Place: Little Island

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<p>Dornan Engineering Group was founded in 1966 and is based on Little Island in Cork. </p>

companies

US firm acquires Cork-based Dornan Engineering Group as part of expansion plans

Dornan Engineering Group is largely focused on large-scale projects for blue-chip companies predominantly in the advanced technology sector, including data centres and biopharma facilities

<p>Gardaí said they had found a large bag which had been placed in his vehicle which was found to contain approximately eight kilograms of cannabis with an estimated street value of €160,000.</p>

court and crime

Gardaí caught man with €160k worth of cannabis in car park of Cork hotel, court told

<p>The applicant claims that given his connection with the area it is highly likely that some or many of the objectors were known to Paul Hyde (pictured) and his family. File picture: Dan Linehan</p>

court and crime

Recycling firm claims Paul Hyde was involved in planning refusal for Cork facility, court told

munster

Cork hotel rejects accusation of price hikes amid Storm Babet flooding

companies

PepsiCo invests a further €39m in its Cork facility

munster

Gardaí continue search for Kieran Quilligan at Little Island

Data protection firm Vault365 eyes further UK expansion and revenue growth

The business, which has an office on Little Island in Cork, has experienced high demand since it launched on the Irish market last year amid a surge in cybercrime and ransomware attacks

Wed, 26 Jul, 2023

Cork allocated over €83m for road projects

Figure includes the €39m spent on the Macroom bypass, which opened in December

Thu, 16 Feb, 2023

'Sinkhole was nearly 6ft deep': Little Island businesses call on Government to fund road upgrades

Several companies have threatened to withhold commercial rates and to carry out the work on crumbling roads themselves

Tue, 07 Feb, 2023

Plan to create more sustainable travel options at Little Island approved

Project involves creating priority public transport corridors and an internal network of new footpaths and cycleways

Sun, 12 Sep, 2021

Cork-based Compliance & Risks to create up to 100 jobs after US buyout

Expansion plan for company with offices in Buffalo, Brussels, and London which helps firms navigate complex regulation regimes

Mon, 12 Jul, 2021

New Cork bus route to connect Little Island and Hollyhill

Starting on Wednesday, the route will connect two of the city's busiest employment hubs

Mon, 05 Jul, 2021

Young Corkman gets a year for robbing post office with wheel brace

The court heard there two other men involved in the robbery and they were desperate to gather money to pay a drugs debt

Wed, 26 May, 2021

Waste facility in Cork's Little Island refused

The facility attracted more than 100 submissions opposing the development.

Fri, 30 Apr, 2021

Cork man jailed for threatening behaviour

Judge said it was incredible that the man had been convicted eight times previously for his threatening behaviour

Mon, 22 Mar, 2021

Homeware chain JYSK pushes out plans for second Cork store

Danish giant was due to have second store up and running in Eastgate Retail Park in Little Island by June

Thu, 28 Jan, 2021

Cork pizza company opens new factory with plans to grow internationally

A Cork pizza company is expanding its operations and workforce to meet demands as consumers increased their spend on groceries during Covid-19 restrictions.

Wed, 08 Jul, 2020

Gilead to create 140 jobs in Dublin and Cork

Drugmaker Gilead has announced plans to open a new €7m base establishing a paediatric centre of excellence in Ireland that will create 140 jobs in Dublin and Cork.

Wed, 08 Jul, 2020

Bernard Mallee: Give patients access to new innovative medicines through a joint State-industry deal

The new Taoiseach has an opportunity to make medicines innovation count for the economy and public health, writes Bernard Mallee

Tue, 30 Jun, 2020

Bossard Ireland: Shipping fasteners and face masks from its base in Cork

Having spent recent weeks supplying more than a million face masks and hand sanitiser for workers around the globe, Bossard Ireland has opened a new warehouse focused on their core business with plans to further expand its workforce.

Tue, 30 Jun, 2020

Man tried to break into manager's office to retrieve seized drugs, court hears

A young man who accidentally dropped a suspected drug at his place of work only for his employer to pick it up and put it in his office, later tried to break into the office to retrieve it.

