1 May 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Network Ireland’s Cork branch will host its May event in Brown Thomas’ flagship Patrick’s Street store in Cork on May 4th from 7-9pm Peigín Crowley of GROUND Wellbeing will be the keynote speaker for the organisation’s next event which is entitled ‘Balancing work and self-care’. The event will... Read More
28 April 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Trigon Hotels has announced the appointment of Carmel Lonergan as Director of Group Operations. The position is a new role for Trigon Hotels which operates the Cork International Hotel, The Metropole and the Cork Airport Hotel. Tipperary native, Carmel Lonergan has extensive experience in the hospitality industry in... Read More
28 April 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Credit and Debit Card Statistics: March 2022 Detailed monthly data for March 2022 show that total card spending, including ATM withdrawals, equated to €7.8 billion, an increase of 13 per cent, or €923 million, when compared to February 2022. When compared to March 2021, when public health restrictions... Read More
27 April 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Musgrave MarketPlace Cork was named ‘Region of the Year’ at the Musgrave MarketPlace Region of the Year Awards. After being unable to gather for the event in 2021, the event was back in full attendance, taking place on Thursday, 21st April at Dunboyne Castle Hotel, Meath. The annual awards acknowledge the excellent... Read More
24 April 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Business News Cork was promoted to more than 50 top tour operators and travel agents from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland – at Tourism Ireland’s 2022 Nordic trade workshop, which took place this week in Copenhagen. Twenty-five (25) tourism companies from Ireland – including Kinsale Food Tours – took part in... Read More
25 April 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Trendy new bar is called ‘Mabel Lane’ (sounds like Maybelline!) opening on Wednesday 27th July 2022 Cork hospitality operator, The Emporium Company has launched their plans to open a new €4 million bar in Carrigaline later this summer, while also now actively recruiting for staff across all positions... Read More
23 April 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Photos from the recent Enterprise Ireland Start-Up Showcase event which was held in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin Ten new start-ups from Cork secured start-up investment from Enterprise Ireland in 2021. Seven of these companies secured High Potential Start Up (HPSU) investment, while three other early-stage start-ups secured pre-seed... Read More
23 April 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The new state-of-the-art store will see a significant local investment of more than €8 million and will create over 30 jobs with the retailer Lidl Ireland is delighted to announce the opening of its store in Charleville, on Thursday, 28th April. The new store is guaranteed to offer... Read More
21 April 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie it@cork has launched TechFest 2022, its annual flagship technology conference, which returns for its first in-person event since 2019. The technology conference will be held in the Clayton Hotel in Cork City from 9:30am on the 25th of May 2022 with a festival of supporting technology events all that week. Tickets... Read More
19 April 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cruise ships are back in the Port of Cork The cruise liner industry is estimated to contribute €70 million to the national economy and on average €14 million per year to local economies such as Cork which pre-covid had typically welcomed on average 100 cruise ships per year.
19 April 2022 By Roger L Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie When you realize that your business is spending more money than it can afford to and more money than it really needs to, it can be a scary moment as an entrepreneur. No business can afford to continually overspend without there being any consequences. We’re going to... Read More
19 April 2022 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Image Location – CC0 License Have you been noticing that your employees are not working as well for your business as you would have expected? Or, they used to work well but that seems to have dropped right through the floor recently? You’ve got to ask yourself why... Read More