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We are responsible for developing and managing the university’s media and communications strategy and for providing a support and advisory service to staff in these areas.

University News

26 Mar 2024

Public facing “silent crisis” of vitamins and minerals deficiency, experts warn

Europe is facing a nutrient deficiency that will impact children’s development and curtail healthy aging among older adults, experts have warned.
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Members of the Cavanagh family at the naming of The Cavanagh Way (l-r); Maeve O’Shaughnessy; Ronan Cavanagh; Professor John O’Halloran, President, UCC; Fiona Collier; Cal Healy, Deputy Director of Business Development and Advancement, UCC; and Conor Cavanagh. Photo by Ger McCarthy.
25 Mar 2024

UCC’s new riverside walkway named The Cavanagh Way

UCC is pleased to announce that its new riverside walkway has been named The Cavanagh Way. At a recent event on campus, members of the Cavanagh family officially opened The Cavanagh Way in memory of the late Tom and Marie Cavanagh. The naming recognises the Cavanagh’s generous philanthropy to the university, which has had a transformative effect on the campus, staff and students.
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INFANT Director Professor Geraldine Boylan, UCC President, Professor John O’Halloran, An Tánaiste, Micheál Martin TD, and Lily Collison, Board Member Cerebral Palsy Foundation and advocate for CP care in Ireland at the launch of ELEVATE, a new €11.6 million Cerebral Palsy research programme at University College Cork. Photography By Gerard McCarthy
22 Mar 2024

Tánaiste launches new €11.6 million Cerebral Palsy research programme at University College Cork

The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD, today launched a new €11.6 million research programme focused on Cerebral Palsy at University College Cork (UCC).
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Photo (L-R): Dr Carol Power and Dr Caroline Crowley, Centre for Co-operative Studies in the Cork University Business School. Photo credit: Ruben Martinez (UCC).
22 Mar 2024

Home care co-operatives can play a large role for older people care in Ireland, new report finds.

UCC study assessed the potential of care co-operatives in Ireland. The care co-operative model provides an alternative option to supporting older people to age well at home. In Ireland, most older people prefer to remain in their own homes, or, at least, in their own communities rather than in institutional settings, as they age. Study recommends the development of state-supported pilot actions to trial the development of care co-operatives.
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