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“BALLYHOURA DRAGONS” PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED

Ballyhoura Development Ltd. has announced the three successful entrepreneurs who have been chosen for the Ballyhoura Dragons project which was launched earlier this year to coincide with the 21st anniversary of Ballyhoura Development Ltd. The three successful start up companies were chosen from hundreds of applicants who wanted to set up a sustainable business in the Ballyhoura region.


THE FUREYS AND DAVEY ARTHUR TO PERFORM IN WEST CORK HOTEL, SUNDAY 2nd MAY

Nationally renowned Irish artists, The Fureys and Davey Arthur are to perform in Skibbereen’s West Cork Hotel on Sunday May 2nd as part of the hotel’s May Bank Holiday celebrations. The concert will mark the beginning of the summer season in West Cork and is the first of a number of events happening in the hotel in the coming months.


The importance of open and honest communication

As learning to communicate is one of the first skills we learn when we enter the world, one may be easily fooled in to thinking that we are all masters of it. I could speak for hours about the importance of open communication in both working life and personal life. Working with a range of clients over the past number of years, the most important thing that I have learned is to keep the lines of communication as open as possible – even when things go wrong!


QUISH’S SUPERVALU BALLINCOLLIG CELEBRATE NEW FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PARTNERSHIP

Quish’s Supervalu, Ballincollig’s leading fresh food retailer and one of the country’s most awarded supermarkets are celebrating the announcement of the new sponsorship deal of the GAA’s Football Championship. The deal is being backed by over 230 retail partners around the country.

Seán Quish Pictured at the Announcement of the Partnership Deal

KINSALE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY ANNOUNCE €500,000 DEAL WITH TRAIDCRAFT

Kinsale Distribution Company (KDC), Ireland’s leading distributor of fair trade products has signed a deal with the UK’s leading fair trade organisation Traidcraft to distribute a further 70 fair-trade products to retailers in Ireland. The deal is worth more than €500,000 and comes in time for Fair Trade Fortnight 2010 which runs from 22nd February – 7th March.


CELEBRITY SOPRANO LESLEY GARRETT TO PERFORM IN CORK CITY HALL 1

First Visit to Cork for Glamour Girl of Opera International Soprano and celebrity, Lesley Garrett CBE, is to perform at Cork’s City Hall on Thursday, 18th March. This will be Garrett’s first performance in Cork and tickets range from €30 to €70. Garrett, one of the world’s most popular sopranos, […]


A Beautiful Day – Brought to you by West Cork Tourism and the MV Julia! 1

On Friday last the MV Julia sailed in to Cork after months of tireless work by West Cork Tourism led by Conor Buckley. I had the privilege of working with the group since the beginning of the year when the plans to buy the ship came to light – and back then, the reality of her arriving to Cork was just a dream