Life Sciences: Great insights on why Life Sciences firms locate in Cork

The extensive information that is featured on the ‘We Are Cork’ website gives a great sense of why the Life Sciences companies featured in this publication have chosen Cork as their location.

The information is gathered under the following headings: Live; Invest; Study; Work; Visit; and Cork Can.

Live

Food & Drink; Festivals & Events; Sport & Leisure; Art & Culture; Travel & Transport; Craft & Design; Community Spirit; Health & Wellbeing; Schools & Childcare; Accommodation & Living; Retail Therapy; City & County Councils.

Invest

Information on the 150 overseas companies employing 35,000 people; Cork’s Economic Offering; Innovation; R&D; Multinational Companies; Scaling Businesses; Sectors; Connectivity (transport); Collaboration (IDA, Cork BIC, etc); and Support Organisations.

Study

UCC; Tyndall National Institute (UCC); CIT; CIT Crawford College of Art and Design; CIT School of Music; Nimbus Centre (CIT); APC; INFANT; MaREI; Insight; The National Maritime College of Ireland; Cork College of Commerce; St John’s Central College; Coláiste Stiofán Naofa; Mallow College of Further Education; Cork Education Training Board; Cork Training Centre; Griffith College; several English Language Schools; plus hospital-based researchers.

Work

Key Employers; Entrepreneurial Spirit; Export; Startups; Opportunities; Co-working hubs; support networks.

Visit

Wild Atlantic Way; Ancient East; Ireland’s Maritime Haven.

Cork Can

Uplifting tales of successful ventures and initiatives from Alpa Agrawi’s Indian business in UCC, Cronin’s Coaches, the Republic of Work and Ballymaloe to Johnson Controls.

www.wearecork.ie