The Irish recruitment scene is enjoying an upsurge in activity in recent times, as can been seen with this selection of new appointments and promotions.

Nemo Rangers 4-12 St Finbarr’s 3-13: Cork football title No 20 has a nice, tidy ring to it, but the devil is in the detail.

Anyone present at Páirc Uí Rinn on April 22 wouldn’t have been including St Finbarr’s in their list of contenders for the Andy Scannell Cup.

While eagles and kites were being reintroduced to Ireland, buzzards organised their own recolonisation, writes Richard Collins. 

IT can’t be pleasant, reading your own obituary, but jockey Declan Murphy’s injuries were so severe after falling at Haydock Park in 1994 that the Racing Post subsequently led with the headline ‘Declan Murphy Dies After Horror Fall’.

Twenty-three years ago, Limerick jockey Declan Murphy’s skull was so badly fractured in a fall at Haydock Park that his death was confirmed by the Racing Post. Prematurely as it happened, writes Colm Greaves.

Hannah Stephenson grills industry experts about the hotly-tipped new titles for 2017.

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More than 130 jobs are at risk following the appointment by the High Court of a provisional liquidator to a Co Tipperary-based pharmaceutical manufacturing company.

Meet the Rai family, who have security and a roof over their heads thanks to a Clonakilty-born teacher and the generosity of the people of West Cork.

Worldview, a dissident shareholder in exploration firm Petroceltic, has brought a High Court petition aimed at securing court protection for Petroceltic and the appointment of an examiner.

A Corkman who has never run a high-altitude marathon in his life will attempt one of the world’s most gruelling ones in the Himalayas next month in an effort to raise money for the victims of last April’s Nepal earthquake.

A West Cork boy who donated €100 of his Holy Communion money to charity has been identified following an appeal.

This West Cork boy is a huge source of pride for his parents and teachers today.

Wexford 1-10 Meath 0-12

Around 100 Irish people in Nepal were affected by the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that ravaged the region at the weekend.

The founder of an Irish charity which rescues street kids in Nepal has praised the children of West Cork for helping him save countless lives.

She had what many would have considered the dream job — interning for the senior style director of Elle magazine and living a Devil Wears Prada-style life in New York.

Ireland has accounted for 14.6% of all European merger, acquisition and equity investment activity in value terms to date, this year, nearly 10% more than for the whole of 2013.

An ex-child worker rescued from a life of drudgery at the age of 10 by a West Cork schoolteacher is to spend weeks in Ireland highlighting the work of the organisation which saved him.

Bishopstown 0-11 St Finbarr’s 0-9

A spate of takeover activity in the pharmaceutical sector pushed Irish-related acquisition values to a 20-year high in the first half of 2014 and saw the country account for nearly 18% of European merger activity, in value terms.

A survival scheme for Elverys Sports operating company employing 700 people full and part-time in 52 stores across the country has been approved by the High Court.

Ballincollig 1-09 St Finbarr’s 1-08

The provisional liquidator appointed to the company that publishes Buy and Sell magazine, yesterday asked the High Court for permission to sell it to a subsidiary firm of the Denis O’Brien-owned Communicorp.

Recruitment agency Servisource says Ireland’s jobs market is showing positive trends that should continue for 2014 .

Former teacher Declan Murphy deals with a very different kind of child — by the age of seven they’re feral, living on the street, hooked on drugs, and earning more than their parents.

The High Court has appointed an examiner to the ladies footwear and fashion accessories retail chain, Carl Scarpa.

The owners and operators of the well-known ladies footwear and fashion accessories retail chain Carl Scarpa have applied to the High Court to be placed into examinership.

Brides-to-be breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when it became clear in the High Court that receptions they booked at the four-star Waterford Castle and Hotel will go ahead despite the financial crash of the complex.

A High Court judge has approved a complex settlement of an action brought by Nama and others against Treasury Holdings’ co-founders Richard Barrett and John Ronan over a controversial €20m transaction involving the alleged transfer of shares out of the group at a significant undervalue.

Historic rowing rivals Oxford and Cambridge have taken part in the world’s oldest traditional regatta in Killarney.

The proposed creation of a new road through the historic heart of Kilkenny city will bring increased traffic through the area and will sever the ‘Medieval Mile’ which links Kilkenny Castle with St Canice’s Cathedral.

St Finbarr’s 0-15 St Nicholas 2-8 (after extra-time)

Sixteen parties have expressed an interest in investing in the five-star Muckross Park Hotel in Killarney, Co Kerry, run by businessman Bill Cullen and his partner Jackie Lavin, the High Court heard yesterday.

High-profile property developer Treasury Holdings is expected to have joint liquidators appointed next week, making it one of the biggest casualties of the property crash.

Glanbia has poured €420,000 into award-winning food producer McEvoy Family Foods Ltd, which went bust last month, the High Court heard yesterday.

Two brilliant Dean Cummins first half goals helped Offaly senior football kingpins Edenderry to a 2-16 to 1-12 quarter-final victory over Erin Rovers at O’Connor Park, Tullamore on Saturday.

An award-winning food producer that got into a financial stew over unmanageable start-up debts has been given a new lease of life by a High Court judge.

If Vedfield Emperor can reproduce his semi-final performance he will take a world of beating in the final of the Greyhound & Pet World A1 525 at Curraheen park tonight.