Donncha O’Brien beat Kieran Murphy in the last shot of a Hancy Hubbard Cup tie at Beal na Marbh.

Cork minor football selector Ollie Rue O’Sullivan is hopeful the county’s latest All-Ireland winners will show the desire required to push up through the ranks and replicate what they achieved on Sunday at U20 and senior level.

As the all-conquering Dublin machine rolls into Croke Park Sunday, GAA volunteers across the country and beyond will still be busy performing the often thankless tasks that keep our association so vibrant and unique.

Paul Buckley beat Wayne Callanan in the last shot of their Munster intermediate championship tie at Peake. He led over two bowls of odds, but Callanan finished strongly to force a last shot.

Paul Buckley won the feature Carbery-South West festival score in the last shot from Michael Bohane at Ballygurteen on Monday.

There was no lack of drama — or county stars — on show over an exciting opening weekend of club championship action in Kerry.

Davy Fitzgerald is minding his p’s and q’s as well as his f’s.

Frits Potgieter has been appointed as general manager of the 5-star Muckross Park Hotel & Spa in Killarney, part of the iNua Collection.

Aidan Murphy and Gary Daly progressed in the Mother Hegarty Cup at Lyre.

Kilcummin advanced to the All-Intermediate Club football final following a thrilling 0-11 to 0-10 win over Two Mile House at the Gaelic Grounds.

Davy Fitzgerald has revealed how close he came to walking away from Wexford, and from hurling, before a crosscountry trip by some of the county’s players persuaded him to sign up for a third season in the southeast.

When Limerick trailed Cork by six points with almost as many minutes of normal time to go in the All-Ireland semi-final, John Kiely would have been forgiven if he started to think like most Limerick supporters undoubtedly and understandably were at the time.

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 hadn’t even put the cup in the front of the bus when John Meyler began sizing up Cork’s next assignment.

Munster JFC final

Erin’s Own 4-21 Bride Rovers 2-13: Erin’s Own had little difficulty in seeing off Bride Rovers in the first round of the Cork SHC at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Martin Coppinger’s ambitions of retaining the Munster senior championship are still on track after he survived a great late rally from Gary Daly at Terelton.

University of Limerick 2-13 Cork Institute of Technology 1-11... UL’s growing reputation as a football stronghold was further enhanced yesterday as the Limerick university sealed a fourth successive Sigerson Cup quarter-final appearance.

Tommy Barker says that this well-appointed late-1990s family home benefits greatly from its idyllic location on Cork’s Rochestown Road

Cork IT 2-13 Douglas 2-12

A three-year jail sentence was imposed on an Estonian man who caused life-changing injuries for a Castletownbere man in an unprovoked attack with a glass bottle.

A Castletownbere man who volunteered in a community tidy-up was strolling back to his car when he was struck from behind with a glass cider bottle.

Donncha O’Brien closed with three sensational bowls to snatch the Marshall Clarke Cup from Mick Hurley in the last shot at Derrinasafa.

Donncha O’Brien made an explosive start to his Marshall Clarke Cup quarter-final clash with Denis Wilmot at Derrinasafa, which set him on the way to a comprehensive win.

How did Dingle, once a poor, little fishing port, evolve to become one of the most important towns in the Irish food world? Ahead of the Dingle Food Festival - and the Blás na hÉireann Irish National Food Awards - Joe McNamee pays tribute.

With its proximity to Ennis (10km to the north-east) and Shannon Airport (30km south-west), a 30.6-acre holding in the townland of Killerk West comes for sale with no shortage of potential.

This year’s degree show at the Crawford College of Art and Design is an exhibition not to be missed. Until June 15, students graduating in fine and applied art are showing their work in the college’s high-ceilinged studio spaces.

Paul Buckley bowled brilliantly at Newcestown to beat Kieran Murphy by over two bowls in the Munster intermediate championship quarter-final. 

Cork IT 1-11 Newcestown 0-12: A Newcestown comeback fell short as Peter Kelleher and Anthony Casey led Cork IT to an opening county SFC victory at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Revenues jumped at gourmet ice-cream maker and retailer Murphy’s Ice Cream last year by 20% after the business expanded to open a second outlet in Dingle.

Thomas Mackle finished with three record bowls at Shannonvale on Sunday to win the Noel Phair Cup final from Edmond Sexton and Gary Daly.

Killian Kingston finished strongly to turn what looked certain defeat into a bowl of odds win over Aidan Murphy at Ballincurrig.