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5 April 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The 2016 SuperValu TidyTowns competition is open for entries from today 5th April 2016. This year marks the 25th anniversary of SuperValu’s sponsorship of the competition. Now in its 58th year, the competition is administered by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and is... Read More
4 April 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie University College Cork (UCC) scored top marks across the five core areas ranked in the world’s most comprehensive ranking system. The EU sponsored U-Multirank published today (April 4) judges university performance on 31 indicators marked from ‘A’ (very good) to ‘E’ (weak). The areas ranked include Teaching, Research,... Read More
4 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ireland’s research centre for marine and renewable energy, MaREI, has secured €750,000 in funding from the NTR Foundation. The philanthropic investment will be used to identify and exploit the opportunities for Ireland, the economy and SMEs in relation to how we best meet our future energy requirements as... Read More
1 April 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Fianna Fáil Finance spokesperson Michael McGrath (Cork South Central/Carrigaline) has called on the acting Minister for Finance to proceed with the publication of Ireland’s draft Stability Programme Update. Ireland is obliged to submit this document to the European Commission by the end of April but the Minister for... Read More
31 March 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ballincollig’s Daire Hickey was recently named by Forbes magazine as one of its international Top 30 aged under 30 business stars, a list of the world’s most powerful young people under the 30 threshold. Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan was the only other Irish person to make the... Read More
25 March 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Innovation Academy, UCD Postgraduate Certificate in Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Commencing 31st March 2016 Barry O’Driscoll, Cork GAA and Nemo Rangers footballer with the help of Martin Corkery, Enterprise Ireland; Joan Walsh, President of Network Cork and Siobhan Finn, Cork Innovates, showed their support in launching an exciting... Read More