1.Ever noticed this font on Cork pubs? Many of the city’s watering holes share this old lettering. Fadó, fadó many pub landlords didn’t own their premises, rather they leased it from a brewery such as Murphy’s brewery owned many of them, and each of their pubs shared this signage
Every single person has the right to enter the Old Head of Kinsale. At the entrance gates, simply let them know you’re going to the public bar and off you go! And the Old Head is yours to discover. You’re welcome and enjoy.
#NEWS
- two
#derelict
buildings on Barrack St, owned by the same brothers who own the dangerous 62-65 North Main St, have been approved for Compulsory Purchase Order by Cork City Council:
There are thousands of immigrants living in Cork. This is a story about one of them.
@luthierharu_ie
- a Japanese luthier and trad musician from Tokyo and an all round lovely guy. Maith an fear Haruaki-san🎻🎻🎻
We found the typo! Our print magazine was very carefully subbed over many days by 2 admittedly tired people. Despite this, reader Eileen just pointed out the following TERRIBLE typo on our recipe page 🤦♂️ apologies to all, especially Mike at
@miyazakicork
who is not a cannibal.
Final of
@myocork
chess tournament on today at the new chess tables on Pope’s Quay from 2pm with very live music. Get. In. There. If you’re about town. ♟♟🎶🎼
#NEWS
: a Derelict sites notice has been served against the owner of a car park in a Cork city Lee quay wall collapse that has been deteriorating all year, our Freedom of Information request reveals.
#NEWS
: scrapping bus fares and providing public transport for FREE was discussed at Cork City Council's meeting last night. Would you use public transport more if it were free?
Tonight's long read is all about a Cork city institution: Cork City F.C. ⚽️⚽️ It's also the first piece by
@AndrewHorgan
for Tripe+Drisheen.👏👏 Thanks also to
@Decky121
of
@theother3amigos
Free to read, support welcome:
People of Cork city - we'll be at the Blackrock Market tmrw (Nov 21). We'll be selling the first ever print edition of Tripe + Drisheen and...merch. It was great meeting readers last weekend on the Coal Quay, so drop by and say hello if you're about.
Guess who our intrepid reporter caught up with on the streets of
#Cork
just now - the underpanted philanthropist
@speedomick
, who has 750 miles of walking tour of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales under his emmm....belt. A fine tan!
Cork City Councillors on a cycle study trip in the Netherlands (re)learning the fundamental truth of cycling: it sparks JOY. Now, bring those pro-cycling vibes home
“Eccentricity is not tolerated as much as it used to be, and neither is being old, or holding up the tills, or not speaking clearly.” Incredible writing from
@StuartDNeilson
for today’s
#OurCork2040
on the corporatisation of the city:
OPW paid €20,000 in compensation to Bandon Angling Association in 2016 for loss of fish,more compo was sought for riverbanks left in a dangerous condition - extensive FOI work by
@ellieobyrne1
for this story, out now: subscribe to support us!
Cork has a new deputy Lord Mayor:
@ColetteFinnCork
"I think this is an unusual arrangement where a party councillor & an independent councillor share this office. This is also the 2nd year in a row that there is gender balance in the Lord Mayor's office."
Remains of the ‘Fireman’s Rest’ and latterly the ‘Hut’ which stood for 98 years on Patrick’s Street at the Statue. It’s been falling apart for the past 20 years. Tonight’s long read in T+D.
WATCH OUT FOR OUR IN-DEPTH REPORT ON CORK’S “CITY TREES” in your inbox 8am tomorrow morning! We’ve spoken to the manufacturers as well as Cork city council and will answer as many questions raised today as we can. Reporting by
@jj_nodonoghue
and
@ellieobyrne1
🎉🎉 We are ONE YEAR OLD today!! Thanks to all our fantastic supporters for getting us to this milestone. To celebrate, we will send a FREE mug, tee or tote bag to everyone who subscribes for a year between now and the end of February. 🎉🎉
A few pics of the ‘hut’, the old Firemen’s Rest on St. Patrick’s Street from then and now. The good news is that Cork City Council have started down the road of restoring it. Full story on Tripe+Drisheen.
📸 Anthony Barry collection and
@jj_nodonoghue
Much outrage on Cork Twitter today over how you can get planning for apartments, knock it on the head and then seek permission for different project. Def think an exploration and explanation of how planning works and to who’s favour is something we need in local journalism.
Plans for a 25-storey apartment building on the site of the former Sextant Bar in Cork have been dropped. Developer JCD says they are not financially viable.
Fresh plans lodged for an office development instead.
Story by
@TommyBarkerCork
#NEWS
: Paul Hyde’s family tried to block a Railway underpass on land at the centre of ABP inquiry from being used as
#Carrigtwohill
cycleway,
@ellieobyrne1
reports:
The Kino: the story of how a gritty little art house cinema turned live music venue turned bland student accommodation block. One for a long read. Be some nuggets in there as well.
Ballincollig Tidy Towns launched their “spray-free” policy last year. Two weeks ago, Cork City Council went through Ballincollig and sprayed all the kerbsides 🤷♀️ This and much more in tonight’s in-depth long read on glyphosate use in Cork city and county.
