As Haute Couture Week begins in Paris tomorrow, Carolyn Moore meets the Irish designers bringing the craft of couture back to Ireland.

Fr O’Neill’s 1-18 Kildorrery 1-14: Driven on by a man-of-the-match display from Declan Dalton, Fr O’Neill’s were crowned Cork IHC champions in Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

It’s four years since Kildorrery won the Cork county JAHC, going on to Munster glory before coming up a point short in the All-Ireland final against Thomastown of Kilkenny.

Furniture designer Eileen Gray was one of Ireland’s most pioneering women, yet most of us have never even heard of her. That’s all set to change now Orla Brady is playing her in a new movie, writes Esther McCarthy.

Among the old reliables in Michael Noonan’s budget, consumers of alcohol and motorists escaped unscathed, but cigarette smokers will have to cough up another 50 cent per packet.

Kildorrery 1-11 Éire Óg 1-5: A depleted Éire Óg side bowed out of the Cork IHC in Mallow yesterday, Kildorrery denying them by six points to progress beyond the fourth round yesterday.

In Ireland, there is only one currency that trades at a profit when it comes to minority sports, so Fiona Doyle was front and centre with the general public last month when she won silver and bronze medals at the World University Games in Gwangju.

The outdoor cinema screening due to take place this evening has been postponed due to bad weather being forecast.

Kildorrery 1-16 Kinsale 0-9: Kildorrery cruised into the fourth round of the Cork IFC after a resounding victory over Kinsale at foggy Caherlag on Saturday evening.

St Patrick’s Day, inextricably linked with excessive drinking and anti-social behaviour, is undergoing something of a rebranding. 

A landlord has agreed to allow restaurateur Jay Bourke back into a Dublin bistro he says he was locked out of on Tuesday in a dispute over alleged rent arrears, the High Court has heard.

Students of today have to be prepared for jobs that have not yet been conceived, an awards ceremony was told.

It is what’s on the outside that counts, or so the fashion cognoscenti have declared with the humble coat being heralded as the autumn/winter ’14 hero piece.

Cork 2-18 Wexford 2-12

Cork 2-18 Wexford 2-12

Cork 4-15 Tipperary 2-08

The lot of a county intermediate manager can be a trying one.

Alcohol industry representatives have described as “punitive” and “short-sighted” increases in beer, wine and spirits in Budget 2014.

The Construction Industry Federation has called on the Government to take the reduced 9% Vat rate off the hospitality sector — and give it to its own sector.

It’s just four years old, but has Arthur’s Day lost its froth already?

Drinks giant Diageo is standing firm on its plans for Arthur’s Day despite growing pressure to abandon the promotion.

The main representative body for the drinks industry has called for a reversal of last year’s excise increase on alcohol to be made in next month’s budget.

St Catherine’s 1-17 Kildorrery 1-16

Munster IHC final:

Avondhu 6-15 Carbery 0-13

Darren O’Malley and Conor Daly are the two Roscommon debutants for Sunday’s Connacht SFC semi-final clash with Mayo at MacHale Park in Castlebar (4pm).

Avondhu 1-15 Carbery 2-12

Four men are to have speed-limiting devices fitted to their cars following a display of doughnuts earlier this month.

Cork 5-14 Tipperary 0-24

Cill na Martra 1-11 Kildorrery 1-8

A proposed ban on alcohol sponsorship will have a “detrimental effect” on Irish sport, an umbrella organisation has told an Oireachtas committee.

Alcohol market continues to decline, writes Seán McCárthaigh

Waterford 0-15 Cork 1-12

Waterford 0-15 Cork 1-12

New figures from the Revenue Commissioners show that alcohol consumption in Ireland fell again in 2012.

There’s no complacency in Cork after their opening league win over Tipperary two weeks ago, manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy and his selectors ringing the changes and using the opportunity to try out several new faces and combinations.

Cork hurling manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy feels that Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A trip to Waterford will tell more about his side than their opening-night victory over Tipperary.

The drinks industry — specifically pubs, off licences and drinks manufacturers — are contributing nearly €3bn per year to the economy, through necessary outlays.

Dónal Óg Cusack is unlikely to captain the Cork senior hurlers in 2013, with a new skipper likely to be appointed in the next fortnight.

Kildorrery (Cork) 1-11 St Kieran’s (Limerick) 0-12

Kildorrery 4-19 Butlerstown 0-11