9 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie On 4th December 2019, Bus Éireann celebrated its employees’ success in 2019 at the annual GEM (‘Go the Extra Mile’) Awards ceremony in Croke Park that recognised excellent customer service, community impact, performance and forward-thinking. Now in its second year, the awards were issued in a number of... Read More
9 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Two new youth workers are to be employed in Carrigaline as part of ongoing work to restore funding for youth services to pre-2007 levels which is helping to target areas of need in both the county and the city. Minister Katherine Zappone announced funding to Cork ETB to... Read More
8 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie
8 December 2019 By Aisling Walsh, Seandun Macra PRO news@TheCork.ie Wedding Bells for Seandún Macra Seandún started off the week with our monthly meeting in O’ Shea’s Waterfall. This signalled the start of the festive celebrations as we discussed our upcoming mystery tour and various clubs’ Christmas parties. Friday was a special day for Seandún... Read More
8 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Trigon Hotels had two winners at last week’s Irish Hospitality Institute (IHI) National Awards. Kathleen Linehan, Strategic Director of Human Resources was the winner of the Irish Hospitality Institute Hospitality Manager of the Year for Human Resources and Training at the annual IHI hospitality awards last week. On... Read More
7 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie HSE withdraws proposals for cuts Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony says the HSE and Minister for Health must engage fully with community pharmacists to agree a new contract in the new year. Deputy Murphy O’Mahony has welcomed the fact that cuts to pharmacists’... Read More
7 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Marymount Hospice Ball, the highlight of Cork’s social calendar each year, had guests dancing the night away for a very worthy cause last night at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island. This is the 13th year of the Marymount Ball and to date, the event has raised... Read More
7 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork County Council Library and Arts Services is delighted to host ‘Left Field: Works from the Ballinglen Foundation Collection’, currently running at Cork County Library Headquarters (LHQ) Gallery until January 17th, 2020. This exhibition brings together the works of several artists, both Irish and international, who relocated to... Read More
7 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Christopher O’Sullivan has congratulated the communities of Courtmacsherry and the Seven Heads Peninsula on their recent win in the Islands and Coastal Communities category of the 17th annual IPB Pride of Place Competition in association with Co-operation Ireland.Boherbue were also awarded... Read More
6 December 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Musgrave has announced a range of new sustainability commitments across its operations and retail brands including plans to reduce the company’s carbon footprint by 70% by 2025, the equivalent of removing 20,000 cars off the road per year or 29,000 tonnes of CO2. Musgrave’s new ‘Taking Care of Our... Read More
6 December 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Horizon8 Opens European Headquarters in Cork with Plans for up to 50 Jobs Office Location: 3rd Floor, City Quarter, Lapp’s Quay, Cork City Horizon8, an innovative, technology solutions company today opens its European headquarters in Cork, Ireland. Formerly called HengTian, the Company was created in 2004 as a... Read More
5 December 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Wilton Shopping Centre will be celebrating 40 years of business on Friday 6th December. The Centre have lots of celebrations lined up to mark the occasion and they will be joined by Red FM and their patrollers broadcasting live from Wilton Shopping Centre from 12noon to 4pm to... Read More