MentorsWork: Your Path to Business Growth

Exciting news for SMEs in Ireland! The MentorsWork 12-week business-support programme is now open for applications for 2025. This initiative offers personalised mentoring and targeted learning opportunities to help your business thrive. Programme Highlights: One-to-One Mentoring: Receive bespoke guidance from experienced mentors tailored to your business needs. Competency Assessment: Identify strengths and areas for improvement…

New EY Analysis Sets Out Roadmap To Grow Irish Financial Services Sector By 26% By 2028

Development of regional financial services hubs in Cork and Galway could support the sector’s future growth. ‘Building a Better Financial Services Ireland’ roadmap sets out five key areas of focus that could see the Irish financial services sector expanding by 26% by 2028 Total employment in financial services could increase by 34% by 2028 to…

Cork credit union to hold information evening on grants package for making homes greener

Elevate Credit Union has announced a partnership with SE Systems, a leading provider of energy saving solutions. The partnership will allow Elevate members to avail of a grants package up to the value of €37,500 to undertake a deep energy upgrade of their home, seeing their Building Energy Rating (BER) increase to a B2 or…

Ireland’s fastest growing airport: Cork Airport welcomed 3.1 million passengers in 2024

Cork Airport is celebrating one of the best years in its 63-year history as a total of 3.1 million passengers flew to and from the airport last year. 2024 marked another successful year of double-digit growth with passenger traffic up 10% on the previous year. As the airport welcomed it’s three millionth passenger shortly before…

Cantec Group: Looking Ahead to an Exciting 2025

Building on the successes of 2024, Cantec Group is excited to continue its growth and impact in the year ahead. Key plans include:   Expanding into More Corners of Ireland: Strengthening Cantec’s reach across the country to better serve businesses nationwide.   Enhanced Community Giving: Increasing efforts to give back to local communities through sponsorships…

Minister O’Donovan announces funding of €60 million to drive energy efficiency and decarbonisation across the FET sector

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan TD and Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Ossian Smyth TD today announced funding of €60 million to drive energy efficiency and decarbonisation in Further Education and Training (FET) buildings. For the first time in the FET…

Waterford Food Heroes Usher in the New Year at Cork Airport

Waterford Festival of Food is bringing its visually striking portrait exhibition ‘’Behind the Bite: A Portrait Series of Our Local Food Heroes’ to Cork Airport this January. On display until the 30th of Jan, passengers and visitors will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in this evocative black-and-white series, celebrating the trailblazers behind Waterford’s thriving…