The appearance side by side of ‘Cork attacker Brian Hurley’ and ‘hamstring injury’ is liable to induce a wince from even the most sanguine Rebel supporter — but Ronan McCarthy insists Hurley’s latest setback is in the ‘niggle’ category.

Traces of cocaine were found on every single banknote tested in the west of Ireland as part of research into contaminated notes.

Flame retardants, pesticides and other pollutants are among the toxic ingredients found in four killer whales stranded on the Irish coastline, according to a new study.

Current CEO Ronnie Counihan is to retire next year after 20 years at the helm of the historic hotel and 45 years in hospitality.

Colleges are in for a cash windfall worth €14.25m.

The coast of Cork is alive with whales and top marine predators of all kinds.

A UCC or a Kerry double, that is the question as Shane Conway and Seán O’Shea have been honoured as the best Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cup players.

Mayo defender Chris Barrett has rubbished the claim that the county’s geographic location is what has, and will, prevent them from making an All-Ireland breakthrough.

Perhaps the oddest bit of GAA friction in 2018 arose when the Galway minor football manager got irked by dual player issues, writes PM O’Sullivan

Who are the farmers who manage their land and livestock in a way that benefits nature?

An 80-year-old widow who takes in a student lodger to help her feel more secure at home has accused the Government of putting pensioners on a waiting list.

Kyran Fitzgerald asks if the country’s costly obsession with sending students to college for

Six days on from lining out together for their club Ballyhaunis, Mayo’s Keith Higgins and Clare’s Eoghan Collins will be ready to tear into each other in Cusack Park on Saturday.

You are cleaning your teeth with plastic. You can literally feel it on your tongue, writes Alison O’Connor.

Institutes of technology have fared better than universities in the latest study of third-level performance which compares colleges under different headings instead of overall rankings.

Rain rarely bothers student revellers in Galway on an average week — let alone on Rag week when it’s traditional for them to let loose.

DIT 3-15, GMIT 0-11: DIT manager Derek Brennan was delighted that his side gave themselves a fighting chance of making the knockout stages of the Fitzgibbon Cup after they scored an emphatic at Carnmore in Galway.

14-man IT Sligo advanced to the Sigerson Cup first round with victory over GMIT at Tuam.

Mary Immaculate College 2-31 GMIT 0-16: Former Cork underage prospect Jamie Wall was pleased to see his Mary Immaculate College side run out 21-point winners over GMIT in yesterday’s Fitzgibbon Cup clash.

Here’s the lowdown on today’s seven games...

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty has called for third-level teams to be pulled from the province’s FBD league.

As they sit across a boardroom table, they eagerly agree with each other and, at times, finish each other’s sentences.

Galway forward Gary Sice says getting back into Division 1 is the number one aim for them in early 2017.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been called on to oversee a radical reform of Fine Gael if it is to avoid another election defeat, two internal reports have said.

COROFIN football club were going reasonably well. They had won four Galway senior titles in six years from 2006 to 2011 and played in two All-Ireland Club semi-finals against Kilmacud Crokes and St Galls in 2008 and 2009.

Politicians should serve a maximum of two terms in the Dáil because anything longer is bad for politics, writes Elaine Loughlin of the Irish Examiner.

Politicians should serve a maximum of two terms in the Dáil because anything longer is bad for politics.

Esther N McCarthy spots maritime ceramics, creative waves and a storage solution from the god of the sea.

Esther N McCarthy goes on a world tour at home and finds a bracelet that’s a real charm.

Ireland is a small country that drinks a relatively modest amount of wine per head of population — around 17 litres per year compared with 24 litres in the UK and 53 litres per head in France.

Former Limerick senior hurling manager and player Eamon Cregan has hit out at the Limerick County Board’s decision to play the club U21 hurling championship at the same time as the Fitzgibbon Cup.