PEOPLE looking for a new car quickly get used to calling to lots of garage forecourts.

A global IT recruitment firm plans to begin work within weeks on an office expansion that will see employee numbers almost doubled.

A multinational firm with its European headquarters in Cork has been acquired by an American company for €36m.

It’s been quite a journey from Bandon Grammar School to the BBC.

A number of successful Cork-based companies are proving that “geography is history,” and that you can run global operations from anywhere in the world.

West Cork €95,000

The rumour mill was in overdrive in West Cork last night as to the identity of the country’s latest Lotto millionaire.

Bohemians 0 Drogheda United 3

Cork City overcame last Friday’s horror show at home to Bray Wanderers to record an impressive 4-0 win and book their place in the third round of the EA Sports Cup at Wexford Youths last night.

Chris Lyons dumped his home town club out of the EA Sports cup with a double at Dalymount Park as Bohemians beat Bray Wanderers 4-2 in extra-time to make the quarter-finals.

Three years after the flood that devastated Bandon in Nov 2009, the town was once again on alert yesterday for serious flooding.

Profits at Cork-based software company Qumas almost quadrupled last year as the company’s pre-tax earnings grew from $114,000 (€89,000) to over $500,000.

Applications have flooded in and are long closed for The Entrepreneur Experience 2012, the second annual non-stop 24-hour business fast-tracking event widely dubbed Sleepless in Kinsale.

A late Danny Long goal saw Beamish Stout MSL Premier Division leaders Avondale United edge out Leeds 3-2 in difficult conditions at Avondale Park on Saturday.

THE 24-hour Entrepreneur Experience event is looking for aspiring entrepreneurs eager to fast track ideas into real opportunities.

IN a west London pub on Saturday night, packed to the rafters with boisterous Gaels, London attacker Eoin O’Neill was beckoned onto the stage for a song.

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EVENING classes in creative writing, basic science and computer animation have never been so popular, but the latest set of graduates at one Cork city school are a lot younger than the usual set of people developing their skills.

QUMAS, the Cork-based software firm, bounced back into the black last year with pre-tax profits of $1.6m (€1.1m).

A YEAR after the West Cork town was devastated by flooding, Bandon traders are planning a major party to celebrate the town’s rebirth.

TWO quick-witted online clothing entrepreneurs are hoping to sell truck-loads of their new “cementgate” T-shirts.

QUMAS, the Cork-based software firm, reduced its pre-tax losses significantly last year, as turnover increased 31%.

QUMAS, the Cork-based software firm, increased its turnover by 31% to $16 million (€12m) last year as it heads towards profitability in 2009.

CORK-based dealer Kevin O’Leary Motor Group is planning a significant expansion despite losing its BMW contract.

BLOOD packets used by medical students at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) were brought home by a staff member and burned in a barrel, only to be dragged by a dog on to the front lawn of a house — sparking an investigation that resulted in the institute being convicted and fined €2,000 yesterday.

Blood packets used by medical students at Cork Institute of Technology were brought home by a staff member and burned in a barrel, only to be dragged by a dog on to the front lawn of a house - sparking an investigation that resulted in the institute being convicted and fined €2,000 today.

QUMAS, the Irish based provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, has announced today that it has been named by Forrester Research as a leader in the “Forrester WaveTM: Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms, Q4 2007” report released on December 21, 2007.

AS a fifth-generation descendant of Ireland, I always had a calling to visit my ancestral roots.

A LEGAL wrangle over whether the Health and Safety Authority has power over local authority road works undertaken throughout the country is to be determined by the High Court.

THE Meath schoolgirls are the first recorded fatalities involving children on school buses since 1998.

HEAVY fog was a dampener, but it did not affect the final race in the Kevin O’Leary Nissan April League series at Kinsale YC and had no effect on the celebrations by the overall class winners.

IRISH companies will sign deals worth $20 million (€15 million) with major American partners during Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin’s trade visit to the United States this week.

AFTER a morning of gale force winds and torrential rain, racing finally got under way at Kinsale and the third race of the Kevin O’Leary Nissan April League turned out a great one.

At €195,000, this Douglas, Cork home is a rare opportunity in a prime Cork city location.

TWO races were sailed at Kinsale on Easter Monday in the Kevin O’Leary Nissan April League series and now it is down to the wire for some as they face into the final race on Saturday. The influence of Munster’s rug

WHITE horses abounded the outer harbour and some gusts reached forty knots during an exciting and sometimes tough final race of the Southmoor Properties March League at Kinsale Yacht Club.

MORE than 100 sailors will compete in the Irish Sailing Association National Team Racing Championships from the Royal Cork at Crosshaven over the St Patrick’s weekend.