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CORK COUNTY COUNCIL LAUNCHES ‘TEEN TALK’ EVENT SERIES
PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLBEING TO YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS
CORK

‘Teen Talks’ will tour Cork County promoting positive mental health

Teen Talks, a Cork County Council initiative to promote positive mental health, fitness and well
being to young people across Cork, was officially launched today (Monday) at County Hall,
Cork.
Addressing key issues for students and young people today, Teen Talks will take place in North,
East and West Cork in February and March, and will discuss health, nutrition, fitness and well
being, as well as social media use and mental health issues. A fantastic line of speakers has
been secured for the Teen Talks series including personalities like Kathryn Thomas, Anna Geary
and Derval O’Rourke as well as former MMA fighter, positive mental health advocate and sui-
cide survivor Graham McCormack and author, entrepreneur and fitness guru, Pat Divilly.

Speaking at the Teen Talks launch, Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr Patrick Gerard Murphy
said, “As part of Healthy Cork, we are committed to supporting our young people and their
health and well being. We are inviting transition year students across Cork to come to Teen
Talks to hear from their peers, health and fitness experts and those who are experienced in
creating coping mechanisms for the challenges that we face today. Teen Talks communicate
important messages, in an engaging way, about life and positive changes you can adopt to
help you live a healthy, happy life”.
“Teen Talks shine a bright light on important topics for young people living in Cork, and indeed
Ireland. Thanks to the support of Healthy Ireland, Pobal and Local Community Development
Committees (LCDCs), Cork County Council is rolling out the Teen Talks series to highlight
health, nutrition and fitness to the people of Cork. This series of events supports our stu-
dents, and really looks at ways to deal with school, family, health and social media challenges
through the power of positive mental health, fitness and nutrition. We have a great line up of
young speakers that will inspire and motivate students attending Teen Talks in Cork in 2019,”
said Tim Lucey, CEO Cork County Council.
Secondary schools are invited to bring transition year students to the free Teen Talk events,
which are taking place from 10am to 1pm at the Charleville Park Hotel on 28 February, in the
Radisson Blu Little Island Hotel on 5 March and in Bantry’s West Lodge Hotel on 7 March.
For more information, or to register please visit www.corkcoco.ie
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Cobh GAA Juvenile Training
Our juvenile teams will be resuming training after the winter break over the next few weeks.
The details for the contact person with each team are available on the club website, www.
cobhgaa.com
New players are always welcome. All teams from U11 up to U18 are already back in training.

The U10s (born 2009) will start back on Tues 5th March at 6.15pm in P. Uí Cheallaigh (Top
pitch).
The U9s (born 2010) start on Thurs 28th Feb, also at 6.15pm in P. Uí Cheallaigh.
The U8s (born 2011) will start on Sat 2nd March from 9.30am to 10.30am in P. Uí Cheallaigh.

Finally, the U7s (born 2012) will start at 9.30am on Sat 16th March in P. Uí Cheallaigh and the
U6s (born 2013+) will start the same day at 9.30am in the Rushbrooke NS hall. (Please note
children must be started Junior Infants in primary school before they can begin training.)