The meeting will be held on campus at UCC, (a map of which can be found here) with talks taking place in room G2 of the Kane building. More information about how to get to the campus is provided by UCC here, including details on getting here from the city centre and further afield, and important information about the parking situation, should you be driving.
The campus itself is located to the west of the city centre just off Western Road, as shown in the map here. The campus is served by two bus routes from the city centre, the 5 and the 8, the former serving the train station, and both stopping at the bus station. None of the distances involved are particularly great (about 1 mile from city centre to campus) and so, apart from when you are struggling with heavy suitcases, walking is always a very viable option.
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It's likely that you will be driving, in which case the most important bit of advice is there is a shortage of parking spaces in the immediate vicinity of the Mathematics department (located in Aras na Laoi/Lee House). Consequently, if you are staying overnight in a nearby B&B/guest house then you would be well advised to leave the car there.
For users of public transport, the bus station and train station are (relatively) centrally located in the city, with the most useful city bus service from both to the College being the numbers 5 and 8. Otherwise there is always the option of taking a taxi.
Internal flights do exist; Dublin is served by Aer Arann and Ryanair, Belfast by Aer Arann, and there are even flights from Galway
Cork is very well served by direct flights from all corners of Britain. The following are the current list of connections, culled from the Cork airport web site:
For the more hardy traveller there is the option of sea travel. Possibilities include sailing into Rosslare or Dublin/Dun Laoghaire on boats run by Irish Ferries or Stena Line and then either drive across or make use of public transport. From Dublin you have a choice of train or bus; from Rosslare it's bus only.
The number of direct flights connecting Cork to the continent has grown substantially in the last few years. Airlines that serve Cork and the cities they serve include Aer Lingus (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Munich, Paris, Prague and Rome), Centralwings (Krakow) and Wizzair (Gdansk, Krakow). The full picture can be found here: Cork airport web site.
For the non-direct route, it is possible to get flights with scheduled airlines (generally through Dublin, Paris, Heathrow or Amsterdam), which has the safety net that in the event of a delay you should be put on the following flight. Your local travel agent will be the best person to ask for advice.
On the other hand, for those who don't mind a little more risk, you could try stringing together two (or more!) budget airline flights, for example using Ryanair, or Air Berlin, or... to get to Stansted or equivalent, and then using the Ryanair flight to get across to Cork. The risk involved is that these companies will not always guarantee to accommodate you on the next flight should something go wrong with an earlier connection and you end up being delayed. Stansted is not the only gateway that may be of use. A useful site that keeps track of the budget airlines is www.whichbudget.com.
There are no flights from outside Europe direct to Cork, and indeed not so many that come directly to Ireland. But again, these are increasing in number. If flying direct to Ireland the chances are you will land at either Dublin or Shannon, and whoever you fly with will almost certainly be able to sort you out with a connecting flight to Cork at practically no extra cost. On the other hand better prices might be found by a bit of shopping around and coming in via a third country. In this category would be flights into London Heathrow, Amsterdam, Paris or similar via the carrier of your choice, and then onward to Cork with Aer Lingus. Your local, friendly travel agent will be able to advise you.
Be aware that if you come in via London that Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports are a long way apart from each other and so transfers between them will be quite time consuming. Moreover, such a route might cause additional visa headaches for those who have to jump through the bureaucratic hoops.
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Last updated 20 March 2008. This page was created and is maintained by Stephen Wills (s.wills@ucc.ie).
