Plans by Norwegian renewable utility Statkraft for a 40-turbine windfarm, located in the Irish Sea, have taken a step forward.

Cork will support the proposed introduction of a black card in hurling, at Annual Congress later this month.

Cork County Board secretary Kevin O’Donovan has said the new surface is still “vulnerable” and so, for the moment, neither Cork senior team is permitted to train on the pitch on weeks when they do not have a league fixture.

At tonight’s Cork County Board meeting, secretary Kevin O’Donovan informed delegates that the executive has agreed repayments to Central Council for money that should have been handed over three years ago.

With this latest fence safely negotiated, Corofin are within one hour of becoming the first club football team to win three consecutive All-Ireland titles.

The executive of the Cork County Board met yesterday last evening, and the story in these pages earlier in the week surely figured in their discussions.

Imokilly and Duhallow have voiced strong opposition to suggestions from Cork GAA CEO Kevin O’Donovan to address the dominance of “juggernaut” divisional teams in Cork.

Former GAA president Christy Cooney is in favour of the minor age-grade at inter-county level returning to U18.

Thirty-seven thousand feet above the United Kingdom as I flew towards Brussels last Monday morning, I read every word of all six pages in Examiner Sport about the departure of the history-making Dublin manager, Jim Gavin.

A new oversight unit favoured by GAA top-brass will penalise county boards should they fail to schedule games on weekends where county players are permitted to line out for their club.

A welcome case of having saved their best till last, according to Luke Connolly

IF Cork GAA fans voted with their feet to the tune of a €200,000 drop in local gate receipts this year, little wonder that injecting life into the 2020 county championships is keeping Cork CEO Kevin O’Donovan awake until the small hours.

Nemo Rangers manager Paul O’Donovan was full of praise for his defenders’ performance in yesterday’s Munster club final win over Clonmel Commercials.

Nemo Rangers will take on reigning champions Corofin in the All-Ireland club football semi-final after comfortably seeing off Clonmel in today’s Munster decider.

In the difficult matter of serving up bad news, those PR execs in sharp suits like to talk of getting out in front of the story. Beating the naysayers to the punch and controlling the narrative insofar as that’s possible and plausible.

The “legal fees” referred to in Cork GAA’s annual report relate to the controversial High Court case involving the Board and former administrator Diarmuid O’Donovan, which was resolved with a confidential settlement earlier this year.

Cork GAA chair Tracey Kennedy has insisted that clubs in the county will not be levied to help ease the financial debt hanging over the Board — but she said that everyone must chip in in some way.

The Cork County Board recognises the need for a commercial manager to drive other revenue streams, with an appointment expected in the “medium term”.

Updated (9.27pm): Cork GAA chief Kevin O’Donovan has admitted that finances in the county are close to “crisis point” but he believes there is a route out of the problem in 2020.

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

The West Cork group of death in the new-look Cork premier senior football championship and city clubs Glen Rovers, the Barr’s, and Na Piarsaigh being lumped in together in hurling’s top grade are the standout draws for next year’s revamped Cork county championship.

Four years they’ve waited, but results in Páirc Uí Rinn and west Clare mean Nemo Rangers will have the opportunity next month to exact revenge for that never-to-be-forgotten Munster final defeat of 2015.

Nemo Rangers cruised into a 19th Munster club football final courtesy of this 18-point demolition of Austin Stacks.

Cork County Board secretary Kevin O’Donovan has warned of a “fixtures crash” next August, adding that Cork cannot continue to follow other counties in taking a complete break from club championship action during the summer months.

Nothing new to report here - Douglas remain incapable of bettering Nemo Rangers in the championship, while the latter upheld a very fine semi-final record.

Nemo Rangers breezed past a tame Douglas challenge to set up a Cork SFC final date with Duhallow on Sunday, October 27.

It was decided earlier this year that the All-Ireland senior club finals, from 2020 onward, would be brought forward from their traditional St Patrick’s Day slot to mid-January.

Cork GAA chairperson Tracey Kennedy has strongly defended the appointment of Donal Óg Cusack as Cork minor hurling manager, insisting the All-Ireland winner was subjected to a rigorous appointment process.

Cusack has been appointed for a one-year term but delegates at last night’s meeting heard Cusack criticised for his support of convicted paedophile Tom Humphries — and for his unflattering commentaries on Cork GAA in the past.

Former Cork captain Shane O’Neill believes the proposed minor hurling management team of Dónal Óg Cusack, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, and Tom Kelly can only inspire the players in 2020.

Not that Paul O’Donovan is suffering déjà vu, but he feels the same quiet confidence about his Nemo Rangers side going into today’s quarter-final with champions St Finbarr’s as he did 12 months ago.

Munster Rugby’s loss is Cork GAA’s gain as Aidan O’Connell joins the latter organisation as their first ever high-performance manager.

Club championship fixtures will be played in Cork on the same days the county contests the All-Ireland minor football and U20 hurling finals.

Eoghan Cormican Cork County Board CEO Kevin O’Donovan has vowed there will be no “grandstand appointment” in the coming weeks to fill the vacant senior hurling manager’s post, insisting an “extensive process” will be undertaken to find John Meyler’s successor.

Kieran Kingston’s return as manager is the preferred option of the Cork senior hurling panel in the wake of John Meyler’s departure.

John Meyler’s departure after two years as Cork senior hurling manager means the county is once again on the look-out for leadership.

Cork development officer Pat Horgan has urged club delegates to back Rebel Óg proposals, which will be discussed at this evening’s county board meeting.

Cork have named Killian O’Hanlon in the team to play Dublin in the Super 8s at Croke Park on Saturday at 7pm.

Dublin’s scoring power will not deter Cork from remaining faithful to the attack-minded approach which delivered the county a Super 8s spot, manager Ronan McCarthy has said.

The GAA has invited its members to submit suggestions to the newly established Fixture Calendar Review Task Force.

About the kindest way to describe how John Horan is going about fixing the fixtures is that it’s as if after commissioning the Brennan brothers to assess and improve his hotel, he has them arrive on site only to find him already unleashing his inner Dermot Bannon who is about to give a foreman the thumbs up to a garish giant water fountain being plumped in the middle of the foyer.

Until he stepped out of a Cork dressing room for the last time, at 37, Donncha O’Connor was a symbol of Rebel defiance.

Cork have opted to go with an unchanged side for Saturday evening’s Munster SFC final against Kerry in Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7pm).

There is literal and metaphorical blindness in King Lear. Sight and vision are linked to good judgment and when Lear disowns Cordelia his loyal aide Kent urges him to