Charities doing Trojan community work have always relied on an Irish public never found wanting when it came to generous donations, but the Covid-19 crisis has laid bare just how it can all evaporate in an instant.

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of one of the biggest annual fundraisers for cancer support groups and charities in Cork.

Unlucky for some - a judge has refused an application by a publican to hold a bingo fundraiser, in a case which could spell the end of bingo callers in bars.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Marymount University Hospital and Hospice, which has cared for the sick and elderly for generations.

Tributes have been paid to the generations of volunteers and fundraisers who have supported the Marymount Hospice in Cork as it embarked on its 150th anniversary celebrations today.

Cork Alpine Hardy Plant Society hosts garden designer Annie Godfrey of Daisy Roots Nursery, Hertford, UK, in Northridge House, on Thursday, November 28, at 8pm.

An invitation is extended to all to pay a visit to Bride View Cottage, writes Charlie Wilkins

Management at Marymount Hospice in Curraheen, Cork, say they had to divert motorists away from its most-used vehicular entrance off the Ballincollig bypass

Peter Dowdall reports on a budding success story and how plant gifts make gardens more interesting

All roads lead to Cork for a host of inspiring gardening events this week. An acclaimed documentary that reveals how one of the world's most revolutionary landscape designers upends our conventional notions of nature, public space and beauty, will be screened in Nano Nagle Place, Cork, next Saturday, June 29, 2pm-5pm, admission free (www.eventbrite.ie)

Ireland’s oldest and largest hospice has launched a seven-year strategic plan against the backdrop of ongoing uncertainty over the level of its State funding.

Fota’s plant fair is one of the highlights of the gardening calendar, according to Peter Dowdall.

Breast cancer survivors are preparing to launch a fundraising calendar, similar to the famous ‘Calendar Girls,’ and one of the participants is a man.

There will be a full house of 45,000 people in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on September 25.

The GAA has confirmed they will allow the Liam Miller benefit game to be played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on September 25.

A man whose wife died in April 2017 after a cancer misdiagnosis has recalled her last days and outlined how difficult he found being told she was wrongly given the all-clear from a smear test.

Outdoor concerts, educational weekends, arts workshops, and yoga are being staged to celebrate the 35th birthday of one of the country’s top visitor attractions.

Teachers be warned! A West Cork school is making plans for ‘U’.

A Cork woman who turned Rapunzel for charity by growing her hair to 14in in length, has helped two charities — donating the hair to one and raising around €5,000 for another.

The death has been announced of Heide Roche, the wife of the late Stanley Roche, who was a director of one of Ireland’s best-known retail dynasties.

The sale of this home will be music to the ears of dozens of budding musicians — it is forming part of a very generous bequest that could be worth €2m, to the benefit of UCC students, and to UCC’s music department in particular. 

As we recognise the positive role of palliative care, Áilín Quinlan talks to a father-of-three about his experience after a diagnosis of stage four neuroendocrine cancer

Marymount Hospice runs a programme on the fundamental aspects of loss, grief, and bereavement that is open to everybody, including the public, writes Colette Sheridan

A “selfless” senior garda asked friends and colleagues to support two charities instead of organising a dinner to honour his retirement.

The honours keep coming for race walker Olive Loughnane, who was recently awarded a gold medal for the 2009 20km World Championships after the lead athlete was disqualified for a drug offence.

An exhibition of paintings by a late Cork artist will also raise funds for two worthy causes.

Since its inception 35 years ago, an event run by Cork Lions Club has raised more than €400,000 for various worthy causes.

The ladies of Innishannon ICA Guild get about. In the last decade, members have travelled the length and breath of Ireland by bus. 

UCC Macra shone brightly at this year’s STARS Society Awards.

A 33-year-old man accused of stealing cash from two patients at Marymount Hospice in Cork confessed to the crimes yesterday.

Given the time of year we just had to bring you a selection of some of the best Christmas lights across Cork city and county and ask the question does Cork take the award for best lights this year?

They’re as much a part of Cork’s Christmas tradition as spiced beef, the Holly Bough, and the Share collectors.

We bring you a round up of all the latest news and reviews from the world of entertainment. 

Around 8,500 runners pounded the streets around Cork City yesterday for the Evening Echo Mini Marathon, with more smiles than grimaces in evidence as they poured across the finishing line.