The music, the stress, the long hours, and, of course, the memories — Pat Conway recalls his time working at the Lobby and how he misses it, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

THERE is a great quote from Niall Tóibín that I recently stumbled across in an old 1980 BBC radio documentary about Cork city and its inhabitants, called As Others See Us.

A new book recalls the musical institution on Cork’s Union Quay. Don O’Mahony finds out what made the venue special

“HOUSES dancing two by two, Like people at a wedding do,” wrote singer/song-writer and Meteor award-winning musician, John Spillane, about his home place – and Cork’s clusters and long, straight rows of semi-ds.