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EMC set to expandinto Cork city hubEMC, the technologycompany which em-ploys close to 3,000people in Ovens andBallincollig, is to con-tinue its expansion bytaking up extra officespace closer to thecity centre.

Speaking to the EveningEcho at the company’sannual EMC World confer-ence in Las Vegas, EMCVice President and GeneralManager Bob Savage con-firmed that the company is

By MARY SMITHWICKReporting from Las Vegas

would involve new jobs, MrSavage said the companywas in an exciting phase,and that the numbers em-ployed at its Ovens plantwould not decrease.“What we’re doing is

adding, not taking away,”he said.EMC, the market leader

in the provision of informa-tion storage equipment, iscelebrating 25 years inCork this year, havinggrown from a handful ofemployees to close to 3,000between the plant at Ovens

and in associated company,VMware, in Ballincollig.Senior executives from

EMC reiterated the com-

pany’s commitment to Corkat the Las Vegas confer-ence, stating that the loca-tion is “unbelievably im-portant and strategic”adding that the company isdedicated to Cork “for theforeseeable future”Jason Capitel, chief oper-

ating officer of EMC EMEA(Europe, Middle East andAfrica) said: “The peoplethere, the location, thetalent pool, is just outstand-ing and they’re the mostwelcoming people as well.”● See page 4 for more.

in negotiations to secureextra space in Mahon.While he would not be

drawn on whether this

EMC’s Bob Savage: Com-pany in Cork expansion.

Micheál’s niece eyesCity Council electionA NEW generation of the Martinfamily is considering enteringpolitics.Kate Martin, the daughter of

Councillor Seán Martin and nieceof Fianna Fáil leader Micheál,said she is considering runningfor a seat on Cork City Councilnext year. She is expected to runin the seven-seat South East wardalongside Cllr Terry Shannonand the party’s Blackrock/Mahonrepresentative Nicholas O’Keeffe.Her father Seán Martin, a

former Lord Mayor, is a council-lor in the South Central ward.A final-year nursing student at

UCC, Kate told the Evening Echothat she has made no decision atthis stage but said she was con-sidering running in the LocalElections in 2014.Selection conventions for

Fianna Fáil candidates for the sixBy ALAN HEALYCity Council wards are

expected to take place inthe coming weeks.Former Lord MayorDonal Counihan, whowas a Fianna Fáil coun-cillor in the South Eastward, confirmed to theEvening Echo that hewould not be standingin the election to winback the seat he lost in2009.Other Fianna Fáil

candidates expected torun include former

councillors Fergal Dennehy in theSouth West ward and Tom O’Driscoll inthe South Central ward.Sinn Féin has already decided on

candidates for the City Council and willrun newcomer Shane O’Shea alongsidesitting councillor Chris O’Leary in theSouth East ward.Residents in the Ballintemple area,

who are opposed to the development ofa second GAA pitch at Páirc UíChaoimh, have said they are also con-sidering running a candidate in theSouth East ward.

Kate Martin, niece of FF leader Micheál Martinand daughter of Sean, eyes election seat.

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