Cork Midsummer Festival launches today for 10 days of theatre, art and family fun. Des O’Driscoll selects a few of the upcoming highlights.

More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the Cork Midsummer Festival, which features a diverse range of events from opera to comedy.

Last year’s young hurler of the year. Tadhg de Búrca, is one of 10 stellar talents honoured in the annual sports awards, to be presented tonight by University College, Cork.

It was a week late, but Groundhog Day finally made its way to Cork yesterday.

There won’t be another year like 2015 for Valerie Mulcahy. A 10th All-Ireland with Cork, an active role in historic legislation on marriage equality, her own nuptials and a tearful end of an outrageously successful union with Eamon Ryan. Beat that, 2016.

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Kerry attacker Paul Geaney has backed team-mate Tommy Walsh to play a key role as the county attempt to retain the Sam Maguire Cup.

A soup kitchen charity in Cork believes its free first communion clothes initiative for families struggling to meet the costs of the big day should be replicated across the country.

Women are naturally more cautious than men when it comes to promoting their businesses, says Helen Wycherley, the president of Network Cork.

On a stormy night, from deep underneath his quilt, The Menu will always spare a thought for any poor souls caught out on the high seas with an especially heartfelt addendum added for those impossibly brave crew-members of the lifeboats.

An AIB official with a gambling addiction stole €15,000 and blew it on three bets and then stole over €30,000 in a desperate attempt to win back the lost money.

Bjork, Christy Moore, and Derek Jarman will all feature in this year’s Cork Film Festival in a typically eclectic programme of screenings that will appeal to movie buffs and mainstream audiences alike.

Cork French Film Festival celebrates its 25th birthday in style, writes Colette Sheridan

Launch of Ireland’s first ‘edible’ Économusée

Vincent Cassel in La Haine, the film that made his name and which is as provocative today as it was in 1995.

After producing the top two performances of the Irish athletics team at the London 2012 Olympics it was little surprise Rob Heffernan scooped the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Year award, nonetheless the race walker admitted he was delighted with the recognition after a year of “glory and heartache”.

JIMMY DEENIHAN, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and former Kerry All-Ireland-winning captain, launched his book, My Sporting Life, last night in Cork with the aid of a former opponent, Rebel County dual legend Jimmy Barry-Murphy.