UCC, Musgrave, Teagasc and Michigan State University are exploring policies and practices to protect food supply chain integrity. The Musgrave Inaugural Guest Lecture on Food Authenticity will take place at UCC’s new Centre for Executive Education on February 28. Part of a collaborative research project titled “Protecting Irish agri-food Chain Integrity”, the lecture will be…
Hundreds of people living in Direct Provision centres and Irish runners in Cork are running in ‘Sanctuary Runner’ tops funded by Cork City Council’s Social Inclusion Unit. Co-founder of Sanctuary Runners, Graham Clifford notes: “The Sanctuary Runners initiative is now nationwide and it all started here in Cork. Cork City Council have supported us…
Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Offices Cork – Announce Events Schedule for Local Enterprise Week 2019: March 4th – 8th Local Enterprise Week 2019, a national initiative led by the Local Enterprise Offices across Ireland, commences on March 4th and runs until March 8th. Throughout the week Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Offices (LEO…
Leading the Way to a Brighter Future: CUBS Conference 2019 Set to Inspire Future Business Leaders as Students and Guest Speakers Unite for Third Annual Event Monday 18th February: It’s safe to say it has been an eventful and exciting couple of weeks for the Cork University Business School (CUBS). First, news emerged that UCC has secured…
Cork Airport, Ireland’s second busiest and best connected international airport, is to host the top communications specialists from some of Europe’s largest airports this week at the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe Digital Communications Forum. Brexit and its implications for air travellers will be among the topics to be discussed at the two-day forum, which…
While the uncertainty around Brexit is a concern for all business according to a recent survey by the IOD one in three UK firms plan for Brexit relocation, the Survey finds a surge of smaller companies activating plans to move operations abroad as Business leaders in the UK are becoming increasingly concerned over the…
Kinsale is a very vibrant town with a very vibrant community and the purpose of the initiative was to pull together the various strands of the community to work together. This has been hugely successful and something that was raised in the Oireachtas, that could be rolled out in to every town in Ireland. The…
8pm, Wednesday 20th – Thursday 21st February 2019 Exploring instances of disclosure and the presence of stigma in the lives of men and women who are HIV+ in Ireland today, Rapids by Shaun Dunne and Talking Shop Ensemble is a new work that looks to playfully and respectfully make the private public. Through the making of Rapids, the company…
World Sleep Day, on Friday 15th March is an annual, global call to action about the importance of healthy sleep which focuses on the importance of healthy sleep and raIsing awareness and understanding of sleep problems. With over thirty years experience as a specialist in neck and back pain, Irish inventor Noel O’Connor has discovered that the pillow we use is one…
Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called on the European Commission to produce a contingency plan for the EU Budget in the event of a no deal Brexit. The Ireland South MEP, who sits on the EU Budgets Committee made the call after Commissioner Oettinger announced plans for what was described as a ‘mini…