Spectacular new art installation brings the world to Cobh 

Planet installation in Cobh Cathedral might give people "a chance to sit, reflect, and refocus on our common goal to make our planet a better place in which to live".

The Gaia installation at Cobh Cathedral, part of the Cork Midsummer Festival. Picture; Eddie O'Hare

The couple who have "brought the world to Cork" say it’s just the first of what they hope will be many special projects that will benefit Cobh and Great Island.

Garry and Anne Wilson visited Cobh’s landmark St Colman’s Cathedral on Tuesday night to see the spectacular 7m-wide rotating sculpture of Planet Earth hanging from the cathedral’s magnificent vaulted ceiling ahead of its official opening on Wednesday as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival.