22 September 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Council was delighted this month to receive 4 Green Flags in this year’s Green Flag Awards. Both Fitzgerald’s Park and Shalom Park retained their two green flags for 2022/2023 and two new green flags were awarded for the Regional Park Ballincollig and Douglas Community Park. The... Read More
22 September 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie There is no denying that over recent years, the choices that consumers have when it comes to buying products and services have grown significantly. Not only is there more choice in the brands that we shop with or the industry experts that we seek advice from, but even... Read More
22 September 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Tips on Getting Your First Clients as a Student-Run Business Are you thinking about starting your own company while still getting your degree? Read on to learn more about getting your first customers as a student-run business! Getting your start-up off the ground can be quite difficult. The... Read More
21 September 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie News in brief – Photos Politicians from across the country, including from Cork, attending an Irish Pharmacy Union Budget Briefing Day in Buswells Hotel, Dublin today. Here they heard that the upcoming budget must take steps to address the underfunding of Ireland’s community pharmacy sector according to the... Read More
21 September 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deidre Clune – who is based in Blackrock, Cork City – is consulting top international experts about the continuing fight against Covid-19. As a member of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the pandemic, the Fine Gael representative is attending meetings at the European Medicines... Read More
21 September 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Jameson Distillery Midleton attends Tourism Ireland’s workshops in Brussels and Amersfoort Cork and Ireland were promoted to more than 70 top tour operators and travel agents from Belgium and the Netherlands – at Tourism Ireland’s B2B workshops in Brussels and Amersfoort (near Amsterdam). Nineteen (19) Irish tourism operators... Read More
21 September 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork East Fine Gael TD David Stanton has asked the Taoiseach to revisit delayed plans to upgrade the section of the N25 national road between Carrigtwohill and Midleton and encourage a restart of the long-proposed project. The existing stretch of the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Midleton is of... Read More
21 September 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irving Oil and Simply Blue Group announce plans to explore renewable energy hub in Ireland International energy company Irving Oil and Simply Blue Group, an Irish blue economy developer in floating offshore wind and renewable fuels, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a commitment to explore... Read More
21 September 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie AbbVie a global research and development-based biopharmaceutical company with a significant presence across eight Irish locations, today announced a €60 million investment at its manufacturing site in Cork. The expansion, which will include the development of a new state-of-the-art facility, will create approximately 70 new jobs. New technologies... Read More
21 September 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A breakthrough book for both senior and aspiring business leaders, set to challenge the conventional ways in which leadership is thought about and practised in business, politics and society, has been launched in Ireland. Professor John O’Halloran, President of University College Cork (UCC) officially launched ‘The Leadership Mind’... Read More
21 September 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Entertainment Cork Orchestral Society makes a welcome return with an exciting program for autumn/winter 2022. They are pleased to announce twelve spectacular shows taking place in venues across Cork city including the Pirosmani Quartet, a star-studded line-up of international musicians lead by Cork violinist Mairéad Hickey on Thursday,... Read More
21 September 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Entertainment People have long sought to do almost everything possible to experience excitement, thrills, and vibrant emotions. Card games are a genuine opportunity to get a nice bonus in the form of monetary profit, as well as a chance to improve your own self-esteem and get additional motivation.... Read More