A temporary home has been found for a new Gaelcholáiste before its pupils move into a three-school €19m campus in a Cork suburb.

Saoirse Lonergan from Conna, Co Cork has double reason to cheer — with 12 As in her Junior Certificate and looking forward to her 16th birthday tomorrow.

Cork’s North Cathedral was host to an ordination for the first time in 24 years at the weekend — the only ordination for the Cork Diocese this year.

Two Cork teenagers yesterday celebrated their work and friendship which earned one a gold medal as being among the country’s top young volunteers.

A Cork city centre gaelcholáiste is offering more first-year places next autumn, which could ease difficulties for some families disappointed by a one-third cut in intake at a northside all-Irish college.

Significant differences between girls and boys have emerged from a major survey on young people’s body image.

THE Leaving Certificate students of North Monastery Secondary School in Cork were generally unfazed by their first Irish paper yesterday afternoon.