Bus travellers in Cork were the first passengers to ride a ‘green bus’ in Ireland this week.
With zero carbon emissions, the biomethane-powered bus is a viable alternative for Ireland’s public bus fleet, and the biogas bus has been part of national trials looking at green bus performance, air quality impacts and CO2 emissions, among other criteria.
Cork Chambers Michelle O’Sullivan is chairperson for the Energy Cork Transport SubGroup and spoke with media at the event: "Never has the demand for public transport been greater in Cork with the city centre expecting an additional 10,000 jobs in the next 5 years. We have the opportunity now to shape how we grow and be proactive in adopting technologies that work for the City and which protect our environment and air quality."
Tues 9th April | 7:30am–9.00am | The Metropole Hotel
In association with The Irish Examiner, our April Business Breakfast will take place in The Metropole Hotel. Through partnership with the Chartered Accountants Cork Society, our guest speakers Dr. Eoin Byrne, Cyber Ireland, Ronan Murphy, Smarttech247 and Mike Harris, Grant Thornton will provide you with valuable insights into the role of cyber-security systems in Ireland.
Thurs 11th April | 5pm - 7pm | Clayton Hotel Cork City
In partnership with the National Recruitment Federation we welcome guest speakers Prof David Collings, DCU and Karen O’Reilly, Founder of Employmum along with industry experts to impart their knowledge on Talent Acquisition, Retention and the Flexible Work Movement.
Congratulations to the first prize winner of the Gantly Award, Sara Abu Salmia, 4th year student of Process and Chemical Engineering.
The Joe Gantly Prize In Engineering, established by the Cork Chamber, is awarded to the Best Student on the Work Placement module in the BE(Hons) Programmes.
Kazi Shakil Rahman and Aidan Twiss Bowen were awarded joint second place. All three students should be very proud of their placements and how they communicated their experience to the panel.
Ten new bike stations will be added to Cork’s public bicycle network by the end of 2019. This was confirmed by the National Transport Authority last week in response to our call for further investment.
The expansion comes after more than 1,000,000 journeys were clocked on Cork’s shared bikes in 2018, four years after the scheme’s launch in 2014. In Cork alone, more than 270,000 journeys were made on 330 rented bikes in 2018: more than twice the figure for Galway and Limerick combined.
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