23 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The most recent sectorial review commissioned by the Irish Pharmacy Union shows that pharmacies in Ireland have an average turnover of €1.57m and an operating profit of 16% at €246,783. The average pharmacy here receives close to €1 million per year from the government through drug reimbursement... Read More
23 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A cheque for €51,125, raised through the Mercy Recycling Appeal, was presented to Micheál Sheridan, CEO of the Mercy Hospital Foundation at a special reception in Cork County Hall on Friday, by Mayor of County Cork, John Paul O’Shea, and Mercy Hospital Foundation supporter, Denis O’Donovan, who... Read More
19 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Three new jobs will be created and a suicide awareness initiative rolled out at Cork Life Centre, following a €120,000 donation from the unique philanthropic fund Cork Foundation. Two new counsellors and one teacher will join the two full-time staff and 70 volunteers at the Sunday’s Well... Read More
19 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Denise O’ Callaghan, founder of Denise’s Delicious Gluten-Free Bakery in Little Island, Cork will guest star in Neven Maguire’s ‘Healthy Home Chef’ programme on RTÉ 1, February 24th. With Sonia O’ Sullivan featuring in the series first episode, Cork is well represented in this new TV series... Read More
18 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie John Hurley, CTO, Ryanair will speak in Cork in two weeks time about how technology has transformed Ryanair. The IT@Cork talk will take place on 3 March 2016 at 5:30pm in the Rochestown Park Hotel. John leads Ryanair’s world-leading digital and technology strategy, at the Ryanair Labs... Read More
17 February 2016, 6.05pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Irish Water and Cork County Council can confirm that, following advice from the HSE, the Boil Water Notice imposed on the Whitegate Regional Water Supply on Saturday, 13 February 2016, has now been lifted with immediate effect. Residents on the water supply can now resume normal... Read More
16 February 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Shine A Light Suicide & Mental Health Awareness have announced their support for the upcoming performance of the play “Bring Me Back Alive” in the Firkin Crane Theatre, Shandon, on Friday the 26th & Saturday the 27th of February at 8pm. The Main Sponsors of the play... Read More
15 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie MSD (MERCK Sharpe & Dohme) has announced that their base in Brinny, Co Cork – which specialises in the fermentation and sterile filling of biotech products – is seeking 50 new hires in manufacturing, quality, technology, engineering, and environmental and safety. The plant was formerly operated by Schering... Read More
15 February 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance candidate for Cork North Central Mick Barry this morning criticised the company which has refused to recognise the union chosen by the country’s 999 emergency service call centre workers to represent them. According to Cllr Mick Barry Conduit Global (the company to which BT Ireland... Read More
15 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie To date, 160 children from Cork have had their wishes come through with Make-A-Wish® Ireland since the organisation started in Ireland in 1992. Each year, Make-A-Wish ensures that wishes are granted to children who are battling life threatening medical conditions such as cancer, brain tumours, cystic fibrosis, heart... Read More
15 February 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Tucana Health Ltd (Tucana), a spin-out from the APC Microbiome Institute in University College Cork, is to build a new research team in Cork. The APC Microbiome Institute, funded by Science Foundation Ireland, investigates the role of the gut microbiota, the trillions of microbes that live in the... Read More
14 February 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Irish Water has been advised that a boil water notice has been imposed on the Whitegate Regional Water Supply Scheme on the advice of the HSE due to high turbidity in the Dower spring source serving this area of east Cork. This public water supply serves a population... Read More
