The Cork county board and the Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium board will jointly make three business-related appointments — the latest step in the coming together of the two bodies.

The bad weather intruded heavily on the fixtures programme in the Cork county football league, with just three games going ahead on Sunday as well as two on Friday night.

At tonight’s Cork County Board meeting, secretary Kevin O’Donovan informed delegates that the executive has agreed repayments to Central Council for money that should have been handed over three years ago.

In difficult conditions at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday night, St Finbarr’s claimed the Cork County U21 Premier 2 HC title with a 2-11 to 2-10 win over Bride Rovers.

Cork County Board secretary Kevin O’Donovan has warned of a “fixtures crash” next August, adding that Cork cannot continue to follow other counties in taking a complete break from club championship action during the summer months.

A Cork GAA club has vented its anger at having to pay €100 to play a county league final under floodlights on Friday evening last.

Three sites, all in East Cork, have now been identified as potential locations for a proposed retail outlet centre (ROC) with much more detailed study required on each location before the development is factored into any development plans.

About the kindest way to describe how John Horan is going about fixing the fixtures is that it’s as if after commissioning the Brennan brothers to assess and improve his hotel, he has them arrive on site only to find him already unleashing his inner Dermot Bannon who is about to give a foreman the thumbs up to a garish giant water fountain being plumped in the middle of the foyer.

Young inter-county players making themselves unavailable for club games is a “very, very worrying” development, according to Cork county board chairperson Tracey Kennedy.

The Cork County Board are investigating an incident from last month’s Cork SHC game between Bishopstown and Newtownshandrum, where a Newtownshandrum supporter is alleged to have physically interfered with referee Cathal McAllister.

Denis Coughlan has played more games at Páirc Uí Chaoimh than he cares to remember, in both football and hurling.

GAA President John Horan and Cork County Board chairperson Tracey Kennedy issued a brief joint statement last night regarding Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s redevelopment and expressed optimism about the future of the stadium.

Cloughduv coach Tim Barry- Murphy is battling a head cold. Not that he’s complaining, of course. It’s a very small price to pay for the opportunity to be still calling drills and placing out cones in late November.

Eamonn Ryan has stepped down as a Cork senior football selector, having informed the county executive of his decision last month.

Cork County Board secretary Frank Murphy has reiterated his opposition to the GAA decision to change the inter-county minor grade from U18 to U17, and he also maintains the U20 All-Ireland finals should not replace the minor deciders as senior curtain-raisers.

The decision to fix seven Cork senior club championship fixtures on the same day as the county contests the All-Ireland camogie final was unavoidable, according to Cork chairperson Tracey Kennedy.

The GAA have said they will further consider the proposal to host a Liam Miller tribute match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

The Government is to seek an explanation from the Cork County Board, amid concerns that the decision not to allow the Liam Miller tribute match take place at Pairc Ui Chaoimh may have broken the conditions of a grant paid towards the stadium’s redevelopment.

Despite a significant decline in the number of smokers in recent years, cigarette butts still make up more than half of the litter on our streets.

Here is a timeline of events regarding the Indaver incinerator from 2001 to 2018.

A 23-year-old university student claims his constitutional rights were breached after he was evicted from his parent's home by the Cork County Sheriff on foot of an order obtained by KBC bank.

Cork camogie goalkeeper Aoife Murray is undecided about whether or not she will extend her inter-county career into a 17th season.

Heineken Ireland has been unveiled as partner of the newly developed 45,000 capacity Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork.

The chairman of the Cork County Joint Policing Committee (JPC) is contacting Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan urging her to provide detectives in Cork with proper firearms training and bullet-proof shields to defuse a row which could lead to the withdrawal in the region of round-the-clock armed cover.

The proposed changes to Cork City’s boundary have already hit serious problems with Cork County Council stating it is currently not in a position to accept it after raising a number of concerns.

Cork County Councillors are to write to different agencies and Government departments to try to fast-track the building of a 5,000-home new town to alleviate the housing crisis.

Recently retired Cork footballer Paddy Kelly is supporting the CPA’s demand for a more condensed inter-county season, saying the current one is “far too long” and “draining” for players.

Phil Healy’s epic relay leg for UCC last month may have entered athletics folklore, but her first official attempt at the 400m left no one in doubt of her future potential over the one-lap distance.

In the debate about mortgage arrears over the past few years there have been frequent references to a “tsunami of repossessions” that was about to overwhelm the country. 

Rolling garda checkpoints targeting motorway exit ramps have contributed to an almost halving of burglary rates across Cork, new figures show.

Security was very tight at the second auction to re-sell up to 500 cattle which belonged to a Co Cork farmer after a lender obtained a judgment against him, writes Olivia Kelleher.

Injunctions against businessman Jerry Beades and his New Land League group, which has been protesting over the sale of cattle belonging to a Cork farmer have been enlarged by the High Court.

A High Court action brought over the auction of cattle belonging to a Co Cork family has been adjourned.

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Gardaí have been forced to move prisoners to other stations for the last number of weeks because a fault has closed down all the cells in a divisional headquarters.

Private nursing home residents cannot complain to watchdog while those in public nursing homes can

As the Government announced new measures to deal with the mortgage arrears crisis, Joe Leogue met one young couple whose family home is under threat, with no solution sight

Meet the West Cork-based chef who hopes to bring home the bacon with his new range of crispy snacks.

Former GAA President Sean Kelly believes rugby and soccer internationals will return to Croke Park when the IRFU and FAI’s 10-year exclusive tie-in with the Aviva Stadium expires.

GAA fans attending Cork stadium Páirc Uí Rinn have been urged to park responsibly after residents complained of “feeling under siege”.

The Munster Council announced last night they are giving Cork GAA €3.75m toward the €70m reconstruction of Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Mark Landers was last night confirmed as the new coach of the Cork senior hurling team.

Cork has three garda chief superintendents but, under new guidelines issued by the departments of justice and environment, only two will in future be allowed to sit on the county’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC).

Infant death rates at the Bessborough mother-and-baby home in Cork soared to almost 70% in the early 1940s.

Those who came to the Mardyke’s Richard Beamish Grounds to celebrate 140 years of Cork County Cricket Club were duly transported back in time, albeit only by 15 years, as former West Indies star and now Ireland coach, Phil Simmons stole the show.