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<p>Cork senior hurling's ace marksman Patrick Horgan. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile</p>

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Patrick Horgan: ‘I would love to get nothing for Christmas’

When it comes to presents, 33-year-old Hoggie's family and friends might struggle

Anthony Nash of Cork during the Allianz Hurling League meeting with Waterford. Nash reckons he started the 'white grip', not Patrick Horgan. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

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Hurling Hands: Anthony Nash - 'Am I picky with hurleys? I’m a nightmare, in any hurley-maker's top two or three difficult customers'

Doug Howlett has worked with the Cork hurlers. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

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Patrick Horgan developed mental edge from working with Doug Howlett

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Knock-out might suit Cork hurlers, says Seanie McGrath

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John Fogarty: Helmets have hurt hurling's personality

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Hurling Hands: Podge Collins - 'The other lads were celebrating my goal, but I was devastated'

Hurling Hands: Amy O'Connor - 'Dónal Óg Cusack said one time that a day you leave the hurley down is a day lost'

"Before I say anything at all about my hands I have to put something on the record: I have the coldest hands in the world if you want the complete truth! I’d wear gloves in the warm-up before games most of the time, and I always have hand-warmers in the gloves and in my skort pockets."

Thu, 14 May, 2020

Hurling Hands: Diarmuid O'Sullivan - 'I broke Patrick Horgan's hurley over my knee and threw the two pieces up into the stand'

"Breaks? I would have broken most of the fingers. That’s only natural. The tops of some of them won’t bend anymore, one or two more are like springs going this way and that, they do their own thing."

Thu, 30 Apr, 2020

Dalo: No Nicky on this selection but he’d be on my all-time team

Anthony Daly opted for John Mullane over Nicky English in his Munster ‘Railway Cup’ dream team of the last 30 years but says the Tipp great would be on his all-time selection.

Fri, 17 Apr, 2020

Dalo's GAA Show: Picking a Munster Railway Cup dream team 1990-2020

Mark Landers and TJ Ryan join Anthony Daly to pick their ultimate Munster selection from the last 30 years.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2020

Battle of Leeside legends: Picking the greatest Cork hurler of all-time

Your county’s greatest? Have a look and tell us what you think. We’ve started with Cork but we’ll move to other counties soon, so get your nominations and your arguments in order: we may accommodate the former but we’re definitely looking for the latter. Just don’t be too hard on Michael Moynihan for this one...

Wed, 15 Apr, 2020

Hurling Hands: Damien Hayes - ‘I used a 32-inch hurley. The lads were laughing at me but I got 2-6 from play’

Damien Hayes, Portumna and Galway

Thu, 09 Apr, 2020

Hurling Hands: Gary Kirby - ‘I broke my collarbone. The treatment was to put me in corner forward’

I got quite a few broken bones, here and there, but, in those days, you’d play on most of the time.

Thu, 02 Apr, 2020

Patrick Horgan can’t wait to return Cork ‘to right road’

Mastering the skills of hurling has never been a problem for Pat Horgan, or Cork teams for that matter.

Tue, 31 Mar, 2020

Hurling Hands: Dan Shanahan - I broke my two thumbs within a few weeks of each other

I broke my two thumbs within a few weeks of each other one season. I had a pin inserted in my left thumb in January 1999, when I broke it, and then when I came back the following month I broke the right thumb.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2020

Michael Moynihan: There will be no bowing down

Last week I wrote here about Camus and La Peste — The Plague — in an effort to stiffen up the sinews, etc, writes Michael Moynihan

Mon, 23 Mar, 2020

Courcey Rovers: 'There is nothing in the GAA manual to prepare you for the past week'

Courcey Rovers were dealt a massive financial blow by the Covid-19 shutdown but are caring for the parish's most vulnerable.

Sun, 22 Mar, 2020

Kieran Kingston disappointed as Cork run out of legs

Where Galway look forward to a second knockout fixture on home soil in the space of a week, Cork’s calendar is worryingly bare.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020

Barrett's red, 'frightening' Powter, and Cork's forwards: The weekend’s GAA talking points

Our writers chat through the main talking points from the weekend’s Allianz League action.

Sun, 01 Mar, 2020

Loss to Galway knocks Cork out of League contention

Cork are out of the Allianz Hurling League; this defeat for Kieran Kingston's side and Tipperary's victory over Waterford meaning the Rebels cannot progress to the knockout stages.

Sun, 01 Mar, 2020

Blowing the whistle on hurling’s ref crisis

The echoes you heard resounding through the last seven days? Those were from the whistles at NHL Division 1A games last weekend.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2020

Kiely warns intensity of game set to soar in summer

A scoreline that wouldn’t be out of place when these two face off at this Páirc Uí Chaoimh venue in less than 11 weeks’ time but that’s where the parallels end.

Mon, 24 Feb, 2020

Cody blasts ‘hilarious’ rule changes, Horgan conquers ‘hurricane’: The weekend’s GAA talking points

Our writers chat through the main talking points from the weekend’s Allianz League action.

