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Cork Card launch Friday 26th April.  Cork Card is a lifestyle and wellness membership card for the people of Cork.    Businesses including Gyms, Salons, Restaurants, Bars, Spas and a whole lot more are offering some great things to the people of Cork.  It even includes savings on tyres and filtered water! Once you have the membership card there is no limit on the number of uses; in fact the ...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

Russell Landscaping , based in Cork City have been announced as the overall 'Design & Build winner at the prestigious Association of Landscape Contractors (ALCI) awards in the Titanic Centre Belfast.  The all-Ireland ALCI awards often referred to as the 'Oscars of the landscaping industry', celebrate the high standards of professionalism and skill in the delivery of commercial private ...read more

The Nimbus Technology Gateway at Nimbus Research Centre is one of fifteen Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateways, providing businesses with innovative software and hardware technical research and development capabilities. Nimbus is the largest IoT applied research centre in Ireland with approximately 80 full time researchers and engineers on site. The Nimbus Gateway is a registered knowledge ...read more

Philip O’ Leary has been appointed as a board member to the Irish Banking Culture Board (“IBCB”). As Managing Partner and head of the Commercial Law Practice with leading Cork-based professional services firm FitzGerald Legal & Advisory, Philip has accumulated more than 20 years specialised experience in representing financial institutions in the areas of new lending, restructure, asset sales and ...read more

https://corkbusinessleague.ie/ The Sports Gear Direct Cork Business League is an adult amateur male junior soccer league which currently operates in the Autumn – Spring football season. Founded in 1953, still affectionately referred to as the ‘shipping league’, has provided junior football for teams representing their places of work for over half a century and recently celebrated its ...read more

PRESS RELEASE11 April 2019Analysing the results of Cork Chamber’s Quarter One Economic Trends Thomas McHugh, Director of Public Affairs commented, “The Q1 2019 shows a rise in business confidence to a very healthy 96% from the Cork business community, with 80% of businesses expecting an increase in turnover over the next 12 months. With the construction activity increasing in the City there is ...read more

Leading law firm, Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT), has become the first Irish law practise to welcome legal mental health charity LawCare to speak to all employees – solicitors, legal executives and support staff – about their services and how to ask for emotional support when needed.   LawCare is a registered charity that promotes and supports good mental health and wellbeing across the legal ...read more

The Cork World Book Fest is approaching its mid-teenage years – often difficult but thankfully not for this local festival which has global reach.   The festival starts, as always, on 23rd April which is UNECSCO World Book Day, and runs over five days, with back-to-back events all day and evening on Saturday 27th April, concluding with a celebration of new books by local writers. Events take ...read more

  SHE IS SUSTAINABLE CORK  Women for a sustainable future   All female panels of speakers talking about how Cork women can change the world, and attracting over 200 participants, men and women, in an interactive event.  That was She is Sustainable Cork, a conference on sustainability and women’s’ leadership, held on Saturday 30th March in the Western Gateway Building in UCC.  The event was ...read more

KMC Homes have long championed the customer in their end-to-end Design and Build Services for those building an exclusive new home. To this end they have developed a market leading client smartphome app where their clients can stay up to date with daily photographs from site, message their foreman, view their up to date account or check in on the project schedule. "Our goal is to make building ...read more

SeaFest and Cork Harbour Festival are coming together for Ireland’s biggest maritime celebration, which will take place in Cork this June. Cork City Council and the Inter-Departmental Marine Coordination Group (MCG) present SeaFest, a national free and family friendly maritime festival, at the Port of Cork on 7 - 9 June. This will be the culmination of a weeklong celebration of Ireland’s rich ...read more

No sooner had the Oscars® red carpet been rolled up, than Cork Film Festival had some exciting news of its own from the Academy. The Festival's Documentary Short Award has been approved by the Academy to be added to the Oscar®-qualifying Festival list. This means that the winner of this Award at Cork Film Festival 2019 this November will automatically join the long list for the Oscars® in ...read more

Cork Airport, Ireland’s second busiest international airport, has introduced a new road traffic management system to facilitate growing passenger numbers.  The measures include investment in an upgrade of the forecourt, improved access to car parks, improved signage, a new two-way road system to the Red Express car park and enhanced public transport lanes, all designed to improve road traffic ...read more

 mytaxi has committed to supporting social enterprises in Cork city and County with a  donation of €10,000 to the Cork Chamber 1819 Fund.  The fund being promoted by Cork Chamber aims to raise €100,000 over the six-months to July 2019. All funds raised will be matched by Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI) euro for euro, from the Dormant Accounts Fund and will go directly to Cork community ...read more

Cork Institute of Technology presents Alumni Awards Cork Institute of Technology’s Faculty of Business and Humanities honoured three of its most prestigious graduates at an Alumni Awards Dinner. CIT celebrated Anne O’Leary, CEO, Vodafone Ireland, Donncha O’Callaghan, former Munster and Ireland Rugby Player, and sculptor, Eilís O’Connell. Each was presented with an specially commissioned award ...read more

Cork Airport, Ireland’s fastest growing and most punctual airport, today opened a new Airport Control Centre (ACC) and purpose-built office suite following a further significant investment in the airport by daa. The two new facilities were officially opened this morning by An Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, Simon Coveney TD.   Managing Director at Cork Airport, Niall ...read more

Dassault Systèmes Expands Irish Presence in Cork Dassault Systèmes today announced the official opening of a new, high tech office in Cork, doubling its office space in an ongoing commitment to innovation and growth in the regionCork – March 21st 2019Dassault Systèmes opened their new office in Phoenix House, Monahan Road, Cork today (March 21st). The French Ambassador H.E. Stéphane Crouzat ...read more

Whether playing a leadership role within your organisation or interacting with your customers, your ‘performance’ is key to a successful outcome. The Everyman and Real Learning bring this inspiring and innovative Business Skills Training & Development Programme to the Everyman stage. Using stage techniques and theatre skills, this programme promises to increase you and your staff’s impact, ...read more

Need for increased regionalisation highlighted at national project management conferenceOver 300 delegates are attending the Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute’s (PMI) sold-out annual national conference in Cork today (28 February). The conference, with headline sponsor EY, heard that strategic project management of regional infrastructure is vital to ensure stabilisation and future ...read more

Brian Gallagher has been appointed as the new Head of Aviation Business Development at Cork Airport.   The new appointment comes as Cork Airport, Ireland’s second busiest and best connected international airport, enters its fourth year of consecutive growth, forecasting a 7% increase in passenger numbers for 2019.   Brian has more than seven years of experience working in aviation ...read more

Experience the buzz of Newcastle, fly direct from Cork AirportIf you’re looking for a short hop flight for a destination guaranteed to provide a good time, Newcastle is the place to be. Situated on the River Tyne, this industrial city is renowned throughout the world for its legendary nightlife, bolstered by a youthful and energetic student population. The friendly and fun loving city has also ...read more