Neptune will remain in the Men’s SuperLeague next season.

An inmate at Cork Prison was caught twice in three weeks with a mobile phone in his cell.

Three years ago the Tralee Warriors did not exist, though the idea of an amalgam of the various clubs in the town was beginning to ferment in the mind of a fella called Kieran Donaghy.

Mandatory life sentence given for murdering Nicola Collins

Court told of chilling previous conviction for violent assault on ex-girlfriend

A Leaving Certificate student at a private school in Cork got the fright of her life on the first day of her exams when she emerged from a cubicle in the school toilets to see a man unzipping his trousers and talking to her in a sexual fashion.

Basketball stalwart Jimmy Diggins received a standing ovation when he was presented with Basketball Ireland President’s Award at the National Arena on Saturday.

A man wearing a Scream mask raided a sweet shop in Cork city and yesterday was sentenced to five years in jail with half of it suspended.

He suffered heartache and bitter frustration in the dying moments of the National Cup final, but there was a tincture of consolation yesterday for passionate UCD Marian head coach Ioannis Liapakis, named SuperLeague coach of the year.

The mother of a young man killed while travelling as a passenger in a stolen car eight years ago has been awarded €72,000.

A woman felt terrorised by a man who approached her on the street with his arms bleeding and forced his way into her car.

Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin were crowned Men’s Division One National league champions following a 90-68 win over Fr Mathew’s.

Slagging between neighbouring apartment dwellers got so out of hand that one of the young men came out of his home with a large butcher’s knife to threaten two others.

When sports teams talk about The Project, they could have had today’s President’s Cup final at the National Basketball Arena in mind.

Ballincollig 69 Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin 64: Ballincollig coach Kieran O’Sullivan was quivering with emotion, but his description of this Men’s President’s Cup final was as apt as it was terse.

Ballincollig will face Killorglin in the Hula Hoops President’s Cup Final following a magnificent win over Scott Lakers Killarney at the Neptune Stadium on Saturday.

The burglary last week of the Rooster pizzeria in Cork was described by the accused man’s own solicitor as “not in the rocket science department”.

A book of evidence has been served on a 44-year-old man accused of murdering a mother of three in Cork City last March.

A 44-year-old man accused of murdering a mother of three was anxious there would be no unnecessary delay in the case, his lawyer said.

A talented boxer who used his skills to attack young men he encountered on the street and rob them, was jailed yesterday.

A prisoner applied on humanitarian grounds to be allowed out to attend his mother’s funeral today against a background where he is accused of attacking a woman and threatening to petrol-bomb her home and kill her and her two children.

A store security man awaiting sentencing for two robberies carried out two further robberies — one in Midleton and the other in Youghal — and also squeezed in a fortnight’s holiday in Turkey with his girlfriend.

A Cork woman was punched in the face and attacked by a man who then threatened to petrol-bomb her home and kill her and her two children, it was alleged yesterday.

A man who said black magic was responsible for him raping and sexually assaulting his daughter has been jailed for six years at Dublin Central Criminal Court.

A householder who used a hurley to attack a man calling to his house for a party could have avoided a jail sentence.

A householder fearing death threats overreacted when three men arrived at his home searching for an early-hours house party — he struck one of them in the head with a hurley and assaulted a second man.

A Carrigaline teenager who said he had a gun put to his head and was ordered to carry out an armed robbery to clear a drugs debt, was jailed for three years yesterday.

A 5-16 to 1-11 win for London, over Carlow, was the big story in Division 2A of the Allianz hurling league yesterday.

Why does Santa live in the North Pole – and how come adults never get to see him? These and other mysteries – such as just how fast his reindeer can fly, and how Mrs Claus feels about being home alone on Christmas Eve - are explained by the pint-sized Santa experts of Kilcrohane National School on West Cork’s remote Sheep’s Head Peninsula. Ailin Quinlan reports.

Two men have been remanded in custody after being charged in connection with a spate of robberies in Cork City last week in which people were attacked with a machete.

A young motorist who was about to get out of his car in the early evening in Cork City was kicked repeatedly in the head by a man trying to rob his phone.

A 13-year-old buying chips for himself was grabbed and threatened that his throat would be cut with a Stanley blade by a raider demanding money from the employee behind the fast food restaurant’s counter.

John Shorten beat Wayne Callanan by almost a bowl in the Billy Molloy Cup at Whitechurch. 

A Rob Lynch-inspired Limerick Celtics overturned a seven-point interval deficit to edge past Moycullen 32-27 in the Munster Joinery-sponsored Men’s Premier final at the 45th annual Castleisland Christmas Blitz on Monday night.

Ahoy Daddy! A little girl welcomed her father home from sea yesterday as the State’s newest Naval Service patrol vessel opened to the public for the first time.

A father and his three sons got suspended jail sentences and 240-hour community service orders yesterday for their part in a violent disorder in Cork where rocks and bottles were thrown.

A young boy suffered devastating head injuries when he was thrown from a horse after it was spooked and bitten by dogs, an inquest has heard.

Some three-out-of-four professional Irish dancers sustain injuries throughout their career and regularly perform while in pain, according to researchers from the University of Limerick (UL).

A late Youghal resurgence, which saw them claw back a four-point deficit, ensured these will have to meet for a third time in the championship to decide who will progress to the semi-final.

It has often been rumoured that there was gold to be found in Co Wicklow.