Cork-based business innovation work and events space Republic of Work has given third level students access to its facilities in exchange for a donation to St Vincent de Paul.

The arrival of a US-based IT/digital-based international marketing company to high-spec offices within a 200-year old Cork city centre Georgian building — and one which had had lain idle for over a decade — speaks volumes for the street’s renewal, and changing tecchie tenant profile.

EASIER commutes and the staff’s desire to be closer to the city centre has inspired Digisoft.tv to move from Cork Airport Business Park to the Republic of Work on the South Mall.

Eventbrite, the largest live ticketing platform in the world, is offering food, travel and wellness bonuses worth €190 a month as part of a perks package for a recruitment drive in Cork.