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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Carrigaline Court Hotel celebrates 20 years in business this November
Carrigaline Court HotelSunday, November 1110am - 6pm
The Carrigaline Court Hotel and Leisure Centre celebrates twenty years in business on Sunday November 11th.
The hotel was built in 1998 on a site which used to belong to the internationally renowned Carrigaline Pottery. First established as a 52-bedroom hotel in ...read more
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
~ Cork Branch of the Irish Hotels Federation launch annual tourism dinner~
~ Cork's 3 new Michelin Star Restaurants will be honoured ~
~ Tourism Industry Award will be announced ~
Tickets are now on sale for one of the best events on Cork's social calendar, the annual Tourism Dinner of the Cork branch of the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF).
The black-tie Dinner, which takes place in the ...read more
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Monday, October 22, 2018
Pilz Ireland, welcomes German Ambassador Deike Potzel to tour their new Software Development Centre at the company’s Cork Campus. The new state-of-the-art Centre was opened earlier this year. The Ambassador’s visit is the culmination of Pilz’s celebrations of 20 years in Ireland. Pictured with the Ambassador are John McAuliffe, Managing Director of Pilz Ireland and Vice President of Pilz ...read more
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Thursday, October 18, 2018
The Cork Hospitality HR Round Table reached its 3rd year when the group met at The Kingsley Hotel on 27th September last. The first meeting also held at The Kingsley in September 2015. The group originally formed as a support for HR Managers in the Hospitality industry has gone from strength to strength with over 20 Hotel members with renowned speakers attending their bi-monthly meetings. Founded ...read more
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Thursday, October 18, 2018
Chamber Members Critique Little Island Transportation Study
Press Release
18 October 2018
Today, Cork Chamber members met with transport consultants Systra and Cork County Council representatives to engage on the draft Little Island Transportation Study as it opens to the public consultation phase.
Thomas Mc Hugh, Director of Public Affairs at Cork Chamber, commented, “Today’s meeting was ...read more
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Fringe Highlights - Dia de Los Muertos Jazz Parade, Unity at St. Lukes, Swing Jive and headliners at new festival venue Cork City Hall, ‘Requiem for Truth’ in Nano Nagle’s Goldie Chapel, Metropole Festival Club, Jazz Photographic Exhibition, and much more!
The 2018 Guinness Cork Jazz Festival will open like never before, kickstarting the bank holiday weekend with an incredible carnival-like ‘Dia ...read more
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Monday, October 15, 2018
SSE Airtricity and Verde LED light the way to energy savings in new partnership
SSE Airtricity, Ireland’s leading provider of 100% green energy, has announced a new exclusive partnership with Verde LED to provide LED lighting upgrades and energy-efficiency improvements to businesses across Ireland.
Verde LED, founded in 2010, specialises in lighting design for new and existing facilities, with a ...read more
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Sunday, October 14, 2018
University College Cork (UCC) in partnership with Johnson & Johnson has launched the University’s inaugural WiSTEM2D (Women inScience, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design) programme to address the need to support young women to succeed in their STEM2D careers.
In Ireland, almost 60% of 30 to 34-year-old women have a third level degree, yet women are continuously and ...read more
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Cork Chamber Calls for National Cluster Policy to Replicate Ludgate Success10 October 2018Representatives of Cork Chamber recently revisited The Ludgate Hub, Ireland's hugely successful rural digital hub in Skibbereen, West Cork.
Director of Public Affairs, Thomas Mc Hugh, commented, “The Ludgate Hub continues to build momentum, and this must be replicated in towns across the region. We need ...read more
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Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Cork Bio-tech Leader wins ‘Women Mean Business’ Female Entrepreneur Award 2018
Andrea Doolan, a Cork-based entrepreneur, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantia Food Clinical Trials Ltd., has scooped the prize for Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2018, at the Women Mean Business (WMB) Annual Awards ceremony, held yesterday at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin.
The biotech, which is ...read more
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Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Press Release 09/10/2018
Crawford Art Gallery acquires important Cork painting at Auction
Crawford Art Gallery is delighted to announce that it has acquired a significant art work for its collection at auction in Dublin. There was significant interest in the work from private collectors and international institutions.
The painting in question by Cork artist Daniel MacDonald (1820-1853), ...read more
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Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Cork Chamber Welcomes Investment in Housing & Capital Projects in Budget 2019Dramatic Intervention in Hospitality a Serious Concern 09 October 2018
Cork Chamber today broadly welcomes the budget containing important measures advocated by the Chamber to improve Cork and Ireland as a place to work and do business.
That said, it also adds significant costs to business, particularly the ...read more
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Friday, October 05, 2018
Cork based travel management company CTM partners with US travel management company FROSCH
to form FROSCH CTM
Corporate Travel Management (CTM), Ireland’s leading independent travel management company, has announced a partnership with US based multinational travel management company, FROSCH, to establish FROSCH CTM, effective immediately.
