14th November 2013, Thursday 10am By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Green Business, one of the flagship programmes of the National Waste Prevention Scheme, has teamed up with IBEC, Enterprise Ireland and BIM, to host a series of seminars on Resource Efficiency, this November. These seminars – one of which is taking place today in the SilverSprings Hotel... Read More
14th November 2013, Thursday By Bryan T. Smyth news@TheCork.ie The Cork Screen Commission is delighted to announce the appointment of Colm Crowley, Head of Production RTÉ Cork, as Chair of the newly formed Cork Screen Partnership. The announcement was made at a reception at Cork City Hall hosted by the Lord Mayor of Cork to... Read More
14th November 2013, Thursday By Pete Smith psmith@TheCork.ie Susan Hayes, ‘The Positive Economist’ and Managing Director of international financial training company, Hayes Culleton Ltd., will address members of the Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD) and business leaders from Cork, at a dedicated evening briefing on this evening in the Maryborough Hotel, Douglas. Author of... Read More
14th November 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Four Cork companies: UrParts.com, Slattery Validation Systems, PMD Device Solutions Alanya will compete at the InterTradeIreland Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition’s Munster final in the Maryborough Hotel Cork today. The competition, which supports new start and early stage companies, offers a share of a €280,000 cash prize, with no equity... Read More
13th November 2013, Wednesday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Charleville engineering company BCD announced today the creation of 40 new jobs resulting from a new multi million euro vaccine plant project in the Asian market. The jobs will be a mix of engineering and trades roles in the company’s design and manufacturing divisions. The announcement comes after... Read More
11th November 2012, Monday, 11pm By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The new Hollyhill road on the northside of the city – developed to boost the IT sector and local industries in Hollyhill – is to be named after the late Cllr Dave McCarthy who represented the people of the northside since 1985. Speaking tonight in... Read More
11 November 2013 Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A group of Cork city centre businesses have joined forces to support the redevelopment of the old Beamish & Crawford site as the preferred home for Cork’s new events centre. The project has the full backing of some of Cork’s leading businesses, including restaurant owners, publicans and retailers who today... Read More
11th November 2013 By TheCork.ie Politics Reporter news@TheCork.ie Sean Kelly MEP (Fine Gael) is seeking EU assistance to investigate a case of alleged child abduction involving two children from Cork. A press release from Sean Kelly’s office today says “It is alleged that Elizabeth Zamba abducted Richard Quarry’s son Ethan, aged eight, and Patrick Beary’s... Read More
9th November 2013, Saturday By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie We previously spoke with the Cork Screen Commissioner now the Commission is back in the News. As part of its commitment to building the indigenous Screen Industries in Cork and promoting the City & County as a prime filming destination, Cork Screen Commission is holding a series of... Read More
8th October 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Cork City Cllr Seán Martin (who is a brother of Micheal Martin) has accused the Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan of abandoning local councils as many face huge liabilities in Property Tax and loan repayments. Cllr Martin was speaking as Cork City Council faces liabilities of over €3... Read More
8th November 2013, 2.45pm By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie Buttimer welcomes €70m in additional funding for school improvements Cork South Central Fine Gael TD, Jerry Buttimer, has today (Friday) welcomed the announcement that an additional €70 million is being provided to carry out building works and improvements at schools around the country. The funding has been announced... Read More
8th November 2013 By TheCork.ie news@TheCork.ie More than 110 HR professionals and business people in the Cork region attended the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) Southern Region briefing at The Clarion Hotel, sponsored by Fastnet Recruitment and chaired by Liam Linehan, Honorary Chairman (South Region). VMware Vice President of Global Technical support, John... Read More