Whoever said exercise was good for your health didn’t factor in the potential hazards and the dangers associated with clumsiness. I took my first tumble this week. In the middle of an eight mile run, I was lumbering down the Marina, past the Lee Rowing Club and about to turn onto Centre Park Road, when [...]
Cork City Council is in the process of reviewing the current City Development Plan and preparing a new City Development Plan. This new plan will replace the current City Development Plan which was adopted in April 2009.The new plan will set out the overall strategy for the future development of Cork City. The formal review [...]
Breathing – I read recently that Erma Bombeck, an American humourist, once said “the only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again”. Well she wasn’t wrong. When I started training for the Cork City half marathon, I did at times wonder if I’d be arrested for suspected [...]
Hills – I’m inclined to avoid them. Like the plague. The coward that I am, I’ve been planning my routes so that I don’t have to tackle any. But as the distances I run get longer, in a City like Cork, avoiding hills eventually becomes a problem. And a bit like a learner driver in [...]
I’ve decided to run a half marathon this June as part of the Cork City Marathon. Its 13.1miles or to make it sound even more onerous, 21.1 kilometres! As well as the physical challenge of running 21.1km, I also thought it was an ideal opportunity to raise some money for a Cork charity. Over 172 [...]
In December 2012 a draft Masterplan for the Marina Park was brought to Council for consideration prior to putting it out for public consultation for a four week period. At the request of Council the draft Masterplan was deferred for further consideration and development. This was primarily for the purpose of ensuring that a draft plan for public [...]
At a recent meeting of Cork City Council the City Manager, Tim Lucey, presented members with a report outlining the possibility of publicly funding for an events centre in Cork City. In late 2012 independent assessment was undertaken to determine whether there is an economic case for public investment in a multifunctional large scale event centre for [...]
So I’ve decided to run a half marathon this June as part of the Cork City Marathon. Its 13.1miles or to make it sound even more onerous, 21.1 kilometres! The Cork City Marathon kicks off on Patrick Street at 9am sharp on Bank Holiday Monday, June 3rd. It will touch the four points of Cork [...]
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