Cork 0-12 Donegal 0-10

Veteran Cork defender Noel O'Leary will make his first start of the Allianz League campaign in Sunday's Division 1 duel with Down in Newry (throw-in 2pm).

Conor Counihan will be without his three U21 players for Sunday’s Division One trip to Newry.

Cork 1-9 Tipperary 2-9

Reigning champions Cork relinquished their grip on the McGrath Cup as they fell to a surprise 2-9 to 1-9 defeat at home to Tipperary this afternoon.

Cork 1-15 Cork IT 0-11

A hard, real honest all-Gaeltacht tussle in Kilmichael on Saturday, no shortage of commitment from either Béal Athan Ghaorthaidh or Naomh Abán.

County senior panellist Liam Shorten was the hero of Ballingeary’s two point victory over Mayfield in the opening round of this Cork Premier IFC tie at Kilmurry on Saturday night.

Nine of the Cork panel involved in last Sunday’s Allianz Football League defeat to Kerry will shift their attention to domestic action tonight for the start of the divisional and colleges section of this year’s Cork SFC.

NFL Div 1: Donegal 1-7 Cork 0-6

Favourites for the competition prior to last weekend’s league openers, Cork woke on Monday to find themselves usurped in the bookmakers’ dubious meritocracy of expectation by Kerry.

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Last Sunday in the Clonmel Sportsfield there was a strong De La Salle Macroom theme to Cork’s McGrath Cup success. Wing-back Sean Kiely and wing-forwards Liam Shorten and Fintan Goold are all past pupils of the school who have graduated onto the inter-county scene.

Cork 0-13 Tipperary 0-6

TEN MONTHS after hobbling off in Pearse Stadium with a snapped cruciate ligament for the second time in his career, Colm O’Neill announced his return to the inter-county senior stage in style yesterday in Páirc Uí Rinn.

CORK boss Conor Counihan has handed out four senior inter-county debuts and brought Colm O’Neill back for his first game for the side since suffering cruciate damage last March, for Sunday’s McGrath Cup quarter-final against Clare in Páirc Uí Rinn.

ATTACKER Kevin O’Sullivan is set to return to the Cork senior football squad for their 2012 seasonal opener in the McGrath Cup against Clare on Sunday.

CORK attacker Colm O’Neill is poised to make his inter-county comeback during next month’s McGrath Cup competition after being sidelined since March with a torn cruciate ligament.

THE six point advantage gained by Ballingeary in a wind-assisted first half proved crucial in deservedly earning them a place in the semi-final the Cork Premier IHC in Kilmurry yesterday.

CORK’S status as All-Ireland junior football market leaders was reinforced in Semple Stadium on Saturday when they collected a fourth title in seven years.

Cork 1-12 Kildare 0-13 (after extra-time)

CORK showed their style first, then their substance to dethrone All-Ireland JFC holders Sligo at Croke Park and march through themselves to this year’s final.

CORK boss Niall Kelleher has made four changes for tonight’s Munster JFC final against Kerry in Páirc Uí Chaoimh at 7.30pm from the team that defeated Waterford at the semi-final stage.

THE ‘solutions’ offered by Bill Hobbs (December 2) that AIB and Bank of Ireland (BoI) be nationalised, and that yet another State-appointed agency be created for oversight purposes, are indeed extraordinary.

AS shocking as was the picture painted in your front-page story (‘63 days: 63 lives lost’, March 3), it had special resonance for people living in the aptly named Blind Gate side of Kinsale in Co Cork.

Ballingeary 0-16 Na Piarsaigh 0-3

IRISH Financial Service Regulatory Authority (IFSRA) chief executive Liam O’Reilly is facing legal action from disgruntled clients of failed stockbroking firm W&R Morrogh unless he orders the firm’s receiver to return €10m in shares to the investors.

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy is investigating changing legislation following a High Court ruling which permits the confiscation of client funds held in trust to pay the costs of a receiver.