A row over a bet on a game of pool in a pub resulted in one man finishing his pint and throwing the glass at a bar worker and missing her but causing €1,200 damage to a TV screen.

A “fantasist” Corkman, who posed as a barrister to trick a terminal cancer sufferer out of her life savings, has been jailed for eight years.

Cork PIHC Round 3: Valley Rovers 1-21 - Blarney 1-8: Cork panellist Chris O’Leary scored 12 points as Valley Rovers took victory last night in the first game in the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

More than 60% of the clients who attended an addiction treatment centre last year are holding down full-time jobs.

A woman whose grandmother and aunt died of ovarian cancer as a result of the faulty BRCA1 gene faces an 18-month wait for a test to determine if she has inherited the gene.

Ballydonoghue 5-9 St Senan’s 0-8: Before the start of yesterday’s North Kerry SFC final, Raymond McGibney of the Irish Defence Forces stood underneath the tricolour and read out the 1916 proclamation. The Ballydonoghue rising, joint-manager Denis Lynch would tell us afterwards, was five years in the making and ended with a first divisional title in almost a quarter of a century.

Ballyduff Lower (Waterford) 0-15 Kilgarvan (Kerry) 0-5: Ballyduff Lower outsmarted a plucky Kilgarvan at Walsh Park on Saturday to make the last four of the Munster junior hurling championship.

Nasty and abusive text messages were sent, late at night, by a young man to his own mother, putting her in such fear she called the gardaí.

Junior Certificate Spanish was taken by 9,000 students yesterday morning.

There have been calls for a review of pedestrian crossing times in Cork City following complaints that people aren’t being given enough time to cross some of its busiest roads.

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne will begin the quest to make Corn Uí Mhuirí history today, but their opponents will be writing a new chapter of their own.

Midleton 1-15 St. Finbarr’s 1-13: The story of this Cork SHC round four clash on Saturday centred around Midleton’s staggering total of 20 wides, but 1-15 was enough for the Magpies to make it into the quarter-finals to face the winners of next weekend’s Duhallow-Douglas clash.

Premier IHC: Newcestown 1-17 Blarney 1-13

Behind-the-scenes moves are underway to resolve a long-running dispute which has resulted in a private landowner blocking a traditional access road to a western section of Killarney National Park, Co Kerry.

More than 8,500 students had Junior Certificate exams in Spanish yesterday.

Despite objections from environmentalists, councillors have voted unanimously in favour of a contentious new access road to Killarney National Park.

Des O’Sullivan on the sale of a unique collection of more than 450 lots from a retired military man.

A Corkman was overcharged by Bord Gáis for his gas usage by more than €13,000 over the last two years, although the man’s small house was virtually empty for the entire period.

St Finbarr’s 3-12 Erin’s Own 1-9

Blarney 1-16 Tracton 0-15

Metalwork and Spanish were on the timetable for Junior Certificate students yesterday.

A number of objections have been lodged to a proposal by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to “allow full public access” to the ancient oak woods and rarely glimpsed cascade at the western edge of Killarney National Park.

Rural people were being “intimidated” by townspeople moving into the countryside, a woman claimed at the Circuit Civil Court in Tralee yesterday during a dispute over a right of way and the opening and closing of gates at the edge of the Killarney National Park.

Newcestown 2-14 Blarney 1-14

Inniscarra 0-17 Blarney 2-09

The new lord mayor of Cork ignored a large vocal protest last night and vowed to review city centre parking policy and advance plans for a new food emporium for the city.

G’day mate.

A Co Cork railway bridge made famous by a First World War film starring James Mason, George Peppard and Ursula Andress may soon be open to the public.

ELECTRIC IRELAND MUNSTER MFC QUARTER-FINAL

St. Vincent’s 0-12 St. Michael’s 0-11

Blackrock 4-16 Duhallow 2-10

It appears that a deal has been done in regard to land at St Joseph’s Road, Mallow — where 180 acres has been bought back by two farmers who sold the land to farmer-turned-developer, John Barry, in the first place.

Blackrock 4-17 Blarney 1-09

Blackrock 0-18 Ballymartle 2-11

Trials of genetically modified potatoes are not at odds with promoting and researching organic systems in Ireland, organic producers have been told.

Kilbrin 2-17 Banteer 3-12

Two goals in the space of three second half minutes gained Éire Óg a hard-won victory over a dogged Blackrock side in the third round of the Cork IHC at Ballincollig on Saturday.

Derrinasafa’s two-year stint as an All-Ireland final venue ended on a high note on Sunday with an enthralling All-Ireland senior final in which Martin Coppinger regained the title he won in 2010.

Martin Coppinger will be a very strong favourite to win his second All-Ireland senior title when he faces off against defending champion Conor McGuigan at Derrinasafa, Dunmanway on Sunday.

Tinky Winky, Laa-Laa, and Po are getting a bit Dipsy — or should we say Tispy — on Teletubbie Hill.

Kenmare District 0-16 St Brendan’s 0-15(AET)

Aghada 0-16Blackrock 0-12

After a closely contested hour in Mallow, St Michael’s held out for a narrow one-point win over Kiskeam in the opening round of the Cork Premier IFC.