A LEADING family-friendly hotel is partnering with tourist attractions in Cork this summer to create a special two-night pirate’s adventure package for families.

DIGITAL Transformation Services specialist ActionPoint, A Viatel Technology Group Company, has published its second consecutive Digital Transformation Index Report.

Executive Horticulturist with Cork City Council Emer O'Callaghan features in our My Career

THE Prep4Seed 12-week Programme culminated this week at an Investor Pitch Day when 13 companies pitched to an audience of Angel Investors & VCs at Enterprise Ireland’s headquarters.

APRIL was a positive month for the hospitality sector, as spending increased in hotels, restaurants, pubs, and off-licences, likely due to the Easter holidays.

CORK founded engineering consultancy, EDC’s dedication to sustainability and engineering design innovation has been recognised with a recent win at the 2023 Irish Construction Excellence (ICE) Awards in the “Engineering Design Innovation -– Element ...

More than half (56%) of Irish SME employers would back the introduction of menopause leave and confidential menopause support in the workplace, while three in five (60%) believe that employers themselves have a role to play in encouraging a greater ...

MINISTER for Finance Michael McGrath has announced it will set up a sovereign wealth fund to house longer-term savings in an effort to shield the economy from “serious fiscal challenges on the horizon”.

We Are Riley, the Cork start-up that sells sustainable period products has launched a public crowdfunding campaign where it is seeking €1m in investment, and so far it is on track to surpass this target.

ORIEL House Hotel welcomed an array of attendees to their launch event to showcase their new refurbished courtyard area, as well as the installation of their Easy Go EV electric charge points, which take just 45 minutes to charge.

THE not-for-profit social enterprise Grow It Yourself (GIY) is aiming to raise €1 million in order to deliver the food education and mental health programme GROW At School in primary schools across the country for the academic year 2023/24.

Dr Lekha Menon Margassery features in our My Career section in WoW!

ELECTRONIC components manufacturer and supplier Bourns Inc has opened its new office along with an electrification lab in Cork with plans to hire 35 new employees over the next 18 months.

AS drone technology continues to permeate business and enterprise, the need for longer flight time and battery life is growing. Improvements in this area are vital to helping the sector grow and drive businesses to adopt the tech.

The RISE Community Fund supported by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) and Granahan McCourt has announced that applications for its grants to small businesses, farms, community groups and social enterprises are open throughout May in Cork.

QUINTAS have announced the appointment of BrendanMoran as a director of Quintas Capital.

TELUS International Ireland, a digital customer experience (CX) innovator that designs, builds and delivers next-gen solutions, including AI and content moderation, has partnered with Macroom School of Art on a unique art initiative – Art Brings Us ...

A WORKPLACE Wellbeing Festival has been taking place this week at Trigon Hotels ahead of Workplace Wellbeing Day today.

SMITH’S Centra Kinsale have announced that they have reduced carbon emissions in-store by 47% following the successful implementation of several sustainability measures, supported by Centra’s €10 million investment in energy and carbon reduction.

BRITVIC Ireland and Flogas Enterprise have announced a new Customer Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) to the value of €2.

THE Trident Hotel Kinsale and The River Lee Hotel scooped prizes at the inaugural Fáilte Ireland Employer Excellence programme which took place in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin.

They will offer sustainable networking solutions for Irish enterprises

Owner/ Managing Director, Baker Finn Recruitment, Grace McDwyer features in this week's My Career

Ulster Bank’s remaining 63 branches and ATM services in the Republic of Ireland will close permanently today, as part of its phased withdrawal from the Republic of Ireland.

THE terrace at The River Club has been transformed into a floral oasis of tranquillity just in time for the warmer months.

ONE of Ireland’s leading bakeries has revealed a surprising difference in the tastes of its customers in Cork and Dublin. Offbeat Donuts, which is proud to be 100% Irish, has found that customers in the capital seek out fruit flavours first.

THE iconic Ballymaloe Relish has once again placed Irish food on the global map after winning a much-coveted Snacking d’Or award.

A CORK hotel is asking people to shine a spotlight on community champions in their area.

IN the 12 months to the end of March this year, corporation tax has generated €24bn. On per capita basis, that’s roughly €5,000 for every man, woman, and child in the country.

APPLICATIONS for the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships, in conjunction with the National Ploughing Association (NPA) are now being accepted.

PRE-TAX profits at the main Irish subsidiary of iPhone maker, Apple, last year increased by 2% to $69. 3bn (€63. 4bn).

A NEW report published by the Federation of International Banks in Ireland (FIBI) shows 65% of FIBI member firms expect to increase employee numbers in 2023 with a further 80% reporting they expect activity in their Irish operations to increase in ...

MINISTER of State for Employment Affairs and Retail Business, Neale Richmond, TD, has encouraged retailers in Cork to apply for funding to enhance their online presence and increase online sales.

