British designer Jasper Morrison arguably set the stage in 2004, when he designed the Cork Family for Vitra, a range of chunky, raw cork stools that double as side tables in sculptural silhouettes.

It has been revealed that Uisce Éireann had to pay €250,000 to clean up a major spill near Cork’s Atlantic Pond.

The River Lee is being monitored after thousands of litres of raw sewage flooded streets in Cork’s south docklands after equipment failure at a critical piece of the city’s wastewater system.