In 1910, Mary Ryan became Professor of romance languages at University College Cork, becoming the first female Professor in Ireland. Timothy O’Connor remembers a trailblazer in education.

PROBLEMS making contact with the local council are the biggest concern for residents who have had restricted water supply for most of the week in Cork city.

JETMAGIC is to be wound up after a search for fresh investors failed to secure an estimated €15 million required to re-start the company which ceased operations from its Cork base in January.