Now the Cork Chamber ‘dinner’ embraces women too

Mary Hopkins reminisces on 30+ years attending the Cork Chamber Annual Dinner which takes place tonight in City Hall, Cork

THE way things were 30 plus years ago when I first attended The Cork Chamber Annual Dinner and the way they are now in terms of a woman’s place in the business world, is such a contrast.

Picture 800 plus men and two women in the hallowed hall that is City Hall, Cork, seated at trestle tables like schoolchildren, in a testosterone-fuelled noisy atmosphere that was both intimidating and exciting.