26 April 2014
Tour de Munster, the annual four day charity cycle which sees amateur cyclists travelling over 600km, announced Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) as its chosen beneficiary of this year’s cycle. To celebrate this occasion, members from the various DSI Munster branches joined some of the Tour de Munster 2014 cyclists at a special charity fundraiser, hosted by Ballyseedy Home & Garden Centre in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork on Saturday 26th April.
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25 April 2014
How many times have we been told how important it is to “get a decent job”, or on the flip side “trust your instincts”? These are the statements facing graduates these days, as it comes closer to the time to make a decision on the next step of their career journey, and yet so many struggle to decide if they should take a job or make a job!
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22 April 2014
Corks foodies were out in force last night as the FishBar celebrated its first birthday in style. The FishBar is the latest addition to Electric, the popular riverside venue situated in Cork’s city centre. The celebrations kicked off last night as guests were treated to some of the most popular dishes from the past year including Scallop & Cod Burgers, Thai Monkfish and Fresh Oysters.
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10 April 2014
Not one hotel from the Kingdom made the top 20 list of Greenest Hotels in Ireland as determined by The Green Hospitality Programme. The Programme last month announced its top Green Hotels at the ‘Responsible Tourism Conference’ which took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Golden Lane in Dublin. Based on 2013 environmental benchmark figures produced by hotels, The Green Hospitality Programme produced its first league table listing for the Greenest Hotels in Ireland, based on what Irish hotels are doing to reduce their environmental footprint using benchmarks for waste, energy water and carbon footprint.
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03 April 2014
Cork’s business community came out in large numbers this evening as The Digital Marketing Institute officially launched their Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing. The launch took place in Cork’s most popular Creperie and Coffee House, the SugarCube on South Mall in the City Centre and was organised in association with Fuzion, one of the region’s leading and Award Winning PR and Creative agencies.
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02 April 2014
Ireland’s first ever Student Startup Weekend drew to a close, with the top prize going to Collect, an innovative pay as you go bin collection service that allows you to decide what day your bin is collected.
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02 April 2014
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, and to coincide with this, the Mercy Hospital Foundation has launched The Bowel Movement, an awareness campaign aimed at improving knowledge and understanding of bowel cancer and other gastric diseases.
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02 April 2014
Wellington IT Solutions has opened a new support and implementation office in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. The office will employ 10 staff with 6 already in place and further job creation expected by the end of 2014.
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Over a week ago a row broke out at the UK’s national broadcaster, the BBC, over a tweet by its senior football anchor and Match of the Day presenter, Gary Lineker. The one-time England record goal sco...