FROSCH has acquired a fifty percent equity ...read more
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Thursday, October 04, 2018
There was big excitement in clubs and schools around the country this week as the first ever Jr. NBA draft in Ireland took place at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght.
The draft marked the beginning of the inaugural Jr. NBA Basketball Ireland League, which will run from October to December 2018, culminating in a festival of basketball at the National Arena on December 12th, where an NBA ...read more
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Thursday, October 04, 2018
Well-known figures pledge their support to nationwide wellness campaign#FindTheFeelingWATCH: https://youtu.be/sOiVF2ahrDY
Pieta House has released a short video in conjunction with their new ‘FeelGood Week’ initiative taking place from October 20th-27th. The video, featuring a host of Irish stars, details the various simple ways in which people can come together to feel good all the while ...read more
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Thursday, October 04, 2018
Leading Cork commercial law firm O’Flynn Exhams Solicitors (OFX) is delighted to announce completion of a major renovation project at its South Mall office. The project, which commenced in March of this year, is in response to double-digit revenue growth of over 25% at the firm over the past three years. OFX currently employs 47 people at its South Mall office. The new office space was officially ...read more
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Wednesday, October 03, 2018
A Force for Good – VMware Cork’s 5th Annual Diversity and Inclusion Event was held on Wednesday September 12th and was hosted by VMinclusion Cork, VMware Cork's D&I group. Over 150 people attended including onsite staff and visitors from local Cork businesses. The morning started with some light refreshments and networking before settling into the impressive line-up and an introduction from Karen ...read more
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Wednesday, October 03, 2018
International law delegates convene in Cork for European Legal ConferenceOne of Cork’s oldest law firms hosts the ADVOC Europe Open Board Meeting
Members from ADVOC, the leading international network of independent law firms, enjoyed a taste of Cork culture as they met in the city recently for the ADVOC Europe Open Board Meeting, an international legal conference, which ran from the 21st – 23rd ...read more
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Wednesday, October 03, 2018
Spirit of selflessness shines brightly as Mercy Stars are presented to individuals and groups who go above and beyond for the Mercy Hospital
Friday, September 28th saw the spirit of selflessness shining brightly in Cork as the individuals, teams, and fundraising volunteers who go above and beyond for patients and colleagues at The Mercy University Hospital, were officially recognised at the ...read more
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Tuesday, October 02, 2018
One of Munster’s largest law firms, BDM Boylan, has announced the appointment of Colm Manning as Partner to head up its Commercial team. A specialist commercial lawyer Colm previously worked with and gained extensive experience in two other leading commercial firms. This was after studying Law at UCD and doing a Masters in Corporate and Commercial Law. Colm regularly lectures and presents to ...read more
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Monday, October 01, 2018
Shine A Light Night 2018 is only two weeks away with the Business Leaders Sleep Out this year being staged on Spike Island. The spectacular Cork Harbour setting, Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction last year, is supporting Focus Ireland’s fight against homelessness on October 12, and the people of Cork can take part too.
The Focus Ireland organised evening was held in the AIB on South Mall. ...read more
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Friday, September 28, 2018
Running legend Sonia O’Sullivan will join 2,500 runners for the annual SPAR Cork Airport 5K Runway Run on 2 November.
Organised by Cork Athletics on behalf of Athletics Ireland, the unique 5km event on Cork Airport’s runway will take place at 23.59 on Friday, 2 November. Funds raised will support Cork Airport’s 2018 Charity of the Year, Shine Centre for Autism. Registration for the SPAR Cork ...read more
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
As one of Europe’s leading research centres and Ireland’s national institute for high-tech hardware, Tyndall has been awarded over €7 million for research projects in the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. Tyndall secured €5.4 million in its own right and facilitated a further €1.83 million for five Irish partner companies in 8 EU-wide technology innovation projects. This is a record ...read more
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
UCC Joins Princeton, Cornell and UC Berkeley as it takes Gold for Sustainability
Ireland’s University College Cork has become the first institution outside of North America to achieve a gold star rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). UCC now joins Princeton, Cornell and UC Berkeley in receiving the highest standard, Gold ‘Sustainability ...read more
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Spearline is delighted to announce a three year partnership with Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland (AADI). Spearline’s software solution Spearline Data Protection will be used by Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland to manage and demonstrate their entire General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance programme.
Ciara Lucy, Managing Director of Spearline met with Nuala Geraghty, CEO of AADI and ...read more
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Minister Denis Naughten, has announced important new security requirements for critical national infrastructure in Ireland.
