“I couldn’t leave that one go,” admitted senior boy’s winner Sean Tobin of his last chance at glory in Saturday’s Aviva All-Ireland Schools’ and Universities’ Cross Country Championships at University of Ulster, Jordanstown.

Who’s going to blink first? That’s got to be the question both UL Eagles and UCC Demons are asking as they face into another pivotal weekend in the Nivea for Men’s SuperLeague.

Údarás na Gaeltachta has said it is actively seeking a partner to make use of the decaying Coláiste Íosagáin in Ballyvourney.

Coláiste Íosagáin has been a crumbling eyesore for Údarás na Gaeltachta since it acquired the Ballyvourney site in 1998.

Up to 120 jobs earmarked for Cork have been lost after a company claimed plans to develop an international training college were dashed by Údarás na Gaeltachta’s bureaucracy.

Irish athletics chiefs and competitors last night played down the poor performances at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

Glenstal Abbey in Limerick has taken over from Dublin’s Gonzaga College as the top secondary school in Ireland.

Fee-paying schools continue to dominate the league tables, according to The Sunday Times.

IN HIS address at the Cork Chamber Business Breakfast on December 20, the President of University College, Cork, Dr Michael Murphy stated that “there is extensive anecdotal evidence of many of our brightest students emigrating after completing Leaving Certificate for overseas education, and never returning”.

Gonzaga College in Ranelagh in Dublin has been listed as Ireland's top school for progression to university, according to the Sunday Times' Parent Power Survey.

SIX of the top 10 schools in the country, as judged by university progression rates, are fee-paying, while the other four are Irish-speaking.

Best friends Gabrielle O'Donoghue and Roisin Ryan plan to celebrate in style after both got eight A1s and two other friends achieved the maximum 600 points as Leaving Cert results were announced today.

A BRILLIANT day of athletics was illuminated by electrifying performances from two of Ireland’s brightest young talents, Ciara Mageean (Assumption, Ballinahinch) and Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Coláiste Iosagain), at the Woodies DIY Irish Schools Championships in Tullamore on Saturday.

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Gonzaga College, Coláiste Iosagáin and Glenstal Abbey are the highest-ranking schools in the country in terms of the number of pupils that progress to university.

ST FINTAN’S claimed the U-19A Boys All-Ireland League Schools final with a convincing 16-point win over St Malachy’s.

COLMAN CORRIGAN’S football career took many twists and turns, but he has fond memories of his days as a student at DLS Macroom.