A charity coffee morning will be held in the O’Leary household, Kitsborough, Leemount, Carrigrohane in aid of the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat. The charity event will take place between 10.30am and 2.30pm. As part of the fundraiser the O’Learys will be taking second hand books, homemade cakes and breads, jam, jelly, marmalade, chutney, plants and garden produce on Friday, 10 September.

Two Cork athletes will represent Team Ireland in the Special Olympics European Games, which take place this month in Poland. The athletes, Doreen McGreevey from Cork City and Riobard Lankford from the Glasheen Road, will join 32 others to represent the country in the games. Riobard will compete in badminton, while Doreen will take part in table tennis. The athletes will be accompanied by a Management Team of sixteen, including football coach Ciara Twomey, from Cork City.

Ballincollig Business Association is organising a golf classic for 16 September. The classic is a vital fundraiser in aid of the Christmas lights for the town, which need renewing and will cost between €60,000 and €80,000. The event will take place in the Lee Valley Golf Club, which is a member of the Ballincollig Business Association.

If anyone says that you can’t ‘bait’ the fun in Cobh this weekend, they’d be wrong. Members of the public are being invited to come along to the Cork Harbour Open Day on Saturday 4 September and catch some unsuspecting crabs off Cobh pier. The event is being run by the ‘See You in Cobh Committee’ at the promenade in the town and will run from 3 to 4.30pm.

A unique exhibition is currently on show at Carrigaline Library, featuring many works of an eco nature. Produced by the girls of St Johns Girls National School the exhibition comprises costumes made from recyclable materials. There will also be an Eco tent exhibited, made up of hundreds of patchwork squares, each one designed by a pupil of the school. The tent has been used for story time and is a great attraction to the children.

Cork Opera House is to host a special dance treat when Swan Lake takes to the stage later this year. Choreographers, Alan Foley and Yuri Demakov, have interpreted Cork City Ballet’s new full-length production of Swan Lake, a production premiered in 1895 with Petipa/Ivanov.

Cork GAA legend, Billy Morgan, was last week inducted into the MBNA Kick Fada Hall of Fame at a special presentation ceremony in the GAA Museum at Croke Park.Billy joins seven previous winners of the award including Dermot Early Senior RIP, Mick O’Dwyer and Dublin’s Jimmy Keaveney. 

A Passage West woman who is hoping to wed her sweetheart of seven years is hoping to get the Cork public’s vote to help her win her dream wedding. Twenty-five-year-old, Yvonne Kiely, explained to the Cork Independent this week that she has been battling cancer for last five years.

Children in Cork and in the HSE South area are facing a waiting time 20 times greater than their counterparts in the North East for orthodontic assessment services. Figures released by Fine Gael Cork South Central Senator, Jerry Buttimer, this week revealed the “staggering number” of children in Cork and the HSE South region who are being forced to wait for orthodontic assessment to determine whether or not they may need corrective treatment.

Four health projects that have been busy behind the scenes helping to provide healthcare in Cork have been short listed for the HSE Achievement Awards 2010. Over 90 entries were received from healthcare projects across the entire southern region and 328 nationwide. The awards are being run in association with Quest Diagnostics and are aimed at recognising and celebrating outstanding work by health and social care staff and rewarding best practice. The awards are also aimed at boosting standards within the health sector.