St Thomas have won all three county finals they have played in — having only made it to their first decider in 2012 — and they will go into a repeat of last year’s Galway SHC showdown against Liam Mellows as favourites in two weeks’time to retain the title for the first time.

Knocknagree may have cruised past Aghabullogue at Banteer on Saturday to set up a Cork IFC semi-final with Millstreet but winning manager John Fintan Daly saw plenty of room for improvement.

Cork will play Dublin in next weekend’s All-Ireland U20 football final after reeling in a seven-point second-half deficit to overcome 14-man Tyrone.

Leading sport psychologist Kate Kirby talks to Kieran Shannon about what it takes to have a winning mentality.

Part of the world’s largest collection of Famine-related art has arrived in Cork.

Businesses in Cork are unanimously confident about the future despite external threats such as Brexit, according to a survey, with more than three-quarters of firms planning to hire in the next year.

Ballygunner came out on top in this epic Munster club SHC quarter-final at Walsh Park after extra time.

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When defeated in a big game you cannot wait to get a crack at the same opposition, seeking revenge. There’s a matter of pride and unity of purpose involved. This is a powerful stimulus which provides a strong incentive for a committed response.

An award-winning Cork food company has predicted the gluten-free food industry will expand exponentially in the coming years, defying critics who say it is a passing fad.

Like a Trumpian election, or a Brexit vote, the public element of Dancing with the Stars has given vent to deep prejudices which reflect badly on large swathes of the nation, writes Michael Clifford

Kerry will meet Limerick in the McGrath Cup final after the Kingdom comfortably overcame Cork this afternoon.

When Keith Stanton from Carrigaline was planning his proposal to partner Liz O’Mahoney, he knew he had to get one of her favourite bands involved somewhere along the way.

The natural next step for this Waterford group now is to win a Munster title and they are ready to take that step this weekend, writes Anthony Daly.

Before the 1995 National League final against Kilkenny, my back was in bits. I wanted to play. I convinced management I was fit to play. I thought we would win. I wanted to lift the cup. 

That rolling bet between myself and John Mullane is still rolling. I didn’t take the €20 off him yesterday because we are going doubles or quits for the championship match on June 5th.

The public’s knowledge of the threat posed by Islamic extremists in Ireland is as limited as the amount of information provided to it by the authorities. As part of ongoing reports on this area, Cormac O’Keeffe was given a rare in-depth interview with the head of the Garda’s security services, Assistant Commissioner John O’Mahoney, about the reality of the situation here and what is being done about it. 

Victorious Ballyboden St Endas manager Andy McEntee hit out at the GAA after midfielder Declan O’Mahoney failed in having his one-match suspension rescinded ahead of the All-Ireland final.

John Fogarty talks to Declan O’Mahoney ahead of Ballyboden St Enda’s All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final with Clonmel Commercials.

Mourneabbey (Cork) 2-11 Kilkerrin/Clonberne (Galway) 2-10: Mourneabbey will contest their second All-Ireland Ladies Club SFC final in a row after they defeated Galway’s Kilkerrin/Clonberne in Cork yesterday.

Declan O’Mahoney, Tyndall National Institute entrepreneur in residence

A Clare man shouted “goodbye brother, I love you” after watching him disappear into the water in Poulnasherry Bay off the Clare coast in April.

Opel didn’t hold back with the Adam — it went for broke. It’s bold, it’s brash, it’s loud — but it works, writes John O’ Mahoney

The sentence handed down to a social recluse whose internet piracy scam put the movie industry at risk of losing stg£120m should act as a warning to others engaged in such crimes, a judge said.

Bernard Daly, 67, of Collins Avenue West, Whitehall, Dublin, Tiarnan O’Mahoney, 56, of Glen Pines, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow and Aoife Maguire, 62, of Rothe Abbey, South Circular Road, Kilmainham, Dublin had pleaded not guilty to seven charges.

The man jailed last month for sending a pig’s head to the home of a garda may not be lying on a sun-kissed Spanish beach in the autumn after all.

The Dubliner who sent a pig’s head to the home of a Garda and his wife is set to be out of jail in time to get some autumn sun in Spain.

A Garda and his wife were forced to leave behind their life in west Clare after receiving a severed pig’s head in the post.

The man accused of sending a pig’s head in the post to the home of a garda told gardaí that “it is only a pig’s head, not a human head”.

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A Dublin man charged with sending a pig’s head to the home of a garda yesterday pleaded not guilty to the alleged offence.

An oyster fisherman who drowned in Clare yesterday was due to see his youngest child christened later in the day.

Gardaí are today escorting back to Ireland from Spain a man charged with sending a pig’s head to the home of a Garda.

A corrupt former police community support officer who conned air passengers into handing over cash is to have her baby girl taken from her in prison after being jailed for six-and-a-half years.

For this week’s Q&A, Kehlan talks with Peter O’Mahoney from Linked Finance, which is looking to be the leading force in Ireland when it comes to peer-to-peer lending.

John Mahoney has been to Galway so many times, there’s a danger people will forget what he’s best known for. Mahoney for years played Marty Crane, the cranky father to two psychiatrists in sublime US sitcom Frasier-

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A man charged with sending a pig’s head to the home of a Garda remains at large.

A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a 45-year-old man charged in connection with sending a pig’s head to the home of a garda.

A man charged in connection with sending a pig’s head to the home of a garda has been allowed leave the country to go on a Mediterranean sun holiday.

The streets of Cork are increasingly popular with film crews looking for authenticity, says Colette Sheridan

A 45-year-old Dublin man has appeared in court in connection with sending a pig’s head in the post to the home of a garda.

THERE are few actors in contemporary American theatre as well regarded as John Mahoney.

Nearly 100 years after being torpedoed, the wreck of the Lusitania is disintegrating in 300ft of water off the Cork coast.