An attempt to create the world record for the most “sand angels” will be made at Duncannon Beach tomorrow as part of the annual Sand Sculpting Festival.

A sell-out concert at Cork’s City Hall has helped to raise vital funds towards the recovery from a stroke of Evening Echo reporter Deirdre O’Reilly, herself a champion fundraiser for charity.

Last Monday, Nate Silver re-launched his website, fivethirtyeight.com, writing a lengthy manifesto to accompany the new-look site, which features an equally lengthy list of new writers.

A major fundraising concert is to be held for a mother of two children who helped collect €1m for various charities but who now needs help herself after suffering a debilitating stroke.

Flatley reigned and then it poured — or was it the other way around?

He raised his family and worked within the walls of Elizabeth Fort, and yesterday, he returned for the first time in almost 20 years for a trip down memory lane.

Making classical music fun for children is the aim of a show called The Music Factory, which will be performed at Cork’s Everyman on Saturday.

Dancers, martial arts exponents, sea creatures, and of course a few Vikings were all in the mix as Waterford celebrated the national day with a few nods to its past and its heritage.

The mayor of San Francisco Edwin Mah Lee served as grand marshal at the Cork St Patrick’s Day parade yesterday, making his first return visit to Leeside, having initially toured the city in 1969 as a high school student.

Members of a legendary brass and reed band marched through Cork city yesterday to honour their founder as part of their 175th anniversary celebrations.

RENOWNED Irish artist Robert Ballagh performed the spectacular unveiling of a community art project created by Cork’s homeless.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork led a multi-faith ceremony yesterday as the city marked the national day of commemoration for the first time.