Linda Kiely, co-founder and director of Cork-headquartered business process outsourcing company Voxpro, has been named as the Cork Business Woman of the Year 2014.

Ireland’s allocation of working visas for Canada is to be increased by 60% to 10,000 for 2014.

10,000 Canadian working visas are being made available to Irish people this year.

The Government has unveiled a series of one-stop-shop events for existing and potential entrepreneurs called ‘Taking Care of Business’.

The antique market is hotting up at the moment with a two-day National Antiques Fair getting underway at Moran’s Silver Springs Hotel in Cork today, as well as today’s auctions of history at Whyte’s, Dublin, antiques and collectibles at O’Donovan’s, Newcastle West, Co Limerick, followed tomorrow by a country house sale by de Vere’s in Rathmichael, Co Dublin, a Sunday Interiors auction at James Adam’s and an auction at the Garryvoe Hotel and sales this week in Bray, Bandon and Sixmilebridge, the autumn season is rapidly getting into top gear.

Consider yourself a self-respecting Rebel die-hard? Not unless you meet these criteria.

If watching Xposé is a guilty secret of yours, today’s the day to get a group of friends together and head to Cork as the Xposé Live show is in town.

People interested in working in Canada will be able to meet expats who have already made that move at a jobs expo at the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork City on Wednesday.

Irish boxing star Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan is still on target for a world title shot in 2013 — and next month he takes the latest step on that road.

Many emigrating Irish families are often split up for months at a time as one parent heads to the destination country to organise the move.

People who are concerned that their memory loss is the first sign of dementia could be set to benefit from a breakthrough screening test.

The Katie Taylor machine rolls on to Waterford tonight after a unanimous victory over American Liz Leddy at the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork last night.

Katie Taylor’s penultimate bout in Ireland before she competes in the World Championships went exactly to plan last night when she beatAmerican Liz Leddy in an unanimous verdict at a packed Silver Springs Hotel, Cork.

BLARNEY trainer John Linehan enjoyed his best season as a trainer last year and 2012 has got off to a smashing start also.

Cork: The Engineers Ireland Annual Conference will take place at Silver Springs Hotel in Cork on April 22 and 23.

DAIRY farmers from all over Europe will be in Cork next week for the European Dairy Farmers (EDF) Congress.

The former leader of the INLA in Dublin, Declan `Whacker’ Duffy, has been jailed for four years for membership of the organisation.

FORMER minister Ned O’Keeffe is likely to get the go-ahead tomorrow to contest a seat in the European Parliament with a last-minute withdrawal by Senator John Hanafin widely expected.

The Labour Party tonight selected Senator Alan Kelly as its candidate for the Ireland South constituency in next year’s European Parliament elections.

BUSINESS leaders across Cork are gearing up for what has been described as the “Oscars” for city centre trading.

GARDAÍ were last night continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the drowning of a 54-year-old mother of four in Cork’s River Lee.

NEVER mind that it was the inaugural Munster rugby awards — there will never be a more popular player of the year than prop John Hayes.

THE NHL games which fell victim to the weather last weekend have now been re-fixed, with Cork playing Waterford in Walsh Park on Saturday at 2.30pm, while Carlow take on Meath at 1pm the same day in Dr Cullen Park. Dublin now play Antrim on March 28th.

IRISH people living illegally in America were yesterday warned not to celebrate prematurely after the US Senate passed an immigration bill offering a path to citizenship.

THAT was a rather thought-provoking article on Cheltenham by Alastair Down in the Racing Post on Tuesday.

THE Sunday Business Post, iQuest and Mary FitzGerald PR Consultants are hosting the Property Expo aimed at new and seasoned Irish property investors in Cork at the Silver Springs Hotel this weekend.

THE Progressive Democrats have cancelled all entertainment on the opening night of their annual conference in Cork this weekend as a mark of respect to the late Pope John Paul II.

SINN Féin’s “overlap” with the IRA will have to be abandoned if Republican politicians want to play a role in the democratic peace process in the North, DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson said yesterday.

The Democratic Unionist Party will join Fianna Fáil in a “symbolic” debate on the Northern Ireland peace process in Cork next week, it emerged today.

Cookery demonstration by Darina Allen of Ballymaloe Cookery School, in aid of Tsunami Disaster Fund, at Garryvoe Hotel on Thursday, February 3, at 8pm.

ESB National Grid, which operates the country’s network of power lines, will host a series of workshops around the country next month to promote its scheme to cut business electricity costs.

THE former Mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, arrived in Cork last night for a week-long visit to Ireland — his first stay in this country.

THE nature of county councils is stopping women from entering local politics, a major conference was told over the weekend.

THE Taoiseach was heckled by more than 300 angry IFI workers, seeking an improved redundancy package, when he arrived in Cork last night.