Ballincollig retained it’s Gold Medal Status on Monday 30th September at the Helix in Dublin when the results of the SuperValu National Tidy Towns Competition were announced. This is the town’s eight gold and the Ballincollig Tidy Towns are thrilled. Ballincollig also won the County Award and was the winner of Category G. Their…
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The 13th IT@Cork Tech Leaders Awards took place on Friday 18th October 2019. These awards showcase the companies and universities that are blazing a trail in technology. Continuing from last year’s success of McKesson winning the Multinational Company of the Year Award, we were shortlisted as finalists this year in the Corporate Social Responsibility and…
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Dublin Tech Summit’s second annual DTS Women in Tech Awards took place on Thursday 17th October 2019. These awards highlight the importance of diversity in the workplace, focus on narrowing the gender gap and also recognise the achievements of women working to drive IT excellence, innovation, leadership and success in the tech industry. Maebh Costello,…
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World Mental Health Day was last week, which is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. McKesson Cork and NorthStar Healthcare are very passionate about this and throughout the year focus on this continuously. On Tuesday September 24th McKesson Cork and Northstar Healthcare employees attended our usual monthly…
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Westgate Foundation is a community-based organisation providing an integrated range of services for older people including daycare, community catering, sheltered housing, transport, social and active retired club, social work, and counselling. Westgate Foundation employs a staff team of 60 people and enjoys the support of many volunteers. It is a registered charity and limited company…
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On Friday 30th August we said goodbye to our class of 2019 our amazing Interns! What a fantastic 8 months it has been. Over the course of their time all interns worked on value adding projects with their teams. They have gained a huge amount of experience which will help them to complete their final…
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McKesson, a global leader in healthcare, have announced an innovative PhD scholarship in Computer Science in partnership with the SFI Centre for Research Training in Advanced Networks and Sustainable Societies (ADVANCE) and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). The primary objective of the Centre for Research Training (ADVANCE), and the scholarship, is to train the next…
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For the past three years McKesson Cork and NorthStar have taken the opportunity to commit one day per year to focus entirely on employee engagement and enhancing relations among. In previous years the focus has been on Managing Unconscious Bias and Personality profiling, this year the focus on the Company Day was the topical issue…
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McKesson Cork and NorthStar Healthcare An 18-person crew comprising of McKesson and NorthStar staff participated in the Dragon Boat Challenge on Saturday 6 July 2019, bringing the colour and buzz of sprint racing to Cork city centre. The race is in aid of Meitheal Mara, Cork’s community boatyard and nationally-accredited training centre. The organisation is…
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Paul Collins Prod & Real Estate Rship Mgr. Committing in January, delivering in March “Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part of your brain that wants to keep going ”.. unknown January was as always, a time for…
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