Carrigaline 0-13 St Nicholas 0-5: As old as the GAA itself, Carrigaline have had to wait a long time to play a Cork county SFC game.

A man was nearly killed when he was stabbed in a row that erupted out of a house party that had been so convivial moments earlier that a woman had been doing handstands.

Nemo Rangers 5-11 St Nick’s 0-3 (Cork SFC quarter-final): Nemo Rangers may not be favourites to lift the Andy Scannell Cup this year, but this Steven O’Brien-coached, Trabeg side were strutting their stuff like champions-elect at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

St Nicholas 2-9 Dohenys 0-15: A point by Evan Kearney in the 62nd minute earned St Nicholas a second bite of the cherry in this highly entertaining Cork SFC fourth-round tie at Bandon on Saturday night.

St Nicholas 1-8 Clonakilty 0-7:

Ilen Rovers 1-19 St Nick’s 1-11: 1-17 from open play, all but one of the forward unit on the mark and their opponents’ starting team limited to a meagre six points - Ilen Rovers manager Johnny Holland had plenty of positives to glean from this Cork SFC second round victory.

Douglas 2-9 St Nicholas 1-7:  Douglas managed to put a below-par first-half performance behind them to overcome St Nicholas at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday and advance to the fourth round of the Cork SFC.

ONE of the finalists in the 2003-2004 Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) All-Ireland Schools’ Quiz last night got off to a flying start in this year’s competition.

TDs are to fight for Government compensation for victims of flooding in Cork, so payments to hardship cases can be made by the Irish Red Cross in the same way as to other victims in Athlone, Dublin and Meath.