St Mary’s 0-9 Waterville 0-6: Although it was a successful retention of the South Kerry SFC title for St Mary’s (and their 32nd title in total), the durability of Bryan Sheehan was the main talking point after a hard-fought victory over Waterville on the muddy and heavy Portmagee sod on St Stephen’s Day.

More than 20 years later, the 1994 Cork SFC final between Castlehaven and O’Donovan Rossa remains steeped in local lore.

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The crucial role of everything from lip gloss to Twitter, and customer relationship management software in making sales was covered at the Cork Chamber annual conference.

Something needs to be done to increase female representation in the science, technology, engineering, and maths sectors, and McAfee is to the forefront, writes Claire O’Sullivan.

He may not be one for the limelight or court publicity but Graham Canty is a guy comfortable in his own skin

A two-year funding delay for 20 vital Cork hospice care beds is set to end this autumn — meaning terminally-ill people will get the care they need.

Funding has finally been secured to open 20 beds at a Cork hospice which have lain idle since the facility opened 18 months ago.

They’re going to have to win their places at the final the hard way — but all you’ll have to do is don a tux and bid for them.

One of the country’s best-known hospices issued a warning last night about bogus collectors using its name for door-to-door collections.

Marymount Hospice in Cork is under “huge pressures” in terms of admissions as it has been unable to open the extra 20 beds planned for it due to the recession.

On the eve of the Irish Hospice Coffee Morning, Colette Sheridan visits the new Marymount in Cork, now one year old

Kerry junior football boss Sean Moynihan insists several of his players are good enough to make the step-up to the Kingdom’s senior football ranks next season.

People living close to a gas factory on the outskirts of Cork City have expressed concern after the second explosion there in less thanseven months.

The chief executive of Marymount Hospice has said his organisation needs voluntary donations more than ever to pay off massive interest on bank loans for its new state-of-the-art facility.

Patients talk movingly in TV3’s tribute to Cork City’s Marymount Hospice, where the emphasis is on living, and not death, says Joe McNamee.

A NEW €58 million palliative care centre and hospital was officially opened yesterday in Cork following the successful transfer of patients from the facility’s previous home on the northside of the city.

THE country’s most advanced palliative care centre and hospital threw open its doors for the first time yesterday to allow those who helped fund its construction to see how their money has been spent.

THE planned sale of a 140-year-old hospital will help fund the move to a new €55 million hospice facility, west of Cork city.

AN isolated lonely visitor to Limerick has found love by the Shannon.

A BLACK swan which settled on the Shannon at Castleconnell in mid-August has sought refuge at O’Callaghan Strand in Limerick after a pellet gun attack.

A BLACK swan native to Australia and spotted on the River Shannon in recent weeks was believed to have escaped from captivity in Lispole, Co Kerry, some years ago.

THE YEAR 1997 was the year I played my final inter-county game for Cork. It all ended rather ingloriously, on the bench in Ennis the day Martin Daly scuffed a dramatic last minute goal for Clare past Kevin O’Dwyer in a Munster Championship semi-final.

CONSTRUCTION is to commence in the next few weeks on a new €50 million hospice and hospital in Cork.

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ALAN QUIRKE is set to make a small bit of history in Killarney on Sunday by becoming only the fifth Cork goalkeeper to play in a Munster football final in 40 years.

IT’S a busy weekend for the Skibbereen club. Their juniors contest the divisional football championship final this afternoon against Gabriel Rangers in Rosscarbery (4.45pm) and tomorrow the seniors travel to Drimoleague to play Dohenys in the quarter-final of the county championship.

CLEARLY devastated at the defeat, Cork captain Owen Sexton was at a loss as to where it all went wrong for him and his colleagues in Croke Park yesterday.

BRENDAN Jer O’Sullivan has played some big games for Cork over the years but yesterday was easily his best outing in a red jersey.

Galway 2-11 Cork 2-14

Galway 2-11 Cork 2-14

TIME is running out for Kevin O’Dwyer in the race to win that coveted All-Ireland SFC medal.

BOHERBUE'S KEVIN Murphy replaces regular goalkeeper Kevin O’Dwyer on the Cork team to play Tyrone in the Allianz NFL at Pairc Ui Rinn on Sunday.

A PRIVATE hospital is planned for Cork city’s western suburbs as part of a €500 million development.

PLAYING Clare in Cusack Park. Oh, the unhappy memories for Cork duo Kevin O’Dwyer and Colin Corkery.

St. Finbarr’s 1-11 O’Donovan Rossa 1-11

Dublin 0-9 Cork 0-9

MAYO, in the spotlight after last Sunday’s crushing victory over Dublin, are a little concerned by a glare of another kind this weekend.

A last-minute fisted goal from Cork substitute Padraig Griffin spoiled what would have been a famous win for Westmeath, as Billy Morgan began his new term as Cork manager with a 1-8 to 2-5 draw at a sodden Pairc Ui Rinn in tonight’s Allianz NFL Division 1A clash.

THE Leinster team to play Ulster in the Interprovincial Football Championship semi-final tomorrow in Enniskillen includes six players from the side which defeated the northerners 1-14 to 2-9 in last year’s final.

WITH several first choice players unavailable for Saturday’s Railway Cup semi-final against Connacht in Enniskillen, the Munster GAA selectors have postponed naming their team until tomorrow.