4 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie University College Cork (UCC) scored top marks across the five core areas ranked in the world’s most comprehensive ranking system. The EU sponsored U-Multirank published today (April 4) judges university performance on 31 indicators marked from ‘A’ (very good) to ‘E’ (weak). The areas ranked include Teaching, Research,... Read More
4th April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie More than 200 delegates attended the Annual Conference of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland) recently which celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the Institute with the theme “90 Years Accounting for Business”. The conference, which took place in Croke Park, was chaired by... Read More
4 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The figures are revelaed as the airport announced it has a total of 12 new routes operating or scheduled to start in the upcoming months, including a Madrid link which will launch in June. Iberia Express will fly out of the hub starting 18 June with two weekly... Read More
4 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland’s research centre for marine and renewable energy, MaREI, has secured €750,000 in funding from the NTR Foundation. The philanthropic investment will be used to identify and exploit the opportunities for Ireland, the economy and SMEs in relation to how we best meet our future energy requirements as... Read More
1 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Finance spokesperson Michael McGrath (Cork South Central/Carrigaline) has called on the acting Minister for Finance to proceed with the publication of Ireland’s draft Stability Programme Update. Ireland is obliged to submit this document to the European Commission by the end of April but the Minister for... Read More
1 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fred Olsen Cruise Line will open the Port of Cork’s cruise liner season with the arrival of MV Balmoral and her 1800 passengers and crew to Cobh Cruise Terminal on Friday 1st April. This is the first of 58 liners scheduled to call in 2016. In total... Read More
31 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ballincollig’s Daire Hickey was recently named by Forbes magazine as one of its international Top 30 aged under 30 business stars, a list of the world’s most powerful young people under the 30 threshold. Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan was the only other Irish person to make the... Read More
25 March 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Innovation Academy, UCD Postgraduate Certificate in Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Commencing 31st March 2016 Barry O’Driscoll, Cork GAA and Nemo Rangers footballer with the help of Martin Corkery, Enterprise Ireland; Joan Walsh, President of Network Cork and Siobhan Finn, Cork Innovates, showed their support in launching an exciting... Read More
24 March 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Is corporate giving good for business? Research and feedback from companies engaged in giving to good causes suggests the answer to this question is a resounding yes! But why is it good? How can greater participation in corporate giving be encouraged? What are the challenges in developing a... Read More
24 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Iberia Express, in association with the Spanish Tourist Board, celebrated the imminent launch of its new Cork – Madrid route with a special event at the Imperial Hotel, Cork for local travel agents. The route from Cork Airport is just one of 11 Spanish routes this summer... Read More
22 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Maria Tracey has joined Springboard PR & Marketing as its new Account Executive, following a number of recent client wins at the company. With more than ten years’ experience as a journalist, Maria will focus on content creation and digital marketing for the agency. Speaking about her... Read More
17 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Numerous charities across Cork are set to benefit from a fun and creative fundraising initiative, hosted by the Cork Lions Club today. Ten thousand multi-coloured balls will race down Patrick’s Hill today at 2.00 pm, in order to raise money for the installation of defibrillators across Cork... Read More