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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
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EMC set to expand into Cork city hub
EMC, the technology company which employs close to 3,000 people in Ovens and Ballincollig, is to continue its expansion by taking up extra office space closer to the city centre. Speaking to the Evening Echo at the company’s annual EMC World conference in Las Vegas, EMC Vice President and General Manager Bob Savage confirmed that the company is
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By MARY SMITHWICK Reporting from Las Vegas
in negotiations to secure extra space in Mahon. While he would not be drawn on whether this
would involve new jobs, Mr Savage said the company was in an exciting phase, and that the numbers employed at its Ovens plant would not decrease. “What we’re doing is adding, not taking away,” he said. EMC, the market leader in the provision of information storage equipment, is celebrating 25 years in Cork this year, having grown from a handful of employees to close to 3,000 between the plant at Ovens
Micheál’s niece eyes City Council election A NEW generation of the Martin family is considering entering politics. Kate Martin, the daughter of Councillor Seán Martin and niece of Fianna Fáil leader Micheál, said she is considering running for a seat on Cork City Council next year. She is expected to run in the seven-seat South East ward alongside Cllr Terry Shannon and the party’s Blackrock/Mahon representative Nicholas O’Keeffe. Her father Seán Martin, a former Lord Mayor, is a councillor in the South Central ward. A final-year nursing student at UCC, Kate told the Evening Echo that she has made no decision at this stage but said she was considering running in the Local Kate Martin, niece of FF leader Micheál Martin Elections in 2014. Selection conventions for and daughter of Sean, eyes election seat. Fianna Fáil candidates for the six City Council wards are By ALAN HEALY expected to take place in the coming weeks. councillors Fergal Dennehy in the Former Lord Mayor South West ward and Tom O’Driscoll in Donal Counihan, who the South Central ward. was a Fianna Fáil counSinn Féin has already decided on cillor in the South East candidates for the City Council and will ward, confirmed to the run newcomer Shane O’Shea alongside Evening Echo that he sitting councillor Chris O’Leary in the would not be standing South East ward. in the election to win Residents in the Ballintemple area, 09.05.13 back the seat he lost in who are opposed to the development of 2009. a second GAA pitch at Páirc Uí Recommended Other Fianna Fáil Chaoimh, have said they are also conretail price €1.50 candidates expected to sidering running a candidate in the run include former South East ward.
pany’s commitment to Cork at the Las Vegas conference, stating that the location is “unbelievably important and strategic” adding that the company is dedicated to Cork “for the foreseeable future” Jason Capitel, chief operating officer of EMC EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) said: “The people there, the location, the talent pool, is just outstanding and they’re the most welcoming people as well.” ● See page 4 for more.
EMC’s Bob Savage: Company in Cork expansion. and in associated company, VMware, in Ballincollig. Senior executives from EMC reiterated the com-
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