Fresh off of their victory at this year’s Battle of the Bands, brothers Alex and Jordan Gough of ‘Central Hall’ sat down with the UCC Express to discuss their music. The band is made up of four guys, with Alex on drums, Eamon on guitar, Ross on bass and Jordan singing. Winning the final by…
(Photo: Tomás Tyner) Campus Cycle Week begins next week in the ‘Real Capital’, starting on Monday the 12th of March. “Every college in Cork is taking part,” an organiser told us, “UCC, CIT, CUH, Saint John’s Central College, Cork College of Commerce, Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa…” The focal point of the week will be a screening of the film “Why…
New legislation was recently passed in the Oireachtas that ensured that drivers would respect a minimum passing distance when overtaking cyclists. The new law will require drivers to allow one metre when passing cyclists on roads with a speed limit under 50 km/h, and 1 1/2 metres on roads with a limit of 50km/h or…
One of the brightest musical talents coming from Cork is an act known as Rushes. Currently based in Dublin, Rushes has just released his debut single as part of the creative hub known as Diffusion Lab, a song called ‘Wild High’. Rushes took a moment to sit down and talk about his start in music….
French Church Street in Cork will be the location of an exciting new venture being introduced into the retail sphere early next year. The project, which is being launched by Everseen – an Irish company that specialises in technology and innovation for the retail environment – is set to revolutionise world retail. Everseen has produced…
Over the past five years, hip-hop has taken huge strides towards becoming the defining genre of youth worldwide. In Ireland especially, hip-hop has gone from becoming an outcasts choice to being played in clubs across the country every night, and to having people rapping along flawlessly to tracks from some of the worlds better known…
An iconic Cork institution is set to reopen. Plugd, which was originally opened in 2001 by Jim Horgan, is set to open upstairs in The Roundy on the corner of Daunt Square & Castle Street later this month. It had most recently operated a café and record store in the Triskel on Tobin Street, but…
A piece in the Irish Examiner made the claim that “people who sing in choirs report significant higher levels of wellbeing.” This article was on research published by Hilary Moss, Jessica O’Donoghue and Julie Lynch at the University of Limerick’s Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in a paper entitled “Sing Yourself Better: the…
If you’re new to Cork, or just maybe to college, you may be missing those hometown favourites, the local chipper. And while you may cry “it’s not Donkey Fords” at a few of these entries, they may just tide you over till you can get back to those home comforts (and some of them may…
Like many things in Ireland, it all started over a cup of tea. It was the summer of 2014, and Bryce Dessner was in Cork city performing in The Marquee as part of the band he started with his brother Aaron, known as The National. Hickson, in her role as chief executive of Cork Opera…