Five Munster finals, four wins and one draw; Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s championship managerial record against Cork is almost as good as it gets.

Stephen O’Brien says expats in Chicago responded positively to the delegation of Cork players past and present who visited the American city last year to “test the water” for the new Cork GAA fundraising group, Cairde Chorcaí.

Cork GAA chairman Ger Lane has given tacit approval to an independent company, featuring current and former inter-county players, which is set to begin a round of US fund-raising initiatives aimed at better resourcing the Cork senior footballers and hurlers.

In 2011, for the second year in a row, former inter-county referee and Irish Examiner columnist John Bannon put forward a motion to GAA Congress via his club Legan Sarsfields to take referees out of the process of issuing proposed retrospective suspensions, writes John Fogarty.

For Alan O’Connor, the fire burns as strong as it ever did.

Football is supposed to be enjoyable. A passion you share with your closest friends. At times, it’s the most satisfying thing in the world. Other times, it can be the most painful experience imaginable.

Your letters, your views

Eoin Cadogan was there in the good times. That’s if you can call them the good times. Even when Cork were ruling the roost, they were fair game. For all the silverware he collected, Conor Counihan was told he wasn’t getting enough out of his team.

A look ahead to all the weekend’s action around Cork...

There’s hardly another GAA weekend like it for stirring so many permutations and palpitations... and exaggerations.

September dawns and the GAA’s disciplinary system finds itself occupied in a month in which it is usually dormant.

Brian Herlihy has been appointed as the Cork minor football manager and his backroom team will feature a strong influence from the county’s 2010 All-Ireland-winning team.

Irrespective of the outcome in this evening’s All-Ireland intermediate hurling decider, Cork GAA faces a long winter of discontent.

It was a small thing but it told us a lot.

Cork IFC: Cill na Martra 1-18 Mitchelstown 2-12

Cork Reds 1-14 Cork Whites 1-5

When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, it marked the culmination of a $24 billion NASA space program. 

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert has proclaimed himself delighted with the decision of veteran midfielder Alan O’Connor to return to the panel.

Kerry forward Stephen O’Brien doesn’t know what look the famously dapper Paul Galvin was sporting on his surprise comeback to the Kingdom senior football panel on Tuesday night, but he welcomed the veteran’s return as strengthening the All-Ireland champions squad.

Former Antrim hurling manager Jerry Wallace is to take charge of his native club Midleton for the coming season.

Muskerry 4-14 St Nicholas 1-06

Ah, August. That time of the year when referees are that bit slower to reach for the whistle and shy away from making the big calls.

Cork must find a different game plan for Mayo

Cork manager Brian Cuthbert believes the enjoyment has gone out of the game for players due to the massive commitment they have to put in.

Cork’s dual playing triumvirate have been promoted to the team for Sunday’s Munster final against Kerry.

Colm Cooper admitted he initially feared he would never play again after sustaining his season-ending cruciate injury last month.

The proof will come on Saturday but Eoin Brosnan is confident Dr Crokes are better prepared for this All-Ireland semi-final than those in the last two years.

We revert once again to our dog-eared Soundings poetry book in a vain attempt to encapsulate Paul Galvin’s retirement.

Former Kerry manager, Jack O'Connor, reflects on the retirement of Paul Galvin.

Larry Ryan brings you the daft controversies, wacky conspiracy theories, memorable quotes and some of the craziest lines from the sporting year.

Have a look back over Conor Counihan’s lengthy interview with this newspaper back in September and the mass exodus from the senior football panel over the last three months no longer seems so startling.

Cork footballer Eoin Cadogan says the player exodus from the county squad hasn’t dented their championship ambitions for 2014.

New Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert has admitted he had not expected to be given the chance to lead the county at such a young age.

Cork are set to strongly oppose any proposed changes to the way 20m frees are taken in hurling, believing such moves to be an attempted punishment to goalkeeper Anthony Nash.

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert admits the retirement of Alan O’Connor leaves the Rebels light at midfield, but he has challenged prospective candidates to stake their claim for a spot.