TOURISTS and natives alike are being encouraged to discover the local secrets and hidden history of Cork city with the development of two new iPhone and iPod applications which will bring them on an audio journey around the city.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork has criticised the Irish pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai for failing to promote his city – the only Irish city twinned with the massive Chinese metropolis.

FIRST it was the Lonely Planet. Now Yahoo China has boosted Cork’s tourism stock even further.

A JAILED Chinese reporter accused of leaking state secrets has joined a US lawsuit claiming internet giant Yahoo helped the government convict dissidents, his mother said yesterday.

A jailed Chinese reporter accused of leaking state secrets has joined a US lawsuit claiming Yahoo helped the Chinese government convict dissidents, his mother said today.