Blue Haven Win Green Award

The Blue Haven Hotel, Kinsale, was one of 17 businesses in Cork Pick up Green Hospitality Awards

Hospitality businesses in Cork swept the board picking up awards for excellence in Environmental Management from the Green Hospitality Awards programme (www.ghaward.ie). The presentations took place at the Hayfield Manor Hotel, Cork on Thursday 11th March 2010 at which 17 businesses in Cork received awards. The awards were introduced by Dr. Brendan Murphy, President of the Cork Institute of Technology.

“Cork Institute of Technology is proud of the achievements of the Green Hospitality Awards Programme which we have developed through The Clean Technology Centre in conjunction with our partners, Hospitality Solution Consulting since 2004. CTC has been at the forefront of promoting sustainability since as far back as 1992 and we are very pleased with its continued success”, said Mr. Murphy. “GHA has also made significant economic savings for Irish business through reduced utility costs over the years with many new member hotels saving an estimated €1000 per bedroom in the first year of joining the programme alone”.

List of Winners and Categories: Read more

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Happy Holidays Everyone!

We wish you a truly Happy Holiday Season! After a few month hiatus the Kinsale Times will be in full action January 2010 bringing you all the news our Town…

Carolanne Crosbie Exhibition

Carolanne Crosbie’s first solo art exhibition takes place in 68 Main Street, Kinsale (formerly “Kist”) for two weeks. Starting from Friday the 31st of July. All are welcome to the official opening on at 6pm on that Friday.

Carolanne has had an interest in Art particularly painting since her school days. After years of art classes she completed a two year cert course in the Kinsale Further Education College in 2008.

For the Past Year she been working towards this, her first solo exhibition.

Kinsale Arts Week

Kinsale is set to welcome over 20,000 people onto its streets for its fifth annual Kinsale Arts Week. Visitors can listen to poetry whilst at sea with Theo Dorgan or be served a meal by eccentric waiting staff at The Faulty Towers Dining Experience.

Visual artist Brian O’Doherty is set to showcase a specially commissioned outdoor installation at Charles Fort, whilst rockabilly queen Imelda May and the infamous Paul Brady will be belting out the tunes on stage at the remarkable natural outdoor amphitheatre. BBC World Music Award winner Terrafolk will be joined on stage by Cork-born violinist Una Palliser, who has performed with the likes of Elbow and Take That, with Dublin-based band Prison Love playing support. Award-winning comedian David O’Doherty will also be entertaining with his minature keyboard and quirky tunes.

As ever, there will be a wide variety of activities for children and teenagers at the festival, including the return of the ever popular Street Day.

Click here for the full program

Jodavino & Lerner

Jodavino & Lerner play The Spinnaker as part of a double headline show, this Sunday 21st June in Kinsale.

Jodavino & Lerner Play Kinsale

Jodavino & Lerner play The Spinnaker as part of a double headline show, this Sunday 21st June in Kinsale.

Jodavino’s debut album, Deep End, was released in September 2006 and received glowing reviews nationally. The band toured the album over a period of 14 months. The highlights of this tour included a sell out gig at Cork’s Everyman Palace and being invited to open up for Roxy Music and Lionel Richie at Cork’s famed Live at the Marquee. The band received extensive airplay nationally, especially in Cork, where the song Move Me earned the title of best song of the year from listeners of RED Fm.

Lerner released their debut album Still Waiting in November 2005 which was recorded in the foothills of Ventry, Co. Kerry with producer Karl Odlum (the Frames, Mic Christopher, Gemma Hayes, Ham Sandwich). The band were named in Today FM’s top 10 New Irish Artists of the year in 2006. Following on from the release and a string of high profile support slots with The Frames & Kila, the band retired to a farmhouse studio in West Cork, once again with Karl Odlum, to record their 2nd album Calm Road. This new record holds 11 tracks with an edgy feel, reflecting the bands raw studio energy.

Don’t miss this show! Tickets €10 from the Spinnaker, doors 8pm…

Jack L

Jack L is coming to the White Lady in July 2009 as part of is world tour. Dont miss this gig

Tom Jones Experience Back in Kinsale!

The Tom Jones Experience will be back in Kinsale for a return engagement this Saturday June 13th at the White Lady featuring Tom Canning, who is widely regarded as one of the top Tom Jones tribute acts in the UK.

Canning bears an uncanny resemblance to Tom Jones himself and has a perfect Welsh accent — with all the mannerisms of the Welsh superstar — and has performed all over the UK as well as Europe, the Middle East, India and Australia.

Tom Jones tracks are performed for the first half of the show and Neil Diamond tracks are the order for the second half.

