In 2015 The Guardian named Cork's Mary Harris, or “Mother Jones”, among the world's all-time top ten revolutionaries – alongside the likes of Che Guevara, Robespierre, Trotsky and Gandhi. But who was Mother Jones, asks Robert Hume, and what made her such a threat?

DIGNITARIES will feast on some of Cork’s landmark buildings today ahead of the Queen’s arrival in the historic English Market.

THE Government is to submit an ambitious proposal that could lead to world heritage status for Cork city and its huge natural harbour.

WITHIN 10 years the physical landscape of Cork city will be changed utterly. The regeneration of the City Quarter area, allied to the exciting proposals for the docklands (the proposed Atlantic Quarter), will alter the face of Cork forever and elevate the city and its environs to a bright, brand new plateau.

A NEW multi-agency body is poised to build on the massive economic success of Cork 2005 which was valued yesterday at €90 million.