* ACE at UCC and the Irish Heritage Trust will offer a summer short course at Fota House: ’A History of Gardens’ with Dr Nigel Everett which will run for 6 weeks, starting on June 10.

A TOTAL of 16 tourism-related projects in Co Cork are to benefit from €1.1 million in funding from Fáilte Ireland and Cork County Council.

An extra €280,000 is to be provided to boost four urban and village renewal projects across the country, the Government announced today.