An initiative to establish a national cyber security cluster in Ireland has been announced. Facilitated by Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), the national cluster will be called Cyber Ireland and is supported by IDA Ireland. It will provide a collective voice to represent the needs of the cyber security sector across the country and will…
According to the CSO’s Residential Property Price Index October 2018, residential property prices increased by 8.4% nationally in the year to October. This compares with an increase of 8.5% in the year to September and an increase of 11.7% in the 12 months to October 2017. In Dublin, residential property prices rose by 6.3% in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Cork Convention Bureau (CCB) hosted its annual Cork Conference Ambassadors Awards at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork. The prestigious ceremony paid special tribute to 31 ambassadors, including four special category winning ambassadors, who have helped secure almost €11 million for the local economy over the past 12 months. The ambassadors were instrumental in…
Cork City and County is set to receive up to €175,000 in funding under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme and the Historic Structures Fund. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cork South Central TD, Simon Coveney said: “New funding of up to €79,000 has been granted to Cork County Council for heritage projects here under the…
Cork Airport, Ireland’s second busiest international airport, is introducing a new road traffic management system to facilitate growing passenger numbers. The measures include investment in an upgrade of the forecourt, improved access to car parks, improved signage, a new two-way road system to the Red Express car park and enhanced public transport lanes, all designed…
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,…