In considering these men, it is impossible to ignore the political climate of 1917, writes Paul Rouse.

Cork’s progression to the All-Ireland U21 final, on Saturday, April 30, looks set to disrupt local football championship fixtures.

Sean Hayes isn’t the least worried by the easy ride his Cork U21 footballers have enjoyed en route to this evening’s Munster final in Tralee.

Thomas Mackle finished with three record bowls at Shannonvale on Sunday to win the Noel Phair Cup final from Edmond Sexton and Gary Daly.

Cork PIHC final

The usual presumption about an intermediate or junior game – particularly when it’s timed to warm up the crowd for a senior decider – is that the execution can be some way behind the endeavour.

Newcestown 1-18 Mallow 1-16: Intense and exciting throughout, this memorable Cork Premier IHC semi-final at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday night ended with fans on both sides having palpitations as Mallow threw everything at last year’s beaten finalists in a bid to grab a final place.

Pension fund managers should be looking to derisk their portfolios while interest rates offer what may be a temporary respite from increasing deficits.

Ilen Rovers 1-19 St Nick’s 1-11: 1-17 from open play, all but one of the forward unit on the mark and their opponents’ starting team limited to a meagre six points - Ilen Rovers manager Johnny Holland had plenty of positives to glean from this Cork SFC second round victory.

Nemo Rangers 1-18  Ilen Rovers 0-10: This 10-point win for Nemo Rangers was not as straightforward as the scoreline suggests.

Blackrock’s David Cashman lit up their RedFM SHL clash with St Finbarr’s on Saturday as the Rockies engineered a 16-point victory in Togher. 

For a club with a small catchment area, Ilen Rovers are well used to punching above their weight.

Harty Cup Quarter-Final

Cork Airport’s poor links to mainland Europe make doing business in the area prohibitive, the Irish operