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The highly anticipated second annual Economic Forum outputs have been released.

MC Matt Cooper led a panel discussion last October, with key Cork business leaders Anne O’Leary, CEO, Vodafone Ireland; Leslie Buckley, Chairman, INM; Sean O’Driscoll, Chairman, Glen Dimplex plc.; and Eoin O’Driscoll, Forfás.

The afternoon session saw delegates break out into groups for four specific seminars focussing on Tourism, Food, Entrepreneurship, and Branding, the outcomes of which will be used to devise a detailed objective policy plan to be implemented.

2nd Annual Global Cork Economic Forum Outputs | Global Cork Economic Forum 2nd Annual Global Cork Economic Forum Outputs On the 1st October 2014 the 2nd Global Cork Economic Forum took place in Cork City Hall. On the Agenda was Economic Development in Cork in 2014 in response to the Forum Outputs of 2013. The Forum has looked to the future in the context of renewed economi…

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Michael Collins would have celebrated his 125th birthday on October 16th, 2015, should the “big fellow” be repatriated from Dublin to Cork?

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The hugely anticipated Outputs from the 2014 Global Cork Economic Forum will be released in November

The inaugural Global Cork Economic Forum at Cork City Hall. This inaugural Forum, chaired by John Mullins, saw influential Cork Diaspora coming home for meaningful discussions on economic revival and job creation specific to the Cork region. MC for the event was TV, radio host and best-selling author, Matt Cooper.

The hugely anticipated Outputs from the inaugural Global Cork Economic Forum, originally held as part of Cork's flagship Gathering Cork Rebel Week, have now been published and are available to download from http://www.corkbusinessdiaspora.com. Copies have been issued to delegates in attendance on the day. If you would like to find out more about the Global Cork Economic Forum, join the database or nominate an outstanding member of Cork's business diaspora for the database, please visit the website below.

Cork Business Diaspora | Connecting Cork's Global Business Leaders The date for the second Global Cork Economic Forum has been set for Thursday 16th October 2014. Welcome to the website for the Global Cork Economic Forum and the Cork Business Diaspora Network.

We were inundated with requests for Rebel Passports during Rebel Week and in the weeks after. Our team has worked hard to work through the backlog and produce the passports. We would like to sincerely apologise for the delay but all passports have now been printed and will be sent out this week. So if you are awaiting a Rebel Passport, check your post over the coming week.

Experience again some of the unforgettable images that made Rebel Week so memorable. Special thanks to all of the organising commitees throughout the County and the of course the people of Cork who made it all possible!

Rebel Week Image Gallery Some images from an unforgettable week of celebrations throughout County Cork during the flagship Gathering event... Cork Rebel Week!

Cork Rebel Week 2013 has been shortlisted for ‘The Gathering of the Year’ by Chambers Ireland. The week long festival, organised and promoted by Corporate.ie on behalf of Cork City and County Council's with support from The Gathering Ireland, has been the highlight of the Gathering calendar to date. The prestigious awards recognise the hard work that Local Authorities and Gathering committees around the country have undertaken to make The Gathering initiative such a success. Full story available at: http://bit.ly/199S0S9.

Relive Cork Rebel Week 2013's Naval Review as it happened at http://bit.ly/195XUnl.

The event formed part of the International Naval Festival and took place on Friday, 18th October, in the Lower Cork Harbour with British, Russian, French and Belgian war ships taking part. This traditional gathering of ships which was observed by the Minister for Justice and Equality and Minister for Defence, Alan Shatter TD.

Another splendid photo of the City Hall in bathed in red to mark Cork Independence Day on Wednesday, 16th October (courtesy of Diane Jefferies).