Alan Cadogan was in Portugal last July, observing a promise he’d made to himself to ignore the All-Ireland semi-finals, when his interest got the better of him.

Cocooned by journalists in the offices of PwC in Dublin, Pat Horgan’s mood goes from light and breezy to dark and deep.

Cork hurling legend and former coach Ger Cunningham reckons the material is there for the Rebels to prosper under new management in 2020.

Cork development officer Pat Horgan has urged club delegates to back Rebel Óg proposals, which will be discussed at this evening’s county board meeting.

Derek McGrath and Ger Cunningham review the All-Ireland quarter-finals with Colm O'Connor.

Derek McGrath and Ger Cunningham review the All-Ireland quarter-finals with Colm O'Connor.

Pat Horgan’s ears have been burning for the last few weeks with high praise coming from all quarters.

John Meyler has challenged Cork’s players to win the All-Ireland title that will ensure their team-mate Pat Horgan goes down in the annals of hurling history.

Cork’s Championship is well and truly back up-and-running after this fine victory over the All-Ireland champions in the LIT Gaelic Grounds.

Ger Cunningham looks at five-weekend watch-outs.

Tipperary claimed their first win over Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in seven years but perhaps, more importantly, their first victory in Munster since 2016 in front of a 30,274 crowd.

Ger Millerick has been named in a strong Cork hurling team to face Kilkenny in Wednesday night's "Kieran O'Connor Benefit Game" in Páirc Uí Rinn.

A Cork GAA sub-committee has proposed a new championship model which would see clubs play two championship games each summer without their inter-county players.

The message delivered by club players in Cork that they will no longer tolerate anything other than a “properly structured” championship schedule has been heard “loud and clear” by the County Board chiefs, according to strategic review chairman Pat Horgan.

“Somebody said to me recently it’s easier to get €50 out of a fella now than it is an hour of their time. It’s a fair way of looking at it.”

There’s life in Redmonds yet — a well-attended meeting to save the 126-year old Cork GAA club from extinction deciding that while the club’s Tower Street premises will have to be sold to clear off mounting debt, Redmonds will continue inside the whitewash in 2019.

Diarmuid O’Sullivan has admitted he’s haunted by Cork’s second-half collapse against Waterford last August and he acknowledged the management team got some big calls wrong.

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Tracey Kennedy was confirmed last night as the first female chair in Cork GAA history as nominations closed for annual convention without a challenge to her nomination.

As the Cork Jazz Festival turns 40, Richard Fitzpatrick asked a few familiar faces to share their fondest memories of the famous festival. 

This year will surely go down in hurling lore as the Year of the Helmet. In an All-Ireland series marked by contentious helmet incidents, Austin Gleeson last weekend saw fit to give us one more: right in front of a linesman and right in front of a camera, arguably the most clear-cut incident yet.

Dan Shanahan makes no bones about it: “Semi-finals are about winning; if it’s eight points to seven with 10 sweepers, we’ll take it.”

Cork manager Kieran Kingston must be very pleased with this Munster Championship win. The final was a different game to the earlier wins by the Rebels.

Rebels are realistic MacCarthy Cup contenders

Pat Hartnett doesn’t see any notable shift in mindset or culture as being the root cause of Cork hurling’s latest coming. The players, he insists, are simply doing themselves justice.

Kieran Kingston mentioned on these pages last week the Cork management wanted a performance that would make them proud. After 20 minutes in Semple Stadium on Sunday, that had been achieved.

While the proposed changes to the county junior hurling championship were the source of much debate at last night’s Cork County Board meeting, a decision was put back until the next gathering.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Two generations of Glen hurlers gathered around the one table at the Oriel House Hotel in Ballincollig last Saturday.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

The issue of clubs’ access to inter-county players took up much of the discussion at last night’s Cork County Board meeting, but county coaching officer Kevin O’Donovan once again issued a plea to clubs to have a debate on the county’s decline at senior level.

The dissatisfaction of Cork clubs with the lack of access to intercounty hurling players was expressed by a number of delegates at last night’s county board meeting at the Nemo Rangers complex.

Being Waterford’s last line of defence, Stephen O’Keeffe has a vested interest but he stresses the one-versus-one penalty is weighed in favour of the attacking player.

This was a superb contest last Saturday night. Cork were six points up and it looked as if they were going to hold out for a much needed win with five minutes remaining in normal time.

Heedless/headless hurling

John Fogarty sees Kilkenny and Tipperary renewing rivalries at the head of a competitive Division 1A