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Group of participants in the Women in Business Programme organised by the Cork North & West Local Enterprise Office Mallow and held at the Charleville Park Hotel. (Picture: Michael McGrath)

Donegal Women in Business Network Coffee Morning in The BASE Stranorlar

DKANE 30/11/2017 REPRO FREE The 2018 Network Cork Committee at the Network Cork AGM. Picture Darragh Kane

09/05/2019 – REPRO FREE Pictured at the PSYCHED recognition evening for Workplaces that promote mental health in Cork City and County. Picture: Michael O’Sullivan /OSM PHOTO See Press Release for more info, or alternatively contact Daniel Flynn at 0214927276

Rhode Island delegates attending the reception hosted by Cork County Council in recognition of direct flights between Cork and Rhode Island, at Cork County Hall. Also pictured are Sharon Corcoran, director of Economic Development and Tourism of Cork County Council, Tim Lucey, Cork County Council chief executive, Cllr Declan Hurley, Mayor of the County of Cork and Niall MacCarthy, Cork Airport MD. Picture: David Keane. 18.09.2017 For more details see attached press release. Press Release Reception held in County Hall for Rhode Island delegation visit 18th September 2017 Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr Declan Hurley today welcomed a delegation led by Mark Brodeur, Director of Tourism, Rhode Island Commerce Corporation to County Hall. The visit comes on foot of the establishment of a direct flight service between Cork and Providence Airport on Rhode Island by Norwegian Air this year. In welcoming the delegation, Mayor Hurley spoke of the opportunities for both regions, particularly in the area of tourism, “Cork has so much to offer the international visitor. From the Wild Atlantic Way on the West Coast to Irelands Ancient East on the East Coast, we are ideally positioned as a gateway to both routes. Now our tourists can land in Cork Airport and decide if they want to head East or West.” Managing Director Cork Airport, Niall MacCarthy highlighted the importance of the relationship between both regions, “We are delighted to reciprocate the hospitality here in Cork to our Friends from Rhode Island in Travel, Tourism and Trade who have planned a full schedule of meetings and engagements during their week long familiarisation trip to Ireland. In addition to their meetings with various Cork business and educational institutions, the delegation is looking forward to establishing new relationships with varied interests in Cork looking to establish links with the State of Rhode Island on the strength on the new connectivity afforded by Norwegian between Cork and Providence. As well as a formal reception with Mayor Hurley, the delegation will also have the opportunity to visit Kinsale, Midleton, Blarney and of course, Cork City. The trip is an excellent opportunity for us to build on the relationships that we have formed over the past number of years, when we have been trying to secure the route. There has been a tremendous response from both sides of the Atlantic to the new direct access to the South of Ireland from both a business and tourism perspective.” “Now that the Norwegian service is well underway, it is crucially important that it is supported both here in Munster and in Rhode Island. For our part, we are doing everything we can to ensure that both regions’ economies feel the benefits and we are delighted to be working with partners who share the share vision,” he added. An industry worth €8 billion annually, tourism figures reached a record number of almost 9 million in 2016 with near on 2 million travelling from North American. Speaking at the reception, Mayor Hurley spoke of the Council’s aims in growing this market for Cork, “We have developed a solid cooperative twinning relationship between the historic tourist Town of Kinsale and Newport which has led to delegations from the world of politics, business and tourism travelling between the two regions, consolidating future growth. Now we hope to extend this working model of cooperation to other Towns and Regions in Cork County and increase visitor numbers to Cork and to the US. Indeed Cork County Council has already initiated this process with visits to Boston, Scituate, Cook County, New York, Detroit, and Miami during 2017. Mayor Hurley went on to say, “We know that international visitors want to explore our beautiful landscape, our history and culture, our festivals our food and our way of life. Hill walking, golfing, food tourism, mountain biking, these are just some of the activities that attract and sustain the visitor. 2016 saw the largest number of visitors yet to visit our Country. Now that we have direct access in and out of Cork Airport to the US market we are certain that we can add to that increasing number in the years ahead. This will be good for Ireland but great for Cork.” ENDS

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Network Ireland Kildare Branch Committee

Network Ireland Dublin Branch

President of Network Ireland Kildare Branch Grainne Slattery gives a talk to the members of Network Ireland Kildare at Kildare Village

DKANE 19012017 REPRO FREE at the launch of Phase 4 of Access to Education, Bridge to Employment Vision 2020. This programme, now in its 11th year, aims to encourage and assist students in Cork City to stay in school and progress to further and higher level education with a particular reference to Science and Technology. The programme works with three schools in the City, namely, Terence McSwiney Community College, North Monastery Secondary School and Mayfield Community School. Partners in the programme include the Johnson and Johnson Cork based companies, Janssen Biologics, Janssen Pharmaceutical, DePuy Synthes, Cork Institute of Technology, University College Cork, Cork Education and Training Board, Junior Achievement and Business in the Community. Pic Darragh Kane