28 July 2020 By Roger L. Jones roger@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has called on the European Commission to ensure that small and family-run tourism businesses in Cork are supported during this difficult time, especially when it comes to enhancing their digital skills. MEP Clune was speaking during a debate on the future of... Read More
27 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Despite confidence in the Irish economy resting at 48% among members of the business community, and notwithstanding the pandemic, Brexit and climate change, sentiment remains high and businesses remain resolutely focussed on a positive future for Cork says a major report launched today by Cork Chamber of Commerce.... Read More
26 July 2020 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie From Monday, July 27th, Aircoach will resume limited services on their Cork (704X) and Belfast (705X) routes. Both services will operate seven days a week. All other services will remain temporarily suspended until further notice. In March, Aircoach’s services ground to a halt as a result of the... Read More
22 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport, the country’s second-largest international airport has released its traffic figures for the first half of the year which reveal the impact of COVID-19 is expected to be the loss of 2 million passengers and more than €23 million in lost revenues by year-end. Before the impact... Read More
21 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork based food wholesale business M&P O’Sullivan Ltd. (M&P) has acquired Brennan’s Caterworld assets & trading names, which went into liquidation last month. The undisclosed deal, which merges the trade of two of Cork’s oldest companies, will see the catering supplies business added to M&P’s wholesale portfolio, which... Read More
20 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Business Growth: Just 7 months ago… at the start of 2020, Saturday Pizzas Ltd employed 5 people now they employ 8, and plans to recruit 2 more over the summer. Inded, by the end 2023, they’re projecting that 20 will be employed. Saturday Pizzas is planning to... Read More
20 July 2020 By Roger Jones II roger@TheCork.ie I’ve attended many College courses over the years on Business. A name that keeps cropping up is Peter Drucker (1909 – 2005). He was an Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings shaped what we knew as the modern ‘Corporation’. He has been described as... Read More
19 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikers have congratulated the Debenhams workers for their battle for improved redundancy and their campaign to change legislation and prevent this situation from happening again. Thirty-six years to the day after the Dunnes workers began their three year battle for the right to not... Read More
19 July 2020 By Roger L. Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Recent global events have seen a considerable spike in employees working from home instead of working from a desk in the office. For many employers, this is something entirely new and old processes need to be updated. Where working from home was once regarded as a privilege,... Read More
18 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Council needs to do more to support the arts & music, in light of COVID19 – says Cllr. Oliver Moran The Green Party in Cork has said that Cork City Council needs to do more to support musicians and cultural groups affected by budget cuts and... Read More
16 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie As a result of Covid 19 and its impact on all aspects of living and working, Cork County Council, under Project ACT and with support from the National Transport Authority (NTA), will be introducing a wide variety of on-street measures designed to assist citizens and businesses in managing... Read More
16 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Mary Linehan Foley has visited Fermoy. The Independent Cllr yesterday enjoyed a cup of coffee in the recently rejuvenated area outside the Priory Coffee Co. Under Cork County Council’s Project ACT initiative, town teams in both Fermoy and Mitchelstown are... Read More