It’s now three years since Dónal Óg Cusack eviscerated his County Board on ‘The Sunday Game’ over the shambolic recent record of Cork hurling at all levels. At the time, it was hard to argue with him as the numbers spoke for themselves.

They marched in their hundreds, retracing the footsteps of the volunteers who took to the roads of Co Cork on Easter Sunday 1916.

A dog walker and a motorist got into an altercation where she got out of her car and tackled him with an umbrella and he whipped his dog lead at her face knocking her glasses off.

There was no arguing the toss with Tina last night, least of all the crowd that happily sang along to her chorus of “Simply the Best” as the bus bearing the Rebelettes rolled down South Mall.

Kildare 2-15 Longford 1-9: Kildare collected their second Leinster minor title in three years with a comfortable nine-point victory over Longford.

"Scatty as hell" was how the family of Cork camogie powerhouse Briege Corkery described her last night after she left her handbag behind her in the train station having doled out autographs and hugs.

Troubling times — a new international superstar and nobody’s sure what to call him.

WALKING along the golden sands of Ballybunion on a calm, sunny day, it was hard to imagine the ferocity of the waves and storms that relentlessly battered the coastline just a short time before.

Sixty-nine minutes had passed in the All-Ireland semi-final between Dublin and Kerry when Michael Darragh Maculey launched himself at a breaking ball in midfield with a move more akin to one seen in basketball.

A payout of more than €500,000 to former Ireland manager of Alcatel Lucent Kevin O’Callaghan and exceptional costs contributed to the firm slipping into the red last year.

AS I MENTIONED last week average wine prices have not increased all that much, despite the recent Budget changes.

A FATHER of one, whose body was recovered from the River Bandon in West Cork, longed for a life without violence, his Requiem Mass heard over the weekend.

THROUGHOT a glorious career, Ronnie Whelan earned a reputation as one of the most cultured footballers in Europe.

MICHAEL SHIELDS has been ruled out of Ireland’s plans for Saturday’s International Rules first test against Australia at the Gaelic Grounds due to his involvement in Sunday’s Cork SFC final.

I’M JUST guessing, but I don’t think you and I will be rushing out any time soon to take in the new Manchester City biopic Blue Moon Rising.

IT IS all quiet on the adult inter-county hurling scene this weekend as the nation prepares for the mother of all battles when Kilkenny and Tipperary face off in Sunday week’s All-Ireland SHC final.

BISHOP John Buckley has warned that a shortage of priests will soon mean that parishes in the Diocese of Cork and Ross will have to “share” churchmen.

What began as a night out for workers has gained national attention, finds Niamh Hennessy.

THE prayers of a tight-knit community are being said for the family of a four-year-old boy who died in hospital yesterday, five days after being run over by a coal lorry.

A TEXT message sent to members of a GAA club in Co Cork has sparked a bitter row between two political rivals from the same party.

HUNDREDS of pupils got that Top Gun feeling when a multi-million euro helicopter landed in their schoolyard yesterday.

FOUR nuns left Cork yesterday to join the church’s fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa.

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IRELAND’S top Olympian at the World Games, Oliver Doherty, reinforced his lead in the golf at Portmarnock Hotel and golf links with a magnificent round of 78.

Lord Saville today slammed late moves to introduce new photographic evidence after the Bloody Sunday Inquiry was held up for an hour.