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Launch of new ‘CIT Alumni Discounts Solution’

The CIT Alumni Association (CITAA) in association with ‘Group Buying Organisation’ (GBO) is pleased to announce a new “CIT Alumni Discounts Solution”.

Group Buying Organisation (GBO), a participant of the Genesis Enterprise Programme (GEP) based in the CIT Rubicon Centre, is launching a new unique website providing a growing number of exclusive discounts for CIT Alumni Association members.

There is an initial selection of 50+ discounts/special offers for CIT Alumni Association members to avail of and GBO expect that the number of discounts and offers will at least double over the next 12 months providing an even wider choice and selection. 

Register at http://citalumni.gbo.ie (it just takes 20 seconds) where you can enjoy the ‘electronic window shopping’. 

Enjoy the system and watch the discounts selection grow over the coming months.

A 140 Character Conversation with Conor Counihan

On the 14th April, 2011, CIT Graduate and Cork Football Manager, Conor Counihan addressed students and staff at a Charity Breakfast Briefing at CIT.

Conor attended CIT in 1981 where he studied as an apprentice pipe fitter and played college football with CIT for a few years. We caught up with Conor after breakfast and put a few questions his way.

1. Whose advice has been indispensible in your career?
A former boss Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. In a sporting context, playing colleagues such as Larry Tomkins, and coaches such as Billy Morgan.

2. What’s the most rewarding element of your job?
Seeing people make progress. On the field, watching players develop, and in work situation, watching people with special needs make extraordinary progress.

3. What are you looking forward to at the moment?
I’m expecting a horse to run in Mallow on Easter Monday and I’m hopeful!

4. What did you want to be when you grew up?
A Garda. But I remember an incident up the country where the gardaí went in first. After that I said I wasn’t going there. A good run was better than a bad stand I figured.

5. What gets your goat?
Bureaucracy and Wafflers.

6. What achievement did you think you might not pull off?
All Ireland success as a player.

7. What would you tell your 18 year old self?
I’d certainly say enjoy life but try and achieve a balance.

8. By nature, are you club or county?
Club

9. What’s lingering on your to-do list this week?
I’m still fighting with my IT skills so I’d be continuing to try and improve these week by week. I completed an ECDL course but that is still not enough.

10. What habit do you long to lose?
I don’t listen enough.
 

 

 

 

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