Ballymartle 0-16

Declan McCarthy is the director of the Baltimore Fiddle Fair and is also involved in Skibbereen Arts Festival, which begins this weekend and runs until August 6.

Many U2 fans queued from Friday night for the chance to see the band play in Dublin.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

A full State commemoration for Roger Casement was led by President Michael D Higgins at Banna Strand near Tralee yesterday.

Carrigtwohill 2-13 Ballymartle 1-13

The Opening of the Skibbereen Arts Festival

As the sky dimmed over the West Cork town of Skibbereen, the smell of peat smoke was in the air.

On Skibbereen Main Street, ladies in bustles saluted each other over the heads of the crowd as a vintage Punch and Judy show got underway. Vegetable sellers and urchins argued loudly as RIC officers turned a blind eye.

Dust off your bonnets, polish those buckles, and get the horse and trap ready for a trip into the past as a West Cork town prepares to step back in time.

Ballymartle 2-19 Glen Rovers 0-23: Ballymartle’s Darren McCarthy sent a “pick me” message to Cork senior hurling manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy on Saturday night as he inspired the Riverstick club during a stunning second-half revival against the famed Glen Rovers in round one of the Cork SHC at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Erin’s Own 2-12 Ballymartle 2-9

Ballymartle 5-12 Blackrock 2-17

Running an arts festival in these tough economic times is challenging, says Declan McCarthy, one of the organisers of the Skibbereen Arts Festival (July 25-August 2).

St Brendan’s 0-13 Lixnaw 0-08

Sarsfields 0-25 Ballymartle 1-12

Ballymartle 2-12 Blackrock 0-17

Erin’s Own 0-16 Ballymartle 0-11

Newtownshandrum 2-27 Ballymartle 2-23 (after extra time)

Bishopstown 1-13 Ballymartle 0-12

CBC students were recently part of the largest group ever to climb Kilimanjaro, says Sharon O’Reilly

Round four of the Cork senior hurling championship at Pairc Ui Rinn on Saturday and also the unofficial Carrigdhoun divisional final as these two old foes went toe to toe in a typical tight derby battle.

The new-look Liss Ard Festival was launched yesterday outside Skibbereen in West Cork.

A FORMER solicitor has been charged with eight offences under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act totalling almost €1 million.

THAT Ballymartle were within two points of Cloyne at half-time in this Cork SHC round two game in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday owed much to the brilliance of keeper Declan McCarthy; that they were ahead at the end of the hour, owed just as much to the accuracy from placed balls of his namesake Darren McCarthy in midfield as it did to the corresponding inaccuracy of a succession of Cloyne free-takers.

BEN O’CONNOR has made major contributions to Newtown hurling over the years but his latest at Mallow on Saturday night in the county senior championship was massive.

TO the wider hurling public Darren McCarthy has carved a reputation as an excellent goalkeeper with Cork underage teams but for his club Ballymartle he will forever be associated with his contributions outfield after the stunning conclusion to yesterday’s All-Ireland club IHC final in Croke Park.

BALLYMARTLE justified their status as championship favourites once more in Minane Bridge last night when they staved off a spirited challenge from local rivals Courcey Rovers before triumphing in the Evening Echo Cork PIHC semi-final.

KILKENNY’S pursuit of three All-Ireland hurling crowns in the space of eight days got off to a successful start in Semple Stadium on Saturday night.

NEWCESTOWN’S title aspirations ground to a shuddering halt in dramatic circumstances at Ballinspittle on Saturday when a late flurry of Ballymartle points put them out of the Cork Premier IHC.

NEWCESTOWN’S title aspirations ground to a shuddering halt in dramatic circumstances at Ballinspittle on Saturday when a late flurry of Ballymartle points put them out of the Cork Premier IHC.

IT WAS, at the time, the worst mass kidnap in the Christian world.

MYSTERY still surrounds the cause of a single-car accident which resulted in the death of a 23-year-old woman outside Killarney, early on June 27, 2006.

A TEXTBOOK finish powered UCC to a 10-points victory over Carrigdhoun in the opening game of the Evening Echo Cork Co SHC at Shanbally last night.

A 24-year-old man has died in hospital from injuries he sustained in a road accident in Co Kerry on Sunday.

JJ Lambert has been recruited as one of two selectors under Carlow senior football manager Liam Hayes for the 2006 season.

Kilbrittain 0-21 Ballymartle 1-15 (After extra-time)