Coláiste Choilm Ballincollig and Hamilton High School Bandon have secured their places in the quarter-finals of the Corn Uí Mhuirí with a round to spare.

Rathmore’s Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra made a winning return to the Corn Uí Mhuirí, defeating last season’s semi-finalists, Clonakilty Community College, in their Group B opener.

Cork will have two schools in the last four of the Corn Uí Mhuirí after this evening's quarter-final draws threw up two all-Cork pairings.

Introducing PE as a Leaving Certificate exam subject this year will have “no effect” on schoolchildren’s fitness levels because it will only attract those who are good at it.

It was a case of full-steam ahead for these students who were allowed bring a steamroller to school for the sake of their art.

A group of Transition year students in Cork have been printing art module in a very unusual way.

Despite Skibbereen CS’s win, they exit the competition as St Flannan’s College triumphed against Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne in the other Group D game.

A leading Cork Ladies Football Board official has described speculation linking senior boss Eamonn Ryan with a switch to the men’s team as “a bolt out of the blue”.

With 20 titles, St Brendan’s College’s position at the top of the Corn Uí Mhuirí roll of honour is assured for a while yet.

Teenagers’ passion for computer and online games should be harnessed by schools to develop their use of logical argument, a maths professor says.

Coláiste Choilm (Cork) 0 St Joseph’s (Galway) 0

Though this Corn Uí Mhuirí campaign has taken Clonakilty Community College into unchartered waters, the West Cork outfit are no strangers to the latter end of Munster campaigns.

Today’s Corn Uí Mhuirí Group B clash between St Brendan’s College and Coláiste na Sceilge is the second meeting of the Kerry schools in eight days.

Two late goals earned St Francis College, Rochestown, a draw with St Fachtna’s De La Salle of Skibbereen in their Group C clash at Enniskeane, 2-10 to 3-7.

An initiative aimed at reviving colleges hurling in Cork city is being spearheaded by Leeside GAA legends.

Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig 1-11 Scoil Aodháin 1-10

A company set up in a hurling-mad school has won a top prize at a student enterprise competition for its camán-shaped keyrings customised with school, club, and county crests.

There is more than glory for their schools spurring on student teams preparing to do battle with their robots later this week.

As a mark of respect to an employee who was killed in a work accident, members of Cork County Council adjourned their meeting in County Hall yesterday after offering their sympathies to the deceased’s family.

Lugging stuffed schoolbags is uncomfortable and could even damage your child. Deirdre Reynolds gets some practical advice on lessening that load.

Ballincollig students made a film on Myrtleville beach as part of the Creative Engagement programme for secondary schools, writes Colette Sheridan

A TEENAGER who forced the Government to tear up its budget plans to cut disability allowance for young people is among the top contenders in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

TRIBUTES were paid to an inspirational and pioneering school principal last night as the secondary school he founded marked its 25th anniversary.

FOUR months after leaving their war-torn country, 14 Libyan students were among thousands of Leaving Certificate students who sat the first English paper.

DEFENDING champions Ard Scoil Rís play Thurles CBS in the quarter-final of the Dr Harty Cup.

Learning Irish has been made all the more easier for internet-savvy students thanks to an initiative spearheaded by Des Bishop and the Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe.

RÓNÁNALDO is among the characters on a new internet site to help students learn Irish launched by comedian Des Bishop.

MUNSTER’S hockey community has rallied around the University College Cork (UCC) club after the students’ pitch was left unplayable for “the foreseeable future” following the catastrophic floods that hit Cork last week.

FOR the first time in the history of the competition a Kerry team will take part in the Dr Harty Cup for season 2009/10.

Twelve students and three teachers from Colaiste Choilm in Tullamore, Offaly are understood to be safe in the north of Mumbai.

PAT KINSELLA already has difficulty every week organising substitution cover for teachers taking students out to school events or games.

A CORK secondary school student diagnosed with TB was yesterday in a stable condition in hospital.

THE Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Colleges SFC) gets down to more serious business tomorrow, with three quarter-finals down for decision.

I AM a Leaving Cert student at Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, in Co Cork.

KERRY minor Jamie Doolan is very doubtful for St Brendan’s, who take on holders DLS Macroom in the opening round of the Credit Union Corn Uí Mhuirí at Rathmore tomorrow.

THE battle of the banks kicks off today in Dublin, with two Cork schools in the AIB Build a Bank final.

WESLEY College and Scoil Chaitriona Glasnevin won through to the last 16 of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All Ireland Schools Quiz at the Montrose Hotel, Dublin, last evening.