When Cork finally hit a rhythm and a groove in the second quarter yesterday, everybody around me was probably thinking the same as the entire hurling community. ‘Yeah, Cork have finally got it together now. They’ve weathered the storm. They’ll drive on. They’ll win this handy.’ And the Cork players certainly seemed to think the same.

An elderly man sustained first-degree burns after he slipped and became stuck between his bed and a radiator.

A 48 year old man suffered fatal traumatic injuries at his home after a night out celebrating his birthday. 

University College Cork was the big winner at the National Student Media Awards which were held in Dublin last night.

Nenagh CBS 4-18 Thurles CBS 0-14: Holders Thurles CBS crashed out of the Dr Harty Cup after their Tipperary rivals Nenagh CBS produced a devastating second-half performance in Templemore yesterday.

As the curtains come down on the Special Olympics World Summer Games, Team Ireland are celebrating a hugely successful spell in Los Angeles.

Stephen Maher fired 1-7 as Laois claimed top-spot of the Allianz NHL Division 2A this afternoon, with first wins of the campaign for Wicklow and Westmeath.

A HISTORIC ceremony was held for new Irish citizens as Justice Minister Alan Shatter pledged to speed up the citizenship process for emigrants.

YET another bank holiday weekend saw carnage on the roads as four people died in accidents in Wexford, Kerry and Cork.

AN attempt by five Irishmen to row across the Atlantic, as part of a 14-man crew, has had to be abandoned after their craft was struck by a mystery object, thought to be a whale.

A mother-of-eight died from head injuries three-weeks after she was run over as she walked across a pedestrian crossing in Spain, an inquest heard today.

ROBERT knows what he’ll be doing if his employer goes to the wall.