Engineering is for everyone, not just for men, according to a national campaign looking to encourage more people to enter the industry.

Classes began for some students at a fee-paying school in Cork yesterday as efforts to resolve its accommodation crisis continued.

One of Cork’s longest-running independent schools is celebrating its 60th year, but also the involvement of one of its founders who still plays an active role as she approaches her 88th birthday.

CORK’S Lord Mayor defended the city’s tradition of giving pupils a half-day from school as he began five weeks of school visits yesterday.