Garryvoe Hotel takes home Savour Food Award for new environmentally-friendly steps in the kitchen

This year has been a time for becoming more environmentally conscious and proactive towards preventing further harm to the beautiful land in which we live and the Savour Food Awards are the cherry on top of that step forward! Tackling food waste management featured on the menu of many East Cork restaurateurs, producers and retailers…

Cork Airport wins national award for its charity fundraisers

Photo: Maxwell Photography Cork Airport’s Charity of the Year programme has won the Social Good – Corporate award at the Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute’s (PMI) prestigious National Project Awards 2018. The announcement was made at the black-tie gala dinner at the offices of headline sponsor PwC on Spencer Dock, Dublin. The Social Good – Corporate 2018 award,…

UCC takes global green top accolade in sustainability

Ireland’s University College Cork (UCC) has become the first institution outside of North America to achieve a gold star rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). UCC now joins Princeton, Cornell and UC Berkeley in receiving the highest standard, Gold ‘Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System’ (STARS) for excellence…

Young stylist from The Edge Hair Design awarded 2018 L’Oréal Colour Trophy STAR Award

While our World Cup dreams may have been dashed by the Danes, Irish fans were still singing Ombre, Ombre, Ombre at this year’s 52nd L’Oreal Colour Trophy Awards in Dublin’s four-star Clayton Hotel on Monday July 2. Hosted by Irish TV presenter, Ruth O’Neill, guests enjoyed a chic champagne reception, followed by a black-tie gala dinner and award ceremony,…