27 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Four-times weekly flights to Chicago O’Hare Airport via Reykjavik, Iceland commence on 13 July this year Flights from €139 one way including taxes Low-cost Icelandic airline WOW air has announced a new Chicago route, with flights commencing on 13 July from Cork and Dublin. The Cork and Dublin.... Read More
24 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fourteen Irish tourism companies, including the The Kingsley Hotel, have joined Tourism Ireland at the British Tourism and Travel Show this week, at the NEC in Birmingham. The British Tourism and Travel Show is an annual event for the travel trade in Britain – attracting nearly 3,000 coach... Read More
24 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fastnet – The Talent Group – has launched a new division to service the role of talent management within multinational and indigenous companies in Ireland. The establishment of the division is a response to the ever-increasing challenge for companies not just to attract, but to keep valued... Read More
24 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ford continues to celebrate its 100 year milestone in Ireland. Recently vintage cars took part in the St Patricks Day parade. Central to Ford’s promotional plans for the year are it’s authorised dealerships in Cork – the location of the firms first factory. Last evening CAB motors... Read More
23 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Minister for Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government Simon Coveney, T.D. today announced that Wavepower Technologies Ltd., the leading UK wave energy technology company, will establish research and development operations at The Entrepreneur Ship, which is based at the MaREI Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy in Ringaskiddy,... Read More
23 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Tropical fruit importer Fyffes is calling on Cork graduates interested pursuing a career in agriculture, horticulture, agribusiness, agri-technology, engineering or forestry to visit their stand at the forthcoming Agri Careers Fair being held at the RDS on March 30th. Currently, the company is seeking applicants for its... Read More
22 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The third of four regional finals in this year’s Irish Restaurant Awards took place in the Limerick Strand Hotel last night where 60 awards were presented to the country’s leading chefs, restaurants and pubs. Over 600 people attended the Munster Regional Final on Tuesday evening where the... Read More
21 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Leeside Shipping, agents for BG Freight Line in Cork, is pleased to announce a new container service between the ports of Cork and Liverpool. This new service is due to commence in week 13. This is the first time these ports have been connected directly, and the new... Read More
18 March 2017 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Saga Cruises’ MV Saga Pearl 2 will start the Port of Cork’s cruise liner season on 20th March, the first of 65 calls expected to visit Cork this season. Seven new liners will call this season on their maiden call, while Princess Cruises’ MV Caribbean Princess carrying... Read More
17 March 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Representatives of Cork County Council, who are in New York for the St Patrick’s Day period, met with senior executives from Tourism Ireland in New York yesterday (16 March). They were briefed on Tourism Ireland’s extensive promotional programme for 2017, which is in full swing right now. Tourism... Read More
16 March 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Don’t kill geese that lay golden eggs – Clunes plea to tourism providers in Cork Ireland South MEP pleads with tourism providers in Cork not to increase prices ahead of the tourist season which kicks off on St Patrick’s Day Ireland South MEP and member of the EU... Read More
14 March 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Irish Postmasters’ Union to mount a national campaign to ‘save post offices’ and plan Dáil rally for April Postmasters protested outside the GPO today saying that they will resist any Post Office closures driven by An Post, and are to mobilise a national campaign to support communities and... Read More
