A choir of seven Music Generation Young Ambassadors, including two young singers from Cork city, joined U2 guitarist The Edge in making history as they performed live at the Sistine Chapel, Rome, on Saturday, 30 April as part of a conference on regenerative medicine, Cellular Horizons. Music Generation Cork City
Members of Mitchelstown Macra have hosted several events highlighting a condition that doesn’t respect any social boundaries. Their latest initiative involved screening ‘Pilgrim Hill’ in Corrin Event Centre, Fermoy on Wednesday, 4th May.
Mitchelstown boxer Vladimir Belujsky received two awards from CIT last week. One of the awards was an individual award for his boxing achievements throughout the year. Vladimir also received an Irish Colleges award in recognition of being selected to represent the Irish Colleges and Universities team at the Haringey Cup
On the eve of the calendar anniversary of the Easter 1916 Rising, the people of Mitchelstown gathered together on Saturday last to commemorate the centenary of the Rising, which shaped our nation, our people and our history. Mitchelstown Heritage Society had organised a varied ceremony with history, music, poetry, a
After much local speculation, it was confirmed by Fermoy Municipal District that the sale of Mitchelstown convent has been agreed. The issue has been raised a number of times by Cllr Kay Dawson and while nobody could shed any light on who the buyer is, Cllr Dawson stressed that they
Millions of people emigrated from Ireland over the centuries, mainly via the port of Cobh. This harbour was the main port for transatlantic passengers throughout the nineteenth century. Assisted passage by landlords was used to clear their estates of tillage labourers in early 1800’s and transport them to Canada and
The Silver Lining Health Support Group are now holding meetings every Wednesday night in the Ozanam Centre, Mitchelstown at 7.30. Upcoming activities include a one day workshop on mindfulness which takes place on Saturday, May 14th. from 11am to 4pm in the Ozanam Centre, Mitchelstown. This one day workshop is
Following on from eight weeks of training with schools in area Mitchelstown Leisure Centre are now hoping to set up a spikeball club. Coach Antonio Barros, has been providing the training free of charge to the primary schools and has worked with 275 children over the course of the programme.
The Nationwide cameras came to Kilworth on Friday and Saturday to record a section for the programme, scheduled to be aired on Wednesday night of next week (27th). The reason for the visit is the fact that the locally based Palace layers will contesting the RTE All Ireland Drama Finals
Work in progressing well on the Kerrygold Park in the Castlefarm site in Mitchelstown. The state of the art butter production and packing facility will ensure a world class supply chain to meet the evolving needs of Kerrygold customers in more than 110 countries around the world. Ornua, formerly the