THE Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig, invites you to discover the exciting new menu at Oriel Bar and Bistro. The menu compiled by their head Chef Ian O’Reilly brings a variety of modern dishes using the very best local produce available.

THE Cork International Hotel has launched a special Afternoon Tea menu for children and parents to enjoy over the Easter holidays. Guests will be treated to a feast of sweet and savoury bites from Saturday last to Saturday, April 15.

A HIGH-temperature heat pump developed and manufactured by Munster climate-technology company ActionZero has been named Product of the Show at the SEAI Energy Show at the RDS in Dublin.

MINISTER for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Simon Coveney, has welcomed a new initiative from Enterprise Ireland that will help Irish companies impacted by Brexit to explore international growth opportunities in new markets outside the UK.

AT least 60% of people in Ireland have considered or have already taken measures in making their home more sustainable for the future, while one-fifth have put plans on hold due to the rising cost of living.

AFTER an intensive four-day programme, the winners of the annual BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp have been announced. NutriSoil was named the overall “Best Group” and Tara Mulhall was presented with the title overall “Best Individual”.

Only a quarter of homes sold in Ireland would have been within budget for individual buyers

TRIGON Hotels are seeking to recruit up to 20 team members at every level across its two hotels in Cork, The Metropole Hotel and Cork International Hotel.

THOUSANDS of households across the country are missing out on medical expense tax refunds as revealed by the latest Taxback. com’s Taxpayer Sentiment Survey of more than 1,200 people around the country.

MINISTER of State for Skills and Further Education, Niall Collins TD has launched the first-ever national survey of apprenticeship employers at the Johnson and Johnson Visioncare building.

Lynn Ambrose Kallides, Recruitment Consultant features in our My Career this week in Women on Wednesday

A COFFEE shop set up by Cope Foundation to provide work experience and employment opportunities for young people with intellectual disabilities in Cork city has celebrated its third birthday.

Cork-based business, Dairyglen are official winners of the SFA National Food and Drink Award 2023 with their Smooch Ice cream brand Dairyglen have been named the official winner of the Food & Drink category 2023 with their exclusive ice cream ...

IRISH-owned climate technology company ActionZero has announced a new partnership with one of Europe’s leading food companies.

ORIGIN Green, Ireland’s national food and drink sustainability programme, has launched a new Food Waste Guidance to support member companies to develop ambitious food waste targets and provide guidance on credible, effective food waste target ...

ORIEL House Hotel part of the Talbot Collection are delighted to announce they been awarded the Great Place to Work Certification for 2023.

COMMUNITIES across Cork are encouraged to have their say on a new draft national offshore renewable energy development plan aimed at meeting our future energy demands - and ensuring we put the right offshore technologies in the right places in our ...

The Marketing Institute Ireland Cork branch hosted Marketing: The Next Generation, a special, student-led event in partnership at the Republic of Work, Cork.

CORK headquartered, Atlantic Flight Training Academy (AFTA), an Enterprise Ireland (HPSU) client company, training commercial pilots in co-operation with MTU for the global airline industry, has set itself on a clear flightpath towards reducing its ...

THE Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath TD, has joined staff, senior members of the UK and Ireland leadership team and industry representatives, to officially open Nisbets’ new national distribution centre and showroom in Cork.

BREWDOG launched its latest offering, Black Heart Stout, at its Cork bar on Washington Street. BrewDog Cork welcomed media, trade, local businesses, and BrewDog’s Equity Punks to celebrate the launch of the stout, three weeks before St Patrick’s Day.

Han Shao, Researcher in Sensor Development at Tyndall Institute, UCC features in our My Career.

The IGNITE programme at University College Cork (UCC), which nurtures start-ups from the idea stage to commercial reality, has opened a fresh call for applications.

WITH rising costs and the pressure on businesses to reduce spending, the Irish SME Association (ISME) has introduced two new programmes in 2023 to its members through their ADVANTAGE Affinity programme.

CORK-based Rose Clinic — a clinician-led medical screening service to screen and map skin moles and lesions — has opened two new locations in Waterford and Carlow.

Alexandre Petit has been appointed as group executive chef of Trigon Hotels. The position is a new role for the Cork-based group which operates The Metropole Hotel and the Cork International Hotel.

ON the back of its recent jobs announcement for the tech sector in Ireland, Viatel Technology Group has published Ireland’s first SD-WAN report.

Jessie Anthony, Money Advice Co-ordinator, MABS features in WoW! My Career

HOME Instead, one of Ireland’s largest private providers of home care services has launched Home Instead Hiring Week, a national campaign of events taking place from today until Friday next, that aims to hire 1,000 Professional CAREGivers to join ...

LEADING financial institutions have issued warnings following reports of scams targeting a large cohort of consumers.

