An architect behind a virtual 3D tour of Cork which became a viral hit on YouTube is hoping to have an app to help tourists navigate the city released in time for the Jazz Weekend.

Carmina Burana promises to be a highlight of the choral festival in Cork, writes Jo Kerrigan.

James Joyce once posed a conundrum: how to get from one end of Dublin to the other without passing a pub. Most people who took up the challenge failed happily.

Fish Bar at The Electric,

Ahead of her visit to the Cork Opera House, singer/songwriter Eleanor McEvoy is enthusing about the city’s “exquisite” 19th century landmark cathedral, St Fin Barre’s, one of the most complete examples of French Neo-Gothic architecture in Western Europe. McEvoy’s concert is in aid of the continuance of St Fin Barre’s restoration.

MUSIC NEWS: David Bowie (inset) caused quite a stir with his recent release of a single on his 66th birthday, and over the next few weeks we’ll get a proper chance to see if the Brixton boy still has some talent, or whether he should just make the most of his free travel pass.

VITAL conservation work on one of the country’s finest cathedrals could grind to a halt within weeks after savage cuts in heritage funding.

MAGIC wands, football games played with the brain and fossils from millions of years ago are drawing gasps of wonder from children at a Science Week event in Cork city.

VERY original in its condition, number one, Landsdowne Terrace is on ‘top of the world’, in Cork city terms.

BACK in France, after the ‘Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music’ we performed in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral in Cork, I wish to express my best thanks to all the members of the Cork Jazz Festival committee ...

CLOSE enough to Cork’s St Fin Barre’s Cathedral to hear the choirs, the former Verger’s House is going for something a bit more than a song.

ROCK LEGEND Jimmy Page confirmed last night that he will be in Cork to launch a celebration of the work of the architect who designed the city’s landmark St Fin Barre’s Cathedral.

Tommy Barker is smitten by the charms of this period property.

THE first and earliest known proof of extensive Viking settlement in Cork was uncovered in the heart of the city yesterday.