#SaveCorkCity
supporters will be lighting candles all this evening ahead of
@savecorkcity
’s High Court appearance on the 13th and the group is asking people to join in and tag their local representatives
#LoveTheLee
Lit some candles for right decision to
@savecorkcity
in High Court next week. We live in a beautiful city and must make right decisions to preserve its unique heritage AND protect it from flooding. We can do both
@MichealMartinTD
@simoncoveney
@mmcgrathtd
Tonight's long read on T+D is a profile of Gavin Dunne who's been making music in Cork for more than two decades, first with Lotus Lullaby and then as
@miracleofsound
. As one musician told me "he’s massive altogether". That he is.
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Surrounded as it is now by errant plants, bits of roadwork receptacles, it’s hard to believe that this small structure stretches back three centuries, through a civil war, a war of independence and the burning of Cork.Mark Wickham,the Dublin man who was instrumental...
“I 100% believe that integration will reduce isolation and give people a sense of, “I am here. I may not belong yet, because belonging is a journey, but I am here and I am accepted.” Deborah Oniah is our second
#OurCork2040
guest writer.
A reader sent us this photo of CIE drivers lined up outside the ‘Hut’. Not sure of the drivers or the photographer (apologies) but likely late 70s/early 80s.
New to the
@CrawfordArtGall
collection: The Window, by Seán Keating. Painted in 1924 and bought by the State from a private collection for €110,000. Goes on public display from Monday, 13 November.
84 students,inspired by guest lectures from
@RoryHearne
and Frank O’Connor and Jude Sherry from
@anoisagency
are wrapping up their 24 hour dereliction protest right now!
@ellieobyrne1
was with them last night: read all about it here
Where in the world is this public scultpure (and what is it)? We have a piece about it in tonight's edition of T+D. Subscribe and support local journlaism.
Meet Fionn, a transition year student from Kinsale who has been doing work experience with T+D this week. He's been out trudging the streets looking for stories, interviewing, he's had the deadlinitis, and he's written a great feature that we'll be publishing this evening!
The debut documentary by architect and poet Michelle Delea is the riveting tale of seven architects and a journalist who stopped Cork from becoming a giant flyover! Screening of this for
#CultureNight
tomorrow evening in
@CrawfordArtGall
#NEWS
: it took us a month to compile what is supposed to be a publicly accessible document, but here's the downlow on County Cork's
#Derelict
Sites Register:
#NEWS
Camden Palace director said he was “flabbergasted and disappointed” to hear that Cork City Council could find the resources to renovate the building for a tech hub when arts proposals had been uniformly rejected as unviable.
#NEWS
: It's lights out earlier at The Dean in Cork. A campaign on Reddit to flood Google with negative reviews of the hotel has resulted in the hotel promising to switch off its 'Bat-Signal' at midnight. Full story by
@jj_nodonoghue
If a local journalism publication such as Tripe+Drisheen was funded to the tune of €75k, the same amount Ryan Tubridy received as a top-up from RTE via the tax payer, we could report on Cork full-time, commission freelancers, and mentor and pay new journalists and writers.
In today's
#FridayView
we report that Cork City Council has only spent 33% of its annual Heritage and Conservation budget; they have €300,000 to spend on Conservation before the end of 2022 🤔 We have sent a media request asking if this money could be used for this purpose:
"The Lee Flood Relief scheme is, there’s no doubt, the granddaddy of flood relief schemes, the single largest project to be undertaken" writes
@ellieobyrne1
in this week's local journalism long read.
Today marks two months since we started Tripe+Drisheen. In that time we’ve reported on dereliction, trees, Debenhams, homelessness&high rises, dogs and dog owners and some of the newer members of Cork’s community. Subscribe in link for in-depth local journalism. Thank you Cork:)
Why do
@opwireland
manage flood relief schemes? They are the gov body for built heritage. Rivers are ecosystems, not buildings. As
@savecorkcity
take their case against works to Morrison’s Island, my exploration of OPW flood schemes on
@TDrisheen
here:
Tung Sing, Pigalle and now Nash 19. All closed in 2024 and it’s only 12 days old!! Tough(er) times than ever for restaurants and city centre will suffer without them.
🎉Six months to the day!🎉 Our first long read was published on Feb 11 of this year on Tripe+Drisheen. It's a pile of work, but we really believe in in-depth, independent local journalism. Thanks so much for all your support. And massive thanks to
@ellieobyrne1
“Robo trees”, The Echo Boy, a sculpted bowl for thirsty dogs, acres of empty shop space, and the Pana ban. T+D went up and down St Patrick’s St to see how the historic street is holding up. By
@jj_nodonoghue
It's pretty clear that the collection of levies on derelict sites is not working:
@corkcitycouncil
collected just €52k on €1.75m worth of levies so far this year. Our story on Tripe+Drisheen:
Bitta news from T+D this morning: We're bringing out a special print edition of Tripe + Drisheen. Been working on this for months. Nearly ready for the printers.