By Trevor O’Keeffe – Head Chef at The Metropole Hotel Cork Squash Penne Pasta Ingredients 3 tbsp olive oil 1 small onion, thinly diced 500g/1lb 2oz pumpkin or butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and diced1 sprig of thyme 1 sprig of rosemary finely chopped 1tsp garlic paste 400g pasta (we used penne) 25g freshly grated smoked …
Blog
Endurance, Resilience and Conquering Your Everest with Pat Falvey
Endurance, Resilience and Conquering your Everest Mountaineer, polar explorer, expedition leader and Cork-man Pat Falvey to speaker to the Trigon Hotel team this November as part of the DataBites Speaker Series at the Trigon Hotels group. On the 5th November at 3pm, Pat Falvey will address the Trigon Hotels team with an inspiring and motivational …
Halloween Recipe | Sticky Toffee and Apple Cookies
By Anna Hevers – Graduate Intern from Shannon College of Hotel Management Sticky Toffee and Apple Cookies Ingredients 175g unsalted butter , at room temperature 140g golden caster sugar 2 egg yolks 50g ground almond 85g chewy toffees, roughly chopped 85g/3oz dried apple chunks, roughly chopped 225g self-raising flour Recipe MAKES 15 Preheat the oven …
Halloween Recipe | Sausage Mummies
By Anna Hevers – Graduate Intern from Shannon College of Hotel Management Sausage Mummies Ingredients 1 Jus-Rol puff pastry sheet 6 sausages – O’Flynns are fantastic 1 egg, for egg wash Halloween eye cake decorations Honey Recipe Preheat the oven to 180C. Slice the Jus Rol pastry using a pizza cutter length ways so you …
Cork International Hotel wins Best Use of Digital Marketing for the Greater Good at Cork Digital Marketing Awards
Cork International Hotel wins Best Use of Digital Marketing at Cork Digital Marketing Awards 2020 Here at Trigon Hotels, we were delighted to hear that Cork International Hotel has been recognised for their CSR efforts by winning Best Use of Digital Marketing at Cork Digital Marketing Awards 2020. We are honoured to be recognised by …
Podcast of the Week – Win Happy
Running out of podcasts to listen to? Never fear! We suggest that you check out this Cork podcast Win Happy, with Greg Canty, Founder of Fuzion Communications, a leading PR & Marketing agency in Ireland. Started in 2018, the weekly podcast features interesting chats with interesting people about interesting things on the theme of ‘Winning …
How to Accomplish Anything
With Enda Doherty In the middle of lockdown, our teams had the chance to sit down (virtually) with Enda O Doherty, endurance athlete and motivational speaker as part of our DataBites Speaker Series. Having completed 9 marathons in 8 days while carrying a washing machine on his back, then climbing Mt Kilimanjaro with it …
Trigon Spotlight – Breda O Connell
We at Cork International Hotel would like to introduce you to Breda O Connell one of our fantastic Senior Receptionists. You may have met Breda when checking in at the front desk, enquiring over the phone or perhaps occasionally at our events as she is always willing to give a hand. Breda grew up in …
Trigon Tea & Treats At Three
Trigon Tea & Treats At Three A well-being initiative for May 1st – Workplace Wellbeing Day 2020 This Workplace Wellbeing Day, join us in an initiative to create some mindfulness in your day. We are taking a purposeful pause at 3pm on May 1st and we encourage you to do the same with your teams. …
METROPOLE RALLIES FOR PENNY DINNERS
METROPOLE HOTEL RALLIES TOGETHER FOR PENNY DINNERS One of the initiatives is the Raw Egg Challenge – would you do it? Staff at the Metropole Hotel in Cork have come together to continue to raise funds for Cork’s Penny Dinners. Cork Penny Dinners is one of Cork’s oldest caring charitable organisations and the …