The Hungarian government has presented a bust of composer Franz Liszt to Cork to mark his historic connections to the city.

A NEW play about suicide hopes to encourage teenagers to talk about the issue and promote positive mental health.

PRIMARY and second-level children attending part-time music classes at Cork School of Music have staged a protest, along with their parents, outside the school.

CORK schoolchildren won the heart of a world-renowned classical guitarist yesterday after springing a birthday surprise on him.

THE decision by Cork city manager Joe Gavin to make a city centre site available at a nominal charge for the development of a centre for architecture and design is a key investment in the future of third-level education in the city and region.

THE Department of Education has given assurances to school management bodies that the delivery of five planned new second-level buildings will not be affected by proposed changes to the ownership of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) contracts.

THREE long-awaited multi-million euro third level projects in Cork are poised to go ahead thanks to the Budget.

COMPLEX negotiations on the stalled contract to build the €60 million Cork School of Music could be completed within eight weeks.

HOPES have been raised that work could begin soon on the €60 million Cork School of Music with German company Hochtief taking over responsibility for the project from Jarvis, the British company involved in the original deal with the Government.

Protestors are gathering in Waterford today to demonstrate against increased fees at the city's School of Music.

MUSIC lovers as young as four years of age are to be turned away from one of the country’s top music schools because of cutbacks.

THE company employed to develop and manage the Cork School of Music is fighting for survival after its share value plunged dramatically yesterday.

YOUR editorial on the Cork School of Music (Irish Examiner, March 26) marks a new level of media cynicism which has undermined the efforts of those of us who lobby ministers for the benefit of the city.

PROJECT announcements by ministers have a habit of being repeated, but the confirmation that the Cork School of Music will proceed takes the biscuit in terms of déja vu moments.

Dan Buckley finds the project contractor for the School of Music has been dogged by controversy.

Education Minister Noel Dempsey has announced Government approval for the construction of a new €60m School of Music in Cork.

IF you had a spare €200,000 lying around the bank account and thought it could make a handy little earner with a bit of prudent investment, what would you do with it?

THOUSANDS of students at Cork School of Music (CSM) could be without lessons this month as staff prepare to issue notice of industrial action to college authorities.

MORE damning evidenceof the lack of rationale in the Government’s frenzied cutbacks — a costly legacy for the taxpayer of the Coalition’s cynical pre-election vote-buying spree — is manifest in the blatant neglect of one of Ireland’s leading teacher training colleges.

THE Taoiseach has struck a decidedly dud note with one of the most influential development groups in Cork by refusing to meet with them to discuss the Government’s refusal to fund the proposed €60 million Cork School of Music.

ANGRY college lecturers took to the picket line yesterday over Government delays on the new €60 million building for Cork School of Music.

CONSTRUCTION of new schools and hospitals may be delayed following fresh Government accounting guidelines for projects built in partnership with private firms.

REGARDING the sounds of disharmony emanating from the Cork School of Music, I suppose a compromise would be out of the question?

EUROPEAN Parliament president Pat Cox has urged the Government to fork out the €55m promised two years ago for a new Cork School of Music building.

IF investment in the arts and culture is a symbol of a civilised society, then Ireland’s image is sadly lacking at present.