SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, and Enterprise Ireland have launched a Strategic Partnership to widen access to upskilling programmes for small, medium and micro enterprises, and to help drive their growth and competitiveness in Ireland. The Strategic Partnership was launched at a breakfast briefing held in the Kingsley Hotel, Cork. As part of…
Details
PepsiCo Ireland is proud to continue its support for Cork Penny Dinners with a €10,000 donation. As PepsiCo celebrates 50 years in Cork, one of their 50for50 campaign activities encouraged employees to answer the Charity’s appeal for Back to School supplies. Employees donated over 150 school bags, pencil cases, and other back-to-school supplies. PepsiCo teams…
Details
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan TD has today announced a Research Ireland Strategic Partnership Award of €5 million to researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences for breast cancer research. The award will fund the ‘PRISM (Precision Oncology Research Initiative for Metastatic Breast Cancer)’ programme, which…
Details
The President's Dinner 2024 & The LIBA Awards 2024
Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery has acquired two more paintings by one of Ireland’s best-known painters, Seán Keating. The Keating paintings are amongst four artworks recently acquired at auction by Crawford Art Gallery for the National Collection. Sean Keating’s Elijah with the Ravens, Version II (1930) and his self-portrait, c.1961, along with Winter Evening, Calary (1964) by abstract and landscape artist Camille Souter…
Details
Newly appointed Chief Executive, Valerie O’Sullivan, has today announced a major restructuring of senior management, directorates, and creation of city centre focused directorate. The Chief Executive of Cork City Council has announced a restructuring exercise which will see the new senior management assignments and directorates active from December this year. The number of directorates remains…
Details
Here is the social gallery for The President’s Dinner 2024 & The LIBA Awards 2024. Photos are repro-free.
Details
The President of Little Island Business Association, Michael Mulcahy, gave the following address at The President’s Dinner 2024 & The LIBA Awards 2024 on Friday, October 18th 2024. THE PRESIDENT’S DINNER 2024 & THE LIBA AWARDS 2024 Cathaoirleach of Seanad Eireann Senator Jerry Buttimer, Guest of Honour, the Minister of State at…
Details
Bank of Ireland has appointed Eamonn Corcoran as Director for Area South, overseeing 53 branches and outlets across Munster and South East Leinster (Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford), encompassing over 550 colleagues. Eamonn has 25 years’ experience in financial services, and first joined Bank of Ireland in 2000. Since joining Bank of Ireland, he has held a…
Details
The President’s Dinner 2024 & The LIBA Awards 2024 took place last Friday, 17th of October, at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Cork. Held by the Little Island Business Association (LIBA), the event annually celebrates the remarkable contributions of over 1,000 businesses and 12,500 employees who drive the growth and success of Little Island,…
Details