University College Cork (UCC) generates €2.3 million per day for the Irish economy, according to a new report to be launched today (May 14).

A replica of the mud hut, an bothán, in which the poorest of the poor lived and died during the famine has been recreated by UCC near the Quad.

An online project that will allow people to see how the famine affected their locality will be launched at the Annual National Famine Commemoration in Cork this Saturday, May 12. 

Famines are extreme events where people’s access to food is denied. The world had until recently almost abolished famines.

On the pavement outside my great-grandparents’ home in Vienna is the line, in twelve languages, “what happens when we forget to remember?”

The Great Famine, which occurred between 1845 and 1852, was neither the first nor the last of Ireland's famine experiences, but it was the most profound, and probably the most catastrophic event in modern Irish history.

Professor Jools Gibson writes about Catherine Young's new work State Of Exception, and the urgent need to champion our dance talent.

The lifting of the car ban on St Patrick’s St this week should not fool us.

This year Cork County Library is organising a number of events during 2018 to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage.

There are so many highways and byways leading to this one spot - the centre of UCC’s famous old Quad.