Following in the footsteps of Dublin and Limerick, and dozens of other cities around the world, Cork is to host an ‘Open House’ weekend of its architectural highlights and gems.

The Underground Short Film Festival, which takes place in Cork from Saturday to August 16, will, for the first time in its four-year history, screen five feature films.

Each week, Esther N McCarthy scouts around for interesting bits for your home.

Cork’s Underground Short Film Festival gives emerging talents a chance to show their work in public, says Colette Sheridan

IRELAND was once described by WB Yeats as "the Hungary of the West". A century on, sculptor Maria Lugossy also believes there are many similarities between the two countries.