Coláiste Choilm (Cork) 0 St Joseph’s (Galway) 0

Kilkenny 1-23 Waterford 1-14

Ballygunner became the first team to qualify for the Waterford SHC quarter-finals following a low-key top of the table tussle with Mount Sion at Walsh Park last night (0-20 to 1-9).

Waterford minor hurling manager Derek Lyons has made sweeping changes for the Munster semi-final clash against Clare tomorrow night.

Flood-hit traders in Cork City, who are bracing for more misery tonight, have pleaded with the Government to fast-track the delivery of a multi-million flood defence plan.

A second multi-million euro hotel swoop by Chinese buyers has been made on the flood-ravaged Kingsley Hotel in Cork City.

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Bidders for the jewel in Cork’s €20m tourism crown came from India, Taiwan, the US, Europe, China, and Cork — with a Chinese family, the Kangs, yesterday coming up trumps.

The IFA has given a guarded welcome to the election of Aurivo Co-op chief executive Aaron Forde as the incoming chairman of the Irish Dairy Board, following the resignation of Vincent Buckley.

Planners insist “now is the time” to rubberstamp blue-prints for a new town on the outskirts of Cork City, warning the project founder they may “miss the boat” if the project is left until the economy improves.

Edmund Sexton beat Éamon Bowen Jnr by just over a metre in a highly-competitive score at Templemichael on Sunday.

NEWLY-APPOINTED Bord Bia chairman Michael Carey has hit the ground running by instantly directing Irish beef exports into welcoming, lucrative markets.

A HALF-DAY off school? We should all get a full day off to give Mrs Windsor a proper welcome and to show her we have returned to the fold.

THE €33 million bid by Kerry Group for Newmarket Co-op will be explained in detail to the society’s shareholders at a meeting in Ballydesmond tonight.

THE global food giant, Kerry Group, confirmed yesterday it had made a €33 million offer for Newmarket Co-op Creameries.

THE eagerly-anticipated Carrick-on-Suir derby in the Glanbia South Senior Hurling Championship went the way of the visitors at Davin Park in front of a bumper crowd yesterday.

DETECTIVES investigating the gangland murder of crime boss Eamon Dunne are expected to make a significant breakthrough within the next week.

THE €2 billion turnover Irish Dairy Board (IDB) predicted yesterday shows there is light ahead for the dairy industry.

A prominent Dublin waste contractor has been fined €10,000 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for unauthorised "recovery" of inert waste at an illegal dump in Co. Wicklow in the late 1990s.

NEWMARKET Co-op has reported a sharp fall in operating profits in 2008 reflecting the tough international dairy conditions.

THE sharp downturn in global dairy markets since 2007 saw 30% wiped from the operating profits of the Irish Dairy Board (IDB) in 2008. Results for the year show that profits fell from €34.7 million in 2007 to €24.3m as the group cut prices to compete in markets hit by the global recession.

DR SEÁN BRADY has been appointed interim chief executive officer of the Irish Dairy Board, following the resignation of Noel Coakley.

Gardaí have arrested two men and a woman in connection with last month's double murder in Dublin's north inner city.

Gardaí have arrested a man in his 50s in connection with the double gangland murder in Dublin's north inner city earlier this month.

The second victim of Dublin's latest gangland shooting has died.

AN ECOLOGICAL disaster is on the cards because of tree felling by the state’s forestry company, environmentalists have claimed.

Fine Gael could become the biggest political force in the country in coming years, it was claimed today.

A man who claimed that €20,000 found in a garda search resulted from the sale of a car, has had the money confiscated and forfeited to the State as the proceeds of crime.

NEWMARKET Co-op has embarked on a €16.5 million project to expand the capacity and efficiency of its cheese processing plant.

LAST year’s record surge in market prices for milk products such as powders and butter has peaked withreturns now close to normal levels, but the long term outlook for the industry is still good.

EVERYONE was taken by surprise when the market for dairy products picked itself off the floor 12 months ago, Irish Dairy Board chairman Michael Cronin told those attending the Irish Examiner Farming Forum at the National Dairy Show in Millstreet, Co Cork.

ONE of the features of the silver jubilee National Dairy Show at Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Co Cork, tomorrow will be the Irish Examiner Forum, where a wide range of topics will be discussed.

THE 25th National Dairy Show will be held next Saturday at its usual indoor venue, the Duggan family’s Green Glens Arena at Millstreet, Co Cork.

THE Irish Dairy Board (IDB) must lead the rationalisation of milk processing and marketing, aided by the Government’s €100 million investment fund.

Offaly 1-13 Cork 2-10

TRADERS hit by Cork’s worst flood since 1962 launched a blistering attack on the city council yesterday.

NEWMARKET Co-op in north Cork has reported a turnover of €45.89 million for 2003 and an operating profit of €477,000 for the same period.