The Cork SME firms shortlisted for the Cork Chamber Company of the Year Awards

In the second of a four-part series looking at the finalists for the Cork Company of the Year Awards 2023, we profile the contenders in the SME category

Cool Running Events creative director Orla O’Neill, with staff members at the firm’s Alpine Skate Trail at Fota House and Gardens. Picture: Gerard McCarthy

Cool Running Events transforming Ireland’s adventure tourism

Cool Running Events is an example of a company that has expanded successfully during the pandemic to establish itself as Ireland’s only adventure tourism business employing people on a full-time pensionable basis.