A familiar outcome to the Cork football decider, but the display which gave rise to Barry O’Driscoll holding aloft the Andy Scannell Cup was anything but vintage Nemo.

CBC Cork 30 Crescent College 5: Christian Brothers College Cork laid down a marker in their bid to retain the Clayton Hotels sponsored Munster Schools Senior Cup when they proved much too strong for Crescent College Comprehensive at Musgrave Park yesterday.

Leinster MHC final: Kilkenny 1-17 Dublin 1-15

Kilkenny 2-18 Laois 0-11: All-Ireland champions, Kilkenny confidently claimed a place in the Leinster MHC final against Dublin with an easy 2-18 to 0-11 win over Laois at Nowlan Park yesterday.

Niall Cahill need only drive through the main gates of Thurles CBS to see the ripples of excitement created by their spring adventure.

Éire Óg 0-14 Rockchapel 0-06

Éire Óg 0-9 Fermoy 1-3

Kilkenny CBS 2-13 St Kieran’s College 0-13

Éire Óg 1-11 Canovee 0-10

Cork has hosted its share of Cork/Kerry games over the years, as has Killarney and Tralee, where, this Sunday, in a round six Allianz Football League tie, the old Munster rivals meet again.

Sarsfields (Kildare)1-12 St Patrick’s (Louth) 2-6

There were new Club Senior Football champions crowned in a number of counties today, with Errigal Ciaran ending their six-year wait for another Tyrone title.

After 58 years in business, one of Cork’s best known family businesses is to close.

Cork bid to atone for last year’s disappointment with victory over Kildare in today’s All-Ireland Vocational Schools SAFC football final in Templetuohy (2pm).

A dominant second half display in Portarlington on Saturday saw Cork book their place in All-Ireland Vocational Schools SAFC final.

CORK’S domination of Munster Vocational Schools’ football continued with their annihilation of Kerry in the final in Killarney yesterday.

THE killer of a 25-year-old Co Cork man was jailed for life yesterday as the murdered man’s family described the terrible loss and being left with an empty space at their table.

A SECTION of new dual carriageway linking Waterford and Dublin has been given the green light, despite a report which clearly says permission for the route should be refused.