Ardscoil Rís are up and running in the Dr Harty Cup following a comfortable victory over St Francis College in Mallow.

Éire Óg had to overturn a seven-point second-half deficit in Mourneabbey on Saturday to qualify for the Cork Premier IFC quarter-final.

A much-improved second-half performance saw Newmarket advance to the third round of the Cork Premier IFC following victory over Naomh Abán at Millstreet last night.

John Fogarty The chances of the International Rules series taking place this year are diminishing as the GAA and AFL have yet to come to an agreement.

From today public bodies, including schools and hospitals, are no longer allowed to purchase single-use plastics such as cups, cutlery and straws, writes Joyce Feegan.

Seven third-level education and research institutes in Cork, attended by some 48,000 staff and students, have united to call for better cycling infrastructure.

Having flown higher than any Cork flag in history, the blood and bandages that once orbited the globe have returned to Earth.

They were struggling for consistency all through the Munster minor round-robin, but Tipperary finally found it on the big day.

Pádraig Hoare The dearth of apprenticeships in traditional trades like plastering and tiling is “frightening”, the president of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has warned.

Competing bids by University College Cork was a factor in Cork Institute of Technology paying €300,000 over the asking price for a city centre property.

Wexford 1-12 Dublin 0-14: Barry O’Connor scored the crucial point three minutes into additional time as Wexford scored a rare and famous victory over Dublin in this exciting O’Byrne Cup senior football game at St. Patrick’s Park, Enniscorthy, yesterday.

Cork Institute of Technology is being asked for a full explanation of how its ex-president Brendan Murphy personally signed off on more than half the €13,000 costs of two functions to mark his own retirement.

Engineering and science programmes have been struggling to cope with funding shortfalls, the acting president of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has said.

Fancy serving on a superyacht like the one owned by Roman Abramovich?

St Brendan’s College, Killarney 0-18 St Peter’s College, Wexford 0-10

Boherbue 1-11 Robert Emmets 1-5: Boherbue ended a 29-year gap to capture the Duhallow U21AFC title from holders Robert Emmets in an exciting decider at Ballydemond last night.

Bertram Allen won three cars in Sweden a fortnight ago, but he knows he will require a Rolls Royce performance this weekend at the Geneva, Switzerland, this weekend if he is to drive off with any of the riches on offer.

“Once an Olympian, always an Olympian.”

Blackrock 1-21 Duhallow 0-8: Blackrock collected their third Cork U21AHC title in four years – their fifth overall — at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

Blackrock 1-12 Duhallow 1-12: A courageous fightback by 14-man Duhallow earned them a deserved draw in the Cork U21AHC final at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday. 

Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Macroom 4-8 Newmarket 2-11: Gaining momentum with every outing, Macroom booked a Cork Premier IFC quarter-final date with either Éire Óg or Grenagh when edging home at wind and rain-swept Dromtarriffe yesterday.

The shockwaves from Tuesday’s tragedy have reverberated around the Baltimore area, where Barry Ryan’s wife, Ann Davis, is from and where the family have lived for the past two decades.

Nenagh CBS 1-13 Ard Scoil Rís 0-5: Nenagh CBS served notice of their aspirations for Harty Cup success in the near future as they captured the Munster Post Primary Schools U15 ‘A’ Hurling title with an impressive victory over Ard Scoil Rís in Newport yesterday.

Work on a €12.1m plan to erect flood defences in a Co Cork town should get under way next autumn, according to OPW Minister Simon Harris.

Shandrum 4-20 Duhallow 2-16

Cork Co U21 AHC

A data breach by Cork Institute of Technology that lead to applicants for a course being given personal details and the marks of 136 other applicants instead of just their own result is being investigated by the Data Protection Commission.

Plans to close the North Monastery primary school in Cork City have been withdrawn after angry opposition by parents, pupils, staff and the wider local community.

Parents at the second of two Cork city primary schools proposed for amalgamation have voted unanimously against the move.

A convicted fraudster who defrauded more than €35,000 from an intellectually disabled man by forging a number of official documents will be sentenced in May.

It has been a derelict eyesore at the western gateway to Cork City for almost a decade.

In a city awash with pilgrims, and more places of prayer than you could shake a stick at, it was hardly surprising to find so many Irish in Rome this weekend.

The impending change of chairman at Horse Sport Ireland has impacted on the second round of interviews for the Irish show jumping manager’s job.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal has deferred a case of alleged unfair dismissal, taken by the former head of housebuilding group, McInerney Holdings, until Dec 12.

The search for a new head of the Department of Finance was frustrated by a salary cap and saw several candidates apply for the position with salaries well over the amount offered.

The annual Inch point-to-point took place at its traditional Ballyanthony venue yesterday and, on a wind-swept afternoon that witnessed nine races, the Colin Bowe-trained Clondaw Knight (4/6) impressed by winning the first division of the four-year-old geldings’ maiden.

THEATREclub’s ethos of drama for the people underpins its new play, an exploration of what kinship means in Ireland, says Pádraic Killeen

SEVEN out of 10 company bosses are more positive about Ireland’s economic prospects now than a year ago, research from MERC Partners indicates.

DAVY FITZGERALD is the only candidate in the race to be appointed Clare senior hurling boss ahead of tonight’s county board meeting at the West County Hotel in Ennis.