All profits from the event will be used to provide Christmas dinner for homeless people in Clare on December 25.

Trish Dromey ACRES in Dripsey has space and comfort enough to lure city buyers — or Ballincollig ones — to the countryside. For a guide of €425,000, the 2008-built dormer bungalow offers over 2,400sq ft of accommodation, which includes three sitting rooms and five bedrooms in addition to a site of almost half an acre.

IT was good to see the other side of cycling in Ireland. Two weeks after the Velo-city cycling conference, I was in need of a different news-cycle.

Irish placenames bring you on a journey trying to get to the bottom of them. Or just glory in the sheer madness of them, writes Colm O'Regan

Last year, the artist Ian Brennan put the word out on Facebook that he was looking for volunteers to pose nude.

Cork author Celina Buckley has launched her debut take on Irish legends, writes Marjorie Brennan

Helen Kelleher visits a home near Innishannon which is architect-designed and finished to the highest standards

It’s a busy roundabout at the best of times, but it’s about to get a whole lot busier thanks to a new bee-friendly initiative.

Ciara McDonnell hears how pumpkins are a fantastic plant for any would-be grower, particularly young growers wanting to get their hands dirty.

From ottomans at Aldi to personalised gifts, Esther N McCarthy has you covered

Four Cork girls will be among contestants from across Ireland, and indeed overseas, vying for glory at this year’s 46th annual International Miss Macra Festival.

Noah’s Ark is a whimsical throw blanket for the little boy or girl in your life, packed with cheerful creatures from the sky, sea and land. 

It’s six years since we had a telly in the house now., writes Colm O’Regan

Don’t forget the West Cork Garden Trail which offers the best of 15 gardens in sublime locations for the viewing public. Opening times are available on www.westcorkgardentrain.com 

1. Vintage Fun

The sum of €400,000 will now buy you ‘only’ a certain size and type of home around Cork’s Ballincollig, or Blarney, but, it will get you twice the property if you go up along the scenic Lee Valley, towards Dripsey.

While Ireland’s attempts to achieve European glory in soccer have kicked off with a sense of deflation (Monday night’s match was a match we should have won), it’s anything but deflation on our farms right now.

On the 100th anniversary of Patrick Pearse’s surrender — on the last Saturday of April 1916 — a never-published letter reveals how Irish men in different uniforms found they had a lot in common, writes Niall Murray

This Arran St East mug and pourer set is inspired by the markets area of Dublin.

1. Fun, Fashion and Flutters

I hope Eircode doesn’t mean the placenames fall out of use, writes Colm O’Regan

Doctor Thorne, from Julian Fellowes, begins on UTV Ireland tomorrow at 9pm, starring Rebecca Front, Tom Hollander, Ian McShane and Stefanie Martini.

On foot of the last Boundary Commission, Cork North Central gained 11 electoral divisions and a population of 17,307 from Cork South Central. It also lost four electoral divisions with a population of 5,048 to Cork North West, and it remains a four-seat constituency.

The crowd is silent, expectant. All eyes are on the stage, on me. I take a breath and say it:

East Cork Flower Club will visit Griffins Garden Centre, Dripsey, today (May 9) at 2pm. 

CORK GIY will have its first first outdoor visit of the year, and seedling swap at Knocknaheeny/Hollyhill Community Gardens. 

Blackrock flower and garden club have a teaching night with Rose Hickey, AOIFA, on Tuesday, April 7, at 7.30pm in the Ursuline Secondary School, in Blackrock. All are welcome.

Yesterday the world celebrated Ireland's patron saint with parades across the county and around the globe.

I was in the attic, looking for something else, which is the best way to find anything, says Colm O’Regan.

Three-bedroomed Coachford bungalow of 1,740 sq ft has sunroom and price of €260,000, says Tommy Barker.

The Menu’s most recent visit to Kinsale was for the purpose of first broadening mind before waistband, at the newly opened Kinsale Gourmet Academy, in Ballinacurra House. 

As the Irish singer gets ready for the Grammys, Eoin Edwards hears the story of the €1,500 promo film that helped bring him to an audience of millions.

A man called Andy talks gently in my ear and I’m at ease with that. It’s part of a New Year’s Resolution.

Cork County Council appeared as a defendant in court yesterday in a health and safety prosecution arising out of the death of a workman during tree-felling more than two years ago.