“Once an Olympian, always an Olympian.”

Ballincollig Flower & Garden Club hosts AOIFA Vice Chairman, Orla McGrane, to demonstrate “Styles for Autumn”, on Monday, October 12, at 8pm in Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig. Visitors and new members welcome, entry €5.00.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny hailed small businesses as the backbone of the Irish economy, during a tour of Cork yesterday.

You may recognise the name but not the face while the scale of her achievements has probably been lost on you as well.

Do you wanna set a record? Come on, let’s march in the parade.

Cobh Flower and Horticulture Club holds its next meeting in Cobh Community Centre on Monday 2nd March at 8pm. 

Cork Garden Club will present a talk by Angela Jupe of Bellfield House and Gardens on the topic: ‘Design Ideas for the Garden & Plants for Structure’ on February 12 at Ashton School at 8 pm.

The GIY ‘Get Ireland Growing Fund’ in association with AIB is open for applications but the deadline is nigh — January 23 is the closing date. 

Cork Garden Club presents Michael Clancy to talk on ‘Roses and other Plants’ on June 12, at Ashton School, at 8 pm.

* East Cork Flower Club are holding a demonstration with Angela Heffron, AOIFA on Monday, April 7, at 8pm in St. John the Baptist National School, Midleton.

¦ Macroom Flower & Garden Club Spring Floral Demonstration & Gardening Talk on Hellebores & Spring Bulbs Thursday, March 13 at 8.00pm, Coolcower House.

¦ Cork Garden Club presents a talk by Ciarán Burke, of The Garden School, on: ‘The Spring Garden — Colour and Design’, at Ashton School, Cork, on February 13, at 8pm.

¦ Innishannon Flower and Garden Club will host herbalist, Colette Healy on Jan 15 at 8pm in Barrett’s Lounge.

¦ Coachford flower and garden club are hosting a Christmas demonstration: ‘Have yourself a very Merry Christmas’, with Margaret Ahern, in the Village Inn Coachford, on Dec 4, at 8pm.

* Bandon Flower Club is holding its annual dinner and a flower arranging demonstration by Beverley Buttimer, in The Munster Arms Hotel, Bandon, on Monday Nov 18 at 7.30pm.

Pet psychic Jackie Weaver stunned Dan Buckley with what she found out after a video ‘chat’ with his trusty dog Rusty

The Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida opened last week with a double for Shane Sweetnam, and Wednesday saw the Corkman join Conor Swail and Darragh Kenny to kick off week two with a hat-trick of Irish wins.

There were global family ties at a weekend gathering where an extended clan celebrated the anniversary of their shared ancestors’ wedding almost 150 years earlier.

When Pat Gallagher was pulled out of a job in an amusement park to become the San Francisco Giants marketing director by the club’s owner, Bob Lurie, he was faced with an almost impossible task — selling tickets to one of the worst baseball franchises in the US in one of the oldest and coldest stadiums.

It’s not a stretch to suggest that sports marketing absorbs much of what makes sport so intriguing.

James O’Reilly and his pals on the Ballincollig junior B football team had an idea.

The winter garden of Hester Forde, Coosheen in Glounthaune, Co Cork, will open for the viewing of snowdrops and early spring bulbs on Saturday, January 28, and Saturday, February 11, from 11am. Snowdrops and spring bulbs for sale. Park on main road. Entry fee will aid Marymount Hospice.

THOUSANDS ofmusicians are expected to descend on a Cork town next month for one of the largest traditional Irish music festivals of its kind.

A CANADIAN visa specialist with 200 jobs to fill is coming to Cork as part of a major recruitment drive.

SMILE – your rubbish is about to get a new lease of life.

SOME of the country’s top food industry analysts will gather in Cork later this month to discuss the future of the multi-billion euro industry.

THE Friends of St Colman’s Cathedral have accused Cork County Council of packing a conference with speakers who supported the controversial reordering of the cathedral in Cobh.

Irish cycling legend Seán Kelly believes the testing of amateur Irish sportsmen and women is a risky business.

FARM investment grants and other farm schemes will be the main topic for discussion at an IFA-organised public meeting in the Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig, tomorrow night.

A TEENAGER was killed in a car crash yesterday morning, the second to die in Cork in a little over 24 hours.