COMING up on the 100th anniversary of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, Cobh’s large Carrig House has proven itself a survivor of all it surveys.

FORMER Fine Gael county councillor Tom Sheahan is to be congratulated on his decision not to take a seat on Cork Vocational Education Committee.

THERE are 25 members of the Cork Vocational Education Committee but the rawest gombeenism has been used by Fine Gael to advance their party interests and bring an admirable tradition of inclusion to an end.

THE number of early school leavers seeking training and education is on the rise as they struggle to find work or college places, according to the head of a service in one of Cork’s most disadvantaged city communities.

WILL a rocker come to roost in a Cobh house with a role in Ireland’s maritime past?