The cheers that greeted captain Ciarán O’Sullivan’s celebratory roar ‘Up the Village’ when he raised the silverware in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday said it all. It was a day that will dwell long in their memory as Ballincollig regained their Cork Premier IHC status. They did ply their trade in the top tier in the past but were forced to drop down over the years.

Limerick GAA secretary Mike O’Riordan is not in favour of the new Super 8 format, calling for the introduction of a two-tier football championship.

An Post has told an Oireachtas committee that Eircode usage remains “very low”, with less than 5% of all mail it handles using the €38m postcode — more than two years after it launched.

If you want your children to exercise it’s important to lead by example, writes Arlene Harris.

Natural gas is to be piped into Longford for the first time following the signing of a €3m deal with holiday village operators Center Parcs.

A security man with An Post who claimed he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following the tiger kidnapping of a colleague’s family has lost his High Court damages action against his employer.

Limerick officials estimate they will have lost out on close to €700,000 by the end of their senior hurlers’ seventh straight season outside Division 1A next year.

SP SL, Rathmore 3-19 De La Salle, Macroom 3-5: It’s now three wins from three for Pobalscoil Sliabh Luachra, Rathmore, in the Corn Uí Mhuirí after yet another impressive display in Mallow.

Limerick chairman Oliver Mann insists that TJ Ryan’s position as senior hurling manager is not up for discussion at tonight’s county board meeting.

Martin Coppinger beat Thomas Mackle by a bowl in the semi-final of the Kealkill Cup.

Munster Post Primary SAFA semi-final: St Francis College, Rochestown 1-10 St Brendan’s College, Killarney 1-9

St Francis Rochestown 1-9 Coláiste na Sceilge 2-4

St Francis College Rochestown 3-9 Nenagh CBS 2-8: Tour-de-force performances from Ciarán Cormack and Shane Kingston returned St Francis College, Rochestown to the semi-final juncture of the Harty Cup for a second successive year.

St Francis Col, Rochestown 1-8 CBS HS Clonmel 0-6

Two late goals earned St Francis College, Rochestown, a draw with St Fachtna’s De La Salle of Skibbereen in their Group C clash at Enniskeane, 2-10 to 3-7.

Seven out of 10 family carers are worried that their dependents may be at risk of malnutrition.

Kerry SFC: Rangers 1-15 St Brendan’s 0-12

PJ Cooney and Davey Fitzgerald had good wins in the Munster intermediate championship during a weekend packed with championship scores in all grades.

John Creedon won a terrific joust with Edmond Sexton in the Munster senior championship at Templemartin on Sunday.

Aidan Murphy beat Ulster’s Thomas Mackle in the last shot of the Mother Hegarty Cup final at Lyre on Sunday.

The water supply to a Cork village is so inadequate that people have to travel miles to relatives’ homes to avail of showers.

Many carers are stressed about their financial situation while 10% of respondents to a survey said they did not receive any source of support in their role.

All-Ireland senior champion Martin Coppinger secured a place in the Munster quarter-final through a last shot win over Aidan Murphy at a tense and tightly packed Baile Mhuirne on Sunday.

John Young got the most significant win so far in the Junior A championship when he beat Jerry Gibbons in the last shot of an enthralling contest at Drinagh on Monday.

PJ Cooney and Arthur McDonagh had the first two wins of the 2013 Munster intermediate championship at the weekend.

Gavin Twohig got the first win in the renewal of the Connie Killarney Cup at Skibbereen on Sunday when he beat Donal Riordan by over two bowls.

Two brilliant bowls from Corcoran’s bridge to the cottage secured Killian Kingston’s win over Gavin Twohig at Pouladuff on Sunday.

With three contested positions and three other officers retiring at the end of their five years’ service, yesterday’s attendance at the Limerick GAA convention in the city’s Strand Hotel was the highest for a number of years.

Brian Wilmot beat Liam O’Sullivan by over a bowl in the Marsh Road final on Sunday.

Vincent Kiely beat John Cahalane in the last shot in the opening round of the Jerry Desmond Cup at Sam’s Cross on Saturday.

A family whose 14-year-old son died after falling into a coma in a Garda station 10 years ago, were last night “devastated and shocked” after an older son was shot dead in an early morning attack.

Christy Mullins beat Gary Daly by almost a bowl in the Paddy Barry Cup final at Rosscarbery on Saturday.

Carrigtwohill 1-13 Glen Rovers 0-14

Catriona O’Farrell-Kidney is All-Ireland senior champion for the first time since 2001 following a determined and focused finish that denied Kelly Mallon the three-in-a-row at Markethill Road in Tassagh.

Munster bowlers will be hoping to show a better return of titles in next weekend’s second All-Ireland series over the Markethill road in Tassagh than they did last month in Derrinasafa.

Liam O’Sullivan is Munster Junior A champion following a comprehensive win over Patrick O’Donoghue at Templemartin on Sunday.

Liam O’Sullivan was an impressive winner over John O’Rourke in the Munster junior A semi-final on the Bantry road at Togher Cross.

Derrinasafa’s two-year stint as an All-Ireland final venue ended on a high note on Sunday with an enthralling All-Ireland senior final in which Martin Coppinger regained the title he won in 2010.

Terry Sexton completed an amazing three-in-a-row for East Cork when he beat Jerry Murphy in the Munster Junior B final at Waterfall on Sunday.