Take a break from the high street to see the full spectrum and prolific output of innovative craft makers in Cork, at locations which include the city centre, suburbs and country towns, writes Carol O’Callaghan

Students of the beautiful game are readying themselves for the biggest week in the third level football calendar, with the 2016 Collingwood Cup up for grabs and the Colleges and Universities Premier League also to be decided.

A heartbroken mother was brought to church in a wheelchair to say a final farewell to her only child who died in a road crash.