On Saturday 25th August, Cobh Triathlon Club will host the Spike Island Jailbreak Triathlon. Competitors will begin their Jailbreak journey from Cobh Harbour’s Spike Island by swimming to Cobh’s legendary pier, which was the last port of call for the Titanic in 1912, before next tackling a gruelling cycle course…

Taking place from the 13th until the 19th of August here at Fota Island Resort’s golf club in Cork, is the Resort Open Week. Open to all golfers, there are a number of events happening over the duration of the week to take part in. Monday’s event is the Seniors…

The annual Cobh People’s Regatta, one of the longest running regattas in Europe that attracts racing yachts to Cobh from countries all over the world will take place from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August. This year to commemorate the Titanic century tribute year, the renown packed programme of events…

Scotsman Elliot Saltman was the eventual winner of the PGA Europro Audi Cork Irish Masters which took place on our championship Deerpark Course at Fota Island Resort. Having just qualified for the 2012 British Open Championship, Saltman completed the course with a 10-under-par 61 comfortably ahead of Welshman Stuart Manley…

That’s it… my work placement has reached its conclusion. These three months here at Fota Island Five Stars Resort Ireland have allowed me to learn and discover lots of things. Firstly from an educational perspective and also because I have met a lot of people and I could discover an…

After a successful debut in 2011, we welcome back the 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour to our Golf Course in Cork this July for the second Audi Cork Irish Masters. Hosted at our luxury Golf Hotel in Cork, the EuroPro Tour will take place 4th – 6th July 2012 on one…

I was built a long time ago in a small village located to the northwest of Cork City. In the 10th century I was constructed in wood and around 1210, the wood was replace by a stone structure. But if you come to see me any day you will see…

With so many Spa treatments available it can be a challenge to know which one you should chose. In Fota Island Spa alone, for example, we offer over 60 treatments! So how do you decide which one you want? To try and sort out through all these treatments, I decided…

Time goes quite fast, I have been in Ireland for nearly two months. Last weekend I went to visit the Barryscourt Castle, located near the village of Carrigtwohill. It is a fine example of an Irish tower house with lots of defensive features such as murder hole, crenulations and stumble…

Being a woman myself, I know that as women, we all dream of that “perfect body”! And even if we don’t exactly spend time dreaming of it, we wouldn’t be appalled if one day we woke up looking like we could be on the cover of a magazine. But instead…

Ok, you might let me know if you agree with this or not – but if you have never been to a spinning class, is it or is it not true that there is this “it’s the toughest thing you’ll ever do in your life” terrorizing tale around it? I…

Hi readers! For my fourth blog I have chosen to speak about a painting, as art is a keen interest of mine. The canvas I have chosen to speak about has a typically Irish theme: This is an oil on board (11”x14”) called :the Tall Tale and the painter is…