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Member Events
A.S.A. Marketing 30th Anniversary Ideas Showcase
 
Date: Tuesday, April 14th
Time: 10am-2.30pm
Venue: River Lee Hotel
Cost: Free
Book: see website here 

A.S.A. Marketing provides marketing solutions to companies both local and multinational throughout Ireland and more recently globally, through their investment in the IGC Global Promotions Network. This year A.S.A. Marketing celebrates 30 years in business and will kick start start the occasion at its highly successful annual Showcase. The event takes place on Tuesday 14th April in the River Lee Hotel, Cork, 10am -2.30pm where local Caricature Artist Declan Malone will entertain everyone with his funky faced sketches throughout the day.


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Jim Breen Cycle Against Suicide
 
Date: Tuesday, 7th April 
Time: 5pm
Venue: MSL Cork Mercedes-Benz
Cost: FREE
Book: E: here  or T: 021-2408600


The Cycle is aimed to help raise awareness for the supports available for suicide prevention on the island of Ireland and promote the message 'it's ok not to feel ok and it's absolutely ok to ask for help'. The Cycle Against Suicide sees thousands of cyclists in a sea of orange cycle around the island of Ireland over 14 days.  Jim will be calling into MSL Cork on Tuesday 7th April at 5pm to talk to MSL Cork employees and other local businesses from around the area about mental health with a view to spreading the message that ‘it’s ok not to feel ok; and it’s absolutely ok to ask for help’. Once Jim has completed The Run on Sunday 26th April in Belfast, he will be getting on a bike and begin the Cycle Against Suicide the following day, Monday 27th April.
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BrewFest Cork
 
Date: 1st – 05th April (Excluding Good Friday)
Time: 4 - 10.30pm
Venue: Old Thompsons Bakery, MacCurtain Street, Cork
Cost: €14
Book: here 

Clear your dairies for this Week (1st-5th excluding Good Friday) for the opening of BrewFest Cork.  Cork will be ‘on tap’ at the iconic Old Thompson’s Bakery, MacCurtain Street with a suite of locally brewed beers, stouts, ales, ciders and wheat beers, with local artisan food producers and toe-tapping live music to ramp up the experience.

Patrick Holford Gentle Detox Programme
 
Date: Four week detox programme, starts Wednesday 15th April
Time: 7pm - 8pm
Venue: Natural Clinic, Sullivans Quay Cork
Cost: €80
Book: here


Patrick Holford uses scientific findings to show you how to detoxify your body and achieve astonishing results. If you want to lose weight, boost your energy levels, become clear-headed, recover quickly from excesses and give your skin a healthy glow, then this programme is for you.

Inter-firm Dragon Boat Challenge
 
Date:  Saturday, 6th June 
Time: 2-7pm
Venue: Lapp's Quay, CorkCost: €425 per team (17 people @ €25 each)
Book: W:  here / E:  here  /  T: 021 4847673

Looking for an activity which involves fun, adventure, teambuilding and rivalry? Try your hand at a dragon boat as the River Lee comes to life to the sound of drums and the splashing of paddles! With over 300 participants from some of the biggest companies in Cork this is THE inter-firm event this summer!

Big Data breakfast briefing
 

Date: Thursday, 9th April 

Time: 7:30am – 9:30am

Venue: Blackrock Castle Observatory

Book: E: Annette Coburn here 



it@cork in association with IBM is hosting a Big Data breakfast briefing.

Noel Garry, Insurance Analytics Leader IBM EMEA will outline how organisations are transforming their business through the use of Big Data and Analytics. He will talk about how organisations are getting started and some of the findings from the latest research. He will provide a number of real examples from a variety of industries.

 

 

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Shine Ireland App Launch
 
Date: Wednesday, 8th April 
Time: 12 noon
Venue: Millennium Hall, City Hall, Cork
Cost: FREE
Book: here.  

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Mary Shields, will officially launch the new Social Skills App which has been developed by the Shine Centre for Autism for children and teenagers with autism. The Social Skills for Autism app is designed to teach children, adolescents, teenagers and young people with autism the social skills they need to operate effectively and comfortably in social situations.  
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