Tue, 30 Jun, 2020

Timesheets fill up as golf clubhouses reopen

Golf courses moved into the next phase of their roadmap out of pandemic with a leading club general manager talking optimistically of a strong future for the sport in Ireland.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

Testing times: The laboratory helping Irish sport return to play

RETURNING to play after the lockdown is a process that’s producing a variety of questions — for athletes, for sports organisations, for spectators. Everyone, in other words.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

'Key enabler' road on Cork's northside to be mapped out

Consultants are to be appointed to map out the route for a "key enabler" road on the northside of Cork city.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Irish Rail raises €86,000 in three months from clamping fines

Irish Rail generated almost €86,000 in car clamping fines during the first three months of the year, almost 30% of which was collected from two Cork stations alone.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2020

Competition restart will bring Irish golf nearer normality

The social life of Ireland’s golf clubs is still on hold but there will be an extra dimension returning next week if the Government moves the country into Phase 2 of its Roadmap out of Covid-19 lockdown.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2020

B-Side the Leeside: The Fatima Mansions and the story of 'Viva Dead Ponies'

Ed Power speaks with songwriter Cathal Coughlan, best known to some for his part in Microdisney, and to others in the harder-edged band he formed afterwards.

Wed, 27 May, 2020

Has Covid-19 made us reinvent the way we live?

Have pandemic restrictions changed our homes forever? Eve Kelliher consults Cork interior designer Sinead Kelly

Fri, 15 May, 2020

Cork-based Ballymaloe Food secures Australian supermarket deal

Ballymaloe Foods will start supplying 120 Coles Supermarkets across Australia in May.

Wed, 13 May, 2020

Letters to the editor: A chance to realise the city's real potential

In 'Cork eyes pedestrian plan' (30/04/20) we were warned by Cllr Des Cahill (FG) that we cannot put one lobby group's interests ahead of another as lockdown restrictions are lifted. It was interesting that he targeted cyclists!

Sun, 03 May, 2020

Enable Ireland facing shortfall of €1.5m as charity shops shut

Disability services charity Enable Ireland is facing a potential €1.5m shortfall following the enforced closure of its charity shops.

Wed, 22 Apr, 2020

Major e-commerce boost for An Post with 40% profit rise in wake of controversial Cork move

The business saw a third successive year of profit and revenue growth, with like-for-like profits up 40% on prior year and like-for-like revenue up 2%.

Fri, 17 Apr, 2020

School Daze: ‘School was a horror’

Yasmin Hyde went to school in the 1950s, ‘when education was taught by fear’.

Sun, 12 Apr, 2020

Cork firm offers online facilities to other local retailers

A Cork firm has invested €20,000 in its online store to allow other local producers to showcase their wares for free.

Wed, 08 Apr, 2020

Garda car ‘attacked by man with slash hook’

A father and his two sons have appeared before Cork District Court following an incident where a Garda patrol car was attacked by a man with a slash hook at a halting site in the county.

Sun, 05 Apr, 2020

Golf clubs hoping for reclassification of greenkeeping staff as essential workers

The Irish Golf and Club Managers Association is hoping the Government will reclassify greenkeeping staff as essential workers in order to keep courses primed and ready for the end of the current coronavirus restrictions and a return to the sport.

Mon, 30 Mar, 2020

Cork gym owners put rivalries aside to help get through the Covid-19 crisis

Despite having a world of financial worries on their shoulders, SMEs across the country have shown their willingness to help each other in any way they can during the Covid-19 crisis.

Fri, 20 Mar, 2020

Cork Mail Centre to close in the early hours

The Cork Mail Centre closed in the early hours of tomorrow morning as the last shift finished at the Little Island facility.

Fri, 20 Mar, 2020

Cork charities and health workers to benefit as fruit and veg seller gives away warehouse of stock

A businessman with a warehouse full of fruit and veg is giving it away wholesale before it rots as businesses in Cork City promise they’ll be ‘back soon’.

Thu, 19 Mar, 2020

'I'm used to the isolation': Brendan Boyce controlling the controllable as Olympic preparations continue

"In Spain, we would have been clocking up to 180kms a week. I’ll just do that mileage here in Cork now."

Tue, 17 Mar, 2020

An Post closing Cork mail centres in major change of operations

An Post is considering the closure of some of its suburban delivery offices in Cork as part of a major reconfiguration of operations which includes the closure of its large mails centre in Little Island within weeks.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

An Post considering closing Cork delivery offices

Last June, the phased closure of the Cork Mail Centre in Little Island was announced, with the decision affecting 240 people.

Wed, 04 Mar, 2020

Cork city flood defence scheme will make the river safer, says OPW

The Office of Public Works has released new images of its proposed flood defences for Cork.

Tue, 25 Feb, 2020

'Cork Connect': Private bus to connect Apple HQ with Little Island

A new private bus service approved by the National Transport Authority (NTA) is set to get underway in Cork at the end of next month and will connect the northside of the city at Apple Computers with Kent Station and the commercial and industrial hubs in Little Island.

Thu, 06 Feb, 2020

Businesses remained focused on delivery of Cork event centre amid latest set back