CORK is poised to open a new chapter on its heritage, past and present, this weekend. Nano Nagle Place, the unexpected oasis near the city centre, will unveil a combined bookshop, print gallery and map room.

To mark the anniversary of its founding, St Aloysius School in Cork City is preparing to open its doors on Saturday, November 16, to welcome back past-students and staff members who may want to take a stroll down memory lane.

Participants and organisers at dance classes in Cork Migrant Centre tell Ellie O’Byrne how it’s a win-win set-up for all concerned

SHANE Clarke is CEO of Nano Nagle Place, site of the former Presentation Convent in Cork city, founded by Nano Nagle in the 1750s. It has been renovated as a heritage, community and education project, and has two retail spaces, one which sells books, crafts and design and the other which sells books of historical interest. It was recently announced as one of the Retail Excellence Ireland Top 100 stores.

Eve Kelliher gets set to hit the Open House trail.

Carol O’Callaghan gets expert advice on DIY flower arranging using everything from a gift bouquet to garden offerings, and learns how they can be deployed to enhance the home interior.

Just how much should we trust TripAdvisor? Pat Fitzpatrick puts the website to the test on holiday — but also in his native Cork.

Aileen Lee talks to Tony Farrell about his work, career and thoughts on design.

Joanne McNally is giving audiences a free preview of her Edinburgh Fringe Festival show in Cork this evening.

Sorting out Cork people for ages.

The pull of Cork’s northside is strong - and that’s official.

Breast cancer survivors are preparing to launch a fundraising calendar, similar to the famous ‘Calendar Girls,’ and one of the participants is a man.

Catch up on all the headlines this lunchtime...

Ellie O’Byrne chats to Kevin Doyle about his debut novel, To Keep A Bird Singing

They are as in love today as they were the day they tied the knot a remarkable 65 years ago and their secret is simple — listen to each other and compromise.

Cork is set to honour its sustainable food heroes as an inner city community unveiled an ambitious regeneration plan which includes growing their own food.

Cork-born poet, Liam Ó Muirthile, was inspired by his journey along the Camino, writes Marjorie Brennan

Tommy Barker checks out two homes, side-by-side, on Langford Row in Cork City. 

Esther N McCarthy shares the best products and getaways you need to check out

Nano Nagle Place off Douglas Street, Cork, which has been transformed into a heritage centre, gardens and community education hub.

Fears have been expressed about the future development of Cork’s historic Elizabeth Fort as a tourism asset following confirmation that funding is being prioritised in the Shandon area.

Got an issue? Ask Audrey...

 Faith Ryan puts the final finish on the Christmas shopping with flowers, feasting and festivals.

Got an issue? Ask Audrey...

A chance to buy 24 Cork apartments, 11 in the city centre in a quality, contemporary scheme and 13 in Passage West, all for €3.5 million, has come to market with DTZ Sherry FitzGerald, who’ll also sell in two specific lots.

A Chinese national shouted insults in Mandarin at gardaí in Cork but one of the gardaí was also Chinese and was able to provide a translation in Cork District Court of the verbal abuse.

SOMETIME around 1982 or maybe 1983, just after Felipe Gonzalez Marquez became Spain’s first socialist prime minister after Franco’s dictatorship ended, two of the venerable picadors of old Cork met on St Patrick’s Street. 

A distraught woman who is defying an eviction order and refusing to leave her Cork City apartment has pleaded with city officials to save her from a life on the streets.

Carol O’Callaghan offers a handful of good shops for design heads.

Just one day after it went on the market, this two bed property at 29 Quaker Road in Cork city attracted a bid of it’s asking price of €125,000.

Three-storey, two-bed townhouse in Cork is high-end, with a mid-floor kitchen and en-suites, says Tommy Barker.

The change of use of the former Marymount Hospice building at St Patrick’s Hospital on Cork’s northside, to a third-level college, is not exempt from planning requirements, An Bord Pleanála has decided.

Shoppers on Cork city's Patrick Street were treated to a very special performance this weekend, as singer songwriter Duke Special joined other top musical talent for a street gig for charity.

A slice of real Cork history comes with 19 Red Abbey Square, a period end-terrace home in one of Cork city’s oldest settings, next door to a ruined 14th century Augustinian abbey tower.

IF an army marches on its stomach, and an economy on its retail and restaurant expansion, then things are clearly picking up in Cork - with knives, forks and chopsticks at the ready in the ‘Asian Street Feud’ moves.

Wallis Bird has twice graced the cover of Gay Community News and is upfront about her sexual orientation.

MUSIC NEWS: Hozier is in Mitchelstown this weekend, and has also released a video of a duet with Karen Cowley on his single ‘In A Week’ that was recorded at Kilkenny Castle.

The proposed extension of facilities at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork city has been approved.