Denis Naughten, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, spoke at the Data Summit on September 19th and announced important new national cybersecurity requirements.
These requirements will apply to the network and information systems of critical ...read more
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
OrthoXel™ is a specialist orthopaedic trauma company, using innovative engineering design to evolve truly next generation fracture fixation devices. OrthoXel™ is delighted to announce that the new Apex Femoral Nailing System has been granted US FDA 510(k) clearance, following regulatory clearances and first clinical implantations of the Apex Tibial Nailing System earlier this year. The Apex ...read more
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Leading Irish law firm Matheson opens new Cork office to support increasing growth in domestic and international client base in Munster RegionAn Tánaiste, Simon Coveney, opens new office and welcomes Matheson to Cork Matheson is the first of Ireland’s largest law firms to open a regional Irish office outside of Dublin, serving regionally based clients with an international focus24 September, ...read more
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Gifted Cork Classical Pianist
Kevin Jansson
needs your support for his Educational and Artistic development
Seventeen year old Kevin Jansson from Wilton, Cork, is emerging as one of the finest classical musicians of his generation.
To achieve his undoubted potential on the world stage, he needs to attend some of the premier music schools in europe and America and study with the greatest of ...read more
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Monday, September 24, 2018
Success has a low-calorie flavour as Milis Bio is named Bank of Ireland/IGNITE Business of the Year 2018
Milis Bio, a company which designs protein based low-calorie flavourings, has been named as the Bank of Ireland/IGNITE Business of the Year for 2018.
Milis Bio intends to offer ingredients designed bespoke and licensed exclusively to each client, offering not only a flavouring solution, but ...read more
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Monday, September 24, 2018
The Photonics Ireland 2018 conference took place on Monday the 3rd to Wednesday the 5th of September in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and was jointly hosted by Cork Institute of Technology through the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA) and Maynooth University. Over the three day conference, there was a variety of talks and posters presented on a high range of photonics topics including ...read more
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Friday, September 21, 2018
Cork leads the way in Global Service Design Conference for Ireland Cork County Council is pleased to announce its partnership with the 11th annual Service Design Global Conference, which takes place in Dublin on October 11th and 12th and has a strong Cork presence throughout.
New York, Amsterdam and Madrid have all played host to this dynamic global conference in the past, and this year Cork ...read more
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The latest brochure for Triskel Christchurch Cinema is out now with an exciting line-up of films. The programme is as eclectic as ever, highlighting the finest in current theatrical releases as well as a selection of classics I am sure that you will enjoy.
There is the Polish film Cold War from the Academy Award winning director of Ida; the delightful American dramas Lucky (starring Harry Dean ...read more
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Friday, September 14, 2018
Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) alumni and friends from a range of sectors and organisations offer their time, advice and support to current CIT students embarking on similar career paths as themselves through the CIT Joint Mentorship Programme.The impact that the programme has had on the overall student experience is very positive with graduates now indicating that they are sourcing employment ...read more
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Friday, September 14, 2018
Rugby Legends Line Out for the Mercy Cancer Appeal
This November, the Mercy Hospital Foundation has enlisted the help of some of Ireland’s best-known and loved rugby legends to “tackle” men’s cancer and raise funds for The Mercy Cancer Appeal. On Friday, November 9th Ronan O’Gara, Brent Pope, Alan Quinlan, Tony Ward and Donncha O’Callaghan will join pundit and former Irish international, Donal ...read more
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Thursday, September 13, 2018
2018 Guinness Cork Jazz Festival Programme is officially launched!Thurs 13 Sept: The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival today announced their full programme of events for 2018. The festival takes place over the October Bank Holiday Weekend (25th to 29th October) and features an incredible line-up of all things jazz!
Nearly 1,000 jazz musicians from over 20 countries are flying into Cork for the ...read more
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Imperial Hotel’s Escape Spa named ‘Spa of the Year’ at the Irish Hair & Beauty Awards 2018
The Imperial Hotel’s Escape Spa has won the coveted accolade of ‘Spa of the Year’, as voted by the general public, at the Irish Hair & Beauty Awards 2018.
Over 600 of Ireland’s elite beauty professionals, including the dedicated team from Cork City’s only urban spa, gathered at the Crowne Plaza ...read more
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Thursday, August 30, 2018
Clayton Hotel Cork City have re-open its conference and events centre following a € 350,000 refurbishment.
The hotel’s new conference and events centre host’s its first event this week with a new décor, state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment and upgraded WIFI. The hotel’s Executive Head Chef, Gerry Gillian has developed new catering and refreshment menus to suit clients looking for more ...read more
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Friday, August 24, 2018
Support The Mercy Hospital Foundation’s Annual Raffle and help change the lives of the ICU patients in Cork
Over the coming weeks, staff at the Mercy Hospital Foundation will contact hundreds of households across Cork City and County asking them to support the charity’s Annual Raffle, which this year will help change the lives of the most critically ill patients in Cork, many of whom have ...read more
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Triskel ECM Weekend at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
Over the last number of years, the Triskel ECM WEEKEND has earned international acclaim. This year Triskel are presenting this mini-festival, now in its 4th year, in association with the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, as a part of the International Jazz Festival and the Triskel Arts Centre’s 40th Anniversary.
Curated by Triskel ...read more
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Thursday, August 16, 2018
A team effort for #TeamMercy – Join the Mercy Hospital Foundation for this year’s Women’s Mini Marathon on Sunday, September 16th
The Mercy Hospital Foundation is inviting you join #TeamMercy and be part of one of Cork’s biggest teams for Cork’s Mini Marathon on Sunday, September 16th. By joining you will lead the race against cancer by raising funds for The Mercy Cancer Appeal, funding ...read more
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Friday, July 20, 2018
The Imperial Hotel is pleased to announce the appointment of Chef Jerome Joyce as the new Executive Head Chef at the Flynn family owned hotel.
Cork man Jerome takes great pride in delivering exceptional customer experiences at the city centre hotel, and has created a new A La Carte menu which has just been launched in the hotel’s Pembroke Restaurant, where diners can expect to enjoy culinary ...read more
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Friday, July 20, 2018
The Imperial Hotel is pleased to announce the appointment of Chef Jerome Joyce as the new Executive Head Chef at the Flynn family owned hotel.
Cork man Jerome takes great pride in delivering exceptional customer experiences at the city centre hotel, and has created a new A La Carte menu which has just been launched in the hotel’s Pembroke Restaurant, where diners can expect to enjoy culinary ...read more
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Thursday, June 28, 2018
Cork Chamber of Commerce, the leading business organisation in Cork, has signed a two year contract with Spearline to use their General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance software solution Spearline Data Protection - Managed Service. Conor Healy, Chief Executive and Naoimh Frawley, Office Manager and Data Lead of Cork Chamber of Commerce met with Ciara Lucy, Managing Director of ...read more
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Members of Cork Chamber will be able to enjoy a range of new facilities and benefits as a result of a new partnership announced between Cork Chamber and REPUBLIC OF WORK.
The partnership, CHAMBER REPUBLIC, will see Cork Chamber and Republic of Work cooperate in a wide range of areas, including:
All Chamber members can avail of one FREE full days free co-working, with a discounted rate of ...read more
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Monday, May 21, 2018
Our favourite day of the month is nearly upon us! That’s right, Feel Good Friday returns this week, May 25th, for the 2018 edition and its set to be an absolute cracker!
What’s happening?
We are delighted to team up with the incredibly talented team at Music Generation this Feel Good Friday to be a part of MayHUM. The crew have put together a stellar line-up of events for this coming Feel Good ...read more
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Tuesday, May 01, 2018
CIT student awarded inaugural Janssen scholarship
The first Janssen / CIT Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Degree Scholarship has been awarded to Tadgh McCarthy, a student of Cork Institute of Technology’s Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology degree course.
The bursary, which will be awarded annually, is open to all first year students of CIT’s Pharmaceutical Biotechnology ...read more
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Monday, April 09, 2018
River Lee Hotel charity partnership to benefit Mercy Kids + Teens Appeal
The River Lee Hotel is pleased to announce that it has selected The Mercy Hospital Foundation as its official charity partner for 2018. Fundraising efforts will support the Mercy Kids + Teens Appeal, through which the Foundation aims to raise €100,000 for paediatric services at The Mercy University Hospital by ...read more
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Wednesday, April 04, 2018
Cork Airport Welcomes New Lisbon Route
Cork Airport has welcomed news that Aer Lingus is to commence a new year-round Cork to Lisbon route.
The new year-round service from Cork Airport to Lisbon Portela Airport, Portugal’s main international gateway, will commence 26 October 2018. It will operate twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays.
Welcoming the important new route announcement by Aer ...read more
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
The stage is set for one of the most exciting collaborations in the history of Irish theatre between Cork Opera House and University College Cork.
An eight-year partnership will see these two organisations work together to educate and inspire the next generation of arts managers, creative practitioners and professionals which will have a significant impact on the arts industry. The collaboration ...read more
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Friday, May 13, 2016
Cork Airport Destination Guide - Focus On MenorcaThe sun-soaked Island paradise of Menorca is now on the list of fantastic summer destinations from Cork Airport. From summer 2016 you can fly with CityJet and be at your well-deserved holiday destination in just under 2 and half hours.
The island is an unspoilt, idyllic haven in the Mediterranean, perfect for a stress free holiday with family ...read more
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