Painting the Town Purple Purple Flag Award Success for Cork City
Cork City has again been successful in its bid to achieve the Purple Flag award status for 2017. The Purple Flag, originally awarded in 2015, is an international accreditation with successful cities and towns distinguished as vibrant, diverse, enjoyable and well-managed locations for all those to enjoy an evening or night out. The application process brings together stakeholders from across the public, private and voluntary sector in Cork to meet the awarding criteria. Cork Chamber are actively engaged on the Cork City Purple Flag award steering committee and are delighted to welcome this award success once again.
The Cork City Purple Flag weekend will run on the weekend of the 6th/ 7th October with a celebration happening across the city and with plenty of purple on display.
Autumn Free Parking Promotion Begins Monday, October 9th
Cork City Council is delighted to announce details of our Autumn free parking promotion at our multi-storey car parks and at the Black Ash park and ride, starting today (Monday 9th October, 2017) and running for the next six weeks.
Black Ash Park and Ride Commencing on Saturday 14th October and each Saturday until 18th November 2017 inclusive, the Black Ash Park and Ride facility will be free of charge all day, for parking and return bus fare to the city centre.The Black Ash park and ride opens from Monday to Saturday all year round, from 7:30am to 19:15 and has 940 spaces.
Paul Street and North Main Street Multi Storey Car Parks Cork City Council operates two multi-storey car parks in the heart of the city, at Paul Street and North Main Street.From Monday, October 9th, shoppers and visitors to the city can avail of 2 hours free parking between 10am-12noon from Monday to Thursday inclusive at both car parks.For later night shoppers, parking at Paul Street car park will also be free from 18:30 to midnight and North Main Street from 18:30 – 21:30 each Thursday and Friday evening for the next six weeks.
Shine a Light
More than 7,500 people in Ireland are homeless and the crisis continues to deepen. Focus Ireland are moving people out of homelessness and into homes of their own every single day. One third of these is a child. That's why Chamber Policy Director Thomas Mc Hugh is taking part in Shine A Light Night and sleeping-out for Focus Ireland.
Please help Thomas raise vital funds by donating here.
