Cork County Council Local Enterprise Offices

Over 300 transition year students from eleven schools across West Cork gathered at the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery for the “Igniting Entrepreneurship” event, hosted by the Local Enterprise Office Cork North and West. Designed to inspire the region’s young minds, the event featured double Olympic gold medallist Fintan McCarthy and his brother Jake, both international rowing champions, who shared their stories of resilience and success.

UPDATE: Phone and email are back in service in our Clonakilty Local Enterprise Office.

Our Clonakilty Local Enterprise Office is currently without phone or email connectivity.

Queries can be directed to the Mallow Office at 022-43235 or northcork@leo.corkcoco.ie.

 Two Cork based businesses have been awarded Local Enterprise Awards from Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Offices (LEO) in Cork North and West and South Cork. Companies ‘Wildberry Bakery’ and ‘The Feed Ducks Initiative’ received the accolade for building successful businesses in their respective regions. 

Youghal’s Mall Arts Centre will play host to a free business seminar for start-up and existing business owners on Friday 19th April 2024 from 10 am – 12.30pm. 

Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Office Cork North and West have announced that teenage entrepreneurs from Patrician Academy will represent North Cork at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Final on Thursday 9th May. 

In the lead-up to next month’s Local Enterprise Week 2024, there's a palpable buzz in County Cork as 2,000 local business enthusiasts are tipped to secure their spots for a week filled with informative and transformative events.

Some of Cork County’s best up and coming craft and design businesses will join over 100 companies from across Ireland for the chance to meet with buyers from all over the world as part of the Local Enterprise Showcase at ‘Showcase 2024’, taking place in the RDS from the 21st to the 23rd of January.  

As part of Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Office Cork North and West continued focus on supporting women in business, a training programme for women was recently held in Springfort Hall Hotel. 

Over 300 enthusiastic transition year students from schools throughout West Cork came together for a memorable day of learning and inspiration on Tuesday 14th November at the Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery.

Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Offices have announced a new campaign aimed at helping small businesses to save, time, money and energy. The ‘All in a Day’s Work’ campaign was formally launched by Neale Richmond, T.D Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail and combines three business support programmes, including Lean for Business, Green for Business, and Digital for Business.