The burial place of well over 800 children who died in the care of Bessborough Mother and Baby Home is unknown - despite "very extensive inquiries and searches".

Joe Murphy was one of three IRA Volunteers who died on hunger strike in jails in 1920.

Tributes have been paid following the death of a “tireless champion” of the arts in Cork, barrister Jane Anne Rothwell, who was chairwoman of Cork Midsummer Festival for the last five years.

Tusla has refused to say if it informed the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of evidence it has held since 2003 that children from the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home were buried in unmarked graves as recently as 1990.

The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) has said it was “not aware” that a formerly accredited adoption agency owned an unmarked grave in which children were buried as late as 1990.

You could soon be walking in the footsteps of Cork’s favourite tracksuit-wearing teenage tearaways, Conor and Jock, if a former lord mayor has his way.

Adoption campaigners have queried why the Mother and Baby Homes Commission has taken three years to issue a public call for information relating to the burials of children who died at the Bessborough home.

Children from the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home, some of whom died as late as 1990, are buried in unmarked graves in a Cork City cemetery.

The researching of Cork ancestors is being made easier through the online availability of records for the city’s biggest cemetery.

The family of the late Taoiseach Jack Lynch has urged the State to ensure his lasting legacy of leadership contributes to a better Ireland.

A rare Spanish language silver medal which was struck in Argentina almost a century ago in honour of republican Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney, is to be donated to the people of Cork.

A compromise has been suggested in a bid to resolve a row over a Traveller family headstone which has been erected in a public cemetery without approval.

Reclusive Irish twin brothers who died within weeks of each other in London are to be buried separately.

Two undertakers have offered their services free of charge to help bury elderly twins who died in London within days of each other.

Reclusive elderly twin brothers from Cork, who were facing burial in a pauper’s grave after dying alone in London, could be brought home for a dignified funeral after a cousin came forward.

Tributes have been paid to Noel Dillon, a former county manager for Cork and Wexford, who will be buried today.

They came from all corners of Ireland yesterday to bid a fond farewell to a giant of a man and of Irish sport – the ‘king of the road’ Mick Barry.

LAST month, during a walking tour of Béthune in northern France, our guide recalled the work of a Cork woman, Kate McCarthy, who nursed wounded soldiers during both world wars. Her niece, Sr Breda McCarthy of the Loreto Convent in Bray, told me this extraordinary woman’s story.

A man whose daughter and Cork-born wife were killed in the 9/11 attacks in New York has died of cancer in the US.

On Friday, Mar 29, graves and headstones in St Finbarr’s Cemetery in Cork were vandalised. Graffiti was daubed on some headstones.

A previously unknown letter written by Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney, who died on hunger strike in a British jail in 1920, could fetch up to €2,000 at auction next week.

A Corkman whose sister and niece were killed in the Sep 11, 2001, attacks on New York is to give evidence in the trial of the men who masterminded the terrorist acts.

Sinn Féin attempts to sanction the lord mayor of Cork failed last night as the mayoral pact parties closed ranks.

The lord mayor of Cork could face a vote of no confidence tonight, if he doesn’t issue a public apology for an unprecedented political attack on Sinn Féin.

The EU treaty which will be voted on next month will represent “the complete opposite of the Proclamation”, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said in a speech to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Archaeologists have trained volunteers to map headstones and record the stories and folklore from historic cemeteries as part of a nationwide project aimed at reaching out to the Irish disapora.

Sinn Féin has appointed Liadh Ní Riada, daughter of the composer Sean Ó Riada, as the party’s Irish language development officer.

A VOLUNTEER group has developed an interactive website mapping the graves of some of the most famous people buried in Cork’s historic St Finbarr’s Cemetery.

“IT is not those who can inflict the most, but those that can suffer the most who will prevail” – the words of Terence MacSwiney, playwright, author, politician, revolutionary and martyr.

Political divisions were put to one side today as the funeral took place in Cork of seven-year-old Léana Martin, the daughter of Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin.

A VOLUNTEER committee has been formed to help plan a major clean-up of one of Cork’s most historic cemeteries.

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help a cash- strapped local authority maintain an historic cemetery which has become overgrown due to government cutbacks.

COUNCIL officials have blamed Government cutbacks for the overgrown state of a burial ground in which some of Ireland’s best-known republican martyrs are buried.

POLITICAL legend Pearse Wyse, who died in Cork yesterday, was described as a man of principle who was devoted to public service.

WREATHS were laid on the graves of a city’s two martyred lord mayors yesterday to mark their immense contribution to the Irish state.

SHEARE smart. A new L-shaped house, tacked on to the side of an older one and built on its overgrown gardens, is a suburban property market offering with a twist.

SECURITY has been stepped up at one of Cork’s most historic cemeteries after headstones were damaged during late-night booze parties.

A CITY council is to introduce strict restrictions on the size of headstones in its cemeteries following the furore surrounding a huge monument erected to a well-known horse dealer.

HUNDREDS bid a fond farewell yesterday to a much-loved man who believed the arts and sport were the heartbeat of humanity.

SHOWBAND colleagues, family, friends and fans of Brendan O’Brien attended his removal in Cork City last night.

MANY people may have thought a family’s quest for a €160 million fortune was dead and buried following a DNA test.

A CORK family’s efforts to prove their right to a multi-million dollar inheritance will be featured in a TV series next week.

FED up of driving in and out of town, acting the chauffeur to growing or grown-up children?

I WISH to congratulate RTÉ and the participating historians for its recent Hidden History series, in particular the Burning of Cork programme.