All roads lead to Cork for a host of inspiring gardening events this week. An acclaimed documentary that reveals how one of the world's most revolutionary landscape designers upends our conventional notions of nature, public space and beauty, will be screened in Nano Nagle Place, Cork, next Saturday, June 29, 2pm-5pm, admission free (www.eventbrite.ie)

A priest spoke yesterday of how happy he had been to see two young brothers enjoying themselves running around in a Limerick hotel, minutes before one fell from a sixth-floor balcony.

Anybody looking for some activity in their life and thinking of joining Ballymartle ICA in September should look at what the Cork guild has been up to since last autumn.

Welcome to Lord of the Rings — West Cork style, where an underground hobbit house is now open to visitors.