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3 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Six Category Winners Honoured at Annual Awards Dinner Cork Convention Bureau (CCB) tonight hosted the second annual #CorkNeedsYou Cork Conference Ambassadors Awards at the Vienna Woods Hotel. The prestigious ceremony paid special tribute to six category winning ambassadors who have helped secure in excess of €10 million for...
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3 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin General Election Candidate Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has called on the Government to reinvest what is left of the Credit Union fund into local communities. It has been confirmed that €230m of the fund, established to aid the merging of Credit Unions, is no longer required for...
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3 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mileage fraud is undermining confidence in our second hand car market and consumers need more protection from cars that have been tampered with Speaking at a workshop on the second hand car market in the European Parliament yesterday, Ireland South MEP and member of the EU transport...
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3 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Booming corporation tax receipts must be deployed for long term benefit – McGrath Fianna Fáil Finance spokesperson Michael McGrath (based in Carrigaline, Co Cork) has said a long term strategic approach is needed in how the State uses the unexpectedly strong corporation tax receipts received to date...
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1 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City Council are looking for proposal from creative/entrepreneurial/cultural individuals or groups to lease the Lord Mayors Pavilion, Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork as a cultural or creative space for a defined period. The individuals/groups proposals should seek to “animate” the pavillion and “engage” with the public and the park...
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1 December 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Airport has launched its new website. The new site features a map on the homepage showing available destinations prominently. It replaces a site that has been in use since 2010, the design approach focused on creating a website that with clean modern design (i.e. plenty of whitespace) and...
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1 December 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Chamber today welcomes GE Healthcare’s announcement of a $40 million investment in its manufacturing facility in Carrigtwohill, East Cork, which will see the site’s manufacturing capacity double and the creation of 140 new jobs in medical manufacturing. Reacting to the announcement this morning, Barrie O’Connell, President...
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1 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie GE Healthcare today announced a $40 million investment in its manufacturing facility in Carrigtwohill, Cork. Employment at the Cork facility, which currently stands at almost 500 people, is expected to increase by 140 people. The investment which is supported by IDA Ireland, will double the Carrigtwohill facility’s production...
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1 December 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fewer than 5% of people are claiming their entitlements – says the Cork MEP As we approach Christmas, our airports will be operating at capacity. Delays and overbooking are common occurrences. Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune, a member of the Transport Committee of the European Parliament has called...
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30 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Financial penalty is the only language lenders understand, says Carrigaline based Fianna Fail Finance Spokesman Michael McGrath TD Michael McGrath has said that he is extremely disappointed with confirmation to him that no fines or other financial penalties have been imposed on banks found in breach of...
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30 November 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie I personally believe that so called paper ‘Junk Mail’ has a purpose. Unsolicited commercial communications are part and parcel of business. However, now that Irish residents have to pay for waste collection it can be galling to have to dispose of someone elses rubbish on your own...
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30 November 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Carrigaline based Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. marked the first day of his trade mission to West Africa today with a number of promotional events for Irish companies in the agri-food, education and ICT sectors in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The Minister also...
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