The Cork International Hotel is inviting residents to ring out the old and ring in the new in lavish style, with a nod to the Great Gatsby on December 31. When guests check in they can soak up the atmosphere in four-star hotel’s main lobby with live piano music. Festivities will begin at 7pm with…
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Supporting tourism businesses in Cork, the Ring of Cork has delivered an unprecedented number of training courses, networking information events and briefings in 2018, with a view to attracting and retaining tourists in the East Cork, Cork Harbour and Greater Cork region. As part of this mission, a new Ring of Cork Scenic Video Series…
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Photo: Darragh Kane Tackling food waste was on the menu for East Cork restaurateurs, food producers and food retailers as the Savour Food programme served up awards for best practice in food waste management. Savour Food, a food waste reduction programme for businesses, has been working with those in the food sector in East Cork…
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The Marymount Hospice Ball had guests dancing the night away for a very worthy cause recently at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Little Island. This is the twelfth year of the Marymount Ball and to date, the event has raised €1.1 million towards funding and maintaining the ongoing work the hospice provides in palliative…
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The Annual Cork Society Christmas Lunch 2018 was a festive affair at the Maryborough Hotel with special guest, Colm O’Regan. Photos: Gerard McCarthy Photography [envira-gallery id=”22727″]
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Sinn Féín MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called for an independent environmental report to be commissioned on a plastics factory in West Cork. The Ireland South MEP was speaking after An Bord Pleanála approved planning permission for a plastics factory near Skibbereen. “The national authorities and the company behind the factory needed to take steps…
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Sixty percent of Irish workers know someone that has been out of work on sick leave for more than four weeks at some stage in their working life, while 28% know someone that has found themselves in this position in 2018 alone. These were among the findings from a survey commissioned by Aviva, who say…
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SOS Binding & Carpet Fitting is the only carpet binding and fitter you’ll ever need; and he’ll come to you! And so it should come as no surprise to his customers, past and present, loyal and new, that SOS Binding & Carpet Fitting was given The Cork Customer Service Excellence Award 2018 at our very…
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The Great Irish Debate On March 17, 1956, a young, adventurous Irish woman named Phyllis Minihan, my aunt, arrived in New York Harbour on the RMS Saxonia. The ship had sailed from Cobh, a few days earlier. Phyllis had trained as a Nurse and Midwife in the North Infirmary and had secured a nursing job in…
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Pictured is Kevin Herlihy and Zlata Vacova, Centra Grand Parade, Cork. Photo Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography The fifth annual Pride of Centra Awards ceremony took place in the Cliff at Lyons in Kildare recently, where a selection of outstanding Centra employees were honoured for their passion and commitment shown in the workplace this year.…
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