CORK Chamber is disappointed that the Irish Examiner of October 10 focussed on ‘reported’ funding issues for the new ICT building planned for UCC.

THE vice-premier of China is set to visit Cork next week and ties between the city and Shanghai are to be further strengthened next month.

CORK Airport’s long-awaited €200 million passenger terminal will open to inbound passengers from next week.

CORK Chamber president Roger Flack has welcomed the announcement that operations at the new terminal at Cork Airport will begin on a phased basis from August 1.

I REFER to your report (Irish Examiner, July 13) where “a senior source within Government” gave a reassurance that the level of the debt for Cork airport will not leave it in a vulnerable position.

THE Cork Chamber has launched its strongest attack yet on the Government for its handling of the controversial Cork Airport debt issue.

CORK Chamber has cashed in on what it described as an active year, as revenue from subscriptions soared to over €427,000.

The group managing director of Thomas Crosbie Holdings Ltd. (TCH), Anthony Dinan, has paid tribute to Michael Geary, outgoing chief executive of Cork Chamber.

ONE-IN-FOUR affiliates of the country’s largest business organisation, Chambers Ireland, have opted not to re-brand as part of a major initiative estimated to have cost €1 million.

Cork Chamber of Commerce is looking for the city’s best company.

THE Government’s commuter rail plans for Cork, hailed yesterday as “visionary”, were originally announced a year-and-a-half ago by then Transport Minister Seamus Brennan.

The chairman of Cork Airport Authority, Joe Gantly has been appointed as senior-vice president of Cork Chamber of Commerce.

The owner of one of the country’s leading construction organisations has been appointed to the board of Cork Chamber of Commerce, according to the Evening Echo.

The Cork Chamber of Commerce family fun day at Fota House on Sunday, 12 June, is nearly booked out.

THE TAOISEACH refused to commit further Government money to the European Capital of Culture in the Dáil yesterday, following criticisms that Cork 2005 had failed to raise adequate commercial sponsorship.

Tommy Barker

A PERIOD home set on 150 acres with 80 acres zoned for housing has been sold for €24 million.

FLYING freeholds, the chance to buy high quality new office accommodation on a floor-by-floor basis, is the selling point at No 5 Lapp’s Quay in Cork city.

WILL an out-of town developer move far enough south to take on the redevelopment of the Dunkathel estate - and to outbid the handful of locals keen to get their hands on a site for a c300 house scheme plus luxury hotel?