Tag: cork

  • Can anyone help Keola?

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    Apologies fi you have read Keola Donaghy’s story already but I felt bad for him so I just had to post about his story to see if anyone could help him. Keola was coming to Ireland with his family to do a PhD in University College Cork. Unfortunately immigration officials at Dublin airport didn’t let…

  • Donncha in Photo exhibition

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    Mallow Camera Club are holding an exhibition of photographs in Mallow Town Library for charity for the next three weeks and fellow blogger, photo blogger and WordPress lead developer, Donncha O’Caoimh will have one of his photos in the exhibition for sale – well done Donncha. Head along if you get a chance, it is…

  • Intruders.tv launches in Ireland

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    In case you haven’t come across it elsewhere already today, Conn O’Muineachain has launched a channel on Intruders.tv focussing on Irish startups. From the About page: Our main objective is to take you to the major conferences and events around the world, interview entrepreneurs and investors, visit exciting startups and give you a first look…

  • Views from the CIX mast

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    We are erecting a 24 metre mast outside our CIX data centre in Cork. I was curious to know what the visibility would be like for our mast’s customers (we will be renting out space on the mast) so yesterday when we had a cherry picker onsite I had the driver lift me 10 metres…

  • Cork – the ideal location for your IT business?

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    it@cork has published the results of its member survey. 165 members completed the survey giving a detailed insight into the how I.T. is faring in Cork. The main points are: 70% of respondents indicated that their businesses achieve average-to-excellent value from recently qualified IT graduates 30% of respondents indicated that their organisations had openings for…

  • CIX project

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    The CIX project is hurtling along (CIX is a project to build Cork’s first professional data centre). I have posted photos over on the CIX blog of the mast foundation (160 tonnes of concrete and 5km of rebar steel!), the burying of our data cable ducts and of the installation of our suspended ceiling. If…

  • OpenCoffee Club Cork

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    OpenCoffee Club is, according to Saul Klein: This is an attempt to establish recognized, open and regular meeting places where entrepreneurs can meet with investors (and anyone else who fancies coming along) in a totally informal setting. Conor O’Neill has announced the start of an OpenCoffee Club in Cork. The first Cork OpenCoffee Club will…

  • Just to clarify

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    I have heard it back that the reason for my recent posts about Blacknight is nothing to do with my poor customer service experience but rather because I am trying to bully Blacknight into becoming a customer of CIX!!! In case anyone else has heard this ridiculous rumour and has put any stock in it…