13 May 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Amazon has marked its 10th year in Cork this week with a series of community initiatives and special events for the team, including a birthday party on site for all employees. Amazon first opened its Customer Service Centre in Cork in 2006 with just 76 employees. Ten years... Read More
13 May 2016 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A group of top travel and lifestyle journalists from Germany has been visiting Cork this week, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. Representing various newspapers and a women’s magazine, with a combined readership of more than 730,000 Germans, the journalists flew to Cork Airport on the... Read More
13 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ten tourism companies from Ireland, including Inchydoney island Lodge & Spa, headed stateside recently, to join Tourism Ireland in Arizona. First stop was a ‘Jump into Ireland’ event in Phoenix, where the participating Irish companies had the opportunity to meet, and do business with, some 50 top-producing... Read More
13 May 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Bank of Ireland has announced the return of its Enterprise Town initiative to Douglas, Co. Cork on Friday the 20th of May from 4pm to 8pm and on Saturday the 21st of May from 11am – 2:30pm. Taking place in Nemo Rangers GAA Grounds, Co. Cork the event... Read More
13 May 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Network Cork 2016 Women in Business Awards took place today with a packed and excited audience in The Imperial Hotel in Cork. Over 130 business women attended this highly renowned event that celebrates the success, positivity and support that Cork women in business are well-known for. Ahead... Read More
12 May 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie CityJet today announced that it is to discontinue its service from Cork to London City Airport with effect from 26th June. The scheduled service commenced last October. Pat Byrne, CityJet’s Executive Chairman said: “In contrast to what we believed to be well-founded optimism when we launched this route... Read More
11 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork has been selected as the location for a major international aviation conference next year following a competitive bid by Cork Airport. The announcement that the 2017 conference will be held in the South of Ireland was made at the Airports Council International (ACI) EUROPE Regional Airports... Read More
11 May 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Fine Gael Ireland South MEP, Deirdre Clune, has rejected claims made by US Presidential hopeful, Senator Bernie Sanders, that Norwegian Airlines International is merely a flag of convenience. She has compared the opposition to Norwegian Airlines flying between Cork and Shannon airports and the United States, to the... Read More
11 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Commercial air traffic at the three State airports of Cork, Dublin, and Shannon grew by a robust 9% in April 2016, when compared to 2015. Individually, the April 2016 figures for flights at the three State airports, when compared to the same month in the previous year... Read More
10 May 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork SME’s are being encouraged to get involved in Bank of Ireland’s 14th National Enterprise Week runs from Friday 13 to Friday 20 May. In Cork, there will be a business breakfast for SMEs titled “Achieving Ambition” in Rochestown Park Hotel on Wednesday, 18 May from 7.30am to... Read More
10 May 2016 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Airport is within “touching distance” of securing the first transatlantic flights to the East Coast of America, according to its MD. “Now is the time for the public to make a difference by registering their support for a US licence for the new routes”. Niall MacCarthy,... Read More
10 May 2016 tom@TheCork.ie Do you “have” Irish? The European Institutions are recruiting Irish Speakers. Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune is advising all Irish speakers that the EU Institutions are currently seeking to recruit 13 Irish speakers as linguistic assistants. The Ireland South MEP said the roles would be based in both Brussels and Luxembourg... Read More