22 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie MACE recently ran a community initiative inviting customers and the general public to nominate someone who had gone the extra mile in their local community during the Covid-19 lockdown and we were inundated with stories of some amazing good deeds done by people. Eleanor Lucey from Macroom was... Read More
21 July 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie There’s been much talk recently about ‘hand sanitiser’, and how it’s useful in stopping the spread of COVID19, but – let’s be frank – a key problem in getting people to use it is that it stinks of alcohol! Solution: Irish firm ‘The Handmade Soap Company’ has formulated... 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
21 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Planning a staycation? Kinsale is famed for being the food capital of Ireland, but this year the Cork seaside town has the envious reputation as possibly the safest place in the country to plan a staycation this summer thanks to one West Cork man – Dr Ian Norton,... Read More
21 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Gardaí have arrested a man in relation to an attempted hijacking incident at Grand Parade, Cork City yesterday. Shortly after 7pm a man approached a car that was parked on Grand Parade and threatened the two occupants. He demanded that they drive him to a destination and jumped... Read More
21 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie From the Well is the annual Cork County Council Library & Arts Service short story anthology. Deirdre Kingston’s ‘Catch & Release’ was selected as the winner for 2020 and is now available on podcast along with two other stories from this year’s collection. The move to record the... Read More
21 July 2020 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Senator, Jerry Buttimer is highlighting the attractions of Cork as Irish people look to holiday at home this year. Senator Buttimer said: “It’s great to see so many Irish people planning a ‘staycation’ this summer and to all those looking at their options I say, choose... 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
20 July 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil TD for Cork East, James O’Connor says that apprenticeships should be remembered in the COVID-19 recovery plans Deputy O’Connor said: “The same level of discussion has not as of yet taken place on the impact of COVID 19 has had on those providing apprenticeships and the... 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, Saturday 10pm By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie The volunteers of Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat were paged at 5.51pm this evening to go to the aid of a broken down vessel, East of Power Head. The lifeboat with Ian Venner in command and with Claire Morgan, Derek Moynan and Jonathan Birmingham on-board made best speed... Read More