Conductor of the Cork Butter Exchange Band, Herbie Hendrick, is the latest Cork Person of the Month. Affectionately known as Da Butterea, the Cork Butter Exchange Brass & Reed Band was established in 1878 when the local band was sponsored by the Butter Market. Hundreds of musicians have passed through their ranks over the years,…
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Sarah Fitzgerald aged 14 from Kinsale Community School who presented a government submission to An Tanaiste Simon Coveney TD and Senator Tim Lombard around her award winning literacy research promoting children to read books. One of her ten key recommendations includes an Irish book trust scheme where every child aged 6 months in Ireland gets…
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The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is returning to the UK and Ireland for 2018, with more shows and more venues than ever before. The tour will be in Cork at The Everyman on May 11 and 12. The tour features two different collections of brand new adventure films, starring the world’s top explorers…
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Almost 600 Transition Year students from 30 schools from around Cork county and city came together in the Radisson Blu, Little Ireland on May 1st for the first ever ‘Teen Talk’ health and wellbeing conference organised by Cork County Council, in association with their Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) and funded under Healthy Ireland. MC for the…
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Deirdre Clune Appeals to Norwegian Air CEO Bjorn Kjos on Cork-Providence Route As a member of the European Transport & Tourism Committee, and Cork native, Deirdre Clune was actively involved in the political will and commitment to the transatlantic Norwegian Air flights from Cork. In her role as MEP, Clune had advocated at European level for…
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Greenes Restaurant in Cork city was awarded Hotel Restaurant of the Year in Munster at the Irish Hotel Awards 2018, which were held on the 24th of April at a banquet in The Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Co Laois. Reacting to the award win, Richard Evans of Greenes Restaurant and adjoining sister venues Hotel Isaacs Cork…
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PIONEERING Cork accountancy firm AG Associates has been named Best Small Practice at the prestigious Irish Accountancy Awards. The award follows the Little Island-based firm’s hugely successful rollout of Clarity, a tailor-made online accounting service for SMEs which allows clients to check their financial performance in real time. Founder and Managing Partner Angela O’Leary said she…
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They say that ‘you’re only as good as your last performance’, so it would seem that the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa Limerick are doing better than ever following their big win at the Irish Hotel Awards this week! The awards ceremony, which took place at the Heritage Hotel & Spa, Killenard, Co. Laois on Tuesday 24th April and was presented by…
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Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals has donated €60,000 to Marymount University Hospital & Hospice over the past three years. The donation was provided to support a number of capital projects that were identified as being required at the facility to enhance the existing infrastructure. The completed projects ensure the facility continues to meet its much-needed requirements into the future.…
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24 finalists collectively employ over 2,700 people and generate over €150m in revenues Cork based entrepreneurs shortlisted: Noel O’Hanlon, Genesis Automation; Peter Coppinger & Daniel Mackey, Teamwork.com; Damien McGovern & Pat Lynch, Compliance & Risks Limited. 67% of EY Entrepreneur of The Year community do business with one another Cork: Monday 23 April 2018: The 24 finalists…
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