Bessborough – We Must Know What Lies Beneath…. I grew up only a short distance from Bessborough Mother & Baby Home, or as it was known locally “the Sacred Heart Convent”. When I was a lad, it was spoken about, publicly at least, as a place where kindly nuns took in girls who had “gotten…
DetailsThe Rebel Sleep-Out took place on April 13th at Cork City FC Bishopstown Training Ground to show support for the men, women and children experiencing homelessness and to raise vital funds for Focus Ireland’s work.
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DetailsTrigon Hotels celebrated the “Inaugural Long Service and Dedication Awards 2019” recently when 50 members of the Trigon team received accolades. In total, 20 people received five year certs, 17 people were awarded 10 year certs, seven people were given 15 year certs. When it came to the longest serving staff three people received 20…
DetailsCork County Council and Cork City Council have begun an awareness campaign to ensure that the 85,000 citizens impacted are aware of the change which takes effect on May 31, 2019. Areas such as Ballincollig, Blarney, Tower, Glanmire, Douglas, Donnybrook, Grange, Frankfield, Rochestown and Togher are set to transfer from Cork County Council to Cork…
DetailsSonas Special Primary School Pupils, Joe & Charlie, demonstrate how they tie their safety belts to Kyran Johnson & Jim Breen of Janssen Sciences, at the Presentation of a new School Bus to Sonas Special Primary School, Carrigaline from Janssen Sciences. Kyran Johnson, General Manager, and Jim Breen, Biologics Expansion Lead at Janssen Sciences Ireland…
DetailsPatrick and Miriam Mulcahy of Ballinwillin House Farm in Mitchelstown, Co Cork have received the 2019 Innovation in Hospitality accolade at the Irish Hotel Awards. Now in its third year, the annual awards took place in Galway with over 300 guests representing hospitality professionals from across Ireland. The couple, who purchased the 18th-century Ballinwillin House in…
DetailsI Wish & park place technologies are offering a once in a lifetime experiences for girls in STEM. I Wish, the movement to encourage more girls to consider science, tech, engineering and math courses and careers, has joined up with global data centre leader, Park Place Technologies, to bring two Irish college students to Ohio,…
DetailsSecuring a better work-life balance for working parents has moved a step forward. MEPs voted in favour today of the agreement reached by the Council and the Parliament on the Work-Life Balance Directive. Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune said: “This is a great step towards a better work-life balance for all working parents and towards…
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