Weekend number 2 of Cork Midsummer Festival features a tour of local homes to view their art, dancing with buckets, and more, says Ellie O’Byrne

Hear ye, hear ye! The iconic bells of Shandon are a-pealing for their very own Quasimodo-in-chief, according to a jobs advert for a ‘Tower Manager’ which has been published online.

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It’s been fooling some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time in its efforts to keep time — but the temperamental behaviour of Cork’s most famous clock may soon be a thing of the past.

Let the bells ring out — and not before time. Cork’s landmark Shandon clock, which has been at a standstill for months, is set to tick again within weeks.

Cork Chamber has sought an urgent meeting with the assistant city manager and the lord mayor in a bid to break the deadlock over the Shandon clock repairs.

Cork City Council has warned that it will take some time to restore the city’s iconic Shandon clock to full working.

About €8,000 has been raised for the children of murdered Cavan mum Patricia Kierans to finance their return to Australia.

Shop doors remained closed and window blinds drawn in the Cavan town of Bailieborough as hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of mother of four Patricia Kierans, who was found murdered in her Drumbannon home.

There are now three airlines offering direct flights from Irish cities to Vilnius. So what’s worth seeing in the Lithuanian capital?

One of Cork’s best known market streets will host a huge festival celebrating the city’s heritage and music as part of this year’s heritage day event.

Scrap dealers have been urged to look out for a rare and historic church bell, stolen in Co Kerry, being offered for sale.

SEVERAL leading Cork people, including a former Fine Gael tánaiste, have been shortlisted for a new award named after former taoiseach Jack Lynch.

AN AWARD has been launched as part of aninitiative to honour the memory and legacy of one of Ireland’s most popular politicians – former Taoiseach, the late Jack Lynch.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy who died after being attacked by a dog was a “lovely little lad”, neighbours said yesterday.

A four-year-old boy who died after being attacked by a dog was a “lovely little lad”, neighbours said today.

ONE of the country’s most iconic industrial sites – the first Ford plant built outside America – is poised to become a protected structure.

Sunderland legend Ian Porterfield’s funeral will take place in Surrey next Thursday afternoon.

TWO cemeteries in an historic inner city area will be opened as public parks within weeks.