He comes back to Ireland having last played to a packed house at the White Lady in Kinsale in October 2008.

The event takes place again at the White Lady this Saturday night. Doors open at 8pm, priced at €10.

Not to be missed ! For more info please visit the White Lady.

Colin Murphy Live

Comedian Colin Murphy from RTE’s The Panel, will appear Live in The Blue Haven, Thursday 11th of June. Murphy is an Irish comedian born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is best known for his television work hosting and co-writing The Blizzard of Odd, The Unbelievable Truth, and as resident panelist on The Panel for RTÉ and The Blame Game for BBC Northern Ireland.

He has also acted in the film Divorcing Jack with Rachel Griffiths and David Thewlis.

He tours mainly in Ireland and usually hosts the comedy show in The Empire Bar, Belfast. He occasionally appears at other venues in the UK and has performed at Edinburgh Fringe, Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Melbourne Comedy Festival, and Just for Laughs. He is host in the Queens Comedy Club, in the Mandella Hall of the Queens Student Union.

Tickets are 30 euros per person -show only. For more info visit The Blue Haven

Charity Concert

A charity concert will be held in the Church of St Multose, Kinsale Saturday 6th June, 8pm. The Glaslinn Ladies’ Choir (conducted by Antoinette Baker and accompanied by Annabel Adams) will sing as will Julie O’Sullivan (soprano) and Ryan Morgan (tenor). Also taking part will be a flute trio (Avril Helen, Leah Desmond and Clodagh Helen).

The proceeds (retiring collection) of this concert will go towards the upkeep of the Church of St Multose, towards local charities and towards the Niall Mellon Township Trust.

Joe Twomey (stonemason) of Crossbarry hopes to travel to South Africa in November and needs to raise 5,000 euro for this trust. Please support all these worthy causes.

Coyote Ugly

Tonight is Coyote Ugly night In Hamlets Cafe Bar with Amanda Brunker, Friday 5th of June! Tonight’s show is part of the Cork Coyote Challenge with Soho and East Village and a diamond from Keane’s is the winning prize.

Top U2 Tribute Band US2 will keep the party rocking all night. The night will be hosted by Author and former Miss Ireland Amanda Brunker, hostess with the mostess, with the Coyote Dancers. Hold on to your horses Kinsale!

For more details call directly on 353 (0)21 477 2939

Love Is A Tall Ship

Kinsale was graced by the SVTenacious, a ship that takes abled bodied and disabled people sailing on life changing voyages. After a night ashore the ship cast off again today.

Billed as Sailing Adventures for All, The Jubilee Sailing Trust is a registered charity that owns and operates Tenacious and Lord Nelson, the only two tall ships in the world designed and built to enable people of all physical abilities to sail side-by-side as equals.

Sailing with the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST), everyone can experience the thrill and adventure of life aboard a tall ship and be involved in almost every activity on board. Take the helm, set sails and keep watch, all regardless of their physical ability or previous sailing knowledge.

During their voyages people discover amazing places, make great friends and share in the challenge of sailing a tall ship on the open sea. These are just a few of the reasons why many people find a voyage with the JST a truly life-changing adventure.

For more information please visit jst.org.uk

The Point To Point!

The Kinsale Point to Point is upon us once again — Saturday May 30th – Sunday May 31st — and is always a great weekend of fun. Point-to-Pointing is an amateur form of steeplechasing, regulated by the Jockey Club. To qualify to race in a Point-to-Point a horse must have been hunted a minimum of seven times in the current season. Saturday’s first race begins at 5pm with Bar and Band

Sunday is Family day out! There will be a bar, live music, a DJ from Kinsale’s famous White Lady nightclub, a selection of food to suit all tastes and pockets, including Fishy Fishy, the Blue Haven food group, Barracuda Barbeque and Pat Lavin’s traditional chipper. There will, of course, be the hotly contested Best Dressed competitions offering fabulous prizes. Please see separate page for details and conditions.
To keep the kids amused while the grown ups get on with the serious business of enjoying themselves, we have laid on an exciting array of FREE fun and games including a bouncy slide, an obstacle course, pony rides, and face painting. For the first time this year, we will have a toy stall with the proceeds going to help street children in India.
And not forgetting our four-legged friends – our dog show will take place on Sunday afternoon, with a trophy for best dog and rosettes and prizes for other classes including the hilarious Doggy Fancy Dress category.
And best of all – you can leave the car at home and use the free shuttle bus leaving regularly from Kinsale Tourism Office throughout the day.
So for a great day’s entertainment for all the family from daddy to doggy – come to the Kinsale International Point to Point at Farrangalway on Sunday from 1 pm.

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