David Murphy put down a serious marker for all with aspirations of winning the 2018 Munster senior championship when he dismissed James Buckley in a one-sided first round tie at Firmount on Saturday.

John Young won the JJ Murphy Cup at Bauravilla following a brilliant contest with Jimmy O’Driscoll.

Gavin Twohig closed with a brilliant bowl at Grange to grab a last-shot win over Michael Harrington in the Willie Whelton Cup.

Future Ulster bowling fans will look back on this as the golden age. A decade ago not even the most optimistic supporter would have predicted Ulster winning both King and Queen of the Roads in three successive seasons.

Thomas Mackle will be bidding for a special place in bowling history when he defends his Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads title at Ballincurrig next weekend.

Michael Harrington franked his All-Ireland intermediate credentials with an impressive win over Christy Mullins in the Cancer Research benefit at Shannonvale on Saturday.

Michael Harrington leads the Munster team in the first All-Ireland series at Grenagh this weekend. The Killarney man is hoping to make history as the first Kerry native to win the title when he faces Paul Rafferty on Saturday.

Gavin Twohig beat Éamon Bowen by almost a bowl in the first round of the Munster senior championship in driving rain at Templemartin on Monday.

Gary Daly bowled well at Fermoy to take the first win of the 2017 Munster senior championship at the expense of James Buckley.

James Cooney was the star of the Munster Junior A action last weekend, beating Michael Murphy by three bowls after a scintillating 10 shot salvo at Whitechurch on Sunday.

Michael Harrington beat Seán Murphy by two bowls at Shannonvale to advance to the Munster Intermediate quarter-final.

Two high-ranking New York Police Department officers have been arrested on charges they took over $100,000 (€88,830) worth of flights, prostitutes, lavish meals, and other bribes in exchange for providing a “private police force” for local businessmen.

A family were keeping a vigil at the bedside of their daughter, 11, at Cork University Hospital, after she was critically injured when a tractor front loader fell on top of her.

Sculptures of Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marconi, and a man who was involved in one of the greatest escapes in Irish history are to be unveiled in part of West Cork in a drive to improve tourism.

The rumour mill was in overdrive in West Cork last night as to the identity of the country’s latest Lotto millionaire.

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RETAIL rents in prime Dublin shopping areas have plunged as much as 50% from peak levels, according to property consultant CB Richard Ellis.

A new report shows retailers in Dublin are buying and selling property, in spite of a decline in sales.

Dunboy Castle near Castletownbere, Co Cork, was meant to be a dream six-star hotel. Instead, despite massive investment, it lies idle, reports Catherine Shanahan.

GARDAÍ had already conceded a month after the funeral of Kerry republican John Joe Sheehy that they would not be able to prosecute those who appeared in paramilitary uniform and fired shots at the ceremonies.

A POOR advert for football, with the free count more than doubling the scores registered, but both sides will be relieved for a chance of redemption next weekend after Saturday’s sterile Cork PIFC semi-final finished level at Páirc Uí Rinn.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former chairman of Cork County Council who championed the lives of rural people.

NEW security systems have been put in place in Irish ports to deal with possible terrorist threats in a multi-million euro initiative.

WITH six players on the Cork panel, you'd think the people of Newtownshandrum would have no problem getting their hands on tickets for Sunday's hurling showdown.

MORE than 1,800 people have signed a petition supporting a €10 million project which has been objected to by film director Neil Jordan.

HISTORY has its own values — and it can also underpin property worth, as in the case of evocative Dunboy Castle in West Cork.

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Douglas Community School 0-12 St Colman’s, Fermoy 1-9