ARCHITECTS must strive for higher standards and place people at the centre of their work, a leading civic figure said at the weekend.

DUBLIN Airport needs a second terminal and Cork has a fully operational spare one. Ryanair has clearly indicated its desire to take over the old terminal — and the Cork Airport Authority has a rather large loan to repay.

I RECEIVED an attractive book, Irish Wild Plants: Myths, Legends, Folklore by Niall MacCoitir from Collins Press last week.

THERE is a joke doing the rounds in Cork about having a few bob on both Liam MacCarthy and Sam Maguire residing on Leeside in late September.

OUTSTANDING captain Colin Corkery accepted last night that Cork got out of jail in Sunday's Bank of Ireland, Munster SFC final clash with Tipperary at Semple Stadium.