23 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Cork Society were delighted to have Mr. Jim Woulfe, CEO of Dairygold as the keynote speaker on the morning of 22nd March 2019. Jim Woulfe is CEO of Dairygold, Ireland’s largest farmer owned Agri & Dairy Business employing 1,250 people and with a turnover of €1 billion... Read More
23 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Medical Council President, Dr Rita Doyle, spoke about how the role of women in medicine has evolved greatly over the past number of years, highlighting that there are more women than ever before in medicine in Ireland, in her address to the Women in Medicine in Ireland Conference... Read More
22 March 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Fianna Fáil National Constituencies Committee has met and confirmed the addition of candidates in the upcoming European Elections. Billy Kelleher TD has been added to the ticket in Ireland South and Anne Rabbitte TD has been added in Midlands-North-West. Both Deputies will now contest the forthcoming European... Read More
22 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie On your marks, get set, REGISTER! Both pro and budding runners, walkers and everyone in between were today encouraged to register their entry for the 2019 Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon, as the annual event was officially launched. Race organisers are encouraging individuals of all fitness levels and... Read More
21 March 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Social PicsPhotographer Darragh Kane was at the event. Attendees included Rugby’s Donncha O’Callaghan. Dr Noel Murray, Head of Dept Tourism and Hospitality, Dr Breda Kenny, Head of the Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence and Don Crowley, Head of Department of Organisation & Professional Development at the Cork Institute of... Read More
21 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City will seek to retain the Munster Senior Cup this Friday, as they face Midleton at Turner’s Cross. City have won the competition in each of the last two years, and they face the East Cork side in the decider, having defeated Fermoy in the quarter-finals and... Read More
21 March 2019 By Byran Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Marymount University Hospital and Hospice one of the hundreds of organisations to benefit from Aldi’s Community Grants Programme Marymount University Hospital and Hospice is the latest organisation to benefit from Aldi’s Community Grants programme. Aldi’s Grange store staff have awarded Marymount University Hospital and Hospice a €500 grant... Read More
20 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie More than €4 million will be invested in a digital health project to bring a potentially lifesaving smart cardiac monitoring patch ‘SmartVista’ to life. As lead partner, Tyndall National Institute will work with international partners to develop the wearable biosensor technology for real-time wireless monitoring of remote patients.... Read More
19 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A welcome for the news that the planned upgrade of the Limerick – Cork route to motorway status is still included in Government plans has come from a leading mid-west businessman whose company, McHale Plant Sales of Birdhill, supplies construction equipment to the civil engineering sector. Michael McHale,... Read More
18 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Three major firms made combined profits of almost €200m last year Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Business, Enterprise & Innovation Billy Kelleher says insurance customers will be extremely frustrated to learn that three of the country’s main insurance companies made a combined profit of almost €200m in 2018. The... Read More
17 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork schools are set to benefit from a raft of new technology thanks to government funding, a Fine Gael Senator has said. Cork Senator Tim Lombard said: “all of our local school will receive grants to purchase key technology including tablets, cloud systems and projectors. I’m delighted that... Read More