Cork Events

Campaign For Children – Cork Meeting Wednesday 25th

January 24, 2012
By Stephen
Campaign For Children – Cork Meeting Wednesday 25th

The Campaign for Children will be holding a public meeting tomorrow, Wednesday 25th, at 6pm in the Geogrpahy Lecture Hall in UCC. It is part of a series of public meetings to inform people about the work of the campaign. The Campaign is chaired by Former Supreme Court Justice Catherine McGuinness. Its board also contains some influential people, including Fergus Finlay of Barnardos and Olivia O’Leary. The Campaign raises very important issues and more importantly has suggestions to how they should be solved....

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Tonights Liveblog!

May 18, 2011
By Stephen
Tonights Liveblog!

As part of my tweeting from the We The Citizens event I shall be interacting (well attempting to) with everyone else who is watching the events unfold! You can also take part using the tag #citizens Do check out the Liveblog Click Here. In the mean time check out my posts on We the Citizens. VLOG: We the Citizens We The Citizens hits Cork this week We The Citizens

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VLOG: We the Citizens

May 18, 2011
By Stephen
VLOG: We the Citizens

So ahead of tonights We The Citizens event in the Clarion Cork tonight I decided to a Video Blog! Its mainly about the reactions I have gotten to bringing up the We the Citizens event and around citizens involvement, oh I hate cynical viewpoints! Do let me know what you think! PS Don’t forget I will be tweeting from the event tonight! So do follow me on twitter! Related articles We The Citizens hits Cork this week. (stephenspillane.com) We The...

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We The Citizens hits Cork this week.

May 17, 2011
By Stephen
We The Citizens hits Cork this week.

On Wednesday, We The Citizens are holding their event in Cork this week. The event is taking place in the Clarion Hotel in Cork at 6:15pm. To attend sign up on their website. To see what happened in Killkenny see the video below or check out what was said and the big talking points I will be tweeting from the event so make sure follow me on twitter of follow the #citizens tag. I may run a live blog...

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Crash at Cork Airport

February 10, 2011
By Stephen
Crash at Cork Airport

A crash happened this morning before 10am at Cork Airport. Manx2 Flight NM7100 from Belfast to Cork crashed in fog on its third attempt to land. 6 people have been confirmed dead. 12 people were on board the plane. The Airport is currently closed. All arriving  flights have been diverted to Shannon, all departing flights have been cancelled. Ryanair’s flights will be operating to and from Shannon. All travellers are advised to check with their airline before making alternative arrangements. All...

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LGBT Carol Service in Cork

December 18, 2010
By Stephen
LGBT Carol Service in Cork

On Monday 20 December a Carol Service will take place in St Annes Church, Shandon Street Cork at 8pm. This will be a a Celebration of Welcome. A non-denominational service to welcome everyone. Singing the Carols will be Mná, Mná, a choir put together for the event and winner of Chambers Got Xtra Talent Darragh McGann. The service has had some coverage across the pond on LezGetReal who have a post that is well worth reading. Mince pies and...

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The Rebel Awards 2010

September 22, 2010
By Stephen
The Rebel Awards 2010

The Nominations opened yesterday for the Rebel Awards 2010. The Cork Rebel Awards were set up as a collobartion between the Cork Gay Project, Cork Pride & GayCork.com in order to acknolwlege LGBT people and organisations for their contributions, work and support to the Cork LGBT community. This year they are inviting everyone to nominate people and organisations whom you feel should win an award. The Categories are as follows: The ‘Straight-Up’ REBEL Award This award recognises a non-LGBT individual who...

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June 17, Dont Use the Word “Recession”

June 10, 2010
By Stephen
June 17, Dont Use the Word “Recession”

As part of Cork’s MidSummer Festival, Superflex and the National Sculpture Factory have come together to ask the people of not to use the word recession on next Thursday June 17th. You may have seen posters about this around the city of Cork with the Lord Mayor holding a contract about this. The Danish Embassy has also agreed not to use the word and has asked all Danish Citizens not to use the word. The Project is looking for...

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Explaining the European Union to Students

May 12, 2010
By Stephen
Explaining the European Union to Students

Image via Wikipedia Today I had the joy of joining members of the European Movement Ireland in part of their schools roadshow on the European Union. Today we visited Colaiste Mhuire in Crosshaven. Leading the show was Andrea Pappin, the Executive Director, and she was joined with by Billie Sparks, the Education and Advocacy Director. I stood quiet in the coner! We were dealing with transition year students. Andrea started off the workshop by explaining about the history of...

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European Symposium 18 May – Alliance Francaise de Cork and UCC

May 11, 2010
By Stephen
European Symposium 18 May – Alliance Francaise de Cork and UCC

I received this today from Alliance Francaise de Cork. They in partnership with University College Cork are holding a European Symposium to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Schumann Declaration on Tuesday 18th of May in the Council Room in UCC. There are some interesting talks so I will definitely be heading along! Click to enlarge the time table. There are two separate files

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