Date: Thursday 25^th June
Time: 7.30am – 9.00am
Venue: Clarion Hotel
Cost: €25 members / €35 non members
Book: here

Date: Thursday 2^nd July
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Cork
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber/NRF members (pre-booking is essential)
To Book: Click here

Speakers include:

• Vincent O’Donoghue, Social Talent
• Jennifer Cashman, Ronan Daly Jermyn
• Jovita O’Byrne, Eli Lilly
• Barbara McGrath, Brightwater
• Frank Farrelly, Sigmar Recruitment
• Bryan Hyland, Morgan McKinley

This seminar will be MC’d by Conor Healy, Cork Chamber, so if you are interested in the latest trends and data in the ever-changing recruitment industry, you cannot afford to miss this unique interactive event.  This is also a unique opportunity for Cork Chamber members and NRF members to network and do business.

The Minister for Finance, is currently considering how the tax system affects entrepreneurship generally as well as reviewing the tax expenditures currently available to entrepreneurs. The purpose of the review is to assess what is and is not working effectively as well as considering options for change to better incentivise entrepreneurship. In light of this, the Department of Finance has launched a Public Consultation which explores the role of taxation in encouraging entrepreneurship. This document is available to read here.

Cork County Council is currently developing the Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP). The purpose of the LECP, as provided for in the Local Government Reform Act 2014, is to set out, for a six-year period, the objectives and actions needed to promote and support the economic development and the local and community development of the County in partnership with economic and community development stakeholders in the region.

Public Consultation workshops and a call for written submission of which the Chamber will contribute to are currently taking place. To inform this submission Cork Chamber is organising an information session for interested Chamber members which will be delivered by Pio Condon, Senior Executive Planner, Cork County Council with Andrew Hind, Senior Planner, Cork County Council also in attendance.

This information session will take place at 10am on the 3rd of July at the Cork Chamber Office, Summerhill North and is expected to last approximately 1.5hrs.  To register your interest in attending this presentation please email Claire

With our InDesign Essentials course, you can create posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books! Develop fantastic computer generated artwork for print, running 6^th & 7^th July next.

Over 50 top speakers have been confirmed for Asia Business Week Ireland 2015, including a European Commissioner, 4 Government Ministers, 20+ CEOs & Senior Directors and 4 Ambassadors. 

Over 1000 delegates are expected to attend the second Asia Business Week Ireland, consisting of eight significant business and cultural events, focused on developing trade and investment opportunities between Ireland and Asia. Each event offers unique networking opportunities.

Two of the events are taking place in Cork:

Cork China Business Summit
Embracing New Opportunities Entering a Second Decade of Economic Cooperation. 3rd July 2015, 14.00-18.00 (followed by networking session), Cork City Hall.  Keynote address by H.E. Peter Ryan, Consul General of Ireland to Hong Kong and Macau.

Asia Ireland Food and Agritech Forum
Examining Opportunities in the Fasting Growing Sector of  Asia Ireland Trade. 14th July 2015, 08.00-14.30 (including networking lunch), Cork Institute of Technology.
Keynote address by Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development.

For more information and bookings visit here

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Date: Saturday July 4th
Time: 10am-4pm
Venue: Carrigtwohill
Cost: €8
To book: Tickets are available at Greenville House, Carrigtwohill on the day of the event

Two Carrigtwohill Gardens will open to the public on Independence Day July 4^th from 10am-4pm to raise money for the Cork Association for Autism (CAA). The Sensory Garden at Greenville House will open to the public along with Noel O’Keeffes beautiful cottage garden which is situated on an acre of land. For more information call 021 453 3642 or visit the CAA website.  

Employee Security Awareness Training: Keeping Your Data Safe. Free Webinar

Your staff handles sensitive data as a part of its everyday routine. Ensuring they understand the security risks relevant to their duties is imperative. In the last 12 months 37.3 million users around the world were subjected to phishing attacks – up 87% from the previous year. 

The Rising Tide, Glounthaune, Cork will host the Murphy's Cork Oyster Festival from Friday June 26th to Sunday June 28th 2015. The festival which is run in association with Murphy's Irish Stout is the 3rd of it's kind to take place at The Rising Tide.

The festival will begin on Friday 26th June 2015 at 6pm when the main marquee will open and the well known jazz band, The Clubmen, will kick off festivities. There will be an oyster tent and also a BBQ tent for the non seafood lovers.