Spectacular sun sculpture to be displayed at Cork cathedral for Midsummer Festival 

Luke Jerram previously thrilled Cork audiences with his representation of the Earth at St Colman's Cathedral in Cobh 

The Helios representation of the Sun by British artist Luke Jerram which will feature at Cork Midsummer Festival. Picture: Bec Hughes

Luke Jerram’s sculpture of the Earth was a major hit at Cork Midsummer Festival in 2022, and the British artist looks set to again draw crowds to his latest work at this year’s event.

Helios is a spectacular six-metre representation of the Sun that will hang at St Fin Barre's Cathedral during the festival in June. Created to scale, each centimetre of the artwork represents 2,300km of the real Sun’s surface, and features such details as sunspots and solar flares. Adding to the atmosphere will be a soundtrack of live NASA recordings of the sun.