Multi-million euro plans have been unveiled to upgrade a historic castle and enhance recreational amenities in a North Cork town.

A magnificent 17th country home set in one of Ireland’s most visited parks is set to open to the public tomorrow for the first time in half a century.

A new greenway and a woodland recreational area are among a range of ambitious new amenity, cultural, and tourism projects being pursued by a dynamic new lobby group launched in north Cork.

Fears have been expressed that one of Cork’s most iconic buildings will fall down if council chiefs do not row back on a decision not to revamp it.