Richard T Cooke is involved in organising the Music at the Maldron free gigs by Jimmy Crowley and others as part of the Mother Jones Festival in Cork, until Sunday.

Headwinds and foul tides on the Irish Sea yesterday performed their typical deciding role in the Round Ireland Race as the main fleet reached the Wicklow finishing line.

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