Míde who was working in a Pub and as a musician in her spare time now has plenty of time on her hands to focus on her music, as a result of having time to dwell on her thoughts more she was able to generate more ideas. Her song 'Without Me' which was written before lockdown is even more relevant now as it’s about missing someone you haven't seen in a while. With the help of Unemployable Records' Paul and Mick as well Christian Best the new EP 'Shifting Gears' was recorded in Monique Studios in Cork. If you would like to hear more music from Míde visit: https://soundcloud.com/midehoulihanmusic https://open.spotify.com/artist/2l1PVhauAouqxAZ0wH06Ay

Jennifer is a Coordinator for Refill Ireland which is a Cork based company. Founded by Gary Fitzpatrick who is also the lead coordinator. They have now set up a competition for a Cork business to win the title of Cork's First hydration hub. In order to win the title the business would need to be green and considerate of the environment. The winner will receive a contactless water dispenser to the value of €2000 as well as being added to Refill Ireland's national tap map. Which will allow the public free access to drinking water in Cork City, with the aim of getting rid of as much single use plastic as possible. There's now a number of these taps throughout the county with thanks to Cork City Council and Refill Ireland. In such locations as: Douglas Park, Fitzgerald's Park, Bishopstown, Ballincollig as well as Terry O'Sullivan and Tramore Valley Park as well as 1,500 areas around the country If you would like to save yourself from being out of pocket from buying another bottle of water as well as saving the environment visit: https://refill.ie/tap-map/ To enter your business in the running to win a Contactless Water dispenser visit:https://refill.ie/win/

Cormac tells us about how Cork Circus Factory have received funding from the Arts Council. The Circus Factory is located in a warehouse down by the marina and has equipment such as a trapeze and stilts, tight wires and street performance would also come under the banner of Circus. If you fancy trying to learn to juggle via zoom Comac is now giving online classes, a skill he says teaches resilience. If you don't have juggling balls don't worry because there is a tutorial on their YouTube account teaching you how to make them.There's also a number of other classes which Cormac is giving online at :https://circusfactorycork.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d6NEyD1FKg

A Mayfield Art Punk/Post Punk trio: Guitarist and Vocalist Abbey Blake, Bassist Arann Blake, Drummer Andy Killian In terms of their approach to songwriting it takes shape from the band being spontaneous and deciding afterwords what music they want to keep. We hear the last song that the band wrote before lockdown called Salami. Which Abbey describes as her tribute to Cork, which was written after a shopping trip to Dunnes in Ballyvolane. For more information about Pretty happy visit: https://www.prettyhappyband.com/

Working as a freelance professional musician since completing his masters two years ago, Brendan has been playing the Violin since the age of 7 and began to take it very very seriously from age 16.This Saturday (20/02) at 6 PM Brendan on violin accompanied by Gary Beecher on piano will stream an ‘as live’ recorded concert from The Curtis Auditorium. It is the 2nd in a six part series by Cork Orchestral society. They will be playing works by composers such as Mozart, Brahms and Chopin. To view this free event visit: http://www.corkorchestralsociety.ie/programme/

Inspired by Stevie G & an early love of Old Skool Hip-Hop, Ellen Murphy from College Road dreamt of being a music producer. Aged just 15 she scored a transition year place at a music college in New York called Dubspot. From there she got into DJing. Lenii returned to Cork to finish school and began studying psychology in UCC but went back to Dubspot for a tech internship and there crossed paths with her now ex-manager TJ Marsé who encouraged her to use her voice and she hasn’t stopped since… To hear more about Lenii visit: https://www.leniimusic.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaNFm-5hLhZPFEGUhpFbtNg

Having already discussed Cork’s GAA Holy Trintiy of Croke, MacCarthy and Maguire, Dunmanway man Kieran Connolly is back with the fascinating story of Skellig night, Ireland’s ancient answer to Mardi Gras or Carnival, a Shrove Tuesday tradition.Discussed in the podcast is a painting of Skellig night by James Beale which is on display in the Crawford Art Gallery. It takes in the view of the Grand Parade in 1845. The idea behind Skellig Night is to shame those who were single, by pouring water over single women in the aim of purifying them and tying them to the nearest, Tree,Fence or Pole until they were rescued. If you would like to listen to this podcast or any others in the series visit: https://www.redfm.ie/on-air/podcasts/dave-macs-cork-history-matters/episode/cork-history-matters-the-story-behind-skellig-night-shrove-tuesday-and-bonna-night-st-johns-eve/

Youth Work Ireland Cork and Love Notes to Cork have teamed up to create hand painted billboards. Davy decided to set a challenge to those he works with through Youth work Ireland. Any of the Youngsters who had shown interest had to hand draw their own posters while communicating via either Facetime/Zoom, or would meet in small groups face to face. Where Davy would help them to develop their designs. All the designs are in Red and White for the County Colours, the project name also has a Cork theme with the title 'Sconce' being Cork slang for a having a look. This is a project which aims to inspire youth creativity and brighten up the Cork landscape with positive massaging.Check out the billboard's across the city now or for more information on this project visit: https://www.facebook.com/notestocork/https://twitter.com/ywicork?lang=en

The album is a play on words as the largest instrument in the band is called a sousaphone, the album features covers such as Gangstas Paradise by Coolio and Sophie Ellis- Bextor's Murder on the dance floor. Along with an original track called 'Ole' Recorded last September in Kitten Lane recording studio's with assistance from Aidan O'Mahony and a large enough space to record 2 metres apart. Which they saw as a good way of still giving the album a Live feel. Code of Behaviour consists of: Tom O'Donovan,Brian O'Sullivan,Ben Cuffe, Darragh Johnson, Jack Mahony, Barry Shanahan, Chris Calvert and of course Seán Heary. If you would like to listen to more of Code of Behaviour's music visit:https://www.codeofbehaviour.com/https://www.facebook.com/COBBrassBand/https://www.youtube.com/c/CodeofBehaviourBrassBand/discussion

Alan and his business 'Notes to Cork' have teamed up with Cork's Red FM in order the spread the love around Cork City in the form of billboards with you the listener's love notes on them, as well as this you can hear them over the airwaves and see them online. Having taken over the business after the passing of his Aunt two years ago, last year with local businesses suffering as a result of the first lockdown he saw that there was more of a need for advertising on billboards, this then turned Notes to Cork into a fully fledged business. However on the other hand Alan saw that because of lack of live events that there was a lot empty space on billboards, along with this he noted that people's mental health was suffering so he decided to use both of those factors to try and spread some love and positivity. Hear ‘Love Notes to Cork’ across the weekend on Cork's Red FM and see them on billboards across the City and suburbs. If you would like to leave a message to a loved one visit : https://www.redfm.ie/love-notes-to-cork-leave-your-message-here/?cmpredirect