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At Yay Media, we pride ourselves on showcasing the best of Cork. Our goal is to provide our readers with the latest recommendations for exciting places to eat, drink, shop, and stay in the city. We focus on sharing fresh insights into lifestyle, travel, home decor, fashion, beauty, and wellness, updating our content daily with new tips, recipes, and discoveries. Our user-friendly platform features lively, local content crafted by skilled editors, journalists, and digital media experts. With a combined 25 years of experience in both traditional and digital media and design, our founders have created Yay Media with a strong emphasis on an 'online first' approach. We aim to guide both locals and visitors in discovering the unique Cork experiences that make our city special, while also showcasing the finest in southern hospitality.

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A Cork vintage destination just opened the prettiest coffee shop and market

1 week ago | yaycork.ie | Katie Mythen-Lynch

On a bend in the road halfway between Rosscarbery and Leap village in West Cork is a little place called Connonagh and a former creamery-turned-vintage shop called RH Vintage Interiors. The warehouse of treasures has long been a must-visit for passing vintage fans, but now there’s another attraction that’s luring in passers-by – one of the cutest little coffee shops and markets in the country.
Oooh - a new artisan ice cream shop is about to open in Kinsale

2 weeks ago | yaycork.ie | Katie Mythen-Lynch

With the April sunshine giving us all Cornetto cravings, a brand new ice cream shop is about to start scooping something so much more wholesome on Kinsale’s Market Street. The Good Dairy Company Ice Cream shop opens this Sunday, April 13th, serving farm to fork ice cream, handmade on a dairy farm in nearby Nohoval using milk and cream from the owners’ pedigree Friesian cows.
People are going NUTS for this Cork company's protein balls (1000 are on the waitlist)

2 weeks ago | yaycork.ie | Katie Mythen-Lynch

Just a fortnight after a low-key Instagram debut, this local company is already facing a delicious dilemma: a waiting list 1,000 hungry customers deep, all desperate for a taste of their coveted Crunchy Peanut Protein Balls. “This Thursday, our waitlist of over 1,000 passionate fans will get an exclusive early purchase link, with our official market launch following on Friday.” one of the OAC founders, Jayne Ronayne, told Yay Cork.
A Cork seaside coffee shop just won a major architecture award

2 weeks ago | yaycork.ie | Katie Mythen-Lynch

Now Grainne Gormley’s scenic café Corkbeg Coffee, perched right on the pier in Whitegate, is gaining national attention, having scooped a major architecture award. The café scooped the Building of the Year – Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality Building and Architecture Award 2025 at last night’s swish ceremony held at the InterContinental Dublin.
There's a new Bottomless Brunch to try at this pretty Cork hotel

3 weeks ago | yaycork.ie | Katie Mythen-Lynch

There’s a new summer Bottomless Brunch event about to kick off up on Military Hill in St Luke’s. The Address is pulling out all the stops to entice Cork’s insatiable brunchers to their restaurant NORTH from Saturday, April 26th, when you can drop in for brunch or Crunch (that’s brunch with cocktails, FYI) between 12.30pm and 2.30pm.
It's no phones allowed at OSHO's Offline Tuesday pub night

3 weeks ago | yaycork.ie | Katie Mythen-Lynch

One Cork pub is offering customers the chance to relax and unwind over a drink in a setting where message pings and vibrating phones are banned. OSHO’s Offline Tuesday event runs weekly at the buzzy Barrack Street bar, where crafting materials are laid on and people actually speak to each other while working away on whatever they feel like doing. Entry is €10 including a drink and materials, and the event runs from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
A very fancy new sauna and ice bath spot just opened in town

3 weeks ago | yaycork.ie | Katie Mythen-Lynch

It’s a stunning escape in the middle of the city. Hoco, Cork’s newest sauna and ice bath experience, is now open in The Black Market on Monahan Road in Ballintemple. Decked out in rustic wood panelling with twinkly lights and industrial copper showers, this one will appeal to design fans as much as fitness fans, many of whom took the opportunity to use the muscle-soothing recovery facilities during the Cork’s Fittest competition on Sunday.
A new Cork beachside motel is about to open in Owenahincha (and it's pet-friendly)

4 weeks ago | yaycork.ie | Katie Mythen-Lynch

After an epic renovation project that saw a derelict hotel revived after four decades in ruins, sisters Aislinn and Nicole O’Shea are almost ready to open the doors of The Little Island Resort, a boutique retreat overlooking Owenahincha Beach. The property has been meticulously restored and reimagined while keeping as much of the original building as possible, including an outdoor pool. The doors will open to paying guests this May, with sea view rooms starting at €180 per night.
6 MARVELLOUS new things to eat and drink in Cork this week

4 weeks ago | yaycork.ie | Katie Mythen-Lynch

Put down your sourdough and step away from the pizza shop, because we’ve got news: Cork City is alive with new menu additions waiting to be devoured. Here are six new eats to try this week: The Taco Pocket at My GoodnessTex Mex at its best, you can get your hungry hands around a hand-pressed, deep fried Taco Pocket stuffed with all manner of vegan deliciousness (€10.50) at My Goodness every Thursday at the Mahon Point Farmer’s Market. Rock up from 10am-2pm.
The cosy Glengarriff Hostel is about to reopen with stays from just €45

1 month ago | yaycork.ie | Katie Mythen-Lynch

Bargain staycations are hard to come by these days. But a popular West Cork business, is about to change that for visitors in search of an affordable break. Glengarriff Hostel, in the beautiful village of Glengarriff is getting a new lease of life this spring as it reopens under the management of local couple Deirdre and Finbarr O’Sullivan.