Clyda Rovers 0-12 Aghada 0-7: James Murphy gave an exhibition of point scoring for Clyda Rovers as they defeated Aghada in the third round of the Cork senior football championship at Watergrasshill on Saturday night.

Muskerry produced a huge performance to defeat a fancied St Senan’s side 25-7 to clinch fourth place in Division One of the Munster Junior League and qualification for the All-Ireland Junior Cup next season.

Carbery 4-14 Seandun 0-10

Bandon 0-15 Inniscarra 1-11 After extra-time

Beara 0-15 Seandún 1-17

Inniscarra 0-17 Blarney 2-09

While Stradbally were ecstatically celebrating a one-point Waterford SFC replay victory over The Nire last Saturday night, two of their longest serving players spent the night in the hospital and will miss next Sunday’s Munster meeting with Cork champions Castlehaven.

A late goal from substitute Timmy Murphy sent Inniscarra into the Cork County PIHC semi-finals, Valley Rovers denied at Cloughduv last night.

Solid second-half defending helped Inniscarra to grind out victory over Valley Rovers in the opening round of the Premier IHC at Cloughduv yesterday.

A LIQUIDATOR will be appointed within days to one of the country’s largest online travel firms which closed at the weekend with the loss of 14 jobs.

THE founder of a co-operative which reinstated the Cork-Swansea ferry link has resigned from the group, due to pressure of work.

THE Fastnet Line’s Cork-Swansea service will resume next week to cash in on the Six Nations’ clash between Ireland and Wales in Cardiff and the Cheltenham racing festival.

THE operators of the Cork-Swansea ferry have moved to reassure customers and shareholders that the company is still solvent despite its decision to dry-dock the ship for twice the normal amount of time.

THE ferry service operating between Cork and Swansea has exceeded all expectations and will have carried around 85,000 passengers before the end of the year.

LEADING entrepreneurs revealed the secrets of their success to a new generation of young entrepreneurs at a special conference yesterday.

THE fledgling Fastnet Line, which started plying the Cork-Swansea ferry route last March, believes it will carry more passengers than initially envisaged and the resumption of the service will benefit the south-west region by at least €15 million this year.

HAVING won four of the last five City division junior football titles, White’s Cross have taken the next step to reach a first county final in the grade after prevailing against Mitchelstown at Watergrasshill on Saturday.

A tasty City Division J‘A’FC final at Ballinlough yesterday as holders Whites Cross and St Finbarr’s battled to the finish but could not be separated after an entertaining contest that ebbed and flowed.

FROM fast cars to ferry boats... that’s the career path of the new chief executive of Ireland’s fledgling ferry company who’s determined to bring thousands more British tourists to West Cork.

“IT’S mad busy,” says Margaret Hegarty, spokes-person for Fastnet Line, which runs the Cork to Swansea ferry service.

THEY have been hailed as perfect examples of how Ireland can survive and beat the recession.

CORK County Council is prepared to offer its expertise to the embattled MV Julia should its owners, the Fastnet Line, require help.

HUNDREDS more passengers have suffered disruption after another fault on the Cork to Swansea ferry forced the cancellation of its weekend sailings.

THE owners of the Fastnet Line are confident that their ferry the MV Julia will shortly pass maritime authority inspections and start her maiden voyage from Cork at 9pm next Saturday.

THE man who looks set to rejuvenate the tourist industry in the south-west region got a standing ovation yesterday when he received the Cork Person of the Year Award from President Mary McAleese.

THE bookies have installed Ireland rugby coach Declan Kidney as firm favourite to grab yet another prestigious accolade – this time in his home town.

Organisers say more than 5,000 frontline public sector workers took part in this afternoon's protest through Dublin city centre against proposed pay cuts.

A CO-OP of “ordinary people” who purchased a €7.8 million passenger ferry that will travel between Cork and Swansea has dubbed it the “People’s Ship” and predicted it will support 1,000 new jobs.

THEY had their doubters – but a co-operative of ordinary people watched with pride yesterday as their new passenger ferry sailed in to the heart of Cork city.

THE people of Cork will get a chance to see the new ferry which will operate the Swansea route when she docks on the city quays on Friday.

AFTER months of negotiation, a co-operative has completed the €7.8 million deal for a car and passenger ferry that will reopen the Cork-Swansea route.

AROUND 10 people have been interviewed for the post of chief executive of Ireland’s planned new ferry company.

WEST Cork Tourism is seeking to appoint a chief executive to run the Fastnet Line which will relaunch the Swansea-Cork ferry route next March.

PLANS to relaunch the Cork-Swansea ferry route have been dry-docked for this year.

ONE of the leading figures behind the proposed restoration of Cork-Swansea ferry has been invited to address the Welsh Assembly in the hope it will provide a grant for the project.

Cork is set for a new ferry link with Britain from early June, it was claimed today.

A FINNISH bank has agreed to sell a ferry to an Irish consortium which hopes to restart the Cork-Swansea route by the end of next month.

IT’S full steam ahead for fundraisers aiming to collect the €3 million required to refloat the Cork-Swansea car and passenger ferry.

FUNDRAISERS in Ireland and Wales have been given a new deadline of March 10 to come up with a shortfall in the e3 million needed to relaunch the Cork-Swansea ferry service.

LOCAL businesses who have pledged e10,000 each to help buy a ferry for the discontinued Cork-Swansea route say they need just 70 more investors.

A MAN whose father was one of the main movers behind the first Swansea-Cork ferry link is hoping to resurrect the service and use its former name, the B&I (British & Irish) Line.

A NEW co-operative is aiming to raise a e3 million shortfall to re-float the Swansea-Cork ferry service.

A consortium of business people from the South West region, led by West Cork Tourism, have formed a co-operative in the hopes of raising €3 million in the coming days for the resumption of the Cork-Swansea ferry service.