Power Up Grant: Extended to November 22nd

For businesses in the hospitality, retail, and beauty sectors, the Power Up Grant provides a timely opportunity for financial support. Recently extended to Friday, November 22nd, 2024, this €4,000 grant aims to help with electricity costs, easing some of the operational burdens in these industries. Here’s what you need to know:   Who Can Apply?…

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Cork’s Coffee Houses Get a Night-Lift with ‘Coffee House Lates’

Cork’s coffee houses will get a night-time boost next week with Coffee House Lates. This pilot initiative will see 12 independent cafés open late for an exciting range of free events on Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29. With everything from coffee tasting to live music, comedy, art, dancing, festive shopping, festive treats and knitting, Coffee House…

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IGNITE start-ups employ more than 300 staff and contributed €66 million in salaries

Graduate founders have been celebrated at University College Cork (UCC) with an event to showcase the innovation and entrepreneurship of founders and promoters undertaking the start-up programmes at the university. Twenty founders and promoters presented their ideas to invited guests from business and investment communities and were offered an opportunity to connect with prospective customers,…

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MTU Cork Campus Welcomes Thousands of Post Primary Students to Autumn Open Day 2024

Munster Technological University (MTU) hosted a successful and engaging Open Day at its Bishopstown Campus on Friday, drawing thousands of post primary students eager to explore the University’s diverse academic offerings and state-of-the-art facilities. The event offered prospective students, their families, and guidance counsellors a unique opportunity to meet faculty, interact with current students, and…

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For Science Week 2024 Clean Coasts raised awareness all along the Wild Atlantic Way about the impact of flushing damaging items down the toilet

For Science Week 2024 the Think Before You Flush team hit the Wild Atlantic Way to attend a trio of events and spread the news that only the 3 P’s (pee, poo and paper) should ever be flushed down the toilet, everything else should go in the bin. On the 10th of November the campaign…

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Santa Claus is Coming to Town… to his Nordic Tipi!

Douglas Village Shopping Centre is about to be filled with festive cheer as Santa Claus himself makes a grand arrival at 12 PM this Saturday, 23rd November to his Nordic Tipi. Families are invited to join the excitement and be among the first to experience this enchanting high-end Nordic-inspired Santa visit, in association with TS…

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MTU and CompuCal Announce Partnership to Equip Thousands of STEM Students across Southwest Region with Cutting-Edge Industrial Digitisation Skills

Cork-based software company, CompuCal Calibration Solutions, has partnered with Munster Technological University (MTU) to deliver a forward-thinking program that will benefit Science, engineering and manufacturing students across the Southwest region. This collaboration aims to prepare students by enhancing their digital skills to enable digitisation of paper-based current and future processes within instrumentation, processing and manufacturing sectors by offering…

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Swyft Energy Acquired by Bord Gáis Energy to Drive Solar Expansion in Ireland

Swyft Energy has been acquired by Bord Gáis Energy, a significant milestone in the company’s journey to power Ireland’s transition to renewable energy. This acquisition enhances both Bord Gáis Energy’s and the wider Centrica team’s solar PV capabilities across residential, commercial, and agricultural sectors, with a shared goal of completing 10,000 installations over the next…

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Tesco Ireland reveals how the Irish nation is feeding their Christmas Spirits

To mark its new ‘Helping Feed Your Christmas Spirit’ Christmas TV campaign 2024 that is sure to get the nation into the festive mood, Tesco Ireland has released new research* revealing the country’s favourite Christmas traditions that are very uniquely Irish, the top things that feed, and slightly dampen, the Christmas spirits of the Irish…

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