More than 1,400 events are taking place nationwide this evening as part of Culture Night.

A record number of visitors are expected to flock to 34 towns, cities, and regions across the country next month for a free evening of music, dance, theatre, and art.

Cork County Council has turned matchmaker to the region’s artists and venue owners in a bid to connect them ahead of next month’s colourful Culture Night.

The lead police investigator into the Brazil night-club fire has said the flare that set the ceiling alight was designed for outdoor use only.

DUE to all the negative reports of Youghal that have appeared in and on the local media recently I feel compelled to share the positive side with your readers.

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THEY'RE funny at first and lighten the heart, like a ray of sunshine, gleaming and sparkling on a perfect mountainous snow-laden landscape although just as the sun's gentle warmth, in caressing the tiny snowflakes, will result in a chilly, unsightly sludge, nature thus destroying its own beauty they too will become irksome and ugly to contemplate.