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The Mercy Hospital Foundation, along with its patients and families are thanking the people of Cork and Munster for the huge difference they make at the hospital each year through their continued support and donations. Through this continued support, it enables the Mercy Hospital Foundation to fund and support advancements in life saving research, diagnosis and treatments to provide a world class ...read more

Hays Ireland are asking you to add your voice to our 2019 'Diversity and Inclusion Survey'.  Building a workplace culture with diversity and inclusion at its heart helps organisations and individuals to thrive and can enrich our working lives. But do you believe employment and career progression opportunities are available to everybody regardless of their age, gender, sexual orientation, ...read more

Cork Chamber today published a manifesto listing five points for voters and candidates to prioritise. The manifesto also supports the principle of a directly elected mayor for Cork.   In its manifesto the Chamber urges candidates to formally support the following principles if elected:Sustainable and Public Transport: Delivery of the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport StrategyUrban Living and New ...read more

Sunday 26th May 2019 is the closing date for applications for the next intake of participants for the 12th IGNITE Programme which gets underway this September 2019. The twelve month business incubation programme at University College Cork, that nurtures, develops and strengthens entrepreneurial potential, is inviting applications from recent graduates from any discipline, from any third level ...read more

Coolgrey is a leading player in creative consultancy & design in Cork since 2004, with a state of the art studio & production house on Tramore Road. Coolgrey’s portfolio of products & services has expanded consistently and now incorporates marketing strategy, PR & communications, promotional campaign & media management, as well as content marketing and full suite lead generation services. Karen ...read more

CMATS must be placed on Statutory Footing to Ensure Delivery  Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy must be matched with the Opening of NTA Delivery Office in Cork  Tuesday’s publication of the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS) has been welcomed by Cork Chamber as an essential milestone for the development of Ireland’s second city region.   While welcoming the strategy, Conor ...read more

A new analysis by Cork Chamber which gathered insight into Cork businesses’ travel patterns shows the importance of Cork Airport to the local economy and business community. A survey carried out in February-March 2019 reveals that 25% of responding companies each took more than 100 business trips from Cork Airport over the course of 2018. Approximately a quarter of all business trips from Cork ...read more

Affidea is delighted to announce that ExpressCare Minor Injuries & Illnesses Walk-In Clinic in The Elysian is to become the main sponsor of the year-round ITRA Tag Rugby leagues in Cork.The ExpressCare logo will feature on all referee jerseys, balls and tags used in Cork leagues, while important information about the state-of-the-art services at ExpressCare will be available to all Cork tag ...read more

Thank you to everyone who attended our Electric Vehicle evening last week and a big thank you to our panel for sharing their experience and expertise on all things electric. Our panel included Dan Cronin, Sales Manager, Kearys Renault, Jeremy Warnock, Product Manager, Renault Ireland, Martin Curtin, Financial Controller, Kearys Renault, Guillaume Seguin, Irish EV Owners Association and Hugh Hall, ...read more

Speaking at Cork Chamber’s 200th AGM, new Chamber President Paula Cogan, Sales Director at the Doyle Collection spoke passionately about the need for active citizenship, sustainability and most critically delivery on commitments made if Cork is to excel on a global stage. Speaking of the role of businesses as active citizens in 2019, President Cogan said; “We must work increasingly harder to ...read more

SeaFest, Ireland’s largest free family-friendly maritime celebration, unveils its exciting 2019 programme today for Cork, with over 100 events taking place from 7 – 9 June. An estimated 100,000 visitors are expected at the Port of Cork in Cork City for SeaFest 2019, with the line-up to include cooking demonstrations from celebrity chefs Neven Maguire and Rory O'Connell and talks from Met Éireann ...read more

Support Cork Midsummer Festival by becoming a festival patron - reduced rates for Cork Chamber members! Cork Midsummer Festival is one of Ireland's leading multidisciplinary arts festivals, platforming and present the best of local, national and international performance including theatre, music, dance, opera, visual art and more. Running from 13 - 23 June 2019, this year's festival will be ...read more

Cork Airport, Ireland’s second busiest and best connected international airport, is to host the top communications specialists from some of Europe's largest airports this week at the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe Digital Communications Forum.    Brexit and its implications for air travellers will be among the topics to be discussed at the two-day forum, which takes place from 21 ...read more

-Cork Chamber is the first Irish Chamber of Commerce to launch an initiative of this kind--Cork Chamber 1819 Fund to build community resilience-   To mark its 200th anniversary, Cork Chamber today launched a six-month community funding drive to raise €200,000, in partnership with Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI). The Cork Chamber 1819 Fund will benefit Cork community initiatives with a ...read more