The IT sector’s representative body in the south of the country, it@Cork, has submitted an application to the Government seeking funding for an initiative that could create 1,300 jobs over the coming years.

Hastings Cup

THE Special Olympics has made the world of a difference to Emma Doolan. Before joining in 2002, she was reluctant to put herself forward.

You’re 25, you’ve been fighting for your place on the local club team for the last five years but year after year you’re told “sorry Jack but you’re just lacking that bit of pace.”

I DON’T think I’ve ever had a bad weekend in Dingle — and I’ve been visiting there since before Fungi, the Dingle dolphin made it his home.

The cheery smiles, the animated conversations and the sheer buzz of being young and brimful of energy said it all about the joys of participating in sport.

GAA manager Jim McGuinness is to give students an inspirational talk on the reasons for going back to school.

Damien Cahalane is the most notable inclusion in the Cork football side for Sunday’s McGrath Cup game with Cork IT.

Jim McGuinness’s future as Donegal manager hung in the balance last night after a meeting with Celtic officials in Glasgow yesterday, the Irish Examiner has reported.

Jim McGuinness’s future as Donegal manager hung in the balance last night after a meeting with Celtic officials in Glasgow yesterday.

Allow Colm Parkinson, if you will, a told-you-so.

One hundred and fifty construction jobs are on the way for Co Kerry, at a new €16m international sports academy in Tralee's Institute of Technology.

A residential care service for troubled teenage girls in Loughmahon in Cork City, has been closed down for three months by the HSE following an assault on a staff member.

Guided safaris, pedal ride boats and bird hides will be unveiled this weekend as a new eco-park, Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre, opens.

JACK O’CONNOR has moved 2009 All-Ireland winning captain Darran O’Sullivan from his customary forward role to left-half back for tomorrow’s McGrath Cup opener against Tralee IT.

HOLLAND have two of the race favourites at this weekend’s Kerry Group Rás Mumhan and while neither figured in yesterday’s opening stage, their rookie compatriot Robert-Jan Mol (West Frisia Combilift), stepped up the steal the limelight.

THIRTY students from 14 sporting disciplines were awarded scholarships by the Institute of Technology, Tralee (ITT) this week.

CORK GAA chiefs will hope for a resolution to the latest hurling dispute to have rocked the county before January 11. That’s the date the Rebels are set to play their opening game of the 2009 season with a Waterford Crystal quarter-final against the winners of Kerry and Waterford IT.

Defending champions Limerick host college side Cork IT in the McGrath Cup final at the Gaelic Grounds today.

Tralee IT have named the same side as that which defeated Waterford in the McGrath Cup opening round for Sunday's semi-final against Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds.

STEPHEN KELLY has withdrawn from the Limerick football panel for the foreseeable future.

Tralee IT 2-8 Waterford 0-9

The IRFU has revealed payments of more than €90,000 to schools and clubs as a reward for the development of young players that progress to the professional game.

COLIN CORKERY won his second straight AIB GAA provincial player award in the AIB Bankcentre yesterday, while Athenry’s star forward Eugene Cloonan became the first player to win three awards.

Cork College of FE 3-7