Brendan Courtney will be this year’s special guest at the Annual lunch in aid of The Hope Foundation. The lunch will take place from 12pm Friday September 21st at The Maryborough Hotel & Spa in Cork.

Brenda Cooper, Director Horner APG, Maureen Forrest, Hon.Director, The Hope Foundation, Michael O’ Flynn – Chairman and CEO of the O’Flynn Group This wonderful lunch is one of HOPE’s flagship annual events and an important fundraiser for the organisation. In operation since 1999, for nineteen years The Hope Foundation has worked tirelessly to support street…

Tourism agencies showcase the best of Tipperary, Waterford and Cork to international media with a circulation of eight million

Tourism agency Fáilte Ireland, together with Tourism Ireland, are this week showcasing a select number of top attractions in counties Tipperary, Waterford and Cork to a group of overseas media, who are in Ireland on a Discover Munster press trip to see what the area has to offer overseas visitors. The group include representatives from Globetrotter…

150,000 emergency calls are made every month to Ireland’s Emergency Call Answering Service

The Minister for Communications, Denis Naughten, has published new figures, which show 150,000 emergency calls are made every month in Ireland. Minister Naughten has today published the latest figures relating to Ireland’s emergency call answering service [ECAS], which is responsible for dispatching 112 and 999 calls to the relevant frontline emergency services. Last year a…

Budget 2019 should address Brexit and sterling impact on food and drink industries, says FDI

Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group that represents the food sector, today launched its Budget 2019 submission, which calls on the Government to introduce a series of measures to help the sector maintain its competitiveness and achieve its growth potential against the backdrop of Brexit and a significant weakening of pound sterling. It highlights that…