27 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie In welcome news for the local Irish food industry, Cork based Velo Coffee Roasters has announced a successful deal with Irish supermarket chain Dunnes Stores. Over the coming weeks, their award-winning roast, ‘BMX’ will be on the shelves nationwide. Founded in 2017, Velo Coffee Roasters is a multi... Read More
27 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Time to invest in building new relationships with “the remaining EU26” “Now is the time to end the last vestiges of Ireland’s economic dependence on Great Britain and to expand our trade and economic relationships with the remaining 26 EU member states,” said Cork North Central based Fianna... Read More
24 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cully and Sully the well known national food brand, based in Cork has donated €5,000 to Focus Ireland following the conclusion of the Focus Ireland Piggy Bank initiative. The initiative had families turning their soup pots into piggy banks and donating the money collected totalling €2,250. The Cully... Read More
23 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 25 new permanent jobs to be created The best prices in grocery are coming to Clonakilty as Aldi today confirmed it will open a new store in the town in 2022. Aldi has received final planning permission for the store at the Waterfront, which will create 25 permanent... Read More
23 December 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Social Democrats TD for Cork South-West, Holly Cairns, has called for stronger consultation with the hospitality sector and extra financial supports for affected businesses as the country prepares to enter into another Level 5 lockdown. Holly said: “The very survival of this sector is under threat unless there... Read More
22 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie A Cork-based legal software provider PracticeEvolve Group has announced the acquisition of UK-based Solicitors Own Software (SOS) which has 17,000 existing users across the UK. PracticeEvolve (previously known as Documatics Software) provides mid-tier law firms with cloud file storage and has more than 16,000 users. PracticeEvolve was started by... Read More
22 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The General Manager at the Cork International Hotel, Carmel Lonergan has scooped an award in recognition of her career, charity work and contributions to the local community. Carmel was awarded the Southside and District Special Business Award. Carmel Lonergan is General Manager of the Cork International Hotel and... Read More
20 December 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie New shop is located next to B&Q Equipet, one of Ireland’s leading pet stores, opened the doors of their second Cork store in Mahon Point Retail Park on Friday. The pet, equestrian and outdoor clothing retailer, was established in 2006 and is 100 percent Irish-owned. The launch of... Read More
15 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fifteen additional staff to be hired as Ireland moves closer to building off-shore wind farms Green Rebel Marine has announced the €1.5 million purchase of a DA42 multi-purpose aircraft to conduct aerial surveys off the Irish coast. Thousands of square miles of ocean are due to undergo ecological... Read More
15 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Protestors outside Barry’s Tea HQ in Cork to highlight the issue of plastic in teabags Uplift campaigners today delivered the 13,000 signature petition to Barry’s Tea Headquarters in Cork after the company have repeatedly not met their promises to remove plastic from all of their teabags since they... Read More
15 December 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Download your free Christmas Recipes Downloadable Booklet before December 18th at https://ballymaloefoods.ie/christmas-ballymaloe/ The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges this Christmas, and it has been exceptionally hard for individuals and charities. Christmas has historically been a critical time when it comes to fundraising and will now take on added... Read More
14 December 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City Missing Persons Search and Recovery; BUMBLEance, Covers of Comfort and Shine Centre for Autism among the 49 recipients Almost 50 Cork charities and community groups will benefit from funding from Thermo Fisher Scientific’s €50,000 community partnership grant. Among the local deserving projects announced today by the Currabinny-based... Read More