Fermoy 2-15 Valley Rovers 1-9: Fermoy began life in the higher grade with a fully merited nine point win over Valley Rovers in the Cork Premier IHC at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Work on a new building for a gaelscoil on Cork’s northside is still awaiting the transfer of the controversial site for its construction from the city council.

On a recent visit to Rathcooney in Co Cork, I was attracted to a large gravestone located in the old graveyard.

Cork 3-18 Waterford 0-16

Munster U21 HC semi-final

Dublin captain Johnny McCaffrey said his team are relishing the prospect of going to Thurles to face Tipperary for an All-Ireland semi-final berth on Sunday week.

Cratloe 0-10 Doonbeg 0-7

Glanworth 1-09 Cill na Martra 0-06

Kilmurry-Ibrickane, champions for the past two seasons, were brought back down to earth at Cusack Park on Saturday when they succumbed to an impressive Cratloe by 0-11 to 0-4, in round one.

Barryroe 1-16 Dripsey 1-13

Meath manager Mick O'Dowd has included two Championship debutants in his team to face Wicklow in Saturday's Leinster SFC quarter-final in Aughrim (throw-in 7pm).

Olympic boxing hero Kenny Egan will speak openly at a workshop in Cork today about his recovery from addiction to porn, booze, and escort girls.

Peter O’Brien yesterday assured his place in Kildorrery GAA history.

Kildorrery 2-08 Brian Dillon’s 0-13

A Cork Gaelscoil has welcomed a court decision that should let its new school building go ahead.

Cork City Council has said it acted in the interests of residents as a court case concerning access rights to a green area in Mayfield came to an end.

Legal submissions in a saga surrounding rights to a field in the middle of a Cork suburb will be made on Monday, as the presiding judge acknowledged yesterday it was a highly emotional case for all parties.

Residents from the Mayfield and Montenotte area of Cork claimed yesterday their use of a green area — which they have enjoyed for as long as anyone can remember — is about to end with the building of a gaelscoil and other changes.

Watergrasshill 1-21 Aghabullogue 0-12

The remaining parts of the Mr Binman group were bought from the receiver yesterday by Quality Recycling in a move that it is hoped will secure over 100 jobs.

Cork U21 hurling boss Ger Fitzgerald has revealed that he will have to plan without teenage hurling sensation Darren Sweetnam for their Munster Hurling Championship opener against Tipperary due to a clash with the Leaving Certificate.

Reigning county football champions UCC opened their defence of the title with a facile victory over Seandún at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

A CORK city councillor has claimed that sectional interests were put ahead of the public interest in previous decisions relating to a planning application for a gaelscoil on the city’s northside.

A SCHOOL at the centre of bitter controversy over plans for a new building has invited public representatives to an open day today to hear its side of the story.

PARENTS who have been campaigning for almost 20 years for a permanent new school for their children are taking their fight to the streets.

PLANS for a new gaelscoil which have split a community on Cork’s northside have been hit with another planning difficulty.

SUDDENLY the talk is of shared responsibility from people who were happy to freeboot their way to wealth by any means to hand. And many of those means were underhand. The game is up and the bank is bust.

FOR those fortunate to read him, Robert (Bobby) O’Donoghue, who died recently, was a guide to what literature and the arts could offer.

BOOKER prize winner Anne Enright last night added another literary award to her growing list of successes.

BERNADETTE Coffey went to the church in Bantry yesterday morning and lit a candle for Paddy.

ON Monday next, Cork City Council will vote on whether to rezone a portion of the ‘Tank Field’ in Montenotte to facilitate construction of a permanent building for Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn, Cork’s only multidenominational and co-educational Gaelscoil.

NOVELIST John Banville has scooped another literary award winning the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year award for his Booker Prize-winning novel The Sea at the inaugural Irish Book Awards last night.

The decision to abandon a regeneration project on one of Dublin’s most deprived housing estates has been strongly criticised by an independent social and economic research group.

Meath boss Sean Boylan has made three changes to his side and invested even more youth in his line-up ahead of Sunday's league clash with Wexford.