Shine A Light Sleep-Out 2019

In keeping with the commitment of the McKesson Cork Business Solutions Leadership team, I gladly volunteered to partake in the Shine a Light Night – Sleep-out on Spike Island on October 2019 to support Focus Ireland.   Focus Ireland Fundraising Focus Ireland believes that everyone has a right to a place they can call home.…

Technology Ireland Industry Awards 2019

The 27th Technology Ireland Industry Awards took place on Friday 22nd November 2019. These awards celebrate those companies who have achieved exceptional success, developed innovative technologies and partnerships and achieved significant sales results over the past year. This annual flagship event has gained an exceptional reputation as one of the most coveted Award ceremonies within…

IT@Cork Tech Leaders Awards 2019

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…

Women in Tech Awards 2019

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,…

David Gillick

Health & Wellbeing Talk with Former Olympian David Gillick

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…

McKesson Cork and NorthStar 3rd Annual Company Day

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…

14th Inter-firm Dragon Boat Challenge – 6th July 2019

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…