IT’S JUST a 90-minute drive from Cork city to the Park Hotel Kenmare — the undisputed jewel in Kerry’s crown.

Carrigdhoun 0-18 Carbery 1-12

Carbery 4-14 Seandun 0-10

Cork SFC (Divisions/Colleges) preliminary round

Kerry 2-12 Cork IT 0-13

Cork 0-13 Kildare 1-07

Meelin 1-12 Argideen Rangers 0-14

Cork 1-18 Waterford 0-9

Since 2005, any year ending in an odd number has seen Cork claim the Munster and All-Ireland junior football titles.

Clare 0-9 Cork 0-18

Avondhu 1-15 Carbery 2-12

Cork IT 0-18 UCC 0-11

Cork 5-17 Limerick 2-08

Cork U21 football co-captain Donal Óg Hodnett dedicated their Munster title to panellist Rory O’Connor, who was tragically killed in a car crash last February.

They may be meeting for the first time this season but there is plenty of familiarity between Cork and Kerry ahead of tonight’s provincial showdown in Austin Stack Park.

Cork boss John Cleary has made two changes from the team that defeated Clare in the semi-final for tonight’s Munster U21FC final.

Cork U21 football captain Rory O’Sullivan will miss the rest of their campaign after damaging his cruciate ligament for the second time in just over a year during Wednesday night’s Munster semi-final victory over Clare.

Cork breezed into the final of the Munster U21FC last night in Páirc Uí Rinn yet this comprehensive semi-final success over Clare was overshadowed by captain Rory O’Sullivan limping off in the first-half amidst fears he has torn his cruciate ligament for the second time in his career.

John Cleary is an old hand at the U21 management game.

CORK easily booked their passage to the McGrath Cup final at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday, a greater intensity playing a big part in their 16-point victory over Cork IT.

WHEN the celebrations finally died down after Clonakilty CC’s maiden All-Ireland triumph last April, thoughts turned to what to do with the signs and bunting dotted around the west Cork town.

TOM O’SULLIVAN will make his first start for the Kerry senior footballers since last August’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat against Down in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 tie against Armagh in the Athletic Grounds.

A Lucan woman who slashed another woman’s face and breast with a broken bottle in an unprovoked attack, leaving her victim with permanent scarring, is to be sentenced next month.

CLONAKILTY coach Val Lynch faces an anxious way ahead of today’s All-Ireland clash against champions St Malachy’s Castlewellan.

IT was a wonderful weekend for the Kerry clubs in the opening round of the Martin O’Sullivan Cup.

TIPPERARY sprung a huge surprise in last night’s Munster MFC semi-final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, edging out Cork after a marathon affair that required extra-time to deliver an outcome.

Cork 2-12 Limerick 1-6

ANGLO Irish Bank should be used as a vehicle to pump money into the hotel sector.

MASSES in the Kerry diocese are likely to be reduced further as the number of serving priests continues to fall. Also, three younger Kerry priests left the ministry this year.

Ballygunner 3-13 Clarecastle 2-9

BALLYGUNNER have an injury-free squad to choose from as they wind down their preparations for Sunday’s Munster Club hurling semi-final with Clarecastle at Walsh Park.

PLAGUED by injury for several months, Paul Flynn is poised to take his place in Ballygunner’s starting line up for Sunday’s Waterford senior hurling final against De La Salle.

FOR the fifth time in six years, arch-rivals Mount Sion and Ballygunner meet in the Waterford SHC final at Walsh Park tomorrow.

KIND-HEARTED school children have come together to help the disabled, after the Government failed to provide adequate funding for people with special needs in their communities.

IN an all-Kerry semi-final to the West Munster Barton Shield, Tralee ended Killarney’s hopes in a marathon at the Ring of Kerry.

THE sun shone brightly on the picturesque Galway Golf Club course throughout yesterday during the final practice rounds for the Bulmers Irish Cups and Shields finals beginning at the Salthill venue this morning.