Business Networking Breakfast on Friday at Dunnes Stores Patrick Street. Great turnout.

Cathy Fitzgibbon, President, Network Ireland Cork,
and Lucy O'Donoghue, Lucy O'Donoghue Consulting,

 Business Networking Breakfast on Friday at Dunnes Stores, Patrick Street.

There was a great turnout at the new Foodhall on Patrick Street for Friday's Business Networking Breakfast.

Kate Lawlor, Head chef at O’Connell’s Fishmongers, did a cooking demo, while Donal

Skehan (Dunnes Stores Ambassador) spoke on sustainability, ahead of the panel discussion on Food Sustainability, Kate Ryan of Flavour.ie was MC and the event featured

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• Ailis Crowley from FASH Forward, who gave practical insights for reducing food waste in business
• Maria Young from Green Spaces Cork on the impact of community gardens and growing local
• Virginia O’Gara from My Goodness / Cork Urban Soil Project on circular food systems and composting
• Pat Whelan, on Sustainability in Food Production and Retail (plus a little hint of a new addition to the Food Hall)
• Diarmuid Gavin on sustainability and composting. Diarmuid is an Irish Garden Designer & Creator of Dunnes Stores "Outer Spaces"

CBA members; Kate Neville, Cliona Barnes, Clara OíNeill, Vice President, and Eoin O'Sullivan,

Dunnes Team members pictured at the Cork On A Fork Networking Breakfast at the new
Dunnes Stores Patrick Street Food Hall on Friday.

All pics by Michael O'Sullivan / OSM PHOTO

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