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Movember Cork: “It’s An Awful Shock to the System”
For many men, the discovery and treatment of cancer and other illnesses can be a very close shave. The Movember campaign, now in its ninth year, aims to grow awareness of the importance of men’s health and issues. Mike McGrath-Bryan speaks with Movember campaigner Ashley Hobbs on his Movember experiences. For the past nine years,…
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Cork Fighting Game Community: Mastering the Art of Fighting
With the new year well underway, the various gaming communities of Cork begin to line up their year’s big events, from tabletops to TV screens. With expansion on their minds, and an eye to national and international competition, Cork Fighting Game Community look toward bigger things in 2017. Throwing fireballs with Mike McGrath-Bryan are Cork…
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Kaizoku-Con: Pirates Setting Sail for Cork’s Anime Convention
Amid a range of society and sporting events, UCC has played home in recent years to Cork’s only anime & manga convention. Mike McGrath-Bryan speaks with Kaizoku-con director Emmett Fitzharris about the growth of the event. Anime, the umbrella term for Japanese animation, is a pop-cultural force of nature, rising from cult status to become…
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Celtic Championship Wrestling: Running the Ropes
Four years old and growing exponentially, Celtic Championship Wrestling has overcome the odds to find a regular hometown audience among Cork city’s fight fans. Mike McGrath-Bryan speaks with promoter/performer Lee Cahalane about the ring, the business, and the fans. “The virtue of all-in wrestling is that it is the spectacle of excess. Here we…
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Cork Vintage Map: Of a Certain Vintage
Mike McGrath-Bryan speaks with Eilís Dillon, of Records & Relics, about the Cork Vintage Map, a unique collaborative initiative between thirteen of Cork City’s specialist retailers. It seems like such a simple idea, that it must have been hard to come by amid all of its constituent parts. The Cork Vintage Map, released this past…
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