Aileen Lee sits down with Cork architect Michael Carroll.

As Americans paused for the one-week anniversary of the Connecticut school massacre, new details emerged about gunman, Adam Lanza, who could take apart and reassemble a computer in a matter of minutes, but rarely spoke to anyone.

An East Cork local authority is to consider investing a further €70,000 in a youth and community project to help the scheme’s co-ordinators acquire €750,000 in grant aid.