It’s nice to finish the awards season off with a win. If you’ve been keeping up to date with our blogs posts, you’ll know that we’ve been shortlisted as finalists in a number of different events over the last couple of months. These shortlisting’s have given us a great opportunity for continuous branding, networking opportunities,…
Recognising true talent within an organisation is important. Each year McKesson do this by asking its Leaders to nominate employees for their outstanding contributions in different categories. One of these awards is the HR Impact award. Over 130 nominations were received and 16 winners were chosen, however on the night we were delighted to hear…
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…
On the week starting Monday 11th November, Daniel McCarthy started his week long transition year experience at McKesson. Daniel got a glimpse of what it would be like to work within a development and also security team for a Fortune 7 company. Before leaving, I took a few moments to talk to Daniel to ask…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…