26 January 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Over 40 employers from the areas of culinary, tourism and hospitality will meet with students in the Department of Tourism & Hospitality at Cork Institute of Technology as part of the department’s annual career fair on 3 March 2016. Employers will get a chance to speak to students... Read More
25 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Software provider ‘Hortonworks’ has opened a ‘Centre of Excellence’ in Cork, and with plans to hire 50 people over the coming 18 months. Hortonworks is the Palo Alto-headquartered company driving adoption of Apache Hadoop, freely-downloadable software for storing, analysing and managing large amounts of data. Founded in... Read More
21 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Workers’ Party in Cork have described the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzterland as: “the annual outing of world leaders to receive their orders on how to run the world economy from the economic elite of conglomerates, multinationals and the super-rich.” Calling for disestablishment... Read More
20 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Netigate, a leading European provider of cloud-based services for online surveys, today announced the establishment of its International Headquarters in Cork, creating 45 new sales, technical support and account management roles. Through its online research platform and solutions, Netigate helps organisations gain valuable insights, make better business... Read More
20 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Lord Mayor, Cllr Chris O’Leary warmly welcomed the announcement of €5million in European funding for Cork City Centre. Cllr O’Leary said ‘We warmly welcome this announcement which follows a very comprehensive application submitted by Cork City Council. Following on from the recent announcement of the Capitol development,... Read More
18 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@theCork.ie The recent White Paper on Energy Policy published by the Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources acknowledged that Solar photovoltaic (PV) is part of the solution for the generation of zero-carbon electricity in Ireland. Energy Cork will host Ireland’s first major conference on solar power in Ireland... Read More
18 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Film in Cork (formerly known as the Cork Screen Commission) is a jointly funded initiative of Cork City & County Councils which works to promote all aspects of production in the Cork region, of which an integral part is relevant training to the industry. Film in Cork... Read More
18 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie How much has the company spent? Bus Éireann’s new €50 million ‘fleet of the future’ was officially launched on Friday, January 15th at King’s Inns, Dublin 7, by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Mr. Paschal Donohoe. Funding for 116 new vehicles was provided by the Department... Read More
15 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The new Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, Phillip Lane, has agreed to meet with a delegation from the Cork based ‘Ballyhea Says No’ group to discuss the issues arising from their long-running campaign (they have marched every week since March 6th 2011, 254 weeks and... Read More
14 January 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The 295th (yes that’s right!) Annual General Meeting of the Royal Cork Yacht Club will be held in the clubhouse, Crosshaven, Co Cork on Monday 18 January 2016 at 8pm. History The predecessor of the present day Royal Cork Yacht Club, was the Water Club of the Cork... Read More
14 January 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie More than 43 businesses from across the northside of Cork City have been nominated for the Northside For Business Awards. At the Northside for Business Awards event in the Kiln at Heineken Brewery Cork, businesses were shortlisted across a number of categories including Retail, Service, Hospitality, New... Read More
13 January 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Due to increasing demand from the pharmaceutical industry for support in sensory research, leading Irish scientific consumer research firm, SRL Research, has established a dedicated centre of excellence, SRL PHARMA. SRL Pharma has partnered with UCC’s School of Pharmacy and the Clinical Research Facility Cork (CRF-C) at Mercy... Read More
