Cork historian Dr Sean Pettit will guest at the 2016 Spirit of Mother Jones festival and summer school.

Nemo Rangers 1-10 Castlehaven 0-11: AROUND their considerable clubhouse on the South Douglas road last night, many of the men who created the Nemo Rangers legend of football dominance in Cork were agreed on one thing.

Steven O’Brien reckoned the Nemo Rangers performance rated around 6/10.

Castlehaven 1-14 Ballincollig 1-11 (Cork SFC quarter-final): Expectations were high ahead of this meeting of the last two Cork SFC champions, but Castlehaven and Ballincollig went a long way towards delivering in Dunmanway on Saturday night.

Castlehaven 1-14 St Finbarr’s 1-10 (Cork SFC Round 4): Castlehaven returned to the scene of last year’s championship humiliation but, looking renewed and refocused, the west Cork men displayed their innate hunger for battle to overcome a gutsy St. Finbarr’s in an entertaining Cork SFC clash on Saturday.

Fr Peter McVerry, founder of one of a leading homelessness charity, has received the 2015 Spirit of Mother Jones Award.

He’ll stay strictly professional, save maybe the odd colourful remark, but at least one Kerry voice in Killarney tomorrow will be shouting for Cork. And it’s a very familiar voice to Cork radio listeners. C103 match commentator and raconteur Paudie Palmer.

Castlehaven 2-12 Clyda Rovers 0-9: Several factors combined to produce this emphatic victory for Castlehaven in Saturday evening’s Cork SFC first-round game in Carrigadrohid - primarily a significant second-half improvement which yielded two goals inside the opening ten minutes.

The GAA community in Castlehaven and Cork has been left shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Michael Burns, a member of the 1989 All-Ireland SFC-winning panel.

Eoghan Cormican examines the contenders for this year’s Cork SFC, which kicks off this weekend at several venues.

One of Ireland’s best-known social campaigners and advocates for the poor is to appear at a Cork city festival to honour another champion of human rights.

A British MP whose campaign had a huge bearing on freeing the Birmingham Six will be guest speaker at a festival in Cork to honour another human rights champion.

Shaun Dunne made his acting debut at the Abbey aged 11. Now he is returning to the national theatre as a playwright, writes Padraic Killeen

MUSIC NEWS: The inestimable Kate Bush has struck a blow for those of us Luddites who seethe with rage at the glowing blanket of smartphones held aloft at gigs.

The board of the Red Kettle Theatre Company in Waterford has blamed the combination of "severe cuts" to funding and six years of economic erosion for the closure of the award-winning body.

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Here's your quick guide to five things that will keep you entertained this week.

Lately in the pages of this newspaper, you may have seen a lengthy interview with Jim Nolan, the Waterford playwright.

Jim Nolan tells Marjorie Brennan how his play is inspired by the triumph of the human spirit in the face of fundamentalist hysteria.

The outgoing artistic director of Cork’s Everyman Palace picked his top three choices for this season as he launched the theatre’s Spring programme.

Heating oil was always a big worry for pensioner Jim Nolan and he tried to save €20 a week year-round so he wasn’t fretting about keeping warm once the winter came.

The Cork senior footballer’s McGrath Cup opener against Cork IT this Sunday is a first competitive outing for the new senior management, but evolution rather than revolution appears to be the theme.

Cork senior football manager Conor Counihan has added three new selectors to his backroom team for the 2013 season.

Paul Kerrigan is delighted Conor Counihan is staying on as Cork manager but said the players would have understood had he opted to leave the position.

Conor Counihan has accepted the offer of another two-year term from the Cork County Board, although he will be working with a much-changed backroom team next season.

Conor Counihan has agreed to accept the Cork County Board’s offer of a two-year extension as senior football manager.

Outgoing Cork senior football manager Conor Counihan has been offered another two-year term by the Cork County Board.

Aidan Walsh is keeping his fingers crossed Conor Counihan will remain on as Cork senior football manager for a sixth season.

Conor Counihan is expected to continue as Cork football manager next season but is said to be considering changing his management team according to tonight's Evening Echo.

Selector Ger O’Sullivan says he has no fears of a major breaking up of the Cork football team after a second heartbreaking failure to build on the 2010 All-Ireland win.

Cork footballer Fiachra Lynch has announced his decision to leave the inter-county panel, citing a lack of opportunities as the main reason for his departure.

CORK senior football selector Jim Nolan is confident Colm O’Neill can bounce back from his cruciate ligament injury and become a central part of the Rebels’ panel again.

Graham Canty has backed Conor Counihan's decision to remain in charge of the Cork footballers.

CONOR COUNIHAN insists Cork cannot afford to be complacent as they prepare to mount the defence of their All-Ireland SFC crown next season.

Cork's 2010 All-Ireland winning manager Conor Counihan had ended weeks of speculation by agreeing a new two-year deal with the Cork County Board.

ALL-IRELAND winning boss Conor Counihan is set to stay on in charge of the Cork senior footballers for a further two years. Speculation mounted over Counihan’s future since his initial tenure officially came to an end after last month’s All-Ireland decider triumph over Down.

FORMER manager Billy Morgan claims to have been told by a current Cork selector that the county will not win a All-Ireland football title without the services of James Masters, who withdrew from the panel earlier this year.

WATERFORD’S Lark in The Park is set to return to the city after a 25-year break.

ANY All-Ireland final defeat is a dejecting experience but for the Cork camp yesterday’s defeat was even more wounding.

CORK selector Jim Nolan has the perfect antidote to any complacency ahead of the Munster SFC final against Limerick on July 5.