Cork Greenmap

Cork City Council has prepared a Draft Biodiversity Action Plan and is seeking feedback on the draft plan and on the ways in which the biodiversity of the Cork City should be protected and enhanced. The specific aim of the Draft Cork City Biodiversity Action Plan is “To promote the appreciation and enjoyment of Cork City’s biodiversity amongst the people of the city and to identify, understand and conserve the biodiversity of the city for future generations”

The Draft Plan is available for review at www.corkheritage.ie, at local libraries, or at the Planning Desk in City Hall, Anglesea Street.  It can also be purchased at the Planning Desk. Comments must be submitted before 5pm, Tuesday the 28th of October 2008.   They may be emailed to heritage@corkcity.ie or submitted in writing to

Mr. Kevin Terry
Director of Services/ City Engineer
Planning Directorate
Cork City Council
City Hall
Cork

For further details on the Draft Cork City Biodiversity Plan or for advice on making submission, please email the Heritage Officer at heritage@corkcity.ie or tel 021 492 4086

National Irish Bank Community Grants of between euro 500 and euro 5,000 are awarded once a year in each of National Irish Bank’s five regions to support local community projects and community projects and organisations around Ireland.
How to Apply for a Grant
Collect an application form from your local National Irish Bank branch, complete and return it to your branch, or download a form (link below), print off and once completed, return it to your branch. Please return your completed form to your local branch or email it to communitygrants@nationalirishbank.ie

Find application process and form and your branch locator at www.nationalirishbank.ie/AboutCommunityInvolvement

The 8 professional arts companies resident in Civic Trust House, Pope’s Quay, Cork are pleased to invite you to join us for an evening of art and entertainment as part of Culture Night Cork 2008. For the first city-wide Culture Night we will be opening our doors to visitors all evening and inviting some of our friends to perform. Drop in and meet the gang and enjoy some of the free entertainment running right through to midnight!Performances throughout the evening will include:

MUSIC from guests of Opera 2005, Cork International Choral Festival, Cork Jazz Festival Committee & Cork Folk Festival

POETRY from guests of Tigh Filí, as well as a children’s Eurochild poetry workshop & reading

THEATRE from guests of Cork Midsummer Festival

VIDEO ART from Cork Film Centre

FILMS of productions by Corcadorca Theatre Company, Cork Midsummer Festival partners & Opera 2005

To keep us all going FARMER’S MARKET REFRESHMENTS will be available for purchase.

An event schedule for the evening can be view on our website – please be advised that this schedule is subject to change and may be updated over the next 10 days! http://www.civictrusthouse.ie/culturenight.htm

Organised by The Wheel

When: 8th October 2008
Time: 9:15 am-1.00pm. (Questions and networking 12.30pm - 1.00pm) Registration from 9:00am.
Where: Jury’s Hotel, Western Road, Cork City.

website www.wheel.ie

Bóthar will host the third Common Ground exhibition, workshop and public lecture series on 15, 16 and 17 October 2008 (afternoon only on 15 and morning only on 17), in the Silver Springs Conference Centre, Silver Springs Hotel, Tivoli, Cork.

Common Ground aims to bring together a wide variety of organisations to provide a strong stimulus to members of the public, the youth sector and second-level school-goers to engage with global issues. The NGO sector, missionary organisations of the various churches, youth organisations, third-level institutions offering courses in Development Studies, as well as community-based organisations, will be represented. The event will also afford an opportunity for dialogue and networking between these organisations. This year’s speakers at the Thursday evening sessions: Liz O’Donnell; Fr. Peter McVerry, S.J; Patrick Nalere (Uganda); Chair: Mary Crilly.

Further information: Sinéad Harrington, Hope Foundation,
3 Clover Lawn, Skehard Road, Cork
T: 021-4292990, E: sinead@hopefoundation.ie

Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh County Cork Presents:
Cork Harbour Project, Beyond the MythsWalking Tour with Jim Wilson
Sunday 2pm 14th September 2008

Meeting at Passage West Playground

A myriad of history, wildlife and natural beauty is waiting to be experienced from Hop Island to Monkstown Creek in Ireland’s largest natural harbour. As part of the Cork Harbour Project - Beyond the Myths 2008, Cork Greenmap is producing a walking guide of this beautiful stretch of the harbour. Home to industry and terminus to the first railway line in Cork, it was also a favored holiday destination during the 19th Century. It continues to be much enjoyed by walkers, cyclists, sailors and fishermen who appreciate its natural setting and character. The walk passes through Passage West on its way to Monkstown. Inhabited by local and migrant birds the ecology of the area is of international importance. The guide will provide information for you as you take to the trail.

The Free Range Graphics people have teamed up with 350.org to broadcast the following message: What’s it going to take to stop climate chaos? Well, global warming guru Bill McKibben has a simple answer: 350. That’s the parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere that scientists now believe is safe. And it’s the number we have to achieve.

McKibben and our friends at 350.org set out to spread this simple concept, a goal that we can all aim for. And they turned to Free Range to make it into a killer music video that anyone, regardless of the language they speak, can understand. Check it out at http://www.350.org/en/animation

Singer / Songwriters John Spillane and Mick Flannery are to perform live at Cork City’s  newest music venue the Pavillion Bar in Patrick Street on August 6th as a fundraiser for the Free the Old Head of Kinsale campaign.

Contrary to reports in a weekend supplement in the Irish Examiner, the long running campaign to restore public access to the Old Head of Kinsale is alive and well and looking forward to its long-awaited court challenge on the issue of public access which we hope will come up this Autumn.
The gig will start at 9pm on August 6th.

Check out the upcoming Cork Cycling Arts Festival, a celebration of the bicycle culture in Cork - free entertainment for all ages including movie nights, street events, workshops and much more - info and programme on

http://www.cork-cycling-arts-festival.org/