St Thomas’s Kenneth Burke has predicted his cousin Fintan Burke will be the next family member to break into the Galway set-up after his recovery from a knee injury.

Is it a poisoned chalice or an opportunity of a lifetime?

The victories may already be receding into the background, but for Michelle Carpenter the hard work is only beginning.

Mr Magee was commissioned by Cork City Council to paint the piece on the double gable wall facing Bishop Lucey Park.

A street mural of Ireland’s legendary comedian Brendan Grace has appeared in Dublin’s Liberties has appeared ahead of his funeral.

Waiting for the rising tide on the Fergus Estuary in the traditional fishing boat he built himself known as a gandelow, Co Clare man Fintan Ginnane is at ease with the world. And why wouldn’t he be.

As the second eldest in a family of seven the new Bishop of Cork and Ross, Most Rev Fintan Gavin, is well versed in team work so it was a natural fit for him to heavily feature the Church of Ireland Bishop the Right Rev Dr John Colton and Bishop Emeritus Most Reverend John Buckley in his ordination ceremony.

John Dalton, professor of molecular parasitology, NUI Galway

Archery supplies Ireland’s first interest at the European Games in Minsk, with just one Irish competitor in action on the opening day.

Having demonstrated in Castlebar that Roscommon can match the game’s leading lights, centre-forward Cathal Cregg now wants the team to return to the Super 8s and prove they are a far more competent side than their 2018 model.

"Sea lions literally everywhere, you’ve to be careful not to step on them, marine iguanas, blue-footed boobies, frigate birds, sea turtles.”

They were struggling for consistency all through the Munster minor round-robin, but Tipperary finally found it on the big day.

As a member of An Garda Síochána, Maurice McCabe was entitled to know he was being accused of these offences, writes Michael Clifford

Kevin Markham highlights 10 of the most amusing moments he’s had on a golf course.

The scale of Ophelia’s devastation was particularly felt in Waterford, Tipperary, and Dundalk, where three people lost their lives as a result of the storm.

As the frenzy of the Irish Championships subsides, attention once again turns to international affairs this week.

A bumper weekend of racing is in store in Cork as the 2017 Irish Rowing Championships take place at the National Rowing Centre from tomorrow through to Sunday. 

Kerry 0-20 Westmeath 2-12: Kerry senior hurling manager Fintan O’Connor, confessed to being “relieved, more than anything” after his side pulled off a vital win against Westmeath in miserable weather in Mullingar yesterday afternoon.

Irish international rowers didn’t disappoint at last week’s hugely successful Skibbereen Regatta.

New Kerry senior hurling manager Fintan O’Connor has confirmed that Tipperary legend Brendan Cummins is returning to the Kingdom as goalkeeping coach.

The introduction of Alan Cadogan and Aidan Walsh to the Cork panel earlier this month is just the type of ruthlessness the group needs, says Patrick Kelly.

LGBT campaigner Fintan Warfield is the first person to be elected to the 25th Seanad.

Waterford’s match-winner on Sunday Austin Gleeson has endorsed manager Derek McGrath’s half-time directions to the team.

There are are Mondays and there are Mondays, writes Colm O’Regan.

I still believe that the present government, despite making some choices I fundamentally disagree with, did a good job in the last five years, writes Fergus Finlay.

Tears. Tears, everywhere.

Fifty years of hard work has really paid off for the family-run Quinlan’s Kerryfish — the business struck gold twice at the Great Taste Awards.

To say Fintan O’Connor is your conventional inter-county hurling selector wouldn’t just be inaccurate: it would be wrong.

Macroom 4-8 Newmarket 2-11: Gaining momentum with every outing, Macroom booked a Cork Premier IFC quarter-final date with either Éire Óg or Grenagh when edging home at wind and rain-swept Dromtarriffe yesterday.

Derek McGrath believes Waterford’s progression to the All-Ireland semi-final has proven their league form was no flash in the pan.

Waterford crashed out of the Munster senior and U21 championships in the space of four days, yet the 14 Déise players involved in both defeats were keen to reload immediately for Sunday’s All Ireland quarter-final, according to selector Fintan O’Connor.

Waterford’s Noel Connors believes the Déise can draw solace from their refusal to throw in the towel in the closing stages of Sunday’s Munster final.

Austin Gleeson has an appointment with an exam paper tomorrow morning, so the Waterford defender may have to put celebrating the county’s NHL title win on hold for a few days.

A couple plan to celebrate their 80th birthdays by crossing the finishing line of next year’s Cork City Marathon hand in hand in their last such event, says Margaret Jennings.

Blanket defence? Hand-passes a-go-go? Yes, but what styles or attitudes are unique to the protagonists as they shake up for the forthcoming championship? We analyse the top 10.

Tyrone 2-10, Cork 0-17: