St Catherine’s survived a strong finish from Castlemartyr in the third round of the Cork IHC at Lisgoold this evening.

As a child protection measure, the FAI are planning to introduce an identity card which will be compulsory for every coach in the country to have by 2020.

If there’s blood on the streets of Cork city with its recent wave of new restaurants and bars opening for business, there’s a quarter-cut of the city that may well have a roll to play. It’s McCurtain Street.

The FAI might recently have been the focus for cutbacks and belt-tightening but, seemingly bucking the age of austerity, the association yesterday announced they are in the process of creating six new positions — mainly, they say, related to revenue generation.

I SEE that Tayto has shed 170 jobs. Those GAA and soccer stars who helped promote the sale of British-made crisps here must be proud of themselves. What a country!