SOUTH Munster MABS (Money and Budgeting Advice Service) said February is the best time of year to assess personal finances for the year ahead and have encouraged the public to contact them for support and prepare for the year ahead by creating a ...

CORK College of FET- Bishopstown Campus and the Trigon Hotel Group have launched their collaboration the ASPIRE Leadership Programme.

GRANT Thornton Ireland has announced the appointment of Shane O’Neill as a partner in financial services advisory at its Cork office, reflecting the growing client demand for financial services and continued investment in the Cork region.

TOURISM Ireland is undertaking a sales blitz to the United States this week, with a delegation of 15 tourism companies from Ireland – including the Jameson Distillery Midleton – and four American tour operators.

BUSINESSES from County Cork had the opportunity to meet buyers from all over the world as part of the Local Enterprise Showcase at Showcase 2023 at the RDS Dublin.

THE Cork International Hotel is celebrating friendship by replacing its Classic Afternoon Tea with a special Galentine’s Afternoon Tea for the month of February.

Director, Summit DNA Ireland, Jennifer F Walsh features in our My Career in WoW! this week

CURRYS Ireland has launched ‘Quiet Hour’ which will take place in all stores every Monday to Friday until 11am.

CORK’S Imperial Hotel has been honoured with the Irish hospitality industry’s highest accolade at the 33rd annual Hotel and Catering Gold Medal Awards.

A LEADING faculty member at UCC says the demand for graduates with business and technology qualifications is so great that companies are approaching students halfway through their studies.

AMY JANE Keating is continuing to chase her dreams of presenting, following a career hiatus to raise her young family.

Norma Kelly, Senior Process Chemistry Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cork, features in our My Career, in Women on Wednesday (WoW!) 

THE Cork Business Association (CBA) has announced the finalists of the 66th annual Cork Business of the Year awards 2023.

Ann O’Driscoll, Personal Stylist and Owner of L’Atelier Stylist & Boutique in Midleton features in our My Career

LIA, the centre of excellence for the education and development of finance professionals, has announced details of a partnership with Sport Ireland Institute, that will see them deliver a financial well-being programme to Olympic and Paralympic ...

LIDL Ireland has announced a total of €124 million was invested in the Cork agri-food industry by the retailer in 2022. This makes up part of a total of €1 billion that has been invested in the Irish agri-food industry last year.

BEFORE you answer that question, consider these facts. In 1990 there were only 73,000 people in receipt of the state contributory pension. At the end of 2020 there was almost 450,000 people in receipt of this same social insurance pension.

The number of super-rich in Ireland, with individual wealth more than €46. 6m, has more than doubled in the past decade according to Oxfam, as they called for new taxes on Irish wealth that could raise more than €8bn each year.

MINISTER for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Simon Coveney, T. D. , announced the annual results for the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) for 2022, which showed that LEO-supported companies created 7,870 new jobs in 2022.

In our weekly WoW! column, My Career we talk to women about their jobs. Today we feature Mariana Gonzalez Puente, Supply Chain Administrator at North Cork Creameries

A TEAM of researchers at Munster Technological University (MTU) has developed a retrofittable energy management platform that enables energy cost savings of approximately 20% and a similar reduction in CO2 emissions.

AFTER a decade of low mortgage rates, 2022 saw mortgage rates increase significantly and homeowners facing an increase in their largest financial outgoing.

CORK-based Engineering consultancy EDC, which celebrates 20 years in business this year, has announced the opening of a new Galway office.

TEAMWORK, a Cork-based B2B SaaS company, has secured €100,000 from growth capital firm Bregal Milestone’s Bregal Helps Initiative for the charity Depaul Ireland. The donation will support Depaul’s work with Ukrainian refugees.

DETAILS of a new research report launched by Mairéad McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability, and Capital Markets Union, shows that many people are struggling to understand and access financial services in ...

THREE Ireland has increased its minimum pay rate by 17% under recommendations from the Living Wage Technical Group for 2023.

BALLYMALOE House has become one of a select number of hotels in Ireland to be recognised among the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, and the only establishment in the country to be listed in the Considerate Collection.

The 66th annual awards will recognise Cork’s outstanding, unique and resilient businesses

MORE than 40 business events, from symposiums to large international conferences and global summits, brought an estimated 9,000 delegates to Cork in 2022, 80% of whom were international visitors. The value is estimated to be worth €14.

A NEW coworking and innovation hub is set to open in Clonmel next month, which will bring a unique opportunity for remote working to the Tipperary town.

THE Teamworkers have spoken, and it’s with their direct feedback on workplace experience that Teamwork has successfully received the Great Place to Work® Certification.

HOMEOWNERS are being urged to check the small print of their home and car insurance in the run-up to Christmas to ensure they’re covered for any festive mishaps.