94 jobs are to be lost in Cork. G-S-K Trading Services – in the Cork Airport Business Park – is transferring the roles to the UK as part of a restructuring programme. Cork employees were warned of the possible job losses last year, but they was only confirmed this afternoon. GlaxoSmithKline Trading Services Limited was... Read More
Seán Sherlock, T.D., Minister for Research & Innovation, today (Monday) has welcomed publication of the BERD Survey results for 2011/2012. The BERD Survey, conducted every two years since 2007/2008, provides final business R&D expenditure figures for 2011 and preliminary estimates for 2012 and is jointly conducted by the Central Statistics Office and Forfás. · The... Read More
Cork Midsummer Festival is delighted to announce the appointment of Lorraine Maye in the new position of Festival Manager, She will take up the position in early March, replacing former Executive Producer Eithne Egan, who has recently taken up a new position as Director of Operations and Communications at Music Generation. Lorraine Maye graduated with... Read More
14th February 2013, Thursday, Valentines Day! By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A startup Cork Technology company which tackles online fraud and identity theft has announced it’s secured “a quarter of a million euro” in Angel funding. TrustEv uses data from services like Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In to provide reassurance to online sellers that a person... Read More
BASKETBALL: Mark Scannell, the Head Coach of Cork’s “Bord Gáis Neptune” team has been named the “Philips Sports Manager” of the month for January. Having beaten “UCC Demons” in a local derby semi-final, Neptune faced the experienced UL Eagles in the National Basketball Finals. Eagles were the favourites, but supported by a large crowd who... Read More
Representatives from the HSE’s National Ambulance Service and senior HSE management met with GPs, public representatives and community groups in West Cork today (Tuesday, 12th February 2013) to update them on plans to modernise the National Ambulance Service operations in the region. In all discussions relating to West Cork, the HSE and National Ambulance Service... Read More
Baltimore RNLI Lifeboat launched at 05:20 this morning 12 Feb 2013 to participate in a search for a missing Spanish fisherman. The Alan Massey, proceeded to an area 20 miles SW of Mizen Head in West Cork. Alongside the Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat, 2 Irish Naval vessels, Coastguard helicopters, an Irish Airforce fixed wing aircraft and... Read More
New figures released today by Cork Convention Bureau show that the conference and meeting industry in the Region is thriving. In 2012, the value of international conferences brought to Cork as a direct result of the Cork Convention Bureau activity resulted in total revenue of €7.2 million for the Region. The total value of international... Read More
Mayor of Mallow, Cllr. Noel O Connor, and chairman of the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, announced to day,that on 17th March this year, Saint Patrick’s Day, the Annual Parade takes place in the Town on that afternoon . Speaking to to the media Cllr. O Connor went on to say, ” I am delighted to... Read More
Cork business woman Jenny Murphy who owns Red Balloon based in Ballincollig is one of 2,000 people worldwide to be awarded a Certificate in Balloon Artistry. Making balloon history she is also the first Irish person to be invited to participate at “Float”, a balloon convention in St Louis, Missouri, USA. Speaking this week after... Read More
Fine Gael Cork South Central Deputy and Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Health, Jerry Buttimer, has welcomed the reduction of trolley figures at Cork University Hospital (CUH) saying reform of our health service is delivering results. “In June 2011, the Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly TD, set up the Special Delivery Unit (SDU),... Read More
Labour TD Michael McCarthy will today (Tuesday) chair the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht where the problems and difficulties encountered by farmers due to flooding will take centre stage. McCarthy said: “Over the past number of years, a number of areas in the country have experienced extreme and increasingly frequent weather... Read More