Cork’s young people are invited to participate in the fifth year of ‘Cllr Kieran McCarthy’s Community Talent Competition’. The auditions will take place on Sunday 28 April 2013 between 9am-5pm in the Lifetime Lab, Lee Road. There are no entry fees and all talents are valid for consideration. The final will be held over one week later. There are two categories, one for primary school children and one for secondary school students. Winners will be awarded a perpetual trophy and prize money of €150 (two by €150). The project is being organised and funded by Cllr Kieran McCarthy in association with Red Sandstone Varied Productions (RSVP). 

Cllr. McCarthy noted: “The talent competition is a community initiative. It encourages all young people to develop their talents and creative skills, to push forward with their lives and to embrace their community positively”. Further details can be got from Kieran at 087 6553389 or info@kieranmccarthy.ie from the talent show producer (RSVP), Yvonne Coughlan, 085 1798695.