Two German Shepherd dogs at the scene of a man’s obstructive behaviour towards gardaí in Crossbarry were described by a sentencing judge yesterday as “quasi weapons”.

Never-say-die Dromid Pearses ended St Mary’s dominance of the South Kerry senior football championship with victory, after extra-time, in Saturday's replayed final.

A sensational display from Danny Neville helped Limerick to their first McGrath Cup in 15 years with a shock win over Cork.

The first inter-county silverware of 2020 will be handed out at LIT Gaelic Grounds today, starting with the McGrath Cup final.

Cork just about did enough to record a deserved victory over Kerry in this John Kerins Cup opener in Tralee this afternoon as the hosts very nearly salvaged an unlikely draw from a deficit of five points entering injury time. 1-1 from substitute Darragh Hayes appeared to be enough to ensure Cork’s win but a penalty from Paul Walsh followed by a Killian Falvey point nearly ensured the match ended on parity.

Put aside momentarily the gulf in strength and game experience between the two sides in Tralee yesterday. Any cursory examination of what Cork started with, brought on, didn’t use — or have away on club duty with Nemo Rangers — would lead one to conclude there’s impressive depth and breadth to the Cork football squad as 2020 looms.

In a game that saw the sides level five times, Limerick came out on top with three of the last four points against a Clare side that had to wait until the second half for their first score from play.

Luckless Nathan Walsh’s injury woes continued Sunday in Tralee as Cork pummelled Kerry’s Under 20’s in the McGrath Cup.

Kerry hope to have two reasons to celebrate at Navan’s Páirc Tailteann tomorrow.

Of John Long, the judge said: "He allows his frustrations to boil over. This was something that happened suddenly on the street when he assaulted this man.”

Cork’s three-year wait for a championship win over Kerry — across senior, U20/21, minor, and junior level — is no more.

Cork’s three-year wait for a championship win over Kerry - across senior, U20/21, minor, and junior level - is no more.

Champions Kerry made light work of a very defensive but outclassed Limerick side in this EirGrid Munster U-20 Football Championship semi-final at Austin Stack Park, Tralee last evening.

Steroids caused a bodybuilder’s thinking to become so reckless he ended up supplying steroids and cocaine, it was claimed, but after evidence of turning his life around he was today given a four-year suspended jail term.

If you think you saw me getting my hair cut last Saturday afternoon outside Páirc Uí Chaoimh, relax. It wasn’t the heat. That was me.

The old Mike Tyson deadpan came to mind as Limerick’s Munster final ambitions were obliterated in the opening 12 minutes of Saturday’s SFC semi-final at Páirc Uí Rinn.

The furnishings in Pairc Ui Rinn won’t rival Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano for comfort anytime soon, but no-one was forced to the edge of their seats Saturday night in Cork as the hosts romped to a 21-point Munster SFC semi final victory over Limerick.

Cork and Kerry played out a thrilling John Kerins Cup U20 League draw in Clonakilty last night.

Cork and Kerry played out a thrilling John Kerins U20 Cup League draw in Clonakilty this evening.

A man accused of multiple counts of deception at a company based at Tivoli in Cork confessed to several sample charges today.

A drug dealer who carried out his business in a rent-free apartment in Cork City showed no remorse for an attack on a student in a nightclub where he struck him with a bottle and kicked him in the head when he was on the floor.

Five young pupils in Coláiste Mhuire in Buttevant have scooped the first Rotary Young Citizen Peacemaker Award for their work tackling difficulties affecting fellow students.

An intermediate Cork hurler who spent two months remanded in prison for an assault on another man and a woman in Cork city centre was given a fully suspended two-year jail term.

Arlene Harris talks to mums about the challenges and joys of rearing a large family

John Kelly (51), pleaded guilty to arson of the family home at Bruhenny, Churchtown, Mallow, Co Cork on December 18, 2016 when the four children aged 11, eight, six and two were inside.

A 15-storey office block inspired by the iconic Flatiron building on New York’s Fifth Avenue has been granted planning in Cork city centre despite senior planners recommending it be refused due to its height.

The man convicted of raping and killing beautician Rachel Kiely in Ballincollig in 2000 was sentenced to 21 months yesterday for heroin dealing in Macroom.

2017 footballer of the year Andy Moran added two goals as a sub.

A Tralee motorist was banned from driving for four years yesterday for careless driving causing the death of a retired nurse who was described in loving terms as the anchor of her extended family.

Gardaí caught a Cork man with almost €1,000 worth of heroin concealed on his person and yesterday he was jailed for three and a half years.

A former manager of Douglas Village shopping centre in Cork was jailed for four years yesterday for stealing €22,000 entrusted to him in rents from commercial tenants for the owners.

A bodybuilder who got involved in the sale of anabolic steroids in Cork pleaded guilty to the offences yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

A bodybuilder’s thinking became reckless as a result of using steroids and he ended up supplying steroids and cocaine, his barrister said yesterday.

A five-year suspended jail term was imposed yesterday on the bookkeeper for a haulage firm in Macroom, Co Cork, who stole over €200,000 from her employers over a 14-year period.

An intermediate Cork hurler who spent two months remanded in prison for an assault on a man and a woman in Cork city centre was released yesterday and sentencing was put back for a year for more compensation.

A 27-year-old man admitted assaulting a 65-year-old man at the back door of a pub in Kanturk, Co Cork, but pleaded not guilty to manslaughter yesterday.

A Welshman in Cork was traced through his “Taffy dragon” email address downloading child pornography movies and images in 2010 and once again in 2017.

The heartbroken family of an 18-year-old cyclist who was fatally injured by the careless driving of a motorist have been left to wonder how any driver could go on the road after drinking.

Tomorrow’s clash of Cork and Louth in the Allianz Football League will rekindle memories of their meeting in the 1957 All-Ireland.

A sum of €58,000 was mistakenly lodged in a man’s AIB account and, by the time the bank came looking for it back, the money was gone.

Laois 2-12 Limerick 0-9: Gary Walsh hit 1-6 and set up Paul Kingston for a 70th-minute goal as Laois got the John Sugrue reign off to the perfect start with a nine-point victory over Limerick.

A member of An Garda Síochána yesterday successfully appealed a conviction on a charge of assault causing harm to his ex-girlfriend.

A postage-stamp sized site in the heart of Cork City, which was bid upon by US-based developers earlier this year up to a reported €1.3m, is among the 200 lots at the December BidX1 end-of-year online auction.

An American doctor with a Polish background who practised in Midleton for several months in 2012 was put on trial by judge and jury yesterday on a charge of sexually assaulting a female patient.