To say Cork City have had their patience tested by the Saints this season would be putting it mildly. In a season of soul-searching at the Cross, St Patrick’s Athletic have been a constant torment.

Former Cork City captain Declan Daly believes John Caulfield could have turned things around at the club if the board had kept faith in his tenure.

There will be plenty on the line for both sides but for contrasting reasons when Cork City host Shamrock Rovers in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Turner’s Cross tomorrow night.

Whenever Cork City host Derry City, memories of the title decider at Turner’s Cross in 2005 inevitably loom large. In this long-running tale of two cities, Cork’s 2-0 win in front of a packed house remains the stand-out chapter.

This month saw the latest move to enhance the offering of a business now run by a fourth generation of leaders — frozen storage.

Reigning Women’s National league champions Wexford Youths will face National Cup winners Cork City twice in the next eight days, starting with a league encounter at Ferrycarrig Park this evening. Cork centre-half Ciara McNamara was selected on the League’s Team of the Year last season.

In an age when we rarely reach for a ballpoint, Kya deLongchamps scripts a little history of that old fashioned Christmas favourite — the fountain pen

Bank of Ireland says a couple transferred ownership of a property in Wicklow Street, Dublin, and their home in Milltown, Dublin, with intent to defraud creditors, including the bank which says it is owed €14.8m.

The relationship between rival managers John Caulfield and Stephen Kenny has been markedly strained this year, deteriorating rapidly as the season progressed.

Cork City boss John Caulfield believes his Cork City champions brought the League of Ireland “to another level” with the standard of their performances in winning the title this season.

Blackwater Motors has expanded in Cork by opening the Volkswagen Van Centre on Model Farm Road.

Ireland and Preston striker Seanie Maguire salutes Cork City’s title success and explains the debt he feels he owes to the club and manager John Caulfield

Cork City might be the team harbouring realistic dreams of a glorious double but Limerick will have designs on a notable double of their own when they travel to Turner’s Cross for tonight’s FAI Cup semi-final. 

Cork City manager John Caulfield hopes that last night’s FAI Cup second round blowout against Athlone Town at Turner’s Cross will provide confidence to the team as they seek to clinch the league title.

Cork City 2 Bray Wanderers 1: 11 wins out of 11 and now 12 points clear at the top: with a third of the season gone, Cork City’s astonishing 2017 just keeps on getting better and better.

A point two minutes from time from Mayo midfielder Barry Moran clinched Castlebar's place in the AIB All-Ireland club SFC final for the second time in three years.

Crossmaglen joint-manager, Oisín McConville, felt his team would succeed in extra-time. He believed the Armagh champions would the better of the two in regrouping for the 20 minutes of extra-time.

False modesty may be something Jim Gavin can occasionally leave himself open to being accused of, but no such thing is at play when he insists that Kevin Heffernan’s team of the 70s will always hold pride of place in the Dublin football pantheon.

The British government has fired the starting gun on a plan to sell its stake in Europe’s largest city-centre redevelopment project around London’s King’s Cross station, in its latest disposal aimed at boosting state coffers.

Trainer Harry Fry admits there is “every possibility” Rock On Ruby will require a new rider in the World Hurdle at Cheltenham on March 12.

Joe Brolly reckons county footballers are "indentured servants", writes Paddy Heaney.

Jezki remains on course for another clash with great rival Hurricane Fly in the BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle back at Leopardstown on January 25.

A baby born prematurely to Canadian parents is worth $1M - literally!

Cork City manager John Caulfield is looking to get back to winning ways against Shamrock Rovers at Turner’s Cross tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).

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There’s always been a rich and rewarding rivalry between Cork City and Derry City, but tonight’s SSE Airtricity Premier League clash at Turner’s Cross offers up an extra level of intrigue as, in what will be Peter Hutton’s first game in charge, the Candystripes will hope to show signs that there is life — and a better one — after Roddy Collins.

What was described as a "gruesome" discovery was made by gardaí who found the body of a 30-year-old woman buried in a barrel in Capoley, Portlaoise.

Colaiste Phobal Roscrea 2-16 Cross and Passion College 0-10

SSE AIRTRICITY PREMIER DIVISION

Sam Twiston-Davies insists he will treat the ride on Big Buck’s no differently to any other as the record-breaking staying hurdler makes his return from more than a year’s absence at Cheltenham today.

Trainer Rebecca Curtis believes the fact Tony McCoy will be reunited with At Fishers Cross in today’s Wessex Youth Trust Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot is a massive plus.

Super Duty and Hadrian’s Approach return to Newbury today for a very different event to their previous encounter at the Berkshire course.

There’s something for everyone this week, from the budding writer to the Beatles lover to all the Francophiles out there.

The faces may change, but the ethos and ambition that has made Crossmaglen Rangers the most successful club of the past two decades remains the same.

The Amarillo Kid provided the County Wexford combination of trainer Willie Codd and jockey Mikey Fogarty with a memorable success when getting the better of gallant front-runner Fosters Cross in the Grade B Cork Racecourse Kinsale Handicap Chase in Cork yesterday.

Cork City face into their penultimate game of the Airtricity League season when they take on Dundalk in Oriel Park tonight but, already, the search for a permanent new manager at Turner’s Cross is well under way.

AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION

AIB ALL-IRELAND CLUB SFC SEMI-FINAL

Crossmaglen 3-10 Kilcoo 1-8

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 3-9 Kilcoo (Down) 1-9

Donegal champions St. Eunan's were unable to fully test Crossmaglen Rangers in today's AIB Ulster Club SFC quarter-final encounter.