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* Bandon Flower Club is holding its annual dinner and a flower arranging demonstration by Beverley Buttimer, in The Munster Arms Hotel, Bandon, on Monday Nov 18 at 7.30pm.

Last season’s runners-up Avondale United were given a major fright by Carrigaline United in the second round of the Munster Senior Cup before advancing 5-4 after extra-time at Avondale Park on Saturday.

Reigning county senior football champions Castlehaven will meet Nemo Rangers in the Tadhg Crowley Cup final after they had three points to spare over St Finbarr’s in their semi-final clash in Togher on Saturday afternoon.

BROADLEAF trees planted in the 1990s are now paying dividends to landowners, according to Teagasc forestry experts.

Sam Maguires 2-5Clonakilty 0-5

THE sun beat down and amid stifling humidity yesterday men, women and children filled buckets, bottles and saucepans with water from a communal tap.

AN expanse of harbour views come with the Glounthaune house, Woodlands, in Upper Annmount, and at 3,300sq ft, the house itself is no slouch either.

MORE than 500 medical scientists may lose their jobs within the next 18 months as part of controversial reforms by the Health Service Executive (HSE) of the country’s hospital laboratory system.

MEDICAL scientists working at public laboratories have warned that further cutbacks in healthcare funding could have a damaging effect on services to patients.

“ACROSS the Tracks” is the unusual name for a big family home in the Glounthane region of east Cork... close enough to walk in just a few minutes to a commuter rail link back to the city.

CLOSE to the finish line is this attractive new house at Kilcounty, Killeagh in Co Cork.

The term power lunch took on a new meaning when 140 Hollywood stars including Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Will Smith and Penelope Cruz tucked in at the 26th annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon.

PUNCHING above its weight is Corryfield, a Glounthane, Co Cork bungalow with a €775,000 asking price.

IT started at €225,000 and you might think that’s a strong price for a derelict house, but this cottage at Glounthaune has auctioneer, Kevin O’Connell of Dan O’Connell and Co, grinning with delight.

A BIG new house close to the village of Glounthaune is on offer at €520,000 through auctioneer, Kevin O’Connell of Dan O’Connell and Co.

IT’S almost too good to be true - wonderful period house, superb decor and grounds that are achingly pretty - and it’s right next door to a castle.

A VERY pregnant Catherine Zeta-Jones received a bonus when she accepted the supporting-actress award for playing jazz-singing murderess Velma Kelly in Chicago.