An extract from Sean Ó Sé’s new book recalls wartime in West Cork and those first steps towards a life in music.

Ros na Run actor Diarmuid Mac An Adhastair has died at the age of 71.

After attending Wembley twice in the past year as a mere bystander, Corkman John Egan is two games away from becoming an active participant at English football’s biggest stage.

The stars of yesteryear gathered to say farewell to John Egan, writes Michael Moynihan

“Your ghost will be a legend like the famous Sam Maguire,” John Egan Jr said in a poignant tribute to his father, John, before shouldering the tricolour-clad coffin out of the Church of the Real Presence in Curraheen, Bishopstown.

I once asked John Egan, the prince of Gaelic football corner-forwards who died on Saturday night, why he was under-rated by so many as a player.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen presented a collection of Jack Lynch memorabilia to the people of Cork yesterday.

IN preparing a timeline for the publication of 1978 State papers, I looked at the front page of the daily newspaper for every day of the year.

A TWO-DAY conference to celebrate the life and times of Jack Lynch was opened by Taoiseach Brian Cowen at University College Cork yesterday, Lynch’s alma mater.

WORK has started on the building of a new road at Slea Head in the Dingle Peninsula to replace a section that collapsed several months ago.

TRAFFIC is again moving smoothly along one of the country’s most scenic tourist routes, following the completion of a temporary stretch of road in record time by Kerry County Council.

NATIVE Irish oysters (Ostrea edulis) are at their very best when there is an R in the month.

The USIT Group, which collapsed with debts of up to €155m in 2001, would have survived had it not been for the attack on the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, a High Court judge has ruled.

AT the funeral Mass of Máirín Lynch in Cork’s North Cathedral yesterday, an old friend flicked through a small photo album and fought back tears.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday led the tributes to the late Jack Lynch's widow, Máirín, who died on Tuesday night.

SO Alderman Máirín Quill is the latest public figure to join the parent-bashing brigade (Irish Examiner, January 29).

ALDERMAN Máirín Quill points the finger of blame at parents for the breakdown of society, evidenced by children roaming the streets late at night.

A MASSIVE 160 teams will participate in the Jack Lynch Memorial Classic at Skibbereen next weekend with Friday being devoted to the women and Saturday/Sunday to the men.