Cork had eight points to spare when these two sides met eleven months ago in a Munster semi-final

Once Cork gathered possession the Louth cavalry duly retreated into their well drilled defensive structure. It was up there as one of the most unenjoyable matches I have ever watched

It’s a strange reality when your initial thought following a twelve-point home defeat to Kerry is 'that wasn’t too bad'. 

Before a ball was thrown in there were clearly three teams vying for the promotion spots in Division Two with Cork in a group of five counties battling to avoid relegation. That it has come down to the last game is of little surprise. That it was expected doesn’t now make the prospect any less frightening.

Having endured a winter of warnings that lights could go off because of a lack of supply and now facing questions of where our import money goes, Ireland is overdue an acceleration of domestically-produced renewable energy

Talk is the one thing that's cheap when it comes to housing, and what really matters now is whether the plan works

It doesn’t feel as if Cork have any choice but to flood next year’s team with younger players and look for a new identity

Tomorrow 25 cyclists, consisting of family, Aghada clubmates and friends, will be accompanied by some Cork teammates as they embark on a 165km trek titled “Mizen to Ballin 4 Kieran”

It doesn’t take a genius to work out where Cork’s major issue is

In eight years at the helm, Colm Collins has brought Clare from Division 4 whipping boys to within sight of top flight football