provide funding for improvements to a city centre playground has been labelled “neglectful” by campaigners.
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Renowned Artist Philip Gray and Gillen Joyce, Managing Director, Titanic Experience with Lea O’Brien McGregor aged 11 and Adam Donnachie aged 10 practicing their painting as the Titanic Experience, Cobh launches the Project Titanic Art Competition at the Titanic Experience in Cobh. Picture: Darragh Kane
A Cobh based extreme artist who has painted on top of...
Almost one in five people (17%) experience a headache once a week or more, according to new research announced as part of Headache Awareness Week in association with Nurofen.
22% of people described their level of pain as ‘bad,’ ‘very bad,’ or at a level where they feel they ‘cannot cope.’ In Munster, over a quarter of people (28%) have had to put off...
Volunteers are being sought by the HSE South Health Promotion Department to lead walking groups in local communities across Cork. The groups, open to all those in the community, will meet on a weekly basis at an agreed time and meeting place. Training to become a walking leader will be run by the Irish Heart Foundation and takes place in Ballincollig from Friday, May 24th to Sunday, May 26th...
RTE’s Pat Kenny and The Alzheimer Society of Ireland are calling on people all over Ireland to become involved in the 19th Annual Tea Day campaign being held on Thursday, May 9th 2013. The Alzheimer Society of Ireland needs to recruit over 1500 hosts for Tea Day this year in order to reach the target of €450,000 needed to continue to provide important services to families in Ireland...
The Hope Foundation is calling on all primary school students, teachers and parents to get involved in their ‘International Day for Street Children’ campaign on Friday, April 12th.
The campaign aims to raise awareness of the plight of street children worldwide and to give a voice to the millions of street children around the world.
If you would like your school or...
A group of Fermoy students have won a major award encouraging children to be more innovative with their use of the Internet. Coláiste an Chraoibhín, Fermoy won the Best Project Award in the Giga Spiders category- first to third year students- at this year’s eircom Junior Spider Awards which took place at the RDS.
The school scooped the award for their project on...
St. Peter’s Parents Association, Passage West, will hold a Fun Quiz Night on Friday, March 22nd at 8.30pm. The event will be held at the Passage West GAA club. Entry is €40 per table. All are welcome to attend.
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