Person: Jim Cronin

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farming

Oliver Moore: Organic skillnet takes top prize

The National Organic Training Skillnet - NOTS – was recently awarded Best Learning and Development Organisation (Network and Groups) in Ireland by the Irish Institute of Training and Development.

news

Man caught masturbating near playground avoids prison

sport

James O’Donovan beats Killian Kingston to reach Barry Cup final

news

Convicted man: I was watching the wildlife

home and gardens

VIDEO: Shopping with the best of locally produced food at a thriving urban co-op

gaa

Cork's boys in blue to roll back the years with special jersey

Olvier Moore: Heavier cattle are compacting soil

Pat Lalor, Jim Cronin and Klaus Laitenburger all spoke at the recent soil symposium in Galway.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2015

Oliver Moore: What does EPA say of Irish soil quality?

Soil quality is a hot topic this year, the UN International Year of the Soil.

Thu, 09 Jul, 2015

CORK DOUBLE 1990: ‘A mighty assignment but not an unattainable dream’

Long-serving county secretary Frank Murphy wasn’t gazing into a crystal ball when he sat down to prepare his annual report for the 1989 County Board Convention.

Sat, 04 Jul, 2015

Our gardening noticeboard

This year’s Blarney in Bloom Summer Garden Fair promises to be bigger and better than ever. 

Sat, 04 Jul, 2015

Oliver Moore: Rich soil holds key to organic success

I visited a friends’s allotment in Clare recently. It was a gorgeous sunny day, and the gardens were abundant, almost teeming with wildflowers as we approached.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2015

Santa won’t be stocking new Cork jersey as sponsor yet to be finalised

Cork GAA are set to miss out on the lucrative Christmas market as a new county jersey will not be released before the new year.

Wed, 05 Dec, 2012

Ghosts of the past in farms of the present

I had spoken to Jim Cronin by phone earlier, and he confirmed he’d be “around the yard” all evening.

Thu, 25 Oct, 2012

Grounded advice on growing your own vegetables

Onions and shallots drying in the sun in the garden of Trevor Sargent, County Dublin.

Sun, 07 Oct, 2012

Laundry closure sign of ‘hospital downgrade’

HEALTH campaigners have condemned plans to close a hospital laundry, describing it as another step towards the downgrading of a city hospital.

Thu, 13 Nov, 2008

Settling bets as punters play the name game

THE phone calls to the Irish Examiner come thick and fast in the weeks before and after the Munster Finals.

Wed, 29 Jun, 2005

Cork lead the conservative charge on Croker

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly came in for stinging criticism at yesterday’s Cork GAA convention for ‘espousing’ personal views on the opening up of Croke Park to rugby and soccer.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2003

Cork GAA chiefs to move on football manager

CORK GAA chiefs hope to present a new football manager to county board delegates for ratification next week.

Tue, 07 Oct, 2003

Cork could lose out on big games

CORK is in danger of losing out on major Munster championship games in the future unless Páirc Uí Chaoimh is upgraded, Secretary Frank Murphy has accepted.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2002

Cork chiefs extend olive branch

CORK GAA chiefs last night extended an olive branch to the county’s striking hurlers as hopes increased for an early resolution to the dispute.

Wed, 04 Dec, 2002

Cork hurlers snub County Board ceremony

ONLY three members of the Cork senior hurling panel turned up at last weekend’s County Board celebratory dinner at Moran’s, Silver Springs Hotel.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2002

Murphy rules out Cork return

Bertie Og Murphy has ruled out any return to the Cork hurling hot-seat despite efforts to reinstall him as manager.

Thu, 17 Oct, 2002

Bertie Óg: no going back on decision to quit

BERTIE Óg Murphy has emphatically ruled out a return as Cork hurling coach next season irrespective of the outcome of talks between Cork GAA chiefs and the Cork hurlers.

Thu, 17 Oct, 2002

Murphy urged to reconsider Cork job

Discussion at last night's Cork County Board meeting has fuelled speculation that former hurling boss Bertie Og Murphy could be urged to reconsider his decision to resign the post.

Wed, 16 Oct, 2002

Cork board to meet players before making move on coach

CORK GAA chiefs will wait until after a planned face-to-face meeting with the senior hurlers in a fortnight before deciding on a course of action to replace manager Bertie Óg Murphy and possibly his team of selectors.

Fri, 27 Sep, 2002

Cork hurling war of words rages on

THE row that has engulfed Cork hurling continued apace last night with Fergal McCormack claiming that players were being treated as “second class citizens”.

Thu, 22 Aug, 2002

Cork GAA officials reject Cusack's claims

GAA officials in Cork have rejected claims by the county’s hurling goalkeeper that players joining the GPA would be jeopardising their chances of playing for Cork.

Tue, 20 Aug, 2002

Cork hurling crisis deepens as Board reject Cusack broadside

CORK GAA chiefs reacted angrily last night to player claims they were being treated shabbily and were discouraged from joining the Gaelic Players' Association.

Tue, 20 Aug, 2002

Garda out in force

Jim O'Sullivan

Thu, 15 Aug, 2002

Galway left Cork coach red-faced

BERTIE ÓG MURPHY has admitted that Cork's display in the weekend Guinness All-Ireland hurling qualifier was not up to standard and that he had been embarrassed by their failure to Galway.

Thu, 18 Jul, 2002