A "one in a million" ghost ship first spotted floating off the African coast six months ago has washed up onto rocks west of Ballycotton in Co Cork.

Half an hour or so after Russell Rovers' defeat at Croke Park, Michael Mannion was still struggling to find the right words to explain it all away.

Watch our video from Shanagarry as it's all systems go in Russell Rovers territory.

Eve Kelliher looks at the world of art and interiors

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As Rory O’Connell returns with a new RTÉ series exploring international cuisine, he returns to his local roots for a new food festival in Cork. Ciara McDonnell reports.

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IRELAND’S coastline is having quite the moment of international recognition, what with the likes of the extraordinarily successful Wild Atlantic Way and the coastal fringe of Ireland’s Ancient East, and now, the stunningly-filmed, informative and evocative four-part TV documentary on RTÉ One, Great Lighthouses of Ireland.

An angler has been airlifted to safety after falling from cliffs earlier today at Knockadoon Head in County Cork.

For so many years it shone like a beacon above its rivals but then, in a flicker, it was gone.

RECENT years have seen a number of Irish illustrators achieve their dream of working for Marvel, one of the giants of the comics business.

The Mackinnon report’s recommendation of an extension of the Cork City boundary is “nothing more than an attempted rates and land grab”, residents in a Co Cork town have complained.

It’s 20 years this month since Ballycotton in East Cork was in utter upheaval, during the filming of the Hollywood movie Divine Rapture, starring Marlon Brando, John Hurt, Johnny Depp, Debra Winger and Angeline Ball. 

A fifth victory in a row by Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe Harriers in the men’s race in and a course record winning time of 54:20 by Maria McCambridge of Dundrum South Dublin Athletic Club were the highlight performances at yesterday’s annual Ballycotton 10 mile in East Cork — the 38th running of this Irish road classic.

Sergiu Ciobanu didn’t take long to understand the prestige and history of the Ballycotton ‘10’. Fresh off the plane from Moldova, Ciobanu quickly realised victory in East Cork would guarantee household status in local running circles.

Cork artist Will Sliney will be swapping Spider-Man for sneakers having been approached by iconic trainers brand Converse to take part in their latest marketing campaign.

Solicitor Gerald Kean attempted to "cover up" an alleged failure to properly represent a former client who subsequently made a complaint to the Law Society about him, the High Court has heard.

An appeal by celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean over a professional misconduct finding against him has opened before the High Court.

Lines drawn from Marvel’s new Spider-Man and cartoons of Seamus Coleman intersect at the son of a Ballycotton trawlerman. Don O’Mahony talks to Will Sliney.

A group of Cork-based comic book artists have released their first anthology in the midst of what is being describd as a new golden age of comics, writes Don O’Mahony.

Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe Harriers coasted to a comfortable victory in yesterday’s Ballycotton 10-mile in East Cork — the 37th edition of this famous road race classic.

It operated for over a century out of a shed with no running water. But now the members of one of Ireland’s busiest Coast Guard units can boast one of the most advanced bases in the country.

An Irish comic book artist is about to hit the big time with Marvel Comics.

Art dealers, the Waddingtons, are selling up their elevated Ballycotton home, Tommy Barker reports on a seaside house that's chock full of collectibles.

MOLDOVAN Sergiu Ciobanu yesterday produced a personal best of 49 minutes 37 seconds to win the Ballycotton 10 mile road race in East Cork.

Post mortems have been completed on the bodies of three members of the same family, found dead in east Cork yesterday.

OVER 3,000 runners will go to the starting line for tomorrow’s “Ballycotton 10”, Ireland’s most enduring and successful road race.

WHEN I first came to Shanagarry crabs were considered to be a nuisance by most fishermen because they found their way into the lobster pots and were much less lucrative to sell. Tommy Sliney, the legendary Ballycotton man who sold his fish from a donkey and cart on the pier, occasionally brought us a few, and it was always a cause for celebration. We’d prepare all the other ingredients and then my father-in-law, Ivan Allen, would mix and taste the Dressed Crab.

VINNY MULVEY (Raheny Shamrock AC) raced to a solo and very satisfying victory in yesterday’s Ballycotton ‘10’ and then confirmed what more than 3,000 entrants proclaimed that this is the best 10-miler in these islands.

CORK-born businessman Pearse Flynn has sold a 4% stake in Glasgow Celtic Football Club — shares of which were slightly up yesterday at just over 50p.

A WOMAN, who divorced her husband, yesterday took a High Court action to lift the ban preventing her from marrying his brother.

I WOULD like to express my sincere thanks to the whole community of Ballycotton and Father Peter O’Callaghan for their efforts in the operation to save the victims of the terrible tragedy that happened off the Co Wexford coast when the Maggie B sank.

THE Allianz Sciath na Scol football finals finally got underway at Páirc Ui Rinn yesterday and produced four marvellous contests that had followers in full voice.

NOEL BERKELEY will not line up for Sunday’s Ballycotton 10 but “The King of Ballycotton” predicts a classic spectacle involving most of Ireland’s leading distance runners, a couple of Kenyans and UK internationals.

CATHERINA McKIERNAN and Rosemary Ryan are set to renew rivalry at Dundalk Racecourse tomorrow when they line up for Rás na hÉireann.

CORK-BORN businessman Pearse Flynn has moved back into the telecoms business, acquiring a call centre company in Scotland.

ANDY COLEMAN (Enfield AC) finally broke Noel Berkeley’s stranglehold on the Nike Ballycotton 10 when he outfoxed the Dubliner to snatch a victory that left just six seconds separating the top two —49:52 to 49:58 — in a thrilling finish.