Cork City Council has spent almost €100,000 storing plants and trees from the Diarmuid Gavin-designed Sky Garden.

It was the most unlikely of sting operations — the BBC, two famous gardeners and an obsessed stalker.

MUSIC legend Paul Simon is to grace this year’s Live at the Marquee festival in Cork after a helping hand from funnyman Tommy Tiernan.

A TOP fun fair will escape a full probe by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) despite a serious accident in Cork last week, it emerged yesterday.

SHOPPERS on Cork’s bustling St Patrick’s Street were treated to a true high street giant when a circus elephant went on a walkabout.