Cork Events
2017 Irish Cruising Conference
Port of Cork Port Of Cork Custom House Street, Cork, Co. Cork, IrelandClean Coasts Officer, Susan, and Coastal Communities Manager, Sinead, will be attending the 2017 Irish Cruising Conference on 18th February in Cork to promote protecting Ireland's beaches, seas and marine life as well as our various campaigns. More information: www.sailing.ie/2017-cruising-conference/.
Clean Coasts Roadshow – West Cork
Harbour Hotel Main St, Meenvane, Schull, Co. Cork, IrelandThe Roadshow which is also running in a number of locations nationwide aims to bring together all those with an interest in protecting their local beaches, seas and marine life. A Cork Stop will be at Harbour Hotel, Schull on Thursday 23rd March 7pm - 9pm Flavour of speakers: Caroline Casey: Irish Water Safety - water safety and jellyfish Dr. [...]
Clean Coasts Roadshow – East Cork
Garryvoe Hotel Garryvoe Hotel, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork, IrelandThe Roadshow which is also running in a number of locations nationwide aims to bring together all those with an interest in protecting their local beaches, seas and marine life. A Cork Stop will be at Garryvoe Hotel, Ballycotton on Saturday 11th March 10am - 12pm Flavour of speakers: Proinsias Ó Tuama: Think Before You Flush campaign in Ballycotton [...]
Blue Flag and Green Coast Awards Ceremony
The Blue Flag and Green Coast Awards ceremony will take place in Co. Cork this year. After the event the beaches that received a Blue Flag or Green Coast Award for the 2017 bathing season will be made public on cleancoasts.org and blueflagireland.org.
Mindfulness on the Beach Day
NationalThis day is to highlight the benefits of coast on your mindset and how spending time along the coastal region can have a positive impact on our state of mine. We will take this day to recharge, gain energy from the sea and most of all emphasis the need to protect this region which is [...]
Yoga on the Beach – Inchydoney, Cork
Inchydoney Beach Clonakilty, Co. Cork, IrelandAs part of Coca-Cola Clean Coasts Week’s Mindfulness on the Beach Day, join us on Inchydoney beach for a free yoga on the beach at 10am on 10th June which will be followed by an Apple Corporate Volunteering Day. We will also take 2 minutes to give back to our coast with #2minutebeachclean. To RSVP or for more information, [...]
Corporate Volunteering Day – Apple
GarryvoeOur Clean Coasts officer for Cork, Susan, is carrying out a corporate volunteering day with Apple at Garryvoe, Co. Cork. The day will include a clean-up as well as other biodiversity and team building activities. If you are interested in our Corporate Volunteering initiative please check out our page or contact us for more details.
Nominations for Ocean Hero Awards Now Open
NationalWe are asking the public to nominate volunteers who they believe have made an outstanding contribution to Ireland’s coastal environment. This year we are looking for entries to the following 6 categories: Group of the Year, Individual of the Year, School of the Year, Business of the Year, Idea of the Year and Beach Clean [...]
Big Beach Clean
NationalClean Coasts Big Beach Clean weekend will take place on the 15th, 16th and 17th of September 2017. We are delighted to team up with the International Ocean Conservancy again for the International Coastal Cleanup event. In 2016, nearly 800,000 volunteers in over 90 countries removed 8,193 tonnes of marine litter from the world’s oceans. We hope everyone will join the movement for litter free seas [...]
Green-Schools Marine Environment Forum – Cork
Lifetime Lab Old Cork Waterworks, Cork, Co. Cork, IrelandClean Coasts Officer for Cork, Susan, will be giving a talk at the Green-Schools Marine Environment Forum at Lifetime Lab, Cork on Thursday 26th October. The talk will cover marine litter and aspects of the Clean Coasts Programme.