Times have changed since the O’Hanlon family started farming on Golden Hill Farm in Co Kerry in 1876.

The 60th annual Cork International Choral Festival took place at the weekend, with approximately 5,000 participants — the largest number it has ever had. Here are the results.

We live in an age of change, and farming has not missed out on the steady march of progress.

It was Brideshead Revisited meets Gregorian chants — a send-off fit for a lord.

It was like 1992 all over again, with a team from Co Clare coming to the heart of Co Cork football territory, and taking home the trophies.

Labour will this weekend pay tribute to its councillors and party members who ignored corrupt bribes during the 1980s and 1990s and which were exposed by the Mahon Tribunal.

The findings are very positive, and crossbreeding is very much here to stay, says Frank Buckley of the Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, which has been involved for the past six years in evaluating the merits of crossbreeding with Jersey.

The chamber music group will perform with the singer tomorrow as part of Triskel Christchurch’s Christmas programme, says Colette Sheridan

BEGINNING on Saturday, September 3, Burren House in Kilbrittain, west Cork, will present a weekend of opera, with an innovative combination of Mozart’s The Impresario and Leoncavello’s Pagliacci by the Garden Opera Company.

TOP horse exhibitor at last year’s Dublin Horse Show, Seamus Lehane, continued his domination of shows in his native West Cork, at last week’s Carbery Show in Skibbereen.

SISTERS from Woodstown, Co Waterford, Rosemary and Claire Connors had a clean sweep in the ridden hunter classes at the 93rd Dungarvan Show.

AS THE familiar figure took his place at the top table behind the microphones, it was almost like deja vu - except of course that, in reality, everything had changed utterly.

Former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr will today launch an anti-racism soccer tournament while he awaits the next stage in his career.

Ireland’s biggest anti-racism sports event — The SARI Intercultural Soccerfest — takes place this weekend at the Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Two charities have received donations of €50,000 each from An Post, raised from sales of St Patrick's Day cards designed by John Rocha and artist Graham Knuttel.

SPECIAL St Patrick’s Day greeting cards could raise around €160,000 for good causes in Ireland and abroad.

Donal Hickey

Drogheda United have welcomed three new directors onto the board of the eircom League Premier Division title contenders.