Nine years on, the Cork hub’s first employee is confident he can balance start-up accelerator programmes with the provision of flexible office space – including for large corporations.
An emergency notice was issued after inspections mid-November, ordering the dairy co-op to halt all discharge from its wastewater facility into the Allow river. The EPA said that suspension of the company's licence was on the cards if further condition breaches were identified.
The farmer-owned dairy processor is one of Ireland’s most profitable, despite its relatively small scale. Its CEO and CFO explain why it has no plans for consolidation nor for an IPO.
In five years, Ahmet Dede and Maria Archer have collected a record number of accolades. Yet their story never followed the traditional restaurateur recipe.
Plans for the former Magdalene laundry were lodged by Bellmount Good Shepherd Ltd, which is part owned by Pádraig and Seamus Kelleher who are building another 200-bed student complex in the city.
Cork founder David Sloane started Cambrean while doing his Leaving Cert. He has now sold the start-up to Nucleus, a New York-based genomics company backed by Peter Thiel.
The multinational has been making components for cars at its Cork plant since 1988 but now the firm is shifting around the functions of its European facilities.
UK firm Vp PLC said it eyed the Charleville-based company for its “specialist capabilities”, electric-powered fleet and an opportunity to enter the Irish market.
Fawad Tariq-Khan once led SHUAA Capital, the oldest investment bank in the Middle East. Born in Galway he is now investing in Cork-based Quintas using his investment firm Exnite.
In 2016, Tom Cotter began toying with the idea of making clothes for water sports enthusiasts. After eight years of hard knocks, his company OceanR is now backed by some of Ireland’s savviest business people – and primed for more.
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