Cork teenager Jessie Griffin is launching a new comic-book series about her own life. She tells Donal O’Keeffe about her work as a comic artist, living with Asperger’s, and her life-changing time with the Cork Life Centre

Young people are falling through the cracks in the education system, the director of a Cork-based educational project has warned.

The high-tech Ludgate Hub which has brought one-gigabit connectivity to the West Cork town of Skibbereen is set for up to €30,000 in funding, thanks to a partnership with a Cork charity and philanthropic network.

Cork Life Centre, 95% staffed by volunteers, is not focused on the ‘points race’. The students, reap the benefits, writes Colette Sheridan

As a million tonnes of food is dumped here each year, FoodCloud collects surplus food from businesses and distributes it to local charities, writes Donal O’Keeffe.

It’s a world away from the glitz and glamour of the Dome in Tralee last August.

A wealthy benefactor has thrown a lifeline to an education centre for marginalised teenagers which is at risk of closure.

A voluntary centre which helps keep marginalised and vulnerable teenagers in education is facing closure over a funding crisis.

Staff at a centre for school dropouts which faces possible closure due to a lack of funding have launched a petition in a bid to convince the Department of Education to save it.

A centre for early school-leavers which faces possible closure unless it secures extra funding has revealed it is turning away a growing number of referrals.

Cork Life Centre offers a second chance of education to early school leavers, writes Noelle McCarthy