An area of the city steeped in our maritime heritage but equally associated with a tragic end to many lives forms the backdrop of an innovative film about mental health.

Among the seven world premieres of Irish films to be screened at IndieCork is Donncha Ó Briain’s documentary, Peripheral Vision.

A unique filmic portrait of Cork will be premiered at Ireland’s newest film festival for independent film makers next week.

ALL humans are attractive. Some are more attractive than others. Or so it appears to mosquitoes. As bugs go, they’re among the most dreaded, and recent reports of a British woman paralysed from the neck down for four months after being bitten, did nothing to assuage those fears.