The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival has once again been a phenomenal success, with businesses reporting a 12% increase in sales compared to last year. The headline performances may be over for another year but the festival continues today with the Guinness Music Trail in 72 pubs across the city, Douglas and Kinsale. The festival, which…
The 46th annual Guinness Cork Jazz Festival officially kicked off in style this evening, with an electrifying opening event at the 85 Years of Blue Note Exhibition at St Peters. Attended by 150 festival supporters, the evening marked the start of Ireland’s biggest jazz celebration, promising five days of world-class music, soul, and exciting performances. The Guinness…
As the leaves fall and Halloween approaches, financial pitfalls can be just as terrifying as any ghost or ghoul. Here’s how to avoid the top financial horrors that could haunt your business this season: The Monster of Poor Cash Flow Management Keep your cash flow healthy by regularly reviewing your statements and forecasts. Implement…
SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, and Enterprise Ireland have launched a Strategic Partnership to widen access to upskilling programmes for small, medium and micro enterprises, and to help drive their growth and competitiveness in Ireland. The Strategic Partnership was launched at a breakfast briefing held in the Kingsley Hotel, Cork. As part of…
Jazz fans can enjoy live music while supporting the Cope Foundation at the Metropole Hotel this weekend. The hotel is part of Trigon Hotels, which has a long standing charity partnership with the Cope Foundation. The partnership resulted in the development of the Cope Foundation garden based in Montenotte and fresh fruit, vegetables…
PepsiCo Ireland is proud to continue its support for Cork Penny Dinners with a €10,000 donation. As PepsiCo celebrates 50 years in Cork, one of their 50for50 campaign activities encouraged employees to answer the Charity’s appeal for Back to School supplies. Employees donated over 150 school bags, pencil cases, and other back-to-school supplies. PepsiCo teams…
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan TD has today announced a Research Ireland Strategic Partnership Award of €5 million to researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences for breast cancer research. The award will fund the ‘PRISM (Precision Oncology Research Initiative for Metastatic Breast Cancer)’ programme, which…
Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery has acquired two more paintings by one of Ireland’s best-known painters, Seán Keating. The Keating paintings are amongst four artworks recently acquired at auction by Crawford Art Gallery for the National Collection. Sean Keating’s Elijah with the Ravens, Version II (1930) and his self-portrait, c.1961, along with Winter Evening, Calary (1964) by abstract and landscape artist Camille Souter…
Newly appointed Chief Executive, Valerie O’Sullivan, has today announced a major restructuring of senior management, directorates, and creation of city centre focused directorate. The Chief Executive of Cork City Council has announced a restructuring exercise which will see the new senior management assignments and directorates active from December this year. The number of directorates remains…
Early Table, the Irish restaurant discovery platform, is poised for significant growth in 2025, with plans to triple its active membership base to 100,000. Since its soft launch in 2023, Early Table has connected over 34,000 active members with exclusive dining offers, providing savings of up to 50% while helping restaurants nationwide fill empty tables.…