Cork Airport is forecast to have its busiest year in its history in terms of international passengers with 2.7 million set to fly in and out of the Munster’s most popular airport in 2023. The number of passengers through Cork Airport in the opening six months of the year was 1,292,000 million, up 7% on…
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The first words spoken on Teilifís Éireann sixty-three years ago were on the potential for the new service to present the good and the true, and to instil vigour and confidence in the people of Ireland. Since that time, public service broadcasting in Ireland has, when it is at its very best, fulfilled that potential. RTÉ has…
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Macy Gray, Corienne Bailey Rae, Morcheeba, Matthew Halsall and Grammy award winning Kurt Elling are among the headline acts to perform at this year’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival over the October bank holiday weekend (Thursday 26th October to Monday 30th October 2023). Tickets go on sale this Friday, 7th July, at 10:00am on www.guinnesscorkjazz.com. Celebrating its…
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Fresh, locally sourced strawberries and raspberries are the central feature of a new afternoon tea launched at the Metropole Hotel in Cork city. The summer-themed menu is made up of sweet and savoury bites and treats using the very best local produce including award-winning strawberries from west Cork grower David Bushby. The afternoon…
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Following successful completion of LEO Cork City’s Grow Your Business Programme, the participating small and micro businesses were presented with their Certificates on 29th June 2023 at Oriel House Hotel Ballincollig. The programme was delivered by Gannon Consulting on behalf of LEO Cork City. John Gannon said “This was a practical programme aimed at sustaining and growing small businesses. There was a…
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Rethink Ireland elects new Chair of the Board and appoints new Board members to lead positive change fuelled by social innovation Entrepreneur Áine Kerr elected Chair of Rethink Ireland Board of Directors along with the appointment of Professor Michael Shevlin of the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities and John Fitzgerald, expert in…
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TV personality and podcaster, Vogue Williams, stepped out in style yesterday in Cork where she hosted an exclusive garden party at Bloom, in the 5 star Hayfield Manor, Cork. The private event marked a very exciting collaboration between British brand, Hope & Ivy, and Love Cherish Boutique Cork. The two powerhouse businesses have joined…
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Pictured with Deirdre Clune MEP and Malcolm Garde, AbbVie Cork Site Head, at the recent launch of the AbbVie STEM Prize, a new science education initiative by the biopharmaceutical company, AbbVie, promoting the value of STEM subjects, are pupils from Little Island National School in Cork: (L-R) Frank Krysiak (age 9); Phoebe Purcell (age 9); Sophie Purcell (age 12) and…
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The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD, has today launched a survey seeking the public’s input into the design of the new passport book and card. Speaking today the Tánaiste said: “I am delighted to launch the passport design survey which will invite the public to participate in the process of designing…
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The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, T.D., announced today that she expects to be in a position in the coming days to finalise the Terms of Reference of the Review of Governance and Culture in RTÉ which she intends to commission as a matter of urgency. The Minister…
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