Before Galway went four straight Championship matches without raising a green flag last year, the team that came closest to winning an All-Ireland title with a similar enough barren goal spell was Cork in 2013.

Jake Morris finished with eight points as Nenagh CBS pulled away in the second-half to beat Castletroy College 1-20 to 1-13 in Newport.

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There is raking yourself over the coals and then there is what Aidan Walsh did to himself after last year’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final.

There is raking yourself over the coals and then there is what Aidan Walsh did to himself after last year’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final, writes By John Fogarty

Kevin Hennessy can’t see Cork winning the All-Ireland title this year due to the seismic impact of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Tipperary.

The man who was affectionately known as ‘the Canon,’ had the Midas touch when it came to developing hurling talent and coaching teams to success at the highest level, achieving this with St Finbarr’s, Farranferris, UCC and Cork at underage and adult level.

The roar of 60,000 "possessed" hurling followers rolling onto your shoulders at ground level in Semple Stadium; Johnny Crowley sipping a pint of Heineken through a straw while waiting to have his broken nose attended to following the 1987 Munster final replay and Denis Mulcahy’s "bone-crunching" tackle on Colm Bonnar in 1992.

People in the East Cork area are being asked to donate to a fund to rebuild a family’s home after it was destroyed by a fire which claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman.

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) has pledged to restore publilc confidence in the system after a review found a 999 call taker did not follow protocol which resulted in an ambulance not being sent to help a dying toddler.

The jury at an inquest into the death of a toddler who fell from an upstairs window has urged the HSE to immediately publish the findings of an external review into the handling of the 999 call after the accident.

A father yesterday broke down as he told an inquest how he tried to comfort his baby son who had sustained horrific injuries after falling from an upstairs window of their home in Midleton in Co Cork.

An ambulance going to the aid of a stricken toddler was called off after controllers were not told on a 999 call the child fell from an upstairs window, and believed he sustained a “bump” after a “simple” fall.

Peter Smith was on the last Midleton team to win the county SHC title in 1991, as part of a side which featured household names like Ger Fitzgerald, Kevin Hennessy, John Fenton, Pat Hartnett and Denis Mulcahy.

Midleton 2-15 Sarsfields 2-13

Where once Cork could field All-Ireland fifteens without leaving the city boundaries, now the Rebel hurling strongholds are flung far and wide, from Senior to Junior, says Michael Moynihan.

A HSE report into why an ambulance failed to attend the scene of a dying boy who fell from an upstairs window will not be published until “mid-autumn” at the earliest.

The last time Cork played Limerick in a Munster final, Kevin Hennessy picked up his final Munster medal. He’s been through quite a bit since, including a brush with death, but still has his trademark bright outlook

The HSE has confirmed plans to publish the findings of a formal review into why an ambulance was not sent to help a critically ill toddler who died after falling from a window last month.

As the second protest in a week over ambulance services in East Cork takes place, it has emerged that the HSE, health safety watchdog Hiqa, and the National Ambulance Service are to meet local people to discuss their fears.

The tragic death of Vakaris Martinaitis has been central to Ireland’s health debate since the incident occurred two weeks ago.

A HSE ambulance may have passed the seriously injured toddler, Vakaris Martinaitis, as he was being rushed to hospital in a neighbour’s car under Garda escort.

The HSE is refusing to reveal the location from which an ambulance should have been dispatched to pick up a fatally injured boy.

The Polish priest who conducted the funeral Mass of a toddler from East Cork who died after falling from a window struggled to hold back the tears during the service.

Senior HSE and ambulance officials have been summoned to explain, in person, to Cork County Council why no ambulance was made available to take Vakaris Martinaitis to hospital after falling from an upstairs bedroom window.

They were planning to celebrate his second birthday today. But instead, the parents of a toddler who died after falling from an upstairs window at the family home were last night preparing for his funeral.

A Co Cork town rocked by the second death of a child in two months has pleaded with the Government and the HSE to review the region’s ambulance cover.

The head of the group which represents paramedics has accused the Government of playing Russian roulette with peoples’ lives through its reorganisation of the ambulance service.

Cork GAA legend, Kevin Hennessy, who drove a dying child to hospital has spoken of his shock when told there was noambulance available to come to his aid.

Fears are being raised about the lack of ambulance cover across Cork after a toddler died in hospital two days after falling from an upstairs window.

Fears have been raised about ambulance cover across the South after no ambulance was available to help a 2-year-old boy who fell from a top-storey window of his home.

He’s more used to convincing GAA coaches of his fitness before All-Ireland hurling triumphs.

Kevin Hennessy (Cork)

Q Have Waterford lost the confidence of their own fans?

THIS was hurling at its best, a thrilling encounter and for the Rebels a sensational victory.

IT WAS county final weather in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday, and county final conditions.

IT SURVIVED famine, wars and recessions but there was anger on the streets of Cork yesterday after a boardroom decision to close the country’s oldest brewery.

THE Cork team to play Tipperary in the Erin Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship final tomorrow night in Thurles (7.15pm) shows two changes from the side that defeated Waterford in the semi-final.