Ballybay Community College School took custody of the Edmund Rice Cup after a historic victory over Boherbue Comprehensive College.

ALL-Ireland winner and former Kerry selector Diarmuid Murphy admitted Sunday that both Dingle and East Kerry would be “out of their minds” trying to get to a Kerry SFC final - but insisted that the scenes which married the semi final replay between the teams in Tralee had not come from managerial instruction.

Perhaps we could cut straight to the last 15 minutes or so.

A marine engineer and inventor has set what he hopes could be a world record for the longest ship-to-shore email using his own special WiFi system.

The Department of An Taoiseach paid out over €120,000 to two firms to help run a two-day technology event in June.

An extra €14m tourist income is spent each year by visitors to students here on an EU study programme.

Doireann O’Sullivan is first through the dressing room door in Mourneabbey, sister Méabh but two paces behind.

One of the best things to come out of this week’s ‘coin toss’ is everyone and their mother know Clare and Dublin are playing in Thurles this afternoon.

An Air Corps officer has launched several High Court challenges aimed at preventing his court martial from going ahead.

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of Albert Reynolds, Ryle Dwyer says history shows that a ‘comfortable majority’ can be a dangerous thing.

Women will be taking to the water in Baltimore next week to help a cancer charity.

Even by the punishing standards of today’s endurance sports, Westport’s Sea2Summit Adventure Race is a doozie.

The late Gerry O’Sullivan was a pioneer in the field of cancer research. But he had a playful side, too, his daughter Orla Dolan recalls for Helen O’Callaghan

Primary teachers have voiced strong reservations about a new model aimed at improving literacy and numeracy standards in schools.

Munster boss Gerry O’Sullivan has expressed disappointment at the lack of Kerry footballers available to the province for Sunday’s M Donnelly Interprovincial semi-final against Leinster at Parnell Park.

Tomás Ó Sé will be eligible to line out for Munster in this weekend’s M Donnelly Interprovincial semi-final against Leinster despite his sending off in the Allianz League on Saturday night.

Internationally renowned cancer research pioneer Professor Gerry O’Sullivan has died.

MICHEÁL McDERMOTT is set to focus exclusively on the Clare senior footballers in the wake of Monaleen’s exit from the Munster club championship on Sunday.

THE EBS Building Society may be asked to curtail its business activities as part of its restructuring plans to justify keeping the €875 million it received from the state.

JC FLOWERS & Co and three other bidders for Ireland’s EBS Building Society may buy and merge several lenders to create a new competitor to the country’s biggest banks, two people familiar with the situation said.

EBS Building Society, the country’s biggest customer-owned lender, set an August 9 deadline for a second round of takeover bids, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation.

A GROUP set up to advise the Health Service Executive (HSE) on reconfiguration of hospital services in the South emphasised the need for “positive media management” and “quick wins” that demonstrated the benefits of reconfiguration.

GAA plans to revamp Páirc Uí Chaoimh and develop a centre of excellence next to the stadium took a major step forward yesterday.

A HORSE trainer and a property developer are among a “secret” group of 17 people advising the Health Service Executive (HSE) on reconfiguration of health services in the South.

As Cork hospital loses services its future remains unclear, writes Catherine Shanahan

IT’S A battle of the former PRO’s as Midleton delegate Pat Horgan throws down the gauntlet to present incumbent, Bob Ryan for the position of vice-chairman of the Cork County Board in next month’s election.

The bridge building between Cork Co board and its grassroots clubs continues after a meeting between both parties at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this week.

THE bridge building between Cork County board and its grassroots clubs continues after a meeting between both parties at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this week.

SHEILA O’Keeffe is a farmer’s wife from the tiny village of Tullylease, in north west Cork.

A FUNDRAISING dynamo in his 70s who completed three marathons last year has raised more than €24,000 for cancer research.

FOR the second week in-a-row a man steeped in greyhounds played a major role in his club’s county hurling championship success.

CONVOYS of jeeps roared away from the football pitch where two helicopters with thermal censor cameras were ready to take off.

A LEADING poet, a distinguished High Court judge, a pioneering cancer specialist and the head of a global construction giant will be honoured by their former college today.

BILLIONAIRE businessman Denis O’Brien is turning quizmaster for the biggest corporate brainteaser ever organised in Ireland, which will benefit the Cork Cancer Research Centre.

THE All-Ireland colleges rugby finals will be hosted in The Garda College, Templemore this afternoon.

CANCER of the oesophagus kills nearly the same amount of people annually as road accidents, a medical expert warned yesterday.

GARDAÍ believe yesterday’s massive fire which destroyed a towering silo complex on Cork’s south docks was started deliberately.

AN abused Limerick mother spent just one night away from home in seven years - and that was to have a baby, a pilot study on domestic violence revealed yesterday.

Teen sensation Cian McNamara produced two stunning extra time comebacks to win the Shell Ireland sponsored South of Ireland title at Lahinch.

FIANNA FÁIL TD Ned O’Keeffe was charged yesterday with making scurrilous accusations against the management at a school where a classroom ceiling collapsed on children, after he suggested the accident was allowed to happen.

SCHOOL children had a lucky escape yesterday when part of the ceiling of their pre-fab classroom collapsed.

THREE high-profile spin-doctors are to intensify competition for blue-chip clients in the fiercely- fought public relations’ sector.