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.

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.

The process of harvesting the cork oak takes precision, years of practice, and a good axe. In the Alentejo region of Portugal, workers spend their summers delicately removing the outer layers of ...