Cork play Kilkenny this evening in a senior hurling challenge in Páirc Uí Rinn (7pm), but the dominant narrative isn’t Cork’s preparations for the league final, or Brian Cody’s integration of new faces into the Cats’ set-up.

U14 Premier 1 football final: Beara 5-8 Éire Óg 3-7

Dromcollogher-Broadford 2-09 Monaleen 2-07

An iconic music shop where rock legend Rory Gallagher bought his first guitar has closed after almost 90 years of trading.

The An Post Chain Reaction outfit are the men to beat in this weekend’s Suir Valley 3-Day in Clonmel, Tipperary.

Aidan Murphy became the first holder of the Jim Geasley Cup when he beat Edmond Sexton in the last shot at Cobh on Sunday.

JAMES O’Donovan took thefinal honours of 2012 when he beat Christy Mullins by a bowl in the RNLI benefit at Castletownbere for €24,400 on Friday.

A probationer Garda has today been spared a criminal conviction and a possible jail sentence for attacking two female colleagues who intervened when a drunken “mess” fight got out of hand.

A probationer garda will be spared a criminal conviction and a possible jail sentence for attacking two female colleagues, who intervened when a drunken “mess” fight got out of hand, if he pays €1,000 to charity.

The enthusiasm of young members was celebrated, when the Cork Holstein Friesian Club took a break from the bad weather for their annual summer barbecue and herds competition prize-giving in Kinsale.

A probationer Garda will be sentenced in September after admitted attacking two female colleagues who intervened when a drunken “mess” fight got out of hand.

Christy Mullins reached his second successive Munster senior final when he dethroned Munster and European champion David Murphy in the last shot at Shannonvale on Sunday.

Martin Coppinger beat Aidan Murphy in the last shot of a brilliant three-way Munster championship play-off at Skibbereen on Sunday — with James O’Donovan third.

FURTHER painful and difficult cuts are likely to be introduced over the next two years, according to analysts.

A CORK county councillor and his brother withdrew their appeal yesterday against their conviction for assaulting the owner of a bar in Adrigole earlier this year.

SENIOR HSE officials running a major hospital charity spent €365,000 on three non-tendered projects from a single company.

UP to 569 people forced to wait on trolleys on January 5, and 59 waiting at a single hospital on Monday raise questions about our emergency department crisis.

A NEW company is allowing people to make funeral arrangements and book coffins and hearses online.

CHAMPIONS Dromcollogher-Broadford will face Monaleen in the Limerick SFC semi-final after the latter shocked last season’s finalists Fr Caseys (0-11 to 0-9) in Kilmallock yesterday.

MUSICIANS in Cork have been saddened at news of the death of music shop owner Michael Crowley.

FISCAL consolidation is now the driving force in many economies and could result in lower than previously expected growth in the years ahead.

RISING oil prices will only continue to cripple the economy.

Limerick 0-12 Cork 2-09

ONE of Cork’s biggest suburbs will not have a priest this summer because of fall-offs in vocations.

We could’ve filled this week’s forum with only two topics. That historic Tipp win at the Ceaucescu-era sporting edifice on the banks of the Lee marred by poor control. Or the departure of Justin McCarthy as Manager of The Waterford senior hurlers. Mostly, the fans are angry at the players who pushed him and how he was treated at the end.

Limerick 1-8 Tipperary 1-5

Clare 1-6 Limerick 0-8

Limerick's footballers got their season off to a winning start when they proved far too strong for Tralee IT in a 2-11 to 1-07 victory at Moyvane this afternoon.

Limerick 2-11 Tralee IT 1-7

TWO horse racing legends led the field a merry dance at Munster Rugby’s annual golf classic at Dundrum House Hotel in Cashel.

It’s been a good winter for the Irish feature Winter’s End, with three top awards at a major fest in Mumbai in India.

Kerry had their third player sent off in two National League matches but they still came out on top against Munster rivals Limerick in Killarney today.

Cork's footballers warmed up nicely for next Saturday's National League opener at home to Donegal as they retained the McGrath Cup tonight, defeating Limerick by 1-8 to 0-7 in a disappointing final.

Limerick 0-9 UCC 0-6

Mickey Ned O'Sullivan's Limerick side had little difficulty in seeing off Tralee IT this afternoon, as the Shannonsiders progressed through to the first round proper of the 2007 McGrath Cup.

WESTMEATH 0-13 LIMERICK 1-09

HAVING attended many senior Munster hurling finals, I have no doubt this is one of the greatest days in the Irish sporting calendar.

James Masters pulled Cork through to next month's Munster SFC final as he scored all bar one of their points in a 0-09 to 0-05 victory over a sorry Limerick side at the Gaelic Grounds.

ARMAGH’S star full-back Francie Bellew is in line for a one-month ban after a referee’s error when sending the defender off in last Sunday’s NFL defeat to Derry.

HE’S a plumber by day and an actor by night, but Michael Crowley shouldn’t be unblocking pipes for too much longer.