2007 hurler of the year Dan Shanahan helped St Mary’s to their maiden Munster championship win on Saturday afternoon at Fraher Field in his first year as team coach.

Busy bees living on the roof of a city centre college have just produced A-grade honey.

Just days before his accident, Liam O'Riordan was on a fundraising truck-run to help get Ireland's first community-funded air ambulance in the air.

Plans by Lidl to replace its existing outlet in Fermoy with a large, new store have been approved, despite opposition from a rival supermarket owner.

Tipperary's minor footballers did enough on home turf to qualify for the phase one final of the Munster championship: but only just.

A former greyhound trainer has been fined after inspectors found unauthorised remedies and “performance enhancers” in his possession.

For people strolling Lapp’s Quay and Albert Quay in Cork the long boats knifing through the water, crews paddling furiously, are a familiar sight.

Arthur McDonagh replaces Martin Coppinger in next weekend’s King of the Roads following his bowl of odds win over Colm Rafferty in Sunday’s play-off at Ballincurrig.

SuperValu has been accused of using the planning laws to “thwart competition”, jeopardising employment, after the owner of one of the chain’s supermarkets in a Cork town objected to proposals to expand a rival store across the road from his business.

David Murphy and Arthur McDonagh contest next Sunday’s Munster senior final at Grenagh.

The band which Dolores O’Riordan was due to record with on the day she died is a quarter of the way to raising $1m (€860,000) for her four children.

Edible flowers are one of summer’s biggest food trends, writes Joe McNamee.

Limerick secretary Mike O’Riordan doesn’t envisage the county will be in competition with Cork in the battle for GAA stadium naming rights.

Clare club Wolfe Tones na Sionna believe their recommendation to outlaw the practice of clubs hiring outside managers can be “sea-changing” for the GAA.

Brian Maguire returned from Aleppo intent on painting the reality of what he’d seen in the Syrian city, writes Alan O’Riordan.

Annabelle Comyn feels her revival of John Osborne’s classic play will show how its central angry young man is very much alive in today’s world, writes Alan O’Riordan.

Kanturk (Cork) 3-13 Middletown Na Fianna (Armagh) 0-12: Kanturk cruised into the All Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Final today with a comprehensive dismissal of Ulster Champions Middletown Na Fianna of Armagh.

Brian Kennedy has battled cancer and seen close friends go to the grave. He now appreciates life more than ever, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Vanessa Emme is an Irish-Filipina actress currently based in London. She plays Helena Charles in John

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Limerick last night to pay their respects to Dolores O’Riordan.

Yesterday, thousands of people attended a four-hour public reposal of rock star Dolores O’Riordan in her native Limerick. The county has begun three days of mourning.

I can’t remember the first time I heard Bob Dylan or Van Morrison or even Lightnin’ Hopkins, but I remember the first time I heard Dolores O’Riordan, writes Michael Clifford.

Latest: Dolores O'Riordan will be laid to rest on Tuesday in her native Limerick.

Tributes have been flowing in from around the world since the news broke of Dolores O’Riordan’s death Monday evening.

People from Dolores O’Riordan’s home city of Limerick have paid tribute to the late Cranberries singer.

Unknown in 1991, Dolores O’Riordan was soon fronting one of the biggest band in the world, writes Joyce Fegan

A reporter has told the Regency Hotel murder trial he thought a garda raid was taking place on the day of the shooting.

Limerick GAA secretary Mike O’Riordan is not in favour of the new Super 8 format, calling for the introduction of a two-tier football championship.

A special gig filled with international stars will celebrate the 60th birthday of Shane MacGowan.

The way the latest boundary extension story was leaked, compounded by repeated delays of a meeting to discuss its fallout, seriously angered many county councillors, writes Sean O’Riordan.

For entrepreneurs and freelancers, a rise in co-working spaces gives workers more choice, says Emma Kennedy.

Cork’s long-running jazz festival provided a mix of old and new sounds, writes Alan O’Riordan

Mary O’Riordan says when the honey crop has been removed, there is usually a huge population of bees in the hive, so it is a good time to get some comb drawn.    

James Joyce’s famous short works are filled with music. Alan O’Riordan meets two gallants who decided to make them into an opera.

Thomas Mackle will be bidding for a special place in bowling history when he defends his Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads title at Ballincurrig next weekend.

Alan O’Riordan reviews Ulysses and Tribes.

Frank Pig Says Hello and its sequel should make for fine viewing, writes Alan O’Riordan

With 1,300 years of history, Ireland’s ‘Alcatraz’ has been named Europe’s No 1 tourist attraction, writes Sean O’Riordan

Eugene McCabe’s 1964 tales of a rich farmer who encourages a neighbour to impregnate his wife was well ahead of its time, writes Alan O’Riordan.

Disability rights campaigner Joanne O’Riordan hopes a special meeting with Chinese students could help change their state’s attitudes towards people with disabilities.

A retiring judge yesterday criticised some sectors of the media for swingeing attacks on sentences imposed by courts rather than addressing the more complex area of reintroducing prisoners to society on their release from jail.

"After speaking to her daughter and reading her memoir… it was clear that Ms. Lovett deserved to be honored with Mattituck’s Class of 2017.”

A taxi driver was robbed of the purse around her neck after driving a man from Cork City to a dark laneway in Buttevant, North Cork.

Sean O’Riordan examines a UL report which highlights the high numbers leaving the Defence Forces

Mary O’Riordan writes on the travails of the beekeeper when swarming causes the loss of a hive of bees and a crop of honey