20 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fáilte Ireland has thave launched a new digital brochure to showcase the very best of West Cork. The digital brochure was developed by the West Cork Tourism Network (WCTN)1, a representative group which includes Fáilte Ireland, Cork County Council, Pure Cork and local tourism businesses. The Discover West […]
18 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Supermarket to open on former Cinema site in Douglas Aldi will open their new Douglas store on Thursday 24 June 2021. It’s located on the site of the former Douglas Cinema. ‘CinemaWorld’ ran for 25 years from August 1994 to October 2019. Demolition began in March 2020. The […]
17 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie On Wednesday afternoon, The Lord Mayor Cllr Joe Kavanagh, Lady Mayoress Stephanie Kavanagh and Eoin O’Sullivan, President of the Cork Business Association took to the streets of the city to meet with business owners, welcoming them back to work. Over lunch in the Metropole to celebrate, Eoin O’Sullivan […]
16 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Closure of physical cash desks at PTSB Bishopstown is a “a blow to the community” The new Sinn Féin Cork City Councillor Eolan Ryng has described as “a blow to the community” the decision by Permanent TSB to remove physical cash desks at its Bishopstown branch from 03 […]
15 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Business News Cork Solicitor Richard Martin has been appointed as a non-executive director of Johnson & Perrott Motor Group. A graduate of University College Cork and Nottingham Trent University, he qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and first made partner at Law firm RDJ in 1995. Outside […]
14 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Micheál O’Connor to assume the role as the company reports its strongest ever turnover of €486M The Cork Headquartered Dornan Group updates today on the appointment of Carrigaline’s Micheál O’Connor in the role of Managing Director for the business. A Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Past President of the […]
13 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Department of Transport must support workers during Cork Airport closure – says Local TD Sinn Féin’s Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD has urged the Department of Transport to increase funding allocated to the Regional Airports Fund with the purpose of keeping aviation workers on the books for the duration […]
12 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Ballymaloe Foods has secured its first major distribution partner in Canada. It means that customers in Canada will soon be able to purchase products such as Ballymaloe Original Relish in stores for the first time. The new partnership is with CBF Imports and will see seven products from […]
11 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Sally Flanagan has developed a teaching resource called ABC Communicate with Me to help her two-year-old daughter Sadie with Down Syndrome. ABC Communicate With Me is a box of visual aids to help and support the development of language and communication. Sally says “Sadie’s communication has greatly improved […]
10 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Youghal Business Alliance are proud and delighted to support Aoife in her journey to the Tokyo Olympic Games To compete in the Olympic Games is the dream of every sportsperson because ‘once an Olympian, always an Olympian’. Aoife Cooke, whose pedigree is steeped in the history of Youghal […]
8 June 2021 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Princes Street, in Cork City Centre is a hard name to pronounce. Old-time Corconians will tell you it should be Prince’s, as in the plural of the word Prince. However these days it is usually written without the apostrophe which leads many quick readers to think it is […]
8 June 2021 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie New Grade-A office building opened in Cork City The Taoiseach has attended the official opening of ‘Penrose One’ and ‘Penrose Two’ at the 250,000 sq ft ‘Penrose Dock‘, Cork City. Penrose Dock is adjacent to Kent Railway Station, and just minutes’ walk from the City Centre. The building […]