Sun, 16 Feb, 2020

Two Horgan penalties and fortuitous Cooper goal get Cork over Westmeath scare

Two second-half Patrick Horgan penalties and a most fortuitous Bill Cooper goal got Cork out of jail at a mucky Mullingar this afternoon.

Sun, 16 Feb, 2020

More divisions won’t improve tier-2 hurlers, says Westmeath boss

Results from the opening fortnight of league hurling did little to strengthen the case of keeping faith with the new 12-team Division 1 structure.

Sat, 15 Feb, 2020

Horizon8 to create 50 jobs in new Cork office

Innovative technology company Horizon8 is expected to create 50 jobs in Cork City centre.

Tue, 11 Feb, 2020

Larry Ryan: Room to improve but sin bins are for naive cynics

It’s a known addiction. Dreams of bigger windows, terrazzo floors, cupboards with no handles so visitors won’t know they are cupboards at all.

Sat, 08 Feb, 2020

Kieran Kingston delighted as Cork display 'great attitude and honesty'

A long day’s journey into night on Saturday, with Cork and Tipperary serving up an entertaining tussle that felt for a while as though it might never end.

Sun, 02 Feb, 2020

Patrick Horgan and Robbie O'Flynn lead Cork to victory over Tipperary

Cork just edged out All-Ireland champions Tipperary in this NHL 1A game, the 9,821 in attendance seeing an entertaining, end-to-end game.

Sat, 01 Feb, 2020

Cork ring the changes ahead of Tipperary visit

There are six changes to the Cork side for this evening’s Allianz HL Division 1 Group A clash with Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7pm).

Fri, 31 Jan, 2020

Cork Mayors honoured in school mural

A striking mural featuring Tomás MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney has been unveiled at their former primary school.

Thu, 30 Jan, 2020

Mark Landers: Lateral route no help to Cork’s attack

Mark Landers bemoaned the old Cork failings that cost the Rebels in Sunday’s league defeat by Waterford.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2020

Waterford defeat wasteful Cork despite conceding two-goal head start

Cork couldn’t have dreamed of a better start, breaching Stephen O’Keeffe’s goal-line twice in the opening three minutes.

Sun, 26 Jan, 2020

Tipp prove hurling still a country for old men

Once more, Tipperary appear to be the oldest Liam MacCarthy Cup panel around but age clearly didn’t debilitate them last season.

Tue, 21 Jan, 2020

‘I’m not Henry. I’m TJ Reid. I’m doing what I can for the team’

Good question, responds TJ Reid when he is asked whether Sunday feels like an All-Ireland final.

Fri, 17 Jan, 2020

Limerick easily overcome understrength Cork

An early-season title for Limerick, winners over Cork in this Co-Op Superstores Munster SHL final in the Gaelic Grounds, with 5,295 in attendance.

Sat, 11 Jan, 2020

Might a team emerge with cyborg forwards operating a running game like Cyril Farrell’s Galway?

Enda McEvoy works through seven big questions for the new hurling decade.

Fri, 03 Jan, 2020

A review of the sporting year through 'Examiner Sport' covers

Here's the story of 2019, as told through Examiner Sport front pages.

Tue, 31 Dec, 2019

John Fogarty: Six Cats make hurling's team of the decade

On the eve of the roaring twenties, John Fogarty hails the doyens of the last decade in hurling

Mon, 30 Dec, 2019

Prunty preaches belief as Waterford look to 2020

Waterford hurling supporters won’t be too keen to recall the 2019 season, but even in a disappointing year there were highlights.

Sat, 28 Dec, 2019

Tech solutions company Horizon8 opens European office in Cork

Technology solutions company Horizon8 has opened its new European headquarters in Cork today.

Fri, 06 Dec, 2019

Borris-Ileigh boss Kelly says there’s more in the tank

Glen Rovers manager Richie Kelleher admitted after this Munster Club SHC semi-final in Semple Stadium yesterday that the better team won, and he couldn’t have given a more honest appraisal.

Mon, 11 Nov, 2019

Imokilly’s better balance tipped the scales in their favour

Mistakes by goalkeepers which lead to scores are always magnified, particularly those that involve short puckouts. It was a defensive mistake by Glen Rovers that handed the East Cork side the golden opportunity to goal for the second time just before the break.

Mon, 21 Oct, 2019

Hardness of battle may be taken as a glint of promise on Leeside

Before you make your position known you had better state your terms.

Mon, 21 Oct, 2019

Watch: Harnedy goal helps Imokilly secure historic three-in-a-row

A Séamus Harnedy goal in first-half injury-time proved to be the vital score as Imokilly created history in Páirc Uí Rinn this afternoon as they completed the three-in-a-row in the Cork SHC.

Sun, 20 Oct, 2019

Three key battles: Imokilly and Glen

1: In 2017, the first of Imokilly’s county championship-winning campaigns, Fergal Condon’s charges hit 14 goals in seven games. In 2018, they improved on this despite playing a game less, finding the opposition net 19 times. That’s an average of three goals per game.

Fri, 18 Oct, 2019

Glen Rovers ease into Cork SHC final with win over Carrigtwohill