Sharon Ní Chonchuir reports on ‘Give Peas a Chance’ — a competition that encourages workers to grow food at their desk and in turn get them to grow their own food at home

Carrigtwohill Open Gardens takes place tomorrow from 10am-4pm in aid of the Cork Association for Autism.

A timber smoking shed with a plastic bin into which ashtrays were emptied and a failure to deep clean following a vomiting outbreak were among the significant shortcomings identified in a series of inspections by the health watchdog.

Hungarians hoping to get jobs in an apple-processing factory in Ireland were duped by a fellow national living in Cork into paying €156 each on the pretext that this would cover their flights and accommodation to come over to be interviewed.

A special concert will be held in Cork this week to raise funds for autism supports and services.

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Loud noises and crowds can cause sensory overload and anxiety for lecturer Stuart Neilson, who has Asperger Syndrome, he tells Colette Sheridan

Just weeks after the greening of our Cork landmarks, the city is set to turn blue.

Charity organisers tell Sharon Ní Conchúir about running events in the recession

Adrian Galvin is just one of the 156 peole benefitting from the work of the Cork Association for Autism. Colette Sheridan hears his story

The annual Cork Summer Show, which was due to take place this weekend, has been cancelled.

Torrential rain and gale force winds wreaked havoc with events yesterday, with one of the country’s oldest agricultural festivals worst hit.

High summer has always meant Cork Summer Show.

Dogs might have to be kept on a lead but a cow, a calf, a horse, and a pony were let loose in a city park yesterday to help launch the 171st Cork Summer Show.

They have spent years developing facilities and services for their autistic children.

AN anxious mother believes if politicians reduced some of their “lavish perks”, her autistic teenage son would not have been denied a place at a specialist centre.