The Lough

17/05/2026

Update: Event postponed until June 2nd due to bad weather

⛵️Get ready to build, design and set sail on The Lough once again!

🫱Cllr Kieran McCarthy’s Make a Model Boat Project is back for year 16 on Monday 18 May at 6.30pm!

🎙️Open to primary and secondary school students.

🧐This year’s theme is ‘Curiosity Boats’.

🎨Boats should be made from recycled materials & full of creativity!

🏆 Prize winning boat builders will have their boats on displaying in Cork City Library as part of this year’s Cork Harbour Festival & Ocean to City programme!

🔗Information & application forms:

https://corkharbourfestival.com/register-now-cllr-kieran-mccarthys-make-a-model-boat-project-2026/

13/05/2026

Found on the 216 bus

09/05/2026

Set of keys lost in the Lough/ Ballyphehane area. Keep a look out.

09/05/2026

Missing dog Mossy. Please Share!

08/05/2026

Found near the playground. Please share!

05/05/2026

Lovely video of the new Coot chicks from Katie O'Regan

17/01/2026

The Department of Agriculture have advised that we can lift the fiahing ban at the Lough brought in late last year because of Avian flu. Other precautions will remain in place until March April.

02/12/2025

The crib will shine every evening until 6 January as part of Cork's festive celebrations.

01/12/2025

The lighting of the Lough Crib takes place tonight at 7pm. Carols, mince pies and a visit from the main man himself! Sorry for the late notice, Cork City Council only advertised it on social media in the last hour. Please Share

🎅Join Santa this evening to switch-on the lights at the Lough🎄

Singing, mince pies, and a visit from the main man. The perfect way to kick-off the countdown to the big day.

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23/09/2025

Take heed of an important notice regarding bird flu at the Lough.

⚠ Public Notice ⚠

Highly pathogenic Avian Influenza HPAI (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, is currently circulating in wild birds, and has been detected following tests on a number of birds which were found dead at The Lough.

The following advice is being issued to anyone visiting the area on the city’s southside:

🔴do not touch sick or dead wild birds, and do not handle bird feathers found in the area;
🔴do not to bring sick wild birds home;
🔴keep pets away from sick and dead wild birds - dogs should be kept on a leash where sick or dead wild birds are present.

The city council and the Cork Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CSPCA) are providing expert advice to the DAFM in relation to the bird flu cases in wild birds at the Lough, and they are undertaking intensive monitoring and surveillance of the birds present there.

Agreed protocols are in place to ensure the swift removal of sick or dead birds from the area.

Cork Beo Cork Safety Alerts Cork's 96FMCork's Red FM Ballyphehane Tidy Towns TidyTowns Togher Cork Independent Yay Cork Cork Safety Alerts EchoLive.ie

10/09/2025

Set of keys found near Moks pub on Band on road, please share