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”.

Two Cork schools have signed separate deals with sports groups to produce the next generation of rowing and soccer stars.

DEFENDING champions Midleton CBS have a must-win game with Our Lady’s in the Credit Union Dr Harty Cup at New Inn today (1.30pm).

AFTER wins in Belfast and Cardiff over the past two weekends, Cork’s Jamie McCarthy will be oozing confidence when he travels to Lisbon for Sunday’s junior international cross-country race.