Mick Finn, Lord Mayor of Cork city, was born and raised on Friars Walk but has also lived intermittently in Athlone, Dublin and Sydney. He atttended Sullivan’s Quay, Deerpark CBS and UCC

The deceptively modern looking ‘Marianus’ is a bright and airy Scandi-style 1940s built home, writes Trish Dromey.

It might be catalogued as ‘Anonymous (2018)’ because curators at one of the country’s leading galleries are unaware of either the identity - or the motive - of whoever is behind the ‘cover-up’ of a male nude in two promotional banners. 

Des O’Sullivan looks forward to some of the exhibitions that are due to open in the coming weeks.

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald met Prince Charles in Cork last night just hours after he spoke of how reconciliation and understanding can guide both countries on a path of shared prosperity and security.

The Rebel city has done royal visits before. But for Patsy Flynn and his wife, Kathy, it was their first.

Concerns have been expressed about a scaling back of heritage space in a landmark building earmarked for regeneration on a site in the medieval heart of Cork.

Some of the movers and shakers of Cork’s arts and entertainment scene tell Des O’Driscoll about their highlights of 2017, and what they are looking forward to for 2018.

Kya deLongchamps argues that vintage photographs and slides, even formerly forgotten ones, can one day reveal a whole life.

Four days, 1,200 musicians, and 40,000 punters later, the 34th Guinness Cork Jazz festival will tonight come to a close following a weekend of beats, blues, and boater hats.

Before he died on hunger strike, Terence MacSwiney had a made a huge contribution to the cultural life of his native Cork, writes Marjorie Brennan

Five things to do in the world of culture this week

A new exhibition by Martin Healy at Cork’s Crawford Gallery is an open-ended multimedia exploration of the nature of time, says Alan O’Riordan

Roz Crowley meets Pierre Lawton, a globally acclaimed wine merchant, whose long line of Cork ancestors includes a mayor

Des O’Sullivan highlights the sale of work by John ffrench, craftsman and founder of Arklow Studio Pottery.

Taking a city break, here or abroad gives us time to stand, stare and listen, sometimes at no expense at all. 

Sean Scully is the subject of the most significant exhibition in Cork for many years. Not surprisingly, he’s dismissive about the recent controversy about his work on RTÉ’s Liveline, writes Alan O’Riordan.

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STARBUCKS and Nando’s are coming to Cork City’s Emmet Place — and, now, an investment property linked to long-time developer/investor, Robin Power, and which is let to two food operators, is for sale there, priced at €1.2m.

Crawford Gallery, Cork

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THE late Michael Sheehan returned to his native West Cork at the age of 82, after a lifetime of working on cargo boats and travelling around the world. An impulse to paint seized him and in just four years, until his death in 1996, Sheehan produced a series of naïve oil paintings depicting local historical events and the raw beauty of his birthplace, the Beara peninsula.

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Whyte’s British and Irish art sale at the RDS, Dublin, features 216 lots.

The last fog horn sounded by an Irish lighthouse boomed out in 2011, made obsolete by technological advances.

Twenty-five artists’ interpretations of Glandore Harbour have formed a one-off exhibition.

MUSIC NEWS: Singer, opera composer and champion of African music, Damon Albarn can now add radio presenter to his list of talents.

ELECTRIC PICNIC: For many people, this week has revolved around the back to school shenanigans, but a lucky few thousand were preparing bags of a different kind as they set out for the Electric Picnic.

MOST of us think of red wines made from Tempranillo and Garnacha (Grenache) when we think of Spain, but this week I want to highlight one of my favourite white wines.

The 2012 auction season is drawing to a close but there are is plenty of art exhibitions to choose from.

A lost portrait of William T Cosgrave, the president of the first Dáil, was unveiled last night for the first time in almost a century.

1. Kinsale Arts Festival, Co Cork

Roderic O’Conor Red Rocks Near Pont Aven 1898 from the AIB Collection, now in the legal ownership of the State and on show at the Crawford Gallery in Cork.

Some of the most valuable paintings in state-owned AIB’s vast corporate art collection were unveiled to the public at Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery yesterday.

A series of events in Cork this weekend marks the centenary of innovative composer John Cage, Don O’Mahony reports

A fascinating exhibition reveals how works of art have caused outrage through the years, writes Tina O’Sullivan

THE skies over Cork will be lit up by a spectacular laser show this week to honour the father of vocational education in Ireland.

CORK’S best known art gallery hosted its first civic wedding yesterday when a couple from west Cork tied the knot.

THE three daughters of one of Ireland’s greatest composers were presented with a birthday cake yesterday to mark the centenary of their father’s birth.