"I returned to live in my hometown Bantry, just over seven years ago. Little did I know then where I would be today!"

Hungry Tea is just one of the exciting arts projects under way in unusual venues around Cork, writes Tina O’Sullivan

“It was like paying a visit to a relation, the President was that welcoming.”

Three years ago, 24-year-old Colm Isherwood was getting increasingly frustrated. He was starting to lash out and had a lot of “down days”, according to his dad.