Participation numbers continue to drop, but the Munster Branch of the GUI celebrated another good year in 2015, with Gary Hurley, John Murphy, and clubs Tramore and Dooks presented with awards during the annual delegates’ meeting at the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow, last week.

The happiest group of people at last night’s low-key annual delegates meeting of the Munster Branch of the Golfing Union of Ireland in Mallow were the representatives of Ballyneety Golf Club, formerly Limerick County, who were awarded the Munster Branch Club of the Year award for 2014.

Golf membership in Munster continues to decline, according to figures released by provincial officials.

The family of a West Cork man who had both legs amputated is attempting to raise €250,000 to improve his quality of life.

Kildare manager Jason Ryan retains faith in the black-card rule, but insists consistency of its application remains the most important factor.

The An Post Rás saw one of its most dramatic days in recent memory unfold on the road from Cahersiveen to Clonakilty yesterday when the yellow jersey lost over eight minutes — and a new set of contenders emerged.

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Last weekend 17,000 people turned out in Limerick for the launch of the 20th anniversary tour of Riverdance. So where were you when Michael Flatley and Jean Butler took to the Eurovision stage that night in 1994?

The first steps to remove a controversial anomaly in golf’s handicap system were taken at this week’s Golfing Union of Ireland Munster Branch AGM at the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow.

TWO years ago Maureen O’Hara checked into the Ashford Castle hotel to stay in the room she called home during the filming of The Quiet Man.

Glengarriff actress Clodagh Downing has secured an offer for a distribution deal in Cannes for her first short film.

Retired Garda John Moloughney (Templemore) has been elected Chairman of the Munster Council of the Golfing Union of Ireland.

Irish Atlantic Seasalt has won the overall prize in the West Cork Enterprise Board’s Local Company of the Year Award 2012.

As Maureen O’Hara settles in the US, the High Court will hear of a bitter battle centred on her care, writes investigative correspondent Conor Ryan

Screen legend Maureen O’Hara has left Ireland for the US after months of acrimony and allegation over the control of her affairs.

She was the screen icon who put Ireland in the Hollywood limelight. But a battle over her legacy could take the shine off Maureen O’Hara’s glittering career. Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan reports

Tourism chiefs in a Co Mayo village have unveiled ambitious plans to lure thousands of film fans by creating Ireland’s answer to Hollywood’s walk of fame.

A scoring surge in the final 10 minutes enabled Avondhu to pull clear of Beara at rainswept Newcestown on Saturday.

Rural dwellers the world over are, in my experience, frequently resourceful, independent, and well able to manage the challenges that living in remote rural areas can bring.

He has parachuted into some of the most inhospitable places on Earth, eaten bugs, snakes, and piranha, and slept in the stinking carcass of a dead camel.

A REUNION of the original cast of The Quiet Man takes place next month with the arrival of John Wayne’s family in Ireland.

SCREEN icon Maureen O’Hara will host what is being billed as Europe’s biggest “classic film” festival in her West Cork retreat later this month.

TOP prize money drew livestock exhibitors from all corners of the country to the Bantry Agricultural Show in west Cork last Sunday.

AN able seaman who had a passion for nature, the heritage of the Beara peninsula and people.

WE read a great deal about the need for a new political party in the Republic.

JUST €20,000 separates two, large modern houses, new to market, for home-hunters in Macroom.

SO, according to the Minister Eamon Ryan and your journalist Clare O’Sullivan (Irish Examiner, April 14), electric cars are the latest silver bullet to solve the problems of global warming and dependence on imported fossil fuels. This follows hot on the heels of now-discredited biodiesel.

THE Bishop of Kerry Dr Bill Murphy has announced plans for neighbouring parishes to pool their resources, forming pastoral clusters to be co-ordinated by a priest with the title, vicar forane.

Another John Brophy was in the news at the weekend as the Clonmel native, now Tower, Co Cork-based, used his years of experience to overcome the youthful Kevin Jer O'Sullivan (Glengarriff) in a terrific final of the Ford sponsored Cork Junior Scratch Trophy at Muskerry.