Cork Craft Month, starting this week, is a showcase of wood turning, ceramics, and textiles in locations across the county. Carol O’Callaghan reports on the list of exhibitions and demonstrations on offer.

Guinness PRO14: Southern Kings 36 - Ulster 43: Ulster staged a superb second-half fightback to record a 43-36 Guinness PRO14 win over Southern Kings after trailing 22-10 at the break in Port Elizabeth.

The additional charges imposed by nursing homes are “impoverishing people”, ombudsman Peter Tyndall said yesterday.

Sprucing up your patio for summer? Hannah Stephenson finds that smaller varieties of fruit bushes, flowers and vegetables make the most of our outdoor rooms.

This week’s must do, see and buy.

An inaugural awards scheme in Cork has recognised three city and county companies and organisations whose food production strengthens communities and make the local economy and ecological systems more resilient.

Sage is a select band of Irish restaurants determinedly questing for that elusive modern Irish cuisine in the manner prescribed by Redzepi. 

People with an intellectual disability are in many cases now outliving their carers, typically their parents.

Cork has long been a centre of education, with some of the finest schools and third-level institutions in the country. 

Legislation that replaces a century-old law calling people with a mental illness “lunatics” will take six months to fully implement, it has emerged.

UFC teen sensation Sage Northcutt has backed Conor McGregor to beat Jose Aldo in their much anticipated title fight on December 12. 

Ireland could be exposed to the practice of euthanasia in the not-too distant future, European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has warned.

We take a look at some of the quirkier stories from around the world.

There were around 100,000 people around the country out for the dawn walks for Pieta House’s annual Darkness Into Light fundraiser today.

A graphically well-designed menu suggests cheering possibility like a well-dressed Christmas tree levitating on a bed of beautifully-packed gifts, some labelled with your name in generous Auntie Betty’s clear, strong, knowing hand. 

The vast majority of Irish businesses thought the Government was doing a better job of managing the economy under the direct supervision of the troika, according to a survey.

Over 5,000 free curries will be dished out in Cork to highlight how much food is still wasted, writes Joe McNamee

Just because it is a wonky shape or isn’t the ‘right’ size doesn’t mean a vegetable isn’t edible.

Suzanne Harrington has been grilled, poked and prodded while pregnant. Here are her suggested put-offs to avoid when chatting to a woman in the family way.

Naming a son after Superman or a daughter after a Batman villain is actually pretty normal. You could be named after a piece of luggage.

The Storyteller

Sylvester Stallone led the mourners at his son Sage's funeral yesterday.

Sage Stallone's funeral will take place on Saturday.

Sylvester Stallone's son planned to marry his girlfriend "as early as next weekend" prior to his death, it has emerged.

Sylvester Stallone is “devastated” about the death of his son Sage Stallone.

Sylvester Stallone's son has reportedly died of a drug overdose aged 36.

WHILE there will always be charlatans in the restaurant trade — as in all walks of life — the huge surge in promoting local produce on Irish menus is, for the most part, genuine.

THIS week sees the launch of Environment And Food, a book by UCC geography lecturer Colin Sage.

Toni Collette has become a mother for the second time.

IN the very first poem of his beautiful new book, Theo Dorgan declares his loyalty and his aesthetic impulse:

I’M JUST guessing, but I don’t think you and I will be rushing out any time soon to take in the new Manchester City biopic Blue Moon Rising.

Robbie Fowler has signed on as Perth Glory’s marquee player for next season after resisting overtures from A-League champions Sydney FC.

One of the longest-serving chief executives in the FTSE 100 Index has confirmed he is to stand down from the company he joined 26 years ago.

Everton will play a pre-season friendly against Perth Glory if the Premier League side can organise a second match in Australia, the A-League club have announced.

A MAN who allegedly allowed his 11-year-old niece and 12-year-old nephew to attempt a 15km walk to their mother’s house on a freezing Christmas Day was arrested on a murder warrant in connection with the hypothermia death of the little girl.

Accountancy software firm Sage offset a disappointing performance in North America to post half-year figures ahead of market expectations today.

A strong performance from oil stocks and a flurry of takeover activity buoyed the London market today which finished a steady week in the black.

TOM Cruise has been practically shouting from the rooftops about his love for his pregnant fiancee, Katie Holmes. But when their much-anticipated baby is born, the superstar dad probably won’t say a word.

IT specialist Sage led the FTSE 100 Index further below the key 5300 barrier today despite delivering results in line with hopes.

A woman charged with killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb was showing the child off to people at a café and to her pastor hours before she was arrested, residents said.