A stunning second-half display from Corofin earned the reigning All-Ireland club champions a third provincial championship title in a row this afternoon.

Pádraig Ó Sé wasn’t even a teenager when An Ghaeltacht last graced Croke Park but that 2004 All-Ireland senior club final defeat to Caltra was one of those formative experiences.

From Pukguksong to ‘Gangnam Style’, what do you tell your kids when the possibility of a third world war has never loomed larger, asks Catherine Shanhan.

A bag of grain — because he always produced “top quality grain” — and a copy of The Farmers Weekly — because no week was complete without it, were placed on the altar for the funeral Mass of Anthony O’Mahony, 74, the farmer who died in an incident involving a teleporter (truck-mounted lift) while on his way to check on his spring wheat at his lands in Rattoo south of the village last Tuesday.

The funeral of Anthony O'Mahony has taken place in north Kerry.

There is a “sense of awful shock and gloom” hanging over the Co Kerry parishes of Causeway and Ballyduff after the death of 74-year-old farmer Anthony O’Mahony in an incident involving another local farmer.

Trainer Patrick Prendergast introduced a very promising filly, Queen Blossom, to make a winning debut in the median auction maiden on yesterday’s seven-race card at Cork.

Second-round games in the Cork county championships are laden with enough tension, even without a local derby element.

Bride Rovers face Bishopstown at Pairc Ui Rinn on Saturday in the first round of the Cork SHC.

A motorcyclist was killed in a accident in Dublin yesterday.

Corofin (Galway) 2-13 Ballintubber (Mayo) 1-7

Aidan O’Brien completed a double with odds-on favourites Toscanelli and Marchese Marconi in Limerick last night.

Meet Ireland’s fittest woman who’s about to compete in a punishing event to find the fittest person on the planet.

Less than two years after going solo, Cork native Brendan Walsh is looking forward to saddling his first runner at the Breeders’ Cup meeting, which begins tonight at Santa Anita, California.

The governor of the Central Bank has said the assumption that being in the eurozone would save the country from macroeconomic trouble was a major flaw in policy thinking.

James Horan is expected to name an unchanged starting team today ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC final with Dublin.

Researchers at NUI Galway hope a new study which highlights inequalities in the uptake of cervical cancer screening will help inform cancer control policies.

A new study has revealed inequalities in the uptake of those going forward for cervical cancer screening.

Cillian O'Connor and Donal Vaughan have been unsurprisingly drafted back into the Mayo team for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Donegal at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Rob Hennelly has become the favourite to start in goals for Mayo in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final on the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Bride Rovers 2-13 Cloyne 2-12

Living space in a former stately manor in Waterford is filling up fast as thrifty tenants turn to property guardianship as an alternative to renting.

They will face tougher examinations during their efforts to retain the Sigerson Cup title but UCC made as positive and productive a start as possible in last night’s first-round tie in the Mardyke.

A Paris-based Cajun star and Devon folkies are among the attractions at Shannonside Winter Music Weekend, writes Nicki ffrench Davis

LESS than 48 hours after being crowned Young Footballer of the Year, Cillian O’Connor fired Ballintubber to their second consecutive Mayo SFC title at a rain-soaked McHale Park, Castlebar.

AN art gallery closely associated with the works of the late Markey Robinson has failed in a bid to stop a sheriff selling a number of paintings to meet a judgment debt.

BRIDE ROVERS’ remarkable resilience in championship hurling surfaced again in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night.

THE scoreline did scant justice to Bride Rovers’efforts in this Cork SHC tie in Riverstown on Saturday night as Erin’s Own had to battle like trojans before advancing to round four.

ALCOHOL consumption has a “significant” influence on suicide levels among males at all ages and young women, research shows.

LAST year’s finalists UCC endured a testing Sigerson Cup opener in the Mardyke yesterday afternoon before prevailing against GMIT and advancing to a repeat of last season’s final in the last eight against DCU.

MAYO’S bid to claim their first All-Ireland title since 1951 has been give a major financial boost with the news that Elverys Sport will remain on board as the county’s main sponsor.

BARRY JOHNSON was the scoring hero for Bride Rovers in this Evening Echo SHC third round tie at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night.

BARRY JOHNSON was the scoring hero for Bride Rovers in this Evening Echo SHC third round tie at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night.

KERRY’S latest windfarm has gone operational in the north of the county supplying 13.3 MW of green electricity to business energy supplier, Energia.

A burnt-out Nissan Micra was discovered in the Cookstown Industrial Estate the morning after an alleged murder in the capital, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

TRALEE-based Lee Strand Co-operative has appointed John O’Sullivan as its general manager.

HE’S SPENT 19 seasons pounding the club football treadmill, yet when county final day dawns next Sunday, Brendan Walsh will be observing from the sidelines.

Star Cork defender John Miskella is today sweating on the outcome of a CCCC disciplinary meeting which could affect his chances of appearing in next month’s All-Ireland football final.

They may have been workmanlike against Aghada in the last round, but Clonakilty displayed their championship credentials with a master-class in front of goal in yesterday’s entertaining Evening Echo Cork Co SFC quarterfinal at Kilmurry.

The grief-stricken relatives of an Irish couple killed in a car crash in America were tonight making plans to bring their bodies home.

IT was the invitation Franc could not refuse — pay up or do the time.

TWO men have died in separate road accidents, bringing the number killed this year to 165.

THERE was to be no hat-trick of victories for Bride Rovers over St. Finbarr’s in the Evening Echo Cork Co SHC at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night where the Togher club survived a late scare before emerging winners by two points.

BRENDAN WALSH came back out of retirement to turn in a man-of-the-match performance that helped Clonakilty get their Evening Echo Cork SFC campaign back on track with a well-deserved victory over Bishopstown at Brinny yesterday.