A special festival for seafood lovers takes place this weekend in Cork.

IN ITS 35 years, the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival has grown and broadened so far beyond its roots that it’s possible most years to preview it on two fronts: from the point of view of the jazz aficionado, and the perspective of the general music fan.

DISCUSSIONS about sex, drugs and suicide will fill the halls of a Cork school this week but they are taking place inside the classroom rather than in quiet whispers.

Trevor Nelson is to host the first MTV Lick Party in Cork.