The Montenotte Hotel is delighted to announce the appointment of Frits Potgieter to the role of General Manager at the family-owned, multi-award winning, luxury destination hotel in Cork. Frits Potgieter is a seasoned hotel manager, with over 22 years international experience in the hospitality sector working with a variety of luxury properties. Originally…
The Cork International Hotel has been chosen as the winner of the Visit Cork Green Award for 2021. The four-star hotel received the award from the Cork Convention Bureau (CCB) for its overall sustainability performance. The hotel set ambitious goals to lower its carbon footprint, reduce energy consumption and waste. It also created a ‘Greening…
In a wide ranging list of recommendations of Things to Look Forward to for a European Trip in 2022 the US based publication, Travel Weekly, has included two Irish locations, the museum/heritage centre/gardens and café at Nano Nagle Place in Cork City Centre and the large-scale installations created by some of Ireland’s top artists which…
St Vincent De Paul South-West has paid tribute and thanked the public for its “phenomenal” support of its annual Car Draw in association with CAB Motor Company. The charity has reported that more than €275,000 was raised from the 2021 car draw through ticket sales and donations both Cork and Kerry since its launch in late October and they are humbled by the generosity of…
Kearys Motor Group is one of Cork’s largest family businesses, with over 400 employees in Cork and Dublin. Kearys represents BMW, Mini, Motorrad, Hyundai, Renault, Dacia and Nissan brands in Cork, Mallow and Midleton as well as its own brand Kearys Carstore in Cork & Dublin and latest venture webuycars.ie. The company has just…
Ballymaloe Foods has joined forces with The Dough Bros Wood Fired Pizza to launch a limited edition pizza kit. It is the latest in a series of collaborations between the Cork based company and Irish restaurants and producers. The Dough Bros is located in Galway and was started by brothers Eugene and Ronan Greaney…
The significant re-drawing of traffic management priorities on Cork’s historic city centre island continues with the advancement of works on the MacCurtain Street Public Transport Improvement Scheme. The scheme will improve the reliability and journey times of bus services in the city centre and, in parallel, will provide improved walking and cycling infrastructure along the…
The Irish Community Air Ambulance was tasked to 512 missions in 14 counties during 2021, its busiest year since the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) Air Ambulance launched in July 2019. There were 490 taskings in 2020. The organisation is Ireland’s only charity-funded HEMS Air Ambulance. It works in partnership with the National Ambulance…
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Little Island Business Association is the representative association for the 1,000 businesses based in Cork’s largest business district of Little Island. We are currently recruiting for an office based Membership Manager and the role can be a full time or part time position for the right candidate. If interested and if you have customer service…