The French government has shown its appreciation to a businesswoman who for 30 years has remained a pillar of strength for the French community in Cork.

It wasn’t a game for the ages but UCC won’t care as they finally broke their duck against Cork Harlequins by grinding out a 2-1 Peard Cup semi-final win at Farmer’s Cross on Saturday.

BANDON will feel they owe UCC one for last season’s Munster Senior Cup final defeat as the students visit west Cork for a potential banana skin league fixture tomorrow (12pm, Bandon Grammar School).

MISMATCHES were the order of the opening day of the hockey season in Munster, with the province’s heavy hitters all recording big wins on Saturday.

HOPE springs eternal for some of the lesser lights in Munster hockey as the domestic season gets underway this weekend.

THERE will be plenty of tears and celebrations in Bandon tonight, no matter what the outcome of a unique Munster Senior Schoolgirls Cup final at Garryduff this afternoon (2.30pm).

THE sun was shining heavily in Cork city yesterday morning but the second Leaving Certificate maths papers did not have students sweating too much.