Approximately 149,000 passengers are expected to travel through Cork Airport this Christmas and New Year, with Friday, December 21 the busiest day for arrivals. The numbers forecasted to arrive and depart at Ireland’s second largest and best-connected international airport over the Christmas and New Year period are up 3.5% compared with the same time last year.…
Sinn Féín MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called for an independent environmental report to be commissioned on a plastics factory in West Cork. The Ireland South MEP was speaking after An Bord Pleanála approved planning permission for a plastics factory near Skibbereen. “The national authorities and the company behind the factory needed to take steps…
Cork Airport, Ireland’s second busiest international airport, is introducing a new road traffic management system to facilitate growing passenger numbers. The measures include investment in an upgrade of the forecourt, improved access to car parks, improved signage, a new two-way road system to the Red Express car park and enhanced public transport lanes, all designed…
Cork’s top hoteliers and tourism providers celebrated the best of their industry in style at the recent annual Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) Cork branch Tourism Dinner. The glitzy black-tie event, which took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa in Little Island, was attended by almost 450 tourism and hospitality professionals. It celebrated the…
Cork will host a major chocolate themed dinner this Friday night! On Friday November 23, the annual Cork Chocolate Dinner will take place with guest chefs cooking individual courses featuring chocolate in a subtle way. The dinner is part of the Cork Chocolate and Baking Weekend, which will return to The Cork International Hotel on…
Dunnes Stores is one of the leading Irish-owned retailers in the country, and so we were delighted to hear of the weekend-long celebrations, unveiling the newly redeveloped Bishopstown outlet!
With one more cruise ship left to visit in December, the Port of Cork’s 2018 cruise season is drawing to a close. A total of 92 cruise ships will have visited in 2018, the most significant cruise season ever for the Port of Cork; and with over 157,000 passengers and 69,000 crews stepping ashore this…
You don’t put diesel into a petrol engine. So, whatever sport you enjoy, it is important to understand the science of nutrition to optimise your body’s performance and health. Ireland’s leading gut health institute, APC Microbiome Ireland, is hosting a public forum, Spilling the Guts on Performance, as part of Cork Science Week on November 12…
Cork Airport, Ireland’s second busiest and best connected international airport, welcomes the addition of Nice and Dubrovnik to Aer Lingus’ Summer 2019 schedule. The two new routes out of Cork were announced today by Aer Lingus, with flights to Nice, France, commencing on May 1 on Wednesdays and Sundays, while the new service to Dubrovnik, Croatia,…
Photo: Darragh Kane One of Ireland’s top law firms, Holmes O’Malley Sexton, has announced the opening of a Cork office. With offices in Dublin, Limerick and London, the law firm has seen significant expansion across all locations and now employs over 150 people in Ireland. The move to Cork will further consolidate Holmes O’Malley Sexton’s…