The value of business tourism generated by the Cork Convention Bureau (CCB) looks set to break the €10m barrier for the first time this year.

Conferences could be worth up to €10m to the Cork economy this year, according to an organisation which is promoting the region as an ideal location for such events.

Every winter, for the past 21 years, Cork City Ballet has held a gala performance so audiences can see guest stars of international fame and higher quality.

A dedicated convention centre in Cork could help generate in the region of €47m in international conference business, it has been claimed.

Newly-appointed Cork County Board administrator Diarmuid O’Donovan says it will be a “privilege to work for one of the most important organisations” on Leeside when he takes up the full-time role next month.

Newly-appointed Cork County Board administrator Diarmuid O’Donovan says it will be a “privilege to work for one of the most important organisations” on Leeside when he takes up the full-time role next month.

International conferences generated just over €7m worth of business for the Cork region last year.

Some of Cork’s best-known food heroes took their produce to Dublin yesterday in a bid to tempt international conference visitors south.

Cork food companies hope to generate €250,000 worth of invoiced sales this year from a new database of 3,000 Dutch food sector trade contacts.

Claire O’Sullivan examines the London timeline and finds Neil Prendeville’s excuse simply doesn’t add up.

THE group which invited broadcaster Neil Prendeville to London as part of a promotional drive hopes to land up to €500,000 worth of business tourism from that trip alone.

A well-known Cork radio personality issued a heartfelt apology on-air this morning after newspaper reports that he is to be referred to gardaí for having committed an alleged sex act on an Aer Lingus flight.

AER LINGUS is in the process of making a formal complaint to gardaí following an incident in which high-profile radio presenter Neil Prendeville exposed himself in public view on a flight between London and Cork.

GAA clubs in Cork are on a collision course with the Cork County Board regarding the proposed Strategic Plan, it emerged over the weekend.

HOTEL managers, business chiefs and politicians jetted into London yesterday with the aim of bringing millions of euro worth of business to Cork.

A SPECIAL team of “conference ambassadors” has secured more than €2 million worth of business for Cork city.