Janice McConnell has been appointed General Manager of the Oriel House Hotel in Ballincollig, one of The Talbot Collection’s Cork-based properties. Janice previously spent 12 years at the hotel in the position of Sales & Marketing Manager, before leaving in 2017 to take up the role of General Manager at Midleton Park Hotel, also a…
(back l-r) Colum Byrne, Second Lieutenant; Mick Finn, Lord Mayor of Cork; Dr Peter Heffernan, CEO of the Marine Institute; Cathy Buchanan, General Manager, Meitheal Mara; and Jim O’Toole, CEO of BIM with (front l-r) Lola Grainger (10), Archie Murray (6) and Marvin Grainger (7). Ireland’s largest free maritime celebration comes to Cork city in…
“By 2025, Ireland’s hotel industry will need 80,000 to 100,000 extra people and that’s on top of the 230,000 people already employed, and excluding spin-off industries.” Rising and escalating costs, accommodation and finding the right team members are the key challenges facing the tourism industry here in Ireland. This is according to Aaron Mansworth, Managing Director of…
Ky Ky Kids to represent southern region at ILDN National Enterprise Awards Cork entrepreneur, Sharon McDermott of Ky Ky Kids, has won a place at the Irish Local Development Network (ILDN) National Enterprise Awards in Tullamore on May 16. Nominated by Cork City City Partnership, Sharon will compete with entrepreneurs from all over Ireland who…
Cork’s newest bridge, the 165 tonne Mary Elmes Bridge, will be transported by barge from the Cobh shipping yard where it was assembled to its city centre location next month. The pedestrian and cycle bridge, which will connect Patricks Quay and Merchants Quay and will be used by up to 11,000 people each day, was…
The news comes as planning permission is granted for expansion of fourth-generation family business. The bank holiday may be over, but the team behind the family-owned and run Fitzpatrick’s Foodstore in Glounthaune, Co. Cork are still very much in celebratory mood as they announced today that their business is set for a significant expansion. The…
The new US Ambassador to Ireland Edward F Crawford is expected to have his nomination finally confirmed this week by the US Senate. The 80 year old billionaire businessman has family in Cork and has been a regular visitor here and is related to the Crawford family of Beamish & Crawford. Ireland has been without…
The Rubicon Centre at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) congratulated 12 entrepreneurs on successfully completing the Enterprise Ireland sponsored New Frontiers Programme at a Showcase and Awards ceremony. Speaking at the event, Dr Barry O’Connor, CIT President, said: “Today is a very special day as we celebrate the hard work, commitment and creativity of 12…
Voxpro team members will transform one acre of unused land into a commercial growing space for their charity partner, Field of Dreams. On Saturday, May 18, 2019, Voxpro – powered by TELUS International will hold its first ever Irish TELUS Days of Giving event in Cork. TELUS International provides multilingual customer service outsourcing and digital…
The environmentalist and former US Secretary of State will speak at the event, June 9 & 10. Ireland’s Our Ocean Wealth Summit ‘Shared Voices from Island Nations’ brings island nations and global leaders together. Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has been announced as a keynote speaker at Ireland’s flagship blue economy conference Our…
