Chambers Ireland CSR Awards calls for Nominations

Applications are now open for this year’s Chambers Ireland CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Awards. Now in their tenth year, the Awards are run in association with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, partnered by Business in the Community and kindly sponsored by BAM.

These Awards recognise the commitment of the Irish business community to the values of corporate social responsibility and provide multinational corporations, large indigenous companies and SMEs with an excellent opportunity to showcase their commitment to CSR. Participation in the CSR Awards enables companies to lead by example and demonstrate the positive contributions that businesses can make to the civic environment in which they operate.

Award categories include:

• Excellence in the Environment
• Community (divided into Charity, Volunteering and Community Programme)
• International CSR
• CSR Communications
• Best SME
• The Overall Outstanding Achievement in CSR Award

Previous winners include Telefonica Ireland (operator of the O2 brand), Microsoft, Vodafone Ireland, Abbott Ireland and IBM.

The closing date for nominations is Thursday 25^th April 2013.

For further information please feel free to contact Siobhan Bradley, Policy & Research Manager or please see here. To apply go directly to www.csrawards.ie

Bus Transfers in Operation between Mallow & Cork from 3rd to 12th May 

Iarnród Éireann will operate a bus transfer between Mallow and Cork from 20:00hrs on Friday 3^rd May 2013 to final service on Sunday 12^th May 2013, to facilitate planned maintenance and improvement works on the Monard Viaduct, near Blarney.

Service arrangements during this time include:

-      Bus transfers between Mallow and Cork in both directions for all services.

-      Cork Mallow Commuter services will operate as a bus transfer.

-      Bus transfers for Kerry and Dublin services departing Cork will leave 25 minutes earlier than the scheduled train departure time to ensure a timely connection with services departing Mallow to Dublin and Kerry.  Mallow to Dublin and Kerry services will operate to a normal schedule.

-      For the duration of the works car parking will be free at Mallow.

-      Normal Commuter services will operate between Cobh/Midleton and Cork during this time.

-      Full services will resume on Monday 13^th May.

Further information and full timetable details are available at www.irishrail.ie or call our customer information line 1850 366222.