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Member Events
Fastnet Recruitment Open Days
 
Date: Tues 25th Feb, Wed 26th Feb, Tues 4th March & Wed 5th March
Time:12 -7pm
Venue: Fastnet Office, Eastgate Village, Eastgate Business Park Little Island, Co. Cork
Cost: Free to attend
To book: Please Call 021-4509200  or email jobs@fastnetrecruitment.com fastnetrecruitment.com to register or for more infomation.

Due to multiple job opportunities with clients in the Life Sciences, Agri-Food and Business Service sectors, Fastnet Recruitment are hosting a series of Open Days in February and March to fill a significant number of exciting roles with blue chip clients in the areas of: Quality & Laboratory, Supply Chain & Operations, Engineering, Accounting & Finance.
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Vodafone Smart StartUp Network Breakfast Event
 

Date: Thursday 20th February
Time: 7.30am – 9.30am
Venue:Vertigo at Cork County Hall
Cost: Registration in advance, free to attend
To book: here


The Vodafone Smart StartUP Network is an initiative to provide guidance and expert advice to both established small businesses and start-up companies on how they can better leverage technology for business benefit through a series of mentoring events and talks from some of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs.

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Diabetes Ireland Education Seminar for Type 1, Type 2 and Parents and AGM
 
Date: February 20th
Time: 6pm and 8pm
Venue:  Imperial Hotel, Cork
Cost: Free

The Cork Branch of Diabetes Ireland will hold their AGM and Public Education Meetings in the Imperial Hotel, South Mall, Cork on Thursday, February 20th, 2014.  The AGM will take place at 6.30pm. There will also be a series of meetings at 6pm and 8pm, that will be of interest to people with Type 1, Type 2 and parents of children with Diabetes.   

Sherry FitzGerald Residential Property Market Afternoon Briefing
 

Date: 25th February
Time: 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Venue: Pegasus Suite, Clarion Hotel, Cork
Cost: FOC
To book: Kerri FitzGerald, kerri.fitzgerald@sherryfitz.ie, 01 2376313  


ARE YOU BEING ASKED ABOUT...

• How are house prices performing and what is the outlook for the year ahead?
• How many houses are actually for sale and what does that mean for the market?
• What is the likely demand for property in the years ahead?

Please join us to receive the answers to these questions and other insights into the residential property market.


Bake Party to support Concern on International Women’s Day
 

Date: 3rd to 8th March
Time: Up to you but we suggest mid morning or afternoon
Venue: At your office or workplace
Cost: No cost but we will forward you a bake pack with chocolate & baking goodies, recipe cards, posters & collection boxes, etc. Plus you will be entered into a raffle to win some great prizes!
To book: Email Mary Filan on mary.filan@concern.net or call her at 01-479 1301


Celebrate International Women's Day by holding a bake party in your office the week of the 3rd-8th of March. All the funds raised will go towards Concern’s Women of Concern project in Zambia. Please help us to help women and girls to overcome adversity in their lives.


Smarter Egg Season of Events
 

Date:  3rd March
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Venue: Upstairs at The White Horse, Ballincollig, Cork
Cost: €20 per person
To book:  HERE

 A Live interview with Gillian Keating, Partner, JW O’Donovan Solicitors and Cork Chamber President preceded by Egg Talks from three high-achieving business women with fascinating stories to tell – Miriam O'Connell of Space for Change, Aoife Rigney, Digital Marketing and Social Media Expert and Julia Lynes of EazyCity.
 

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Alpha Wealth Breakfast Seminar on Business Risk and Business Opportunity for Company Owners
 

Date: 13th March
Time: 7.30 am (teas / coffees) with 7.45 am start (sharp) /9am finish
Venue: The Clarion Hotel Cork
Cost: Free of charge ( parking - underground car park in clarion)
To book: (RSVP to Anne O’ Dwyer email: here or tel: 021 4861471


Alpha Wealth is hosting a breakfast seminar on business risk and how to protect your business and business opportunity and how to make assets grow in the business. We will have two fantastic speakers from New Ireland who are both experts in their field who will provide an insightful and on the pulse view of business risk and business opportunity in today's current environment.


Wines From Spain Professional Tasting
 

Date: 5th of March
Time: From 11.00 am to 5.30 pm
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel Cork
Cost: Free entrance
To book: R.V.S.P Esther Montesinos. Tel (01) 6616313. Mail: emontesinos@mcx.es

 

The Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy is hosting the “Wines from Spain” tasting in Cork for the trade sector in Munster area. In total, more than 160 wines from over 32 different “Designations of Origin” will be available to taste. Attendees will also have the opportunity to attend seminars on Sherry wines.

More details available here.