During World War II, gasoline for civilians was in short supply. France was far from the only European country that turned to ...

Cork is everywhere in design, and yet it’s almost always decorative. A tile floor. A pin board. A wine stopper. Copenhagen-based furniture designer Chiara Verde looked at that assumption and quietly ...

Herds of livestock are munching through overgrown, hard-to-reach vegetation that could otherwise become fuel for firestorms.

Producers and retailers can use cork as an indicator of wine quality without pricing themselves out of the mainstream market, according to new data from the Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR). In an ...

Portugal produces around half of the world’s cork. Here, the world’s largest cork company, Corticeira Amorim, continues to open new markets by transforming this ancient natural resource into high-tech ...

The public is now well-versed in the Cork and Limerick rivalry that takes place each summer on the hurling pitch. It is one in which Limerick has fared much better in recent years. But there is ...

A faulty valve on a CalMac ferry led to a sudden and uncontrolled release of highly flammable methane gas last summer, BBC Scotland News has learned. The operator's investigation found that 700kg of ...

Staff and management fear winter pressures could expose patient safety risks as a dispute over resources intensifies at Cork University Hospital CUH chief executive Jennifer Kearney wrote to Health ...

A flammable Gas is any substance that exists in the gaseous state at normal atmospheric temperature and pressure and is capable of being ignited and burned when mixed with proper proportions of air or ...

A local Michelin starred chef shares his favorite places to dine in and around Cork, an ideal base for food lovers seeking Michelin-starred restaurants, farmers markets and cooking classes. This voice ...

I'll never forget the night I broke the cork on a pricey bottle of aged white Burgundy that I'd been saving for a special occasion. There I was, in my cutest summer dress, roasting chicken in the oven ...