27 June 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Business News Douglas estate agent DNG Creedon was awarded the 2021 DNG Residential Deal of the Year award at the DNG National Conference, which took place at The Curragh Racecourse last Friday. Established in Douglas in 2001 by owner Michael Creedon, and run by Director Glenn O’Connor... Read More
27 June 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie AFTA was the first flight school partner to work with Ryanair to train and recruit prospective cadets for a ‘Mentored Pilot Programme’, which provides a unique opportunity for aspiring pilots to be trained using Ryanair standard operating procedures (SOPs) and operational philosophy during their training. This programme gives... Read More
26 June 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Munster Technological University (MTU) has secured €3 million in funding to provide over 1,000 places under the Government’s Springboard+ and Human Capital Initiatives for the academic year 2022/2023. In total, MTU is offering 34 Springboard+ courses as part of its suite of part-time offerings. These funded places are... Read More
24 June 2022 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie It was an afternoon of well-deserved celebration for three Cork stores – O’Leary’s Centra Douglas Road, Ross’s Centra Watergrasshill, and Hegarty’s Centra in Ballinspittle as they were honoured for their commitment to excellence in food safety at the recent Musgrave Retail Food Safety Awards. Throughout the course of... Read More
24 June 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Property prices in Cork have mirrored the national trend by rising during the quarter, according to the latest MyHome.ie Property Report. The report for Q2 2022, in association with Davy, shows that the median asking price for a property in the county is now €265,000. This means prices... Read More
24 June 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune welcomes new rules to cut industry carbon emissions and make polluters pay, while protecting jobs and citizens. The European Parliament has passed key parts of the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ package, which aims to reduce greenhouse gases by 55% over the next eight... Read More
23 June 2022 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie “We are Generation Rent” is the theme of this year’s annual Tenant Sentiment Survey 2022 carried out by Threshold, Ireland’s national housing charity Threshold uses this survey to give a voice to the experience of its clients, of Generation Rent, their aspirations and frustrations. The term may conjure... Read More
22 June 2022, Wednesday By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie It all began with a service linking Cork Airport with London-Luton Ryanair is today celebrating 35 years of operations at Cork Airport. In June 1987, the newly established Irish airline commenced operations at Cork with a service to London-Luton. Since then, Ryanair has grown to become one... Read More
22 June 2022 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Offshore wind infrastructure will require servicing, so – just like an oil rig – it will benefit the nearest port with spinoff industries Sharing similar visions for the future, the Port of Cork Company was delighted to meet with Inis Offshore Wind, one of Ireland’s leading renewable energy... Read More
22 June 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Planned maintanance Irish Water, working in partnership with Cork County Council, is replacing 350m of problematic watermains along the N22 in Ovens which will improve water quality for the community and reduce high levels of leakage. The project will commence in late June and form part of Irish... Read More
21 June 2022 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Competition to name the a new road in Cork’s largest town, which – as things stand – is simply known as the “Western Relief Road, Carrigaline”, but it could have a much much better name! A few years ago observers of contemporary culture coined the term “McBoatfacing”, defined... Read More
21 June 2022 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork County Mayor Cllr. Gillian Coughlan visits Cork College of FET’s Life Sciences Centre in Carrigaline Mayor of Cork County Cllr. Gillian Coughlan paid a visit to Cork College of FET’s Life Sciences Centre in Carrigaline this week to meet and engage with learners as well as tour... Read More