This afternoon’s meeting of St Colman’s, Fermoy and Midleton CBS (Blackrock, 1.30pm) is one of two all-Cork Harty Cup fixtures, with Fermoy boss Flannan Cleary expecting stiff examination from the last Rebel nursery to win the Munster post-primary competition.

Dean Ryan Cup final

THE veteran Irish writer Edna O’Brien was last night named the winner of the 2011 Frank O’Connor Short Story Award for her collection, Saints and Sinners. O’Brien received the prize in person, at the Metropole Hotel in Cork. She is the first Irish writer to win.

The veteran Irish writer Edna O’Brien has been named the winner of the 2011 Frank O’Connor Short Story Award for her collection, 'Saints and Sinners'.