Cork Property Developer Kieran Coughlan, along with the support of his friends, colleagues and business associates has raised a phenomenal €259,170 in aid of the Mercy University Hospital’s COVID Response Appeal. In just under a month, the funds were raised by Kieran to support Critical Care in ICU and high dependency areas of the Mercy…
Cork International Hotel is giving away their hotel to raise €100,000 for charity The Cork International Hotel is giving away its hotel to one person and their family for the whole weekend. For the first time ever people can buy tickets to enter a draw to stay in the hotel exclusively for themselves and up…
A major fundraising drive has been officially launched by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor John Sheehan and Cork Olympic and World Championship legend, Rob Heffernan to raise in excess of €60,000 for three well-known Cork charities – CUH Charity Cork University Hospital, Marymount Hospice and Cork Simon Community. During June and…
Mark Anthony Brands International has announced that it has appointed Barry &; Fitzwilliam, Ireland’s largest independent premium drinks distributor, as itsdistribution partner for the White Claw Hard Seltzer brand in the Republic of Ireland. Known for its strong track record in alcohol beverage innovation, Ireland-based Mark Anthony Brands International…
Members of the cultural and creative sectors across Cork are invited to engage with Cork City Council to explore co-creation opportunities for the re-imagining or re-positioning of their products and services in a post Covid-19 environment. Under Cult-CreaTE (an EU Interreg Project of which Cork City Council is one of nine trans-EU partners), Cork City…
Cork City Council in conjunction with Creative Ireland are delighted to present a packed programme of imaginative and fun free activities for young people with over 22 events being hosted by 18 cultural venues across the city on Saturday June 13th for Cruinniú na nÓg. This is the third year of Cruinniú na…
All is not lost for those who had registered to take part in the Cork City Marathon 2020. Now in its 14th consecutive year, the marathon is moving online for 2020 in an unprecedented approach for Cork City Council and the race organisers, as a direct response to the current climate. They made the difficult…
To say that Covid-19 has hit the global tourism industry hard is a huge understatement! Experts are forecasting that global tourist arrivals will decline by at least 40% in 2020, while the UN World Tourism Organisation is predicting that up to 75 million tourism jobs will be lost globally.…
by Cormac Fitzgerald FCPA Accountant & SME Specialist with economic data supplied by Jim Power. Where to now for the SME Sector as we once again sail into unchartered waters ? Do you leave businesses closed and hibernated and wait for the storm to pass or put back up the sails and head…
Writers residing in Munster are invited to enter the 2020 J G Farrell Fiction Award – an award is for the best opening chapter of a novel-in-progress. The prize is a place on the West Cork Literary Festival’s online Novel with Paul McVeigh workshop. This workshop was originally due to take place as part of the West Cork…