In difficult conditions at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday night, St Finbarr’s claimed the Cork County U21 Premier 2 HC title with a 2-11 to 2-10 win over Bride Rovers.

Dr Liam Healy, clinical lead for stroke services at Cork University Hospital (CUH)

Plans to expand life-saving stroke treatment at Cork University Hospital (CUH) face a major delay because of difficulties filling a key consultant post.

This Cork senior hurling championship round 1 game didn’t survive to half-time as a contest, with a vastly experienced Sarsfields side putting away Kanturk with a devastating first-half scoring burst.

The number of patients able to access a treatment shown to cure stroke could increase fourfold at Cork University Hospital (CUH) when it extends the hours the service is available from next July.

First off, Tipperary won’t be as deficient as they were in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Similarly, Cork’s collective output won’t be at the same untouchable level that it was at on July 4. What you’ll find materialising will be somewhere in the middle.

A few of the older patrons in the South Stand in Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night may remember the old Buddy Starcher classic ‘History Repeats Itself’. And, had they also been in Thurles last Sunday, the song must surely have resonated with them as this Munster U21 hurling semi-final unfolded.

Cork lived up to their favourites’ billing to reach the Bord Gáis Energy Munster U21HC final with a win over Waterford at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night, but they were pushed all the way.

Corofin are set to contest the red card handed out to Martin Farragher after just 80 seconds of yesterday’s All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final win over Moorefield in Bord na Mona O’Connor Park.

Corofin (Galway) 1-6 Moorefield (Kildare) 0-6: Liam Silke’s 59th minute goal sealed a gutsy All-Ireland semi-final win for Corofin in Tullamore having been down to 14 men for 64 minutes.

It’s day three of the Harvest Festival in Listowel, where the Liam Healy Snr Memorial Lartigue Hurdle is the feature, while there is also a six-race card on the sand at Laytown.

Ireland’s largest teaching hospital has unveiled a groundbreaking charter for trainee doctors to improve their learning and working conditions.

Waterford 1-10 Cork 0-17: An impressive Cork side overcame a disastrous start to ease to victory over Waterford in this Munster MHC clash in Walsh Park, Waterford.

Kildare 0-24 DIT 1-7: Kildare have had a very good record in the Bord na Móna O’Byrne Cup in recent years, moving clear at the top of the roll of honour with three successes already this decade and appearing in the last five finals.

Sarsfields 4-15 Erin’s Own 1-14: Sarsfields’ remarkable level of consistency in the Cork senior hurling championship continued at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday when the Riverstown club reached an incredible seventh final in eight seasons.

Fitness, friendship, fundraising, and most importantly, fun.

Sarsfields 1-20 Na Piarsaigh 1-17

A man whose heart stopped during a game of soccer has paid an emotional tribute to the emergency services who saved his life.

Independent News & Media have sold its remaining shares in Indian newspaper group Jagran Prakashan Limited on the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges in India for approximately €32m.

THE Sunday Tribune increased its losses in 2008 — losing almost €97,000 a week.

THE Sunday Tribune increased its losses in 2007 — losing more than €54,000 a week.

INDEPENDENT News & Media, which is in the process of shedding jobs from its Dublin newspapers, rewarded its executive directors with an 18% pay rise last year.

THE fourth Irish Stablestaff Associations annual awards ceremony was held in the Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge, on Saturday night.

A CO Limerick bank has returned remarkable figures during a boom 2004. A baby boom year.

THE Sunday Tribune lost almost €90,000 a week in 2003 and 2004, the latest annual report for the newspaper reveals.

THE directors of Independent News & Media (IN&M) were paid €8.1 million last year, a 10% rise on the 2003 figure.

FORMER Taoiseach John Bruton has claimed Independent Newspapers threatened in September 1996 to give the Rainbow Coalition bad publicity if the Fine Gael-led Government did not address grievances affecting the group’s interests.

IT IS beyond comprehension why our Foreign Minister would choose the Irish presidency of the EU to establish diplomatic relations with the regime in Burma.