4 October 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Network Cork launch Workshop Wednesdays for the month of October kicking off this Wednesday 5th October at 6.30pm at The Maryborough Hotel, Cork. The workshops are subsidised training events which will take place on Wednesday 5th October, Wednesday 12th October, Wednesday 19th October and Wednesday 26th October. Each... Read More
3 October 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Following a dramatic surge in house prices during the summer, asking prices in Q3 paused for breath, rising by a modest amount according to the latest house price report from MyHome.ie The mix-adjusted price on newly listed properties nationally rose by 0.4% during the quarter while prices in... Read More
27 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gurranabraher Credit Union is delighted to see that Credit Unions have topped the table again in the recent the CXi “Ireland Customer Experience” Report 2016. CXi has a unique data set of 72,000 consumer brand evaluations across 170 brands, now based on two years of ongoing research. This... Read More
28 September 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Influential London-based business leaders attended an inaugural London Dinner, hosted by Cork Chamber of Commerce yesterday evening in the Bloomsbury Hotel, London where they discovered the unique and exciting opportunities that the Cork region offers investors and their employees. This invitation-only event being hosted as part of... Read More
27 September 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The search is on to find Cork’s best and brightest young business people, with €150,000 up for grabs through the three Local Enterprise Offices (LEO) in Cork as part of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition. The campaign has just been launched in Cork, and has been extended... Read More
28 August 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Acme Blinds, one of the largest blind manufacturers in Ireland is celebrating 60 years in business this year. The Irish owned, family run business, manufacturing all domestic and commercial blinds is headquartered in Cork and has a nationwide network of retail outlets. The company was founded by William... Read More
25 August 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Local Fianna Fáil TD, Michael Martin has today welcomed the decision by An Bord Pleanála to give approval to the expansion of Apple’s European HQ in Cork that will bring an additional 1000 jobs to the Cork region. “This is a fantastic day for Cork. An extra 1000... Read More
17 August 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Commenting on the publication of the Leaving Cert results today, EMC, the IT multinational that employs 3,000 people in Ireland, has welcomed the rise in the number of secondary school pupils studying STEM subjects and taking Higher-level Mathematics but signalled caution over failure rates in the ordinary level... Read More
13 August 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport has reported strong growth in commercial aircraft movements once again in in July (+14.4%) which is the strongest growth of all three national airports. Niall MacCarthy Managing Director of Cork Airport strongly has welcomed the latest national statistics: “We are now working hard to ensure... Read More
5 August 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Cork Senator, Jerry Buttimer has said that the announcement by Canadian firm Irving Oil that it has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement with Phillips 66, for the purchase of the Whitegate oil refinery, is very welcome. “Irving Oil operates Canada’s largest refinery in Saint John,... Read More
4 August 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish innovative customer experience and tech support provider to invest $4 million in Athens, Georgia Centre of Excellence Voxpro, Ireland’s largest international provider of customer experience and technical support solutions today announced expansion plans with the creation of more than 500 jobs and an investment of $4... Read More
3 August 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Investigating the impact of escaped farmed salmon on wild Irish Atlantic salmon populations is one of five UCC projects which has been awarded €8.5m in Government funding today. A co-led project brings the UCC figure to €9.3m. The salmon project will exploit new techniques in population genomics... Read More