Cork City Council is organising a “Learning and Sharing Laboratory” for social enterprises. Social enterprises are businesses that trade to provide essential services in their communities; to tackle particular challenges in society or to address environmental issues. Examples in Cork include Cork Deaf Enterprises which has seen members of the deaf community provide upholstering and French…
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Fergal Mee, Environmental Director of Chris Mee Group will partake in a panel discussion at the upcoming EU ETS Reform, Emissions Trading and Brexit workshop at Wynn’s Hotel Dublin. The May 1st workshop is hosted in partnership with Cork University Business School and the Environmental Research Institute (UCC) and the Environmental Research Institute (EPA).…
The first Janssen / CIT Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Degree Scholarship has been awarded to a student of Cork Institute of Technology’s Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology degree course. L-R: Kyran Johnson, General Manager, Janssen Supply Chain Ireland ; Tadhg McCarthy, Winner ; Dr. Brendan O’Connell, Head of Dept., Biological Sciences, C.I.T. (Picture: Adrian O’Herlihy)…
Conservation and preservation works will begin early next month to refurbish the much-loved Berwick Fountain on Cork City’s Grand Parade. The Berwick Fountain will also become a more prominent feature on the street by night as an LED lighting system is to be installed by Cork City Council. The fountain, which dates to 1860, was erected by Walter…
PIONEERING Cork accountancy firm AG Associates has been named Best Small Practice at the prestigious Irish Accountancy Awards. The award follows the Little Island-based firm’s hugely successful rollout of Clarity, a tailor-made online accounting service for SMEs which allows clients to check their financial performance in real time. Founder and Managing Partner Angela O’Leary said she…
The latest winner of the Talbot Collection Cork Community, Business and Sports Awards is the St. Mary’s High School Equestrian Team. The Awards Scheme is sponsored by Talbot Collection Cork along with Award Sponsors AIB Midleton & Ballincollig and Media Partners RedFM. The St. Marys High School, Midleton Equestrian team has achieved phenomenal success in…
One of my main goals is to educate people on how easy it is to make healthy tasty choices around food. Making these better choices will ultimately benefit our long-term health and wellbeing. Experimenting with wholesome, fresh ingredients allows you to try different foods. Cooking and baking meals at home ensures you are getting…
Fitzgerald’s Vienna Woods Country House Hotel, a Cork-owned business, has announced a major €1 million investment that is near completion. The Fitzgerald family along with Michael Magner, who bought the hotel in 2006 and renamed it The Vienna Woods Country House Hotel, have lovingly and painstakingly restored much of the original protected features of the building…
The first official Network Ireland West Cork event took place on Wednesday evening at the Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery, Co. Cork. The event titled “Deepening Your Personal Impact” was delivered by experts Sarah Abbott and Susan Manning of The People Practice, who are licensed MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) practitioners with over 10 years’ experience in this…