Cork is set to honour its sustainable food heroes as an inner city community unveiled an ambitious regeneration plan which includes growing their own food.

A Kiwi from the Cook Islands, and a local award-wining food entrepreneur, are to head up the new restaurant/cafe in the €10m Nano Nagle centre, in the historic heart of Cork city.

CORK city’s ‘secret’ garden oasis is set to blossom, as the long-hidden horticultural treasure at the green centre of the new Nano Nagle Place €10.5m heritage, education, and community investment got an unofficial, soft opening yesterday.

A historic city convent which has undergone a €10m conservation and regeneration project is set to open as an iconic heritage and visitor centre.

SO, there I was, standing by the resting place of Nano Nagle, trying to catch a Jigglypuff, writes Ronan Jennings

An historic landmark Cork city church will host an open day and garden party next weekend to showcase progress on a major restoration project.

Lee-facing Northcliffe retains many of its 300- year old features and is tastefully decorated and well-maintained throughout, writes Tommy Barker.

A sign of how one of Cork’s oldest communities has been welcoming the city’s newest arrivals was displayed to Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan yesterday.

A Corkwoman has moved a step close to becoming a saint after Pope Francis declared her venerable.

The change of use of the former Marymount Hospice building at St Patrick’s Hospital on Cork’s northside, to a third-level college, is not exempt from planning requirements, An Bord Pleanála has decided.

A €10m heritage and visitor centre which will transform the site of education pioneer Nano Nagle’s first convent has been given the green light.

A €500,000 fundraising drive is under way to save and restore a landmark church and priory in the heart of Cork City.

A chance encounter with two Americans tracing their ancestry has prompted a book exploring a notorious ‘miscarriage of justice’ in 18th century Youghal.

The derelict former Cork home of maths genius George Boole, the father of modern computer science, is to be restored as part of an ambitious joint venture.

Cork County Council has carried out emergency repairs to part of a noted death-trap road, after three cars overturned in the space of 24 hours.

The death of Sr Paula Buckley in a double tragedy at Inch Strand last week in Kerry had left two families in mourning, the chief celebrant at her funeral Mass said yesterday.

Both nuns were from Tipperary and were highly regarded among the leaders of the Presentation Order in this country.

The proposed extension of facilities at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork city has been approved.

A former school and convent is to be transformed into a €10m heritage site honouring the founder of the Presentation order of nuns.

A building that once housed the 18th century South Presentation Convent and School is to be transformed into a €10m visitor centre and “a sacred space for contemplation” in the heart of Cork City.

An Irish religious order will unveil a €10m plan today to preserve its first convent — founded in Cork in the 18th century — and develop it as a heritage and visitor centre.

PURE city centre living is on offer at the Georgian-era townhouse, 32 Nicholas Street in the very heart of Cork, a precipitous and narrow hilly stretch within the city’s South Parish.

FROM the window of her bedroom in the South Presentation Convent, Sr Patricia O’Shea can see the wall of the original convent, which was built in 1777 by Nano Nagle, the founder of the order.

During the past week or so, I listened to the councillor from Co Louth on Lifeline discussing the controversy regarding the change in name of a bridge in his area.

Waterford company Zolk C was the first to enter the market with an electronic hand-held tourist guide, bringing heritage sites to life and is now turning its attentions to the lucrative North American tourism market, writes Trish Dromey.

I HAVE long admired the great contribution of the many admirable women religious who have so enhanced the stature of the Catholic Church over the centuries.

IF YOU want to lead the next generation of Irish entrepreneurs, then you’d better get your skates on, because you have just a few days in which to get your application on the desk of the Endeavour people.

WITH reference to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s recent remark about Catholic schools that “pluralism does not mean watering down identity” and recalling some of those great educators of earlier days — Nano Nagle, Catherine McAuley, Edmund Rice and Yorkshire woman Mary Ward — may I take you outside this island to see what has driven people in other lands.

Hollywood A-lister Colin Farrell could soon be a regular fixture on Cork’s social scene if plans for a new film are given the go-ahead.

IRELAND'S greatest woman is an 18th century nun credited with establishing girls' education in the State.

NO DISRESPECT to either, but as surprise of the year, Nano Nagle winning RTÉ’s Ireland’s Greatest Women contest beats Liverpool winning the Champions League.

An 18th Century nun, credited with establishing girl’s education in the State, was today named Ireland’s Greatest Woman.

DISGRACED Olympic swimmer Michelle Smith is in the running for the accolade of Ireland’s greatest woman after being nominated in a radio competition, it emerged yesterday.