The studio of sculptor Eilís O’Connell is perched on a hillside near Inniscarra, Co Cork.

Competing bids by University College Cork was a factor in Cork Institute of Technology paying €300,000 over the asking price for a city centre property.

Cork-based Leanne McDonagh has brought an artist’s eye to her photographs of Travellers and their accommodation, writes Marjorie Brennan.

There was a time Ireland’s raised bogs were considered to be of little worth but now their value as a refuge for rare and beautiful plant and animal species is recognised across the world, writes Donal Hickey

Engineering and science programmes have been struggling to cope with funding shortfalls, the acting president of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has said.

Crawford graduate Stephen Doyle visited Russia to create portraits of gay people living under that country’s oppressive sexuality laws, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

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Feminism and the female body are hot topics in Irish arts at the moment, as reflected by Jesse Jones and her entry for the Venice Biennale, writes Colette Sheridan

Artist Siobhain Steele shows her mettle with ceramics, says Aileen Lee.

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The famed Honan Chapel in University College Cork is set to celebrate its 100th year.

Many people in Cork are surprised to hear that the old FAS building on Sullivan’s Quay is not abandoned and empty but, in fact, home to Sample-Studios, a multi-disciplinary creative centre that includes 62 art studios, an exhibition gallery, a 51 seater amphitheatre and a host of other facilities.

The authors of a new book on Beamish & Crawford describe how the brewery’s founding families played a huge role in Cork’s cultural life

Quintet is an impressive exhibition that gathers work from a number of Ireland’s top sculptors, writes Alan O’Riordan

CELEBRATING 25 years, the Backwater Artists Group (BAG) in Cork has plenty to shout about. It is one of the largest artists’ studio groups in Ireland. But a technical glitch in the application for funding has resulted in zero money from the Arts Council this year.

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Theatre: The Walworth Farce

Album: The Pixies - Indie Cindy

A data breach by Cork Institute of Technology that lead to applicants for a course being given personal details and the marks of 136 other applicants instead of just their own result is being investigated by the Data Protection Commission.

I spent some time in Boston in my late twenties. America prides itself on its multiculturalism, but I would hardly be the first to remark that the country has a habit of reducing everything to a certain sameness.

THE phrase connecting clouds to silver linings might be well applied to ‘Liminal’, the exhibition showcasing work by degree students of the Crawford College of Art and Design.

British royal Zara Phillips is to be presented with a stunning drawing of herself and her horse Lord Lauries at Ballindenisk Horse Trials, Co Cork, this weekend.

Set up 24 years ago as a haven for artists, the NSF is integral to Cork culture, says Tina O’Sullivan

What I do: Performance/film/drawing/installation.

Irish Examiner food columnist Michelle Darmody goes back to basics with her book on home baking.

Every week Esther N McCarthy picks her top three interiors sites.

What I do: Visual artist.

Brian Lalor has survived by pursuing his interests as a printmaker, illustrator and author, says Colette Sheridan

The darkest of colours is the focal point of Dubh, an exhibition of contemporary objects that moved from New York to Dublin, says Tina O’Sullivan

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STUDENTS of art and music may have to move between colleges to complete their degrees as a result of a major review.

Patricia Burns’ paintings of her daily route home evoke the cold, gloomy beauty of Cork’s suburban sprawl,says Tina O’Sullivan

Cork’s ArtTrail festival of the visual arts tackles the subject of the National Interest in this year’s programme, says Carl Dixon

Movers and Shapers 3: Conversations in the Irish Art World

Tommy Barker finds an artist’s ‘quarters’ hidden in a large period house.

HANDEL’S Water Music should have been the soundtrack for the spectacular launch yesterday of a college’s annual celebration of music, art and culture.

CORK Institute of Technology has declined to reveal how much it paid for portraits of two senior managers.

THE history of Cork is built around the River Lee and the access to the open sea.

CORK Institute of Technology president Dr Brendan Murphy has reiterated his call for the college to be designated as a technological university, saying it would deliver many benefits.