Five months on from retaining their Division 1A status through the play-offs, UCC are the early leaders of the Energia All-Ireland League following a terrific 30-20 win at Dublin University.

Holders Cork Constitution and last year’s beaten finalists Young Munster advanced to the Munster Senior Cup quarter-finals with little difficulty over the weekend but Garryowen and fancied Dolphin were both knocked out.

Eoghan Cormican examines the contenders for this year’s Cork SFC, which kicks off this weekend at several venues.

A man who put his wife in fear by following her when she went shopping was given a suspended jail sentence yesterday.