Irrespective of the outcome in this evening’s All-Ireland intermediate hurling decider, Cork GAA faces a long winter of discontent.

Cork have made two changes to their starting team for Saturday’s All-Ireland intermediate hurling decider against Galway.

Cork 0-20 Limerick 0-18: The Cork intermediate team last night ensured at least one Munster hurling crown would reside on Leeside this summer – Ronan Dwane’s charges scoring a deserved two-point win over favourites Limerick.

Cork 0-27 Waterford 1-16: Ronan Dwane’s Cork were impressive eight-point winners over Waterford in yesterday’s Munster intermediate hurling championship semi-final.

Job done for Tipperary at Semple Stadium last evening as Charlie McGeever’s hosts blew away Waterford 2-16 to 1-7 to book their place in the Electric Ireland Munster MFC semi-finals.

AS A secondary school pupil in Carraig na bhFear all Simon McKeown wanted to be was a vet. 

Carrigtwohill 1-21 Bride Rovers 2-13

Blackrock 2-19 Carrigaline 0-11

Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-21 Birr 1-14

The rain stayed away for the thousands of music fans arriving at Glastonbury Festival today.

The return of Glastonbury Festival after a year off feels like “a big family reunion”, according to organiser Emily Eavis.

Mumford and Sons star Ted Dwane has been discharged from hospital after an operation to remove a blood clot from his brain.

Ballymartle 1-16 Carrigaline 1-12

Carrigaline were always in control, easily beating Valley Rovers to claim a second successive South East U21 FC title at Kinsale yesterday, their third divisional win in five years.

Conor Dwane

A DRIVER using a mobile phone smashed into a tree and died at the scene, an inquest heard yesterday.

THE past week may prove to be a defining moment for the Greens in Government. Before the dawn comes the darkest hour. They learned however much they wish to avoid a general election, Fianna Fáil are even more eager to evade the electorate.

A CLAIM by Defence Minister Willie O’Dea that “wrong” information from gardaí in Limerick led to his false allegation that Sinn Féin councillor, Maurice Quinlivan was involved in running a brothel, has been greeted with disbelief by gardaí who were aware of the brothel investigation and journalists who covered the brothel story at Limerick District Court.

PEARSE O’Neill, well isn’t he the dark horse? One of those legendary Cork GAA mushrooms that sprung up overnight but for all evidence to the contrary.

THE switch of Eamon Collins from the left wing to full forward reaped a handsome reward for Valley Rovers, victors over Aghada in the first round of the Evening Echo Cork County IHC at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night.

UP the airy mountain, down the rushy glen — that about sums up the qualities of a 400-acre farm that’s on the market in west Kerry as an executor’s sale.

A FUNNY game this in the drizzle and fading light in Midleton last night in the opening round of the Cork senior football championship.

UCD 1-12 Birr 1-7

The FTSE 100 Index is forecast to have a better time following this year’s gloomy performance - and end 2002 around the 5,800 mark, City experts said today.