Festivals get cash injection after Cork 2005 success

THE ‘city of festivals’ has just received a cash injection for two high-profile events in Cork’s cultural calendar.

Under the Festivals And Cultural Events Initiative from Arts Minister John O’Donoghue, the Cork Midsummer Festival (CMF), a huge success last year with both critics and punters, is to receive €45,000.

The other beneficiary is the long-running Cork International Choral Festival (CICF) which is to receive €15,000 in what will be its 52nd year.