Two-time All-Ireland winning Clare selector Tony Considine believes the Banner County would be well served by mirroring Cork’s progressive approach and filling their various management teams with the men who twice delivered Liam MacCarthy glory in the mid-’90s.

When local artist Maura O’Connell of West Cork Casting Studio was commissioned to prepare specially-moulded hand casts for none other than Cork GAA legend, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, and rising Cork GAA star, Melissa Duggan, she couldn’t wait to get stuck in.

Former Cork captain Shane O’Neill believes the proposed minor hurling management team of Dónal Óg Cusack, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, and Tom Kelly can only inspire the players in 2020.

The return of Dónal Óg Cusack to the Cork fray was never going to run smoothly. And the award for most obvious hurling statement in 2019, beating “Liam Sheedy has the x-factor” and “you can never write off Kilkenny”, goes to...

Donal Óg Cusack is officially back in the Cork GAA fold after County Board chiefs tonight recommended him as the new manager of the county’s minor hurlers.

The success of the Cork minor football team this year is proof of the benefits of underage coaches migrating upwards with their teams, according to Jamie Wall.

Irish society is bankrupt, fears Pat Daly, who is heading up the new GAA ‘Going Well’ programme aimed at cultivating well-being among secondary school students.

Last year UNESCO considered applications for special cultural status at a meeting in Paris, and among the submissions made was one from the GAA seeking the inclusion of hurling.

A little under two years ago, in these pages, Brian Turnbull spoke about the various stages of grief, from denial to anger to acceptance.

We’ll skip with the preamble. Any assessment of where the Cork hurlers go from here has to start with where John Meyler goes from here.

And so, 14 years becomes 15, one short of Cork’s longest spell without the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

Last night in Youghal could have been 2002, or 2004. Or 2007. Or 2010. Cork and Waterford were facing off in hurling once again, with all the chips on the table.

For development purposes, Cork needs as many schools as possible plying their trade at the highest level.

Sean Óg Ó hAilpín has bemoaned Cork’s recent difficulties in Croke Park and suggested that John Meyler’s side would have “hammered” Limerick in the All-Ireland semi-final had the game been transplanted back to Munster.

While Clare were sharp, Derek McGrath’s team were blunt. And surprisingly and disappointedly, undisciplined.

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Cork will start four U21s in today’s Munster SHC clash with Tipperary. How much of a step is it, to go from underage hurling to the big show? asks Michael Moynihan.

Rugby legend Ronan O’Gara paid an emotional tribute to the people of Cork as he was conferred with the freedom of the city he said he loves.

RONAN O’GARA was granted the Freedom of Cork, a signal honour that dates from the 14th century. 

Ronan O’Gara’s eldest kids almost stole the show after watching their father receive the Freedom of Cork.

Rugby legend Ronan O’Gara will be conferred with the Freedom of Cork City today during a ceremony which will be streamed live to the world.

It was Paul Murphy who quipped last year that Kilkenny colleague TJ Reid, who sells animal feed in his day job, looks like ‘he’s eating a few of them himself’.

Na Piarsaigh 0-13 Naomh Abán 0-3: Na Piarsaigh were on top of their game in Carrigadrohid on Saturday, producing a fine display of football to book a quarter-final place in the Cork Premier IFC. On a wet evening, they emerged easy victors in this round 2A clash against a Naomh Abán side that never got going.

Douglas 2-18 Na Piarsaigh 1-18: An outstanding contest, highlighted by the skill and class of Alan Cadogan, presented a much more positive image of Cork hurling after the flop in Semple Stadium the previous Sunday and fittingly Douglas were the winners in this first-round game in Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

John Allen feared he would be remembered for all the wrong reasons in taking off Brian Corcoran in the 2005 All-Ireland semi-final against Clare.

Cork GAA legend Seán Óg Ó hAilpín started his new year in style yesterday, marrying his long-time love in Cork.

It was a strange 24 hours, or maybe 36 hours, for Cork GAA, writes Michael Moynihan.

Half white, half Asian Dubliner Dean Van Nguyen speaks to other mixed-race Irish people in their twenties and thirties about growing up in a primarily white culture, being subjected to racist taunts, and coming to terms with their own sense of self.

Nemo Rangers 2-14 Na Piarsaigh 3-6: Na Piarsaigh are a game from possibly falling through the trapdoor of Premier Intermediate football after succumbing to city rivals, Nemo Rangers last night.

New Ireland International Rules manager Joe Kernan believes Aidan Walsh’s chances of extending his International Rules career will be hindered by his decision to concentrate his efforts with Cork’s hurlers this year.

Mia Hamm is a legend of women’s soccer in the United States. She is retired some ten years but she is still revered Stateside.

The 2014 season wasn’t without its fair share of disputes and furore. But just where does the likes of Shane Enright’s non-black card, Parade-gate and Stephen O’Keeffe’s safety-defying save from Anthony Nash rank in the GAA’s biggest on-field Championship controversies since 2000?

A host of Irish sports stars joined the late Donal Walsh in a fantastic video to promote an organisation that wants to help athletes affected by catastrophic sports injuries.

Aidan Walsh isn’t the first Cork player to make a big decision about his future. A few years back one of his dual predecessors in red and white also had to make a call.

Valley Rovers 0-12 Na Piarsaigh 0-8

It’s been a topsy-turvy year for Na Piarsaigh.

For a measure of how a player is valued, very often you need look no further than his club. When he was barely out of his teens, Na Piarsaigh trusted Christopher Joyce with the most pivotal and responsible position on the field, centre-back.

MARIO Rosenstock’s grandparents had an extraordinary war.

Henry Shefflin has revealed he has a growing appreciation of the reasons why the Cork hurlers went on strike in 2002.

THE future of the Church, its power, and its position in Irish society have been glimpsed over the last three weeks in a spat about education. The location was the northside of Cork City, but unfolding events spoke volumes of how the Catholic Church at large intends to shape a future to serve its needs and retain as much power as possible.

A documentary on UFC star Conor McGregor and the second heat of MasterChef Ireland are among the homegrown shows over the next few days.