2007 hurler of the year Dan Shanahan helped St Mary’s to their maiden Munster championship win on Saturday afternoon at Fraher Field in his first year as team coach.

Young people are falling through the cracks in the education system, the director of a Cork-based educational project has warned.

Jess Casey A few years ago, student Darragh Cotter couldn’t leave his room due to his severe anxiety, and ended up leaving his mainstream school.

Hundreds of secondary school students in Cork walked out of classes to send a clear message to the Government that action is needed on climate change.

The contrast couldnot have been more pronounced: The azure seas glistening off West Waterford and the brown gunge lapping the East Cork coast.