Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Patrick O’Donovan TD today announced funding of €500,000 to provide free period products for students. The funding of €250,000 to ETBs and €250,000 to publicly-funded Higher Education Institutions aims to deliver free and sustainable period products for students as part of a Government commitment under…
Developing individual mental toughness and managing equality and diversity in the workplace are among the issues studied by the latest graduates from the Aspire Complete Leader Programme. The programme is designed to develop supervisory and leadership skills in each of the participants. It is run by the Cork College of Further Education and Training (FET)…
Emergency medical response charity CRITICAL has launched its new fleet of rapid response cars. The organisation is providing its teams of critical and advanced care doctors with four-wheel drive vehicles to ensure they can get to the scene of emergencies quickly and safely. The charity currently has a network of 10 doctors and consultants…
Cork-based Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath T.D., accompanied by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Kieran McCarthy, and Chief Executive of Cork City Council, Ann Doherty, today turned the sod on commencement of construction of 45 affordable homes at Glenmore Heights, Lehenaghmore. The affordable housing scheme, being constructed by OBR Construction in partnership with Cork…