In a time when such tales are sorely needed, Izz and Eman Alkarajeh’s story is inspiring and truly heartwarming: A young Palestinian couple, they were forced to leave Saudia Arabia where they had been working and rearing a young family, winding up in direct provision in Ireland but, with the help of new Irish friends, eventually began trading from a small stall at Mahon Point Farmer’s market, selling Eman’s traditional dishes.

Izz Alkarajeh emerged from direct provision to open one of Cork’s most exciting new restaurants – Izz Cafe. Joe McNamee on our new migrant chefs, their respective cuisines and the impact on our native dishes

Part of this year’s Cork Midsummer Festival programme, Cocina Pública, a Chilean art project featuring a mobile kitchen housed in a shipping container, is to set up in Cork’s South Parish community seeking local food heritage, including recipes and techniques, to bring the community together through theatre, food and eating.

A daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has taken refuge in the Saudi embassy in Tehran after eluding guards who have held her, her sister and four brothers under house arrest for eight years, it was reported.

MUSLIM families mourning the deaths of two young girls who died in a crash while on a school trip mounted a protest outside Ireland’s largest mosque.