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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Kernel Capital and Par Equity have led a £1.2M investment in Datactics Limited, a Belfast-based provider of RegTech solutions for the banking and financial services sector. This is the second round of funding secured by the company from The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Growth Fund (NI).
Datactics provides data quality and matching software to the financial services industry and ...read more
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Leading Irish IT solutions company, Compunet, today unveiled details of its new IT Support partnership with ILC Dover, the US special engineering and manufacturing company. The partnership saw Compunet deliver a €300,000 IT infrastructure project at ILC Dover’s new Cork facility. The investment is part of ILC Dover’s €6 million new development at Blarney Business Park.
As part of the ...read more
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Registration is now open for New Teams wanting to join the prestigious Sports Gear Direct Cork Business League for the 2019/2020 season.Click on the link the below for more information & to register your team https://corkbusinessleague.ie/join-the-league/#CorkSoccer #BusinessLeague
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Monday, June 10, 2019
Our commercial clients advised that recruiting and retaining the best staff was a key challenge for their business. To respond to this challenge Campion Insurance have launched their employee benefits scheme to allow employees of client firms avail of our dedicated service with staff discounts.
Our photo shows our colleagues Alan Fay, Personal Lines team leader and Rob Coll, Health Insurance ...read more
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Friday, June 07, 2019
Cork Airport, Ireland’s fastest growing and most punctual airport, will be giving away free flights as part of a ‘Spin the Wheel’ competition in several locations across Munster this summer.
The ‘Spin the Wheel’ events will give the public the opportunity to win return tickets to a range of destinations, such as Budapest, Malta, Verona, Zurich and more. Other prizes up for grabs include ...read more
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Friday, June 07, 2019
Paddy O’Brien has been running the Over 60’s Talent Competition in Cork for the past forty five years, since 1977. He has worked with the elderly in a voluntary capacity for many years in order to try and combat loneliness amongst the aged.
Loneliness is the greatest single problem being experienced by our elderly people. The Medical Association have said “Loneliness in like any of the ...read more
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Wednesday, June 05, 2019
John Buckley has been awarded the Deloitte UCC Executive MBA Graduate of the Year Award 2019.
John is the Head of Supply Chain Operations with Ervia in Cork.
He receives the Deloitte award for finishing top of the Executive MBA graduating class at UCC.
Presenting the award Ronan Murray, Lead Financial Advisory Partner for Deloitte in Munster saidDeloitte is honoured to be associated with this ...read more
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Wednesday, June 05, 2019
An interactive hut made up of 60kg of household plastics, the average amount used by an adult in Ireland each year, will be unveiled at SeaFest this weekend, highlighting the problem of plastics in our oceans. Ireland’s largest free family-friendly maritime festival takes place at the Port of Cork, Cork City from Friday, 7 June to Sunday, 9 June, with over 100 free events celebrating our oceans. ...read more
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Tuesday, June 04, 2019
Ireland’s Top Provider of Contact Center Technology to Distribute
Leading Employee Performance Enablement and Engagement Solution
Companies to Hold Webinar on Role of Gamification in Raising Contact Center Service Quality
Limerick, Ireland and New York (June 4, 2019) – Gameffective, the innovator in using digital motivation, gamification and real-time feedback to optimize employee learning ...read more
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Tuesday, June 04, 2019
Cork Film Festival, Ireland’s first and largest film festival, is passionate about connecting people through great film, conversation and a shared cultural experience. The Festival welcomed over 18,000 people to 400+ screenings and events at the 63rd in 2018. This represented a 22% increase in visitors on 2017 and online audiences grew by 24%. In order to support the Festival in continuing to grow ...read more
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Friday, May 31, 2019
Kinsale Hotel & Spa invites you to discover the exciting new menu at Rockpool Bar & Restaurant in Kinsale, Co Cork.
The menu compiled by our head Chef Hugh Bailey and General Manager Mr Ronan Fahy, brings a variety of modern dishes using the very best local produce available. Our new head Chef brings a wealth of experience to the Rockpool Bar & Restaurant which he has gained through 20 years’ ...read more
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Friday, May 31, 2019
Radius Technologies, one of Ireland’s leading providers of private cloud, VoIP telecoms solutions and IT Managed services has acquired Cork-based IT company Fortuity.
Fortuity provides tailored IT infrastructure, maintenance and communications services to SMEs in Cork and the South West region.
According to Jerry Buckley, MD of Radius Technologies “As part of our national expansion plan ...read more
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Thursday, May 30, 2019
Following the success of the Barry Group Race & Taste Festival in May, Cork Racecourse Mallow is delighted to announce Hothouse Flowers as their Cork Rocks' Headliner for this year's event which takes place at the racecourse on Friday June 14.
Hothouse Flowers have remained a consistent live force on the Irish music scene over the years and remain huge fans' favourites to this day. They were ...read more
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Ciara Crossan founder and CEO of WeddingDates, has been named Business Woman of the Year, Cork. Network Ireland presented the award to Ms Crossan at a Gala event held at the Maryborough Hotel, Douglas, last Friday evening, Ciara was praised by judges on the Network Ireland panel for her achievements over the past two years, her adaptation to new technologies and her excellent management of her ...read more
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Ireland’s most influential project from the past 50 years is to be recognised as part of the 2019 Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute’s (PMI) annual National Project Awards in association with PwC. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of PMI globally this year, the Irish Chapter is now seeking nominations at www.projectawards.ie for projects that have made the greatest impact in Ireland ...read more
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Over 55,000 passengers are expected to travel through Cork Airport, Ireland's fastest growing and most punctual airport, this June Bank Holiday Weekend. Up 10% over the same period last year, Cork Airport welcomes Ryanair’s new service to Naples, Italy this Sunday (2 June). In total, there are eight new routes operating out of Cork Airport for Summer 2019, including Budapest, Dubrovnik, Lisbon, ...read more
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Dalata Hotel Group plc, Ireland’s largest hotel operator and owner of the Clayton and Maldron hotel brands, marked the official opening of its Maldron Hotel South Mall in Cork City Centre.
It has been an active six-month period at the hotel and staff were looking forward to what looks like a very busy summer. Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, TD officially ...read more
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Monday, May 27, 2019
‘Yoga in the Park with Himalaya Yoga Valley’ is back again this summer in the beautiful setting of Fitzgerald’s Park and the Regional Park Ballincollig. The weekly summer event has raised over €62,000 for charity over the last five years, with the team hoping to raise even more funds this year!
The first outdoor class of the summer will take place in both parks over the bank holiday weekend on ...read more
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
The National Gallery of Ireland and Crawford Art Gallery are delighted to announce a new partnership. For the first time the Zurich Portrait Prize exhibition will travel to a second venue outside of Dublin. The exhibition will run at Crawford Art Gallery from January to April 2020. The exhibition opens in the National Gallery of Ireland on 5 October 2019.
The annual competition showcasing ...read more
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
William Fry is proud to announce the opening of a new office in Cork, expanding the number of offices globally to six and enabling the Firm to further service its clients in the Cork and wider Munster region.William Fry is proud to announce the opening of a new office in Cork, expanding the number of offices globally to six and enabling the Firm to further service its clients in the Cork and ...read more
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
The Lavit Gallery is delighted to present ‘Outer Edges’ a series of paintings by Cork based artist, Ita Freeney. The exhibition will run as part of Cork Harbour Festival 2019.
Exhibition opens Thursday 23rd May between 5.30pm – 7.30pm and there will be opening remarks by Vera Ryan, freelance Art Historian.
Atmospheric, quietness, and a minimal aesthetic are characteristic of Freeney’s ...read more
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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
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Monday, May 20, 2019
On May 2nd our team attended the annual All-Ireland Business Summit in Croke Park. A large part of our day was taken up with the All-Star Business Awards Final - where we were nominated for an award in Best Micro Business. It was an intense morning of presenting "Dragon's Den Style" to a panel of judges where they examined all aspects of our business. At the awards presentation later that ...read more
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Monday, May 20, 2019
Marymount Hospice Fundraiser Rebel Rumble will take place Saturday June 1st 2019, at the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs.
Doors open at 7.30pm. This white collar boxing event has been organised by Rachel Cronin. After loosing her mother 3 years ago to Cancer, Rachel has wanted to give back to Marymount and the care shown to her mother and her family at that time ever since.
There will be 15th ...read more
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Friday, May 17, 2019
Latest Triskel Cinema Brochure Features Banned Films
Triskel Arts Centre is known for showing films with a difference – arthouse, foreign language, documentary – and their new programme shows they’re not holding back. As always, it includes a special season of films and this time around it’s all about films that were deemed too extreme for Irish cinema-goers.
Chris O’Neill, Head of ...read more
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019
A new exhibition launches at St Peter’s Cork on Thursday 16 May based on the best-selling and award-winning book, Atlas of the Irish Revolution, from Cork University Press.
The exhibition explores key moments in Irish history from 1913-1923, touching on history, geography, art history, sociology and archaeology.
A key feature of the exhibition is a dedicated reading area where visitors can ...read more
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Friday, May 03, 2019
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
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Friday, May 03, 2019
New Aer Lingus Cork To Dubrovnik Route To Commence This Weekend
Cork Airport, Ireland's fastest growing and most punctual airport, is set for a busy May Bank Holiday weekend with over 49,000 passengers expected to travel through the southern gateway this weekend. Passenger numbers are up 11% on the same period last year and the busiest day for both arrivals and departures is Sunday, May ...read more
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Affidea Ireland is delighted to announce ExpressCare Minor Injuries & Illnesses Walk-In Clinic in The Elysian in Cork as main sponsor of Blackrock National Hurling Club as part of a new three year agreement.ExpressCare is open to everyone from 10am to 10pm, 365 days a year, in Cork and Dublin, to offer a modern, comfortable alternative to busy A&Es; significantly relieving the burden on local ...read more
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Thursday, February 28, 2019
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
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019
As proud members of Cork Chamber, Affidea Ireland would like to offer a new 10% account discount for businesses and sports clubs in the locality associated with the Chamber, towards our state-of-the-art ExpressCare services in The Elysian tower.
Affidea is Ireland’s leading provider of diagnostic imaging services, including MRI, Ultrasound, X-ray, CT and DEXA scans, operating a network of ...read more
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