Bantry has won Ireland’s ‘Best Kept Small Town Award’ and also scooped the ‘Overall Winner’ at ‘Irelands Best Kept Towns Awards’ at Farmleigh House, Dublin. The competition, run by the Northern Irelands Amenity Council and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, seeks to recognise Towns that have worked to improve themselves throughout Ireland.…
Scholarship to help promote women in top roles launched at UCC. A leading University professor has expressed a “great concern” about the under-representation of women in senior business roles. The Dean of Cork University Business School, Professor Thia Hennessy, said society needs more women in top roles. Female representation on company boards in Ireland is…
Irish company, Bia Beauty has been acquired for an undisclosed sum and integrated into Codex Beauty. Ireland will continue to play a unique role in the evolution of the Codex Beauty story with their first Bia collection which launches across the US and Europe this month following investment from venture capital firm, Sekhmet Ventures, a…
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Based on the South Douglas Road, CrossFit Return is a strength and conditioning facility that takes a unique approach to exercise. The dedicated and experienced coaches create programmes to meet everyone’s needs, for all ages, levels of fitness and ability. CrossFit Return prides themselves on having the most experienced coaches who work with each member…
The Munster Agricultural Society has lodged a planning application with Cork County Council for the development of a Multi-Purpose Sports, Exhibition and Education Facility at its 48 acre site at Curraheen, Co. Cork. The purpose of the facility is to support the Cork Summer Show, (which was attended by circa 54,000 people in 2018), and…
This Saturday, June 22, Cork County Council is taking the party to the street to celebrate the opening of the newly revitalised Doneraile Court. The refurbishment project is expected to further boost Doneraile Wildlife Park’s position as one of Ireland’s best performing attractions. The Council’s ‘Re-Imagine Doneraile’ festivities, taking place on the street and in Fishpond Lane from 1pm…
The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan TD, has welcomed the acquisition by The National Library, with the support from the Department, of a collection of papers relating to the finances of the years leading to the foundation of the State. Previously unpublished, the records are from the archive of Domhnall Ua…
Kevin Cullinane, Head of Communications in Cork Airport with WLR breakfast presenters, Oliver Carroll and Mary O Neill, Kathryn O’Dwyer and Zoe Hendrick Communications Team Cork Airport, Niamh Cullen and Charlotte Counihan of WLR. Cork Airport is a proud sponsor of WLR’s new Outside Broadcast Unit and three new 100% electric E Golfs. It is…
The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan TD, has announced that she will appoint the following persons as members of the Board of the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, for a term of five years: Dr Louise Crowley and Mr Sean Clarke. The appointments follow a public call for applications on www.stateboards.ie and an assessment process. Commenting on…
