I’ve always been excited by musical sounds. My earliest memory is playing a little toy piano with the black keys painted on.

Truth is really stranger than fiction in the life of Dr Aidan MacCarthy and Bob Jackson’s account, while scrupulous on detail, doesn’t get bogged down with it, writes Eoghan O’Sullivan.

We in the West are meat-eating, milk-drinking people, but were farmers or ranchers obliged to compensate for the carbon emissions of their herds, they would be bankrupted. 

More than half of Irish mothers who lost an infant in the weeks before or after birth were either overweight or obese, it has emerged.

Quantum computing could lead to “catastrophic” breaches of online security if protective measures are not introduced, or if the technology is first developed by criminal organisations, according to a technology expert at University College Cork.

Irish schools need to put more of an emphasis on mental health, according to Voice of Ireland coach Bressie.

A former detective inspector has denied gardaí arrested Jules Thomas in bad faith so as to put pressure on her partner Ian Mr Bailey, at the time of his first arrest in connection with the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork.

Demand for booze-free housing in University College Cork has increased this year, leading to a major expansion of a student wellbeing programme.

Students starting university have already developed disturbing patterns of alcohol use, according to the head of student health at University College Cork.

Former Green Party TD Dan Boyle has confirmed his desire to return to local politics as he takes on a new challenge today — studying politics at University College Cork.

Alcohol-free student accommodation is being made available at University College Cork.

You recently reported the comments of Judge Olann Kelleher regarding rates and their effect on businesses in Cork.

Health Minister James Reilly has admitted making ambulance paramedics work 22-hour shifts is “not safe” — but has blamed unions for reform delays.

Arts and humanities do not always have a work placement but hundreds at University College Cork will now be able to do so — without having to leave campus.

Soccer legend Roy Keane has put his money where his mouth is to help develop a new crop of homegrown soccer talent.

Most weeks I turn on to Ship Street on approach to Cork and wonder what on earth is going on with the docks in the city.

A COUNTY Laois company is pioneering the conversion of waste into fuel, which is welcome at a time of high charges for imported oil, petrol and other energy sources.

THIS MONTH marks the 16th anniversary of women in the Irish Naval Service.

THE Government’s plans for health service reforms and universal health insurance need far greater cost analysis and much clearer detail, the head of the largest doctor’s union said.

MAGIC wands, football games played with the brain and fossils from millions of years ago are drawing gasps of wonder from children at a Science Week event in Cork city.

FOOTBALLERS born earlier in the year are more likely to be picked to play at an elite level.

NINE new legal highs are being sold in head shops, replacing drugs banned by the Government last month.

FOR something not fit for human consumption, it’s a strange sales pitch: “Introducing our New Party Powder, Pure NRG. This 1 gram Party Powder gives a little lift to any party and keeps you going all night long.”

WIZARDS and goblins from other realms will battle it out in Cork this weekend in what organisers claim is Europe’s largest student-run gaming conventions.

AN Irish academic who was instrumental in developing methods for more accurate detection of seizures in newborns is to co-lead a major international project to develop new drug treatments for these babies.

CORK harbour could be on the school curriculum thanks to an EU-style approach to coastal management launched yesterday.

PHARMACEUTICAL firm, Merck Sharp & Dohme is linking with the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology to promote advanced research at University College Cork and University College Dublin.

THE award-winning Lewis Glucksman art gallery has celebrated its 200,000th visitor by announcing more guided tours.

BUS ÉIREANN is hoping to offer commuters free rides on a new Luas-style bus system that will be tested in Cork within months.

BRITISH MP George Galloway was taking legal advice yesterday on whether to sue a man he alleges defamed him during a heated debate in Cork on Monday night.

The team for the 2006 Datapac Hurling and Football Championships have been confirmed with the draws to take place next Wednesday at Croke Park.

PBC 6, CBC 3

POWER, not jobs, should be decentralised by government and vested in regional institutions, a business conference in Waterford heard yesterday.

SensL Technologies, a spinout from the National Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC) at University College Cork (UCC), has raised €1m in an investment round led by Delta Partners.

THE worldwide 12 billion computer chip power supply production industry is set to be transformed by an Irish engineering breakthrough which has the potential to create hundreds of jobs in Ireland.

UNLOVED and lonely children are most at risk from internet paedophiles, according to a Cork-based expert.

ANTI-FLUORIDATION campaigners have reacted with disappointment to suggestions that the Minister for Health’s review committee will recommend that public water supplies continue to be dosed with fluoride.