Tributes have been paid to one of Cork’s best loved artists, Gladys Leach, after she passed away over the weekend.

A €220,000 funding shortfall for an exhibition during Cork’s year as European Capital of Culture had to be met by taxpayers, the state spending watchdog has revealed.

The great musical legacy of Sean O’Riada will live on for many generations to come, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today as he received the entire O’Riada collection on behalf of the nation.

A FASCINATING exhibition of maritime paintings has been launched — in every sense — at the Port of Cork headquarters.