Clare goalkeeper Andy Fahy will retain the number one jersey for Sunday’s NHL relegation play-off final against Dublin in Cusack Park.

A boil water notice affecting some 10,000 people across vast swathes of east Cork since February could be lifted within days.

Irving Oil, the soon-to-be new owner of Whitegate oil refinery, is not concerned by the facility’s weak financial performance and is confident of turning a profit despite global refining margins coming under pressure.

The new owners of the country’s only oil refinery, Whitegate, Co Cork, have confirmed it is their “full intention” to run the facility as an operating refinery over the long-term and maintain its entire workforce of close to 300 employees.

The newly appointed Energy Minister Denis Naughten has no intention of meeting companies interested in buying the country’s only oil refinery.

The owners of Ireland’s only oil refinery at Whitegate, Co Cork have confirmed there is significant interest in the facility after the Irish Examiner revealed last week that a sale was close to completion.

The sale of Whitegate oil refinery could be announced as early as next week with negotiations believed to be at an advanced stage.

A UK-based company has expressed an interest in acquiring Whitegate oil refinery, and claims that it will retain all of its current workforce if successful.

Cargo handling at the Port of Cork grew by nearly a million tonnes last year and oil traffic rose 20% as the economy began to pick up and business returned to levels last seen before the economic crash.

The future of the country’s sole oil refinery could be secured through a joint venture or by branching into cleaner fuels, a leading analyst has claimed.

The firm that operates the State’s only oil refinery has received a cash injection of $200m (€179.9m).

The Government is unable to guarantee the operation of the Whitegate oil refinery once an obligation to operate it expires in a year, according to a department spokesperson.

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Irish Water is expected to announce that less than half have paid water charges;Cork camogie captain urges others not to hide their feelings; Paul O’Connell has explained that there was no option but to call time on his Ireland career; Alexis Tsipras is facing a revolt in his left-wing party. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

The Whitegate oil refinery, which its parent company has confirmed may yet be sold, is significantly loss-making, according to its most recent annual accounts.

The potential sale of the country’s only oil refinery in Whitegate, Co Cork is back on the table despite its parent company appearing to pull the plug on the sales process last year.

Cork Harbour is being proposed as a support hub for the anticipated rise in Irish-based exploration and production activity.

It proved a miserable weekend for Cratloe GAA fans. Their talisman Podge Collins suffered a serious knee injury and their side, the county senior hurling champions, were defeated by Ballyea, in the first game of their title defence at Cusack Park on Saturday.

The Port of Cork’s container terminals at Tivoli and Ringaskiddy showed “exceptional growth” last year, recording a 13% increase on 2013 and handling in excess of 10m tonnes of cargo.

It seems there were major disagreements within Garret FitzGerald’s government in the early 1980s when it came to making a decision about what to do with struggling industries in the Cork Harbour area.

In documents released under the 30-year rule, here are the stories that have emerged from State papers.

Agreement has been reached to sell the Whiddy Island oil terminal in Bantry, which holds a third of Ireland’s strategic oil reserves, to the US startup, Zenith Energy.

The firm that operates the State’s only oil refinery plunged into the red last year to record pre-tax losses of $42.48m (€32.17m). 

Bord Gáis Eireann has reported an overall after-tax loss of €169m for 2013, driven by nearly €300m inexceptional charges.

The Government is trying to design a scheme in conjunction with the EU to continue oil refining in Ireland, following the end of the legal obligation on the owners of Whitegate oil refinery in 2016.

Since the reduction of guidance counsellors hours in post-primary schools, the incremental value to the exchequer has been imperceptible.

An eight-year-old schoolboy had made his first confession only hours before sustaining fatal injuries in a quad bike accident.

Cork Harbour Commissioners (CHC) regarded the State’s only oil refinery at Whitegate as “a milking cow”, a confidential document from 1983 reveals.

A Providence Resources farm-in deal will not be completed until the New Year, despite rampant speculation by the market that an agreement would be reached before the end of this year.

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Talks over the fixtures controversy between the five Clare clubs left in the county SFC dragged into the late hours last night.

Ballyea caused a shock at Cusack Park on Saturday, defeating 2010 and 2011 champions Crusheen in the Clare SHC quarter-final.

With the proposed closure of the Whitegate Oil Refinery, there is in the opinion of many people an urgent need for Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte to set up a task force to examine the upgrading of the refinery to ensure the livelihood of the current 350-plus Cork employees and contractors and in the interests of the motoring public.

In the early ’60s the Verolme Ship Building Co built a shipyard in Rushbrooke in Cork harbour and facilitated the training of hundreds of Irish men in the ship building yards of Holland.

The Department of Communication, Energy and Natural Resources report into oil refineries was commissioned well in advance of the expiry of Whitegate’s oil refining obligation in 2016 and yet recommends that the department find out what the ConocoPhilips intends to do with their Irish unit, which they have already put up for sale.

The closure of Whitegate oil refinery could cost consumers in Munster nearly €10m a year in higher oil prices, a Government report has said.

The Government has been called on to investigate the possibility of intervening in the proposed sale of the country’s only oil refinery at Whitegate, Cork.