A couple in the south-east have come up with a unique way of keeping fit, utilising natural resources, and preserving the environment by running their washing machine using a bicycle.

Please allow me to acknowledge the tremendous achievement, both on and off the field, by Cork City FC. 

Tony Fitzgerald became the first FAI president from Cork for 28 years on Saturday when he was elected unopposed at association’s AGM in Athlone.

A successful Cork-based businessman has been appointed to a senior role in a worldwide charitable organisation, with his main aim to get more people involved in its good work.

Hard-pressed residents of a Cork village must wait at least nine more months before work is undertaken to fix their "Third World" water supply.

John Creedon won a terrific joust with Edmond Sexton in the Munster senior championship at Templemartin on Sunday.

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds will be among 500 Cork youngsters who will get a free day out at the circus next year thanks to solicitor to the stars, Gerald Kean.

It was a lovely piece of writing by Suzanne Harrington (Features, Jun 19) re nakedness v nudity.

A priest who was tied up in his home and robbed was back at work the following morning, carrying out his duties.

A judge has told warring neighbours they should engage in mediation in a bid to solve what she described as the “deeply serious and implacable problems” they face living next door to each other.

The constant jangling of wind chimes in a neighbour’s back garden was described by 83-year-old pensioner Mary McBride as a deliberate act of cruelty against her and her husband Eddie.

A woman who suffered first degree burns to 80% of her body during a sunbed session has been awarded €17,500 damages against a Dublin tanning salon.

Exploiting the US president’s Irish ancestry helped Ireland retain its influence on Capitol Hill, writes Ryle Dwyer

What is happening to the residents of Priory Hall Apartments Dublin absolutely beggars belief.

Neither Waterford or Armagh will view this game as their plateau.

A GAA club which lost a full adult team to emigration over the last 12 months has initiated a loyalty scheme to support local businesses.

AFTER the senior outfit’s abrupt championship exit last Saturday and the county minors finished for the summer also, the 2011 aspirations of Cork hurling rest with the U21s tonight.

AFTER crashing to a 16-point defeat in the opening round, Killeagh’s season has undergone a remarkable transformation after they fashioned an impressive success over Bishopstown in the second round of the Cork SHC in Caherlag last night.

THE appointment process for selecting the next Cork senior hurling manager is expected to be overseen by the county board rather than the three-man independent committee used to select Denis Walsh in March 2009.

TWO excellent letters in the Irish Examiner from Barry Walsh and Dave Elley (April 12) puts into perspective the situation regarding the Corrib gas field controversy.

CHRISTY Mullins and James Buckley got valuable wins in the Munster Senior Championship at the weekend. Mullins beat Bill Daly in the last throw at Shannonvale and Buckley edged Nicholas Carey at Carraig na bhFear.

GARY DALY’S senior career came of age on Sunday when he beat All-Ireland champion Martin Coppinger in the last shot of a pulsating Joe O’Sullivan Acorn Life Cup final at Castletownbere.

IN his letter headlined ‘Renewable energy target is appropriate’ (October 18), Michael Kelly of Eirgrid stated that my colleague on EU environmental technical assistance projects, Pat O’Brien, was wrong on wind energy.

PADRAIG Harrington last night insisted that the best was yet to come where his golfing career was concerned.

I WISH to correct a misunderstanding in the a letter from Pat O’Brien headlined ‘Gone with the wind’ (September 27).

EIRGRID chief executive Dermot Byrne claims the Government target to produce 40% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020 can be surpassed by a target of 75% power generation from wind.

ONE of the top awards in the cattle section at Cappamore Show in Co Limerick was kept in the county.

IN the wake of the November 2009 flooding of Cork city and environs it is now estimated the cost of a flood defence system is in excess of €100m.

Imokilly 2-19 Avondhu 2-13

Canberra, Australia’s capital, has a problem – too many kangaroos.

THE husband of murdered Latvian woman Baiba Saulite has been given an additional 30-day jail sentence after he was convicted of having a mobile phone battery in his underwear while in prison.

IT SHOULD have been an Evening Echo Cork SHC double-header to savour, but neither the meeting of St Finbarr’s and Blackrock in the opener, nor the ensuing Glen Rovers and Na Piarsaigh clash at Páirc Ui Chaoimh lived up to expectation for the 5,000 plus crowd.

An animal rights activist has threatened more “direct action” to stop Australian Defence Department officials from killing 400 kangaroos in Australia’s capital after two protesters attempted to disrupt the cull.

A PLANNING objection by a Cork solicitor and his wife could delay a kidney dialysis unit in Limerick by up to a year, the company behind the development said yesterday.

Protesters gathered at an abandoned military site in the Australian capital Canberra today to prevent the planned slaughter of 400 kangaroos blamed for ruining the habitat of rare lizards and insects.

EVEN small amounts of caffeine should be avoided during pregnancy, experts in the US have warned.

CONCERNS have been expressed over a decision to refuse planning for a satellite kidney dialysis unit.

A LIMERICK company which ensures accuracy in scientific measurements yesterday became the first Irish-based organisation to win a much sought-after international accreditation.

A LIMERICK secondary school says it will become the first co-ed in Munster to offer scholarships to girls pursuing third level degree courses from September.

A SCHOLARSHIP in memory of the late Sean Moylan, a War of Independence leader and former Government minister, has been awarded this year to a UCC graduate from St Brendan’s Park in Tralee.

A CONSTRUCTION company, which at its height employed upwards of 100 people, has gone into receivership with debts of nearly €3.5 million.

A DEVELOPMENT company gave assurances last night that unfinished apartments on a building sites picketed by workers will be completed.

The US government has moved to financially clamp down on four Indonesians they suspect are leaders of an al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asian terror group.