Joe Dermody looks at the people who made moves in business this week.

A brewery in Cork is throwing open its doors tomorrow as part of heritage week and is proud to trumpet an unbroken record of employment within one family stretching back to the day it opened — 163 years ago.

Barbara-Anne Richardson says Heineken’s decade-long commitment to being a sustainable and green brewer is what convinced her to join the firm, writes Pádraig Hoare

CHARITABLE companies in Cork donated over €2.1 million to local causes last year, according to the 2018 Business Impact Map produced by Business in the Community Ireland.

This year, a further seven companies were recertified to the standard: Boots Retail, CRH, Deloitte, ESB, Gas Networks Ireland, Intel and KBC Bank Ireland.

Some of Ireland's leading companies have agreed to significantly cut their carbon emissions between now and 2030.

Joe Dermody talks PJ Tierney, Heineken’s brewery operations manager, and Sandy Boundy, Heineken Ireland communications and CSR manager.

Brewing giant Heineken is toasting a multimillion-euro refurbishment which has transformed its historic Irish corporate headquarters into one of the funkiest office spaces in the country.

Heineken saw strong growth in its cider sales in Ireland during the first half of the year, something analysts view as more pressure for the Bulmers-owning C&C Group.

Heineken Ireland has been unveiled as partner of the newly developed 45,000 capacity Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork.

Irish Water plans to cut off water to large areas of Cork city overnight on Tuesday to repair a critical mains pipe at risk of bursting.

Business leaders in Cork have called for a discount in commercial water bills after a burst main forced several businesses to close and left 40,000 people without water.

CORK-based brewer Heineken Ireland is making steady progress towards meeting its sustainability goals such as protecting water resources and reducing CO2 emissions, as well as hosting health and safety initiatives and engaging with its local communities.

Heineken’s expansion into the cider market helped boost its Irish revenues and market share last year.

This five-bed bungalow with bags of potential boasts some illustrious neighbours, writes Tommy Barker.

Heineken and Carlsberg, the world’s third- and fourth- largest brewers, yesterday forecast higher profits this year as rising consumption in Vietnam and south-east Asia offsets weaker demand from Russia and Africa.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has hit back at suggestions that the Taoiseach’s sod turning on the €53m Cork events centre site on Friday before final contracts are signed is an election stunt.

The head of Heineken in Ireland has said alcohol suppliers have a moral obligation to make it “uncool to be drunk”, adding that she does not “give a shit” if her stance gets her fired from the company.

Heineken Ireland and J Barter Travel held off competition from a strong field of finalists to land the prestigious Cork Business of the Year awards at the Cork Business Association’s annual gala dinner on Saturday.

The chief executive of Cork City Council has reported significant progress in talks designed to deliver the city’s first major events centre.

A senior government minister has warned that a €20m taxpayer-funded kickstart package for Cork’s proposed events centre will not be on the table forever.

The government minister who has pledged to deliver a multimillion-euro events centre for Cork has urged people to be patient amid growing concerns over the apparent lack of progress on the project.

A keg of beer was rolled down a flight of steps at a garda as he investigated a drunken disturbance.

Here are eight projects that could rejuvenate Cork City.

Cork Simon, experiencing a doubling of numbers sleeping rough in the city, has issued a special appeal for support ahead of its biggest annual fundraiser.

The Dublin Airport Authority is taking legal action against two firms who were involved in the construction of Cork Airport’s terminal building.

The sustainability of Cork’s proposed 6,000-capacity event centre could be thrown into doubt by any takeover of Aer Lingus that would jeopardise routes to London.

Heineken Ireland boosted its revenues by almost 6% last year as it continued to outperform a contracting beer market.

Developer Owen O’Callaghan has confirmed plans to build a fourth-generation office block on a Cork City site which had been earmarked for an events and conference centre.

Cork City Council is poised to compulsorily acquire the former Beamish and Crawford brewery site in Cork using powers under the Derelict Sites Act.

An independent councillor has called for an emergency council meeting to discuss the new tendering process designed to secure the development of a €50m events centre in Cork.

Plans for a €50m events centre in Cork City, which have been bedeviled by hitches in the tendering process, are back on track, with work expected to commence early next year.

The future of a €50m events centre for Cork city was being called into question last night after management at City Hall again refused to brief furious councillors on the status of the tender process.

The uncertainty over the Cork events centre is set to drag on after senior city officials last night refused to answer questions on the status of the tender process.

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

Plans to build a multi-million euro events and conference centre in Cork is in turmoil after one of two developers — O’Callaghan Properties — who were in the running pulled out at the final tender stage.

The winner of the race between two rival developers for a potential €16m kickstart fund to help build a multi-million euro events centre in Cork City will be announced next month.

Companies that come to Ireland are often frustrated by a failure of authorities to plan and deliver on the most basic of services from roads to water.

Market share gains in Ireland and a number of its other major western European markets helped mitigate sliding sales volumes elsewhere in the continent for Dutch beer giant Heineken in the first quarter of this year.

Cork hurling manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has admitted the county’s poor form is something of a worry to management.

A key landowner in Cork’s sprawling south docklands has backed O’Callaghan Properties’ €50m Albert Quay events centre project.

The process to select the preferred developer of Cork’s first multi-million conference centre took a step forward last night.

Cork’s city manager is under fire for calling a closed-doors meeting of councillors next week to discuss the selection criteria for the city’s first multimillion-euro conference centre.