It was a proud day on Wednesday for parents of thousands of Junior Certificate students — but a father in Cork Prison was celebrating his own results as well as his daughter’s.

THE All-Ireland champagne stays on ice, but the Chill bubbly can begin to flow.

AN innovation driven Irish company which has already introduced cows to cloud computing is now set to transform the health monitoring of racehorses with world-class technology.

One of Ireland’s fastest growing insurance brokers, Chill Insurance, is to embark on a growth strategy creating 30 additional jobs.

Kilworth 2-14 Argideen Rangers 0-16

A MEMORIAL garden featuring a large glass wall with all the names of those who boarded the Titanic on her ill-fated journey across the Atlantic is to be built in Cobh to mark the centenary of her sinking.

Residents and staff welcome transfer from Dickensian institution, says Donal Hickey

SECURITY is expected to be tight in a Cork harbour town next month when the north’s first minister makes his furthest foray south.

THE West Kerry gaeltacht retreat of singer-songwriter Jimmy Crowley is for sale as he prepares to swap Kerry’s moody landscape for the bright lights under an American sun.

Thurles CBS 3-14 St Colman’s 1-12

St Colman’s 1-13 Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh 0-4

ST COLMAN'S three-year stranglehold on the Irish Examiner Harty Cup came to an end in a bizarre semi-final replay at Clonmel on Saturday.

WITH both schools safely through to the knock-out stages after Christmas, tomorrow’s Irish Examiner Corn Uí Mhuirí clash between Douglas CS and Coláiste Chriost Rí at Bishopstown (1.30 pm) is purely to determine who tops the group.

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St. Colman’s, Fermoy 4-20 Kilmallock 0-8

MOVIE-makers love it, locals would die for it, it argues a convincing case for Kerry’s most scenic shores, dolphins seem not to be able to leave it - and holiday home hunters too have a deep-seated grá for Dingle.