Posts tagged ‘Cork’
Cork: A regional overview
Friday, August 19th, 2011Cork is the largest county, and Ireland’s second biggest city is continuing to attract a strong level of foreign direct investment. Spanning a total area of 7,454 km2 and over 1,100 km of coastline (second only to Mayo), Cork is the largest county in Ireland and contains the second largest city in the country. Approximately 10.5 per cent of Cork consists of forestry or woodland, and the county has 125 rivers and 32 lakes. The main rivers are the Lee, which runs through the city, the Bandon and the Blackwater. Mountain ranges in the county include the Boggeragh mountains, the Slieve...[full story]
Cork: Global Utilities and Energy Expertise Applied Locally
Friday, August 19th, 2011Alan Fairman, Regional Director for Dalkia, outlines the critical role of utilities in the industrial environment and how Dalkia are bringing their international know- how to bear for companies in Cork. For most companies operating in the industrial environment, their utilities plant is at the heart of their facility. Without utilities, nothing gets produced. What do we mean by utilities? Typically, utilities incorporate steam, refrigeration, water, heating, lighting and power systems. Utilities provide the energy and raw materials so the company can get their produce out the door. Managing...[full story]
Cork: The case for an Environmental Climate Change Park
Friday, August 19th, 2011Environmental consultant Declan Waugh outlines the local response to his proposal for an Environmental Climate Change Park in Skibbereen. Land and water are intrinsically linked and nowhere more than in Skibbereen through which the River Ilen meanders its way to the sea. Skibbereen, County Cork, is the most southerly town in Ireland, once part of the Gaelic lordship of the McCarthy Chieftains and ‘Capital of the Carberies’, it has a long history of flooding associated with the River Ilen and its tributaries. Its Irish name, An Sciobairín, means ‘little boat harbour’ and in the...[full story]
Cork: The place to be: Lord Mayor Terry Shannon
Friday, August 19th, 2011Cork’s Lord Mayor Terry Shannon speaks to Meadhbh Monahan about his plans for the city and his thoughts on local government reform. A jobs forum, an indoor bowls tournament and the creation of a mayoral and civic museum are some of Terry Shannon’s priorities during his term as Lord Mayor of Cork City Council. The father of four, who was elected Lord Mayor on 24 June, wants to “copper- fasten existing jobs” while looking at the possibility of reducing rates and developer fees in order to attract more jobs to the city. He also wants to encourage the already strong spirit of volunteerism...[full story]
Cork: Probing research: UCC lung cancer treatment invention
Friday, August 19th, 2011Dr Declan Soden tells Stephen Dineen about an invention that could revolutionise lung cancer treatment. An innovative device designed to provide endoscopic chemotherapy for those with lung cancer has been invented at the Cork Cancer Research Centre, and was joint winner of the University College Cork invention of the year award in April. It was invented by Declan Soden and John Hinchion. The lung laparascopic electroporation electrode (LLEE) device allows cancerous cells to be specifically targeted by a short pulse of energy so that the treatment drug can be targeted at the cancerous...[full story]
Cork: A rising tide: reinstallment of the Cork-Swansea ferry
Friday, August 19th, 2011Stephen Dineen reports on the Cork-Swansea ferry service which was restored in 2010 through the determination of the local people. There has been much discussion in recent times of tourism’s role in Ireland’s economic future, but for the people of west Cork and Kerry tourism has always been part of economic life. When the Cork-Swansea ferry service closed in 2006, causing significant loss of tourism to the region, a people power was unleashed that could have launched a thousand ships. Not only did they get a ferry service restored but they took ownership of it too. In 2006 the Cork-Swansea...[full story]
