St Colman’s produced a great performance in Ballincollig to qualify for the Dean Ryan (U16.5 A hurling) final.

Back in May 2009, the rugby analyst Liam Toland wrote a brilliant column on what it was like to be in Croke Park when the ground was full for a Leinster against Munster Heineken Cup semi-final.

Ryle Dwyer examines the vital part played by one Cork man in highlighting, for the broadest international audience, the blatant contradictions of Britain’s behaviour during the two conflicts.

Goals aplenty and lots of hooking and blocking as St Colman’s took advantage of the strong wind in a dominant second half to take the spoils – their first since 2008 and their sixth title in all.

For development purposes, Cork needs as many schools as possible plying their trade at the highest level.

De La Salle College has set up a semi-final date with Midleton CBS in the Dr Harty Cup following their blistering first-half performance at the Fraher Field that saw them claim victory over St Colman’s College.

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.

St Colman’s College finished top of Group A in the Dr Harty Cup at Kilmallock yesterday completing three wins out of three and qualification for the quarter-final stage. However, it brought an end to the reign of champions Ardscoil Rís, with Nenagh CBS taking second place.

Planning permission for a controversial amusement arcade in Fermoy has been refused on the grounds that it would have potential negative impacts on the local community.

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone says she shares former president Mary McAleese’s view that the Catholic Church is misogynistic, and she intends to raise these concerns in person when she visits the Irish College in Rome later this week.

ARDSCOIL RÍS recorded a big victory over a young Charleville CBS side in the opening round of the Dr Harty Cup at Kilmallock today. 

Environmentalists have described as “shocking and unprecedented” the discovery of 114 dumped tyres and a Chinese fridge-freezer on a 1.2km stretch of coastline.

Dr Harty Cup final

St Colman’s made the use of the elements as three first-half goals provided the platform for victory in this Dr Harty Cup quarter-final at Church Road in Blackrock on Wednesday.

When Down hammered an ailing Kerry side in the 1991 All-Ireland semi-final, team manager Pete McGrath was greeted by a breathless and beaming county administrator Dan McCartan.

St Colman’s College, Fermoy 2-12 CBC Cork 0-11: St Colman’s College overcame the brave challenge of CBC in the Dr Harty Cup in Mallow yesterday to book their spot in the semi-final against Ardscoil Rís.

Thurles CBS have twice won back- to-back Dr Harty Cup titles.

With 21 Dr Harty Cup titles, St Flannan’s College’s place at the top of the roll of honour won’t be under threat any time soon.

A number of investigations are under way after 50 secondary school pupils had a “miracle” escape when their bus overturned in Co Cork yesterday morning.

To say Fintan O’Connor is your conventional inter-county hurling selector wouldn’t just be inaccurate: it would be wrong.

Nenagh CBS will do battle with Midleton CBS in a straight shoot-out for the second qualification spot in Group 4 of the Dr Harty Cup.

Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG 2-14 St Colman’s College 0-7

Ardscoil Rís got their defence of the Dr Harty Cup off to an impressive start as they beat Blackwater CS of Lismore in their Group 1 clash at Cahir yesterday.

A hurling helmet along with a model of a combine harvester and football boots were some of the offertory gifts presented at the requiem Mass of a popular 14-year-old who died after he fell from a tractor.

A small community is united in mourning as it prepares to bury a sports-loving teenager who died in a weekend farming tragedy in North Cork.

Meet the man who’s pushing the boat out as part of a new initiative to promote alternatives forms of travel to work.

DIARIES have always proved a fascination. From the Diary of Anne Frank, through Bridget Jones and Adrian Mole, they form the basis of cult books and movies.

There are six games down for decision in today’s Dr Harty Cup.

CBS High School, Clonmel 0-13 St Colman’s College, Fermoy 0-13

A section of motorway was closed for a number of hours yesterday after a man was killed when he was hit by a truck.

He bid farewell to the inter-county game in November 2000, three months after his Cork team had been defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final by Offaly.

IT HAS not been hard to detect the sense of feverish anticipation around Midleton and Carrigtwohill this week.

Down’s innate sense of their own worth comes from schools success – and nowhere is more pronounced than in St Colman’s in Newry. Brendan O’Brien paid a visit to the home of the All-Ireland SFC colleges champions

SAVING a day care centre for the elderly and raising awareness about suicide are among hundreds of projects entered for a schools competition inspiring the country’s future social leaders.

Cork hurling manager Gerald McCarthy has named an inexperienced squad for Sunday’s challenge match against a St Colman’s College selection.

WHAT nonsense was coming from Croke Park about the proposed game to mark the 150th anniversary of St Colman’s College?

THE Cork County Board is concerned over reports that club players who are not part of the intercounty squad have been asked not to make themselves available for the planned challenge game organised by St Colman’s College for next weekend.

PATRICK KAVANAGH could have offered the right description of the Cork hurling crisis, the kind of local row which sparked the Illiad in Homer’s mind.

ST COLMAN’S COLLEGE, Fermoy are continuing their preparations for the challenge match later this month between a team of ‘St Colman’s Legends’ and a Cork senior hurling selection, despite the current Cork conflict.

BEN O’CONNOR last night sensationally claimed young members of the Cork senior hurling have received unwelcome telephone calls advising them to return to training or it ‘wouldn’t look good for them for the future.’

THE CLOCK is already ticking as the stand-off in Cork GAA circles continues, with the senior hurlers scheduled to play a challenge game in less than a month.