Giving back to the community and fulfilling our corporate social responsibilities is a fundamental part of who we are at McKesson in Cork. Our call to action is inspired by our unique ICARE values (Integrity, Customer First, Accountability, Respect and Excellence). While Christmas can be a time of considerable hardship for some families and individuals…
At NorthStar Healthcare, we have a talented team of highly qualified professionals with strong pharmaceutical experience drawn from the multi-national pharma eco-system across Ireland. As a distributor/sourcing organization of private label generic (Gx) pharmaceuticals, the quality operations team of NorthStar Healthcare creates value through due diligence in multiple different areas. One area we didn’t have a…
When I think about our recent CSR trip to the Westgate Foundation in Ballincollig, Cork, the idea of community comes to mind. What is a community? It’s a group of people, who are bonded by something in common (e.g. location, goals, sport, heritage, values, etc.). Between our two very different (yet related) healthcare businesses co-located…
Why would a group of people get up from their warm bed to do a 5km walk at 4.15 in the morning? In one word, compassion. That is what a group of McKesson / NorthStar colleagues did, with other groups, at separate locations around Cork; other people did it around the globe as a community of thousands walking together, on Saturday morning, May 12th 2018. The “Darkness into Light” walk is an event…
It all began with the McKesson Wellness challenge (an 8-week walking challenge) a bit of fun and a bit of banter. Little did we know that a short walk would lead to a 26.2-mile marathon. Training began earnestly in February at which stage we all felt confident we would complete the Marathon. Straws were drawn at the multiple meetings to discuss the strategy in…
The 2018 Spring I/O Conference was held in Barcelona on the 24th and 25th of May 2018. Liam O’Brien and Michael O’Hegarty from McKesson Automation/AI Software Labs Cork were among the 1,000 attendees from 47 different countries. The two-day agenda was fully packed, each time slot had a main event and 4 side track events catering for workshops and more special…
A special Christmas for local families. Every Christmas, McKesson & NorthStar work with St. Vincent de Paul for the annual ‘Giving Tree’ event and this year was no exception. Gifts of all shapes and sizes were generously donated to this extremely worthy cause. We received tags for fifty boys and fifty girls, with names and…
Cork is well known for its vibrant software developer community and I’ve been lucky enough to be able to attend numerous events and meet some very inspiring individuals. McKesson Cork recently sponsored one of these collaboration events organised by corkdev.io and I had the opportunity to present and give something back to the volunteers who…
Last September I set out to complete the Canfranc Canfranc Challenge in aid of Aware, a national mental health charity in Ireland providing support services to those experiencing depression. The event itself consists of running 45km across four of the peaks in the Pyrennes Mountains on the Spanish-French border. It’s one of the rising events on the European trail running circuit…
As I waited on Patricks Bridge along with 125 other amateur cyclists I was filled with mixed emotions. The Hill was filled full of supporters, banners, flags and shouts of encouragement all accompanied by the pipe band belting out songs of support. I tried to block it all out as I reflected on the last…