Plans for a €60m flood relief scheme for Cork have been described as "visually illiterate" by a local author who fears some of the city’s historic riverside fixtures will be lost as part of the project.

WHEN I visited the revamped Fitzgerald Park recently, I wasn’t thinking about former Lord Mayor Edward Fitzgerald. I had only thought in passing about who the park was named for, and had never heard of the event that led to its foundation.

What’s in a name?

COUNTRY trio Lady Antebellum and Canadian rock band Arcade Fire lit up the Grammy Awards, winning key prizes in a ceremony packed with upset victories and a humiliating setback for Eminem.

A GUIDE to Cork city’s landmark 20th century buildings was launched last night.