What has happened to Cork? When the last time you could actually trust the county’s footballers to deliver on the big day? Paddy Kelly knows the issues. “We haven’t had a big scalp in the championship the last few years. Even saying that, we sound like of the smaller counties, but this is a huge opportunity to put that right.”

Eoin Cadogan was there in the good times. That’s if you can call them the good times. Even when Cork were ruling the roost, they were fair game. For all the silverware he collected, Conor Counihan was told he wasn’t getting enough out of his team.

Last week, Tommy Walsh picked up his phone and scrolled down through his phonebook looking for Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s number.

The first game of the new-look Cork SFC takes place tonight as UCC clash with Seandún at Ballinlough (throw-in 7pm).

Dr Con Murphy was on the train with John Corcoran after Cork played an All-Ireland senior football semi-final a few years ago. The season doesn’t matter. The memory does.

Wedding bells rang in the new year for two of the GAA’s fiercest sporting rivals — both Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and Paul Galvin will be tackling 2016 as married men.

Cork hurling manager Kieran Kingston is set to finalise his backroom team with the likely addition of Frank Flannery as a coach.

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Brian Herlihy has been appointed as the Cork minor football manager and his backroom team will feature a strong influence from the county’s 2010 All-Ireland-winning team.

Irrespective of the outcome in this evening’s All-Ireland intermediate hurling decider, Cork GAA faces a long winter of discontent.

When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, it marked the culmination of a $24 billion NASA space program. 

It’s either the worst view of the field or the best.

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert has proclaimed himself delighted with the decision of veteran midfielder Alan O’Connor to return to the panel.

Cork’s 2010 All-Ireland-winning goalkeeper Alan Quirke is to join UCC’s Department of Sport and Physical Activity as a sports officer.

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It’s quite a celebratory time for Valley Rovers goalkeeper Alan Quirke.

Should Ballincollig make history by winning a first Cork SFC title on Sunday afternoon, goalkeeper David Lordan will be the man with the honour of lifting the Andy Scannell Cup.

The nature of goalkeeping is that survival one day means nothing a few weeks later

Cork manager Brian Cuthbert believes the enjoyment has gone out of the game for players due to the massive commitment they have to put in.

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It’s a safe bet to say Paul Galvin and the Cork footballers agreed on very little over the years.

Have a look back over Conor Counihan’s lengthy interview with this newspaper back in September and the mass exodus from the senior football panel over the last three months no longer seems so startling.

Cork footballer Eoin Cadogan says the player exodus from the county squad hasn’t dented their championship ambitions for 2014.

New Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert has admitted he had not expected to be given the chance to lead the county at such a young age.

Cork are set to strongly oppose any proposed changes to the way 20m frees are taken in hurling, believing such moves to be an attempted punishment to goalkeeper Anthony Nash.

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert admits the retirement of Alan O’Connor leaves the Rebels light at midfield, but he has challenged prospective candidates to stake their claim for a spot.

2010 All-Ireland SFC winning midfielder Alan O'Connor has decided to end his involvement with the Cork senior footballers.

Teddy McCarthy has described Aidan Walsh’s decision to play both football and hurling for Cork next year as a major boost for Jimmy Barry-Murphy but a further “body blow” for Brian Cuthbert.

Cork football may be rocking but Brian Cuthbert has a chance to transform their game for the better

With Graham Canty now in retirement, new Cork senior football manager Brian Cuthbert has turned to another defender to be his captain.

Michael Shields has been appointed captain of the Cork footballers.

Ciarán Sheehan has described his move to AFL outfit Carlton Blues as an opportunity he couldn’t turn down.

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert conceded the Rebels may have to consider a change to their style with the departure of so many physically imposing players in recent weeks.

Long-serving Cork footballers Alan Quirke and Pearse O’Neill have retired from the inter-county game.

Ger Cunningham has opted to step down as a Cork selector as he continues to be linked with the vacant manager’s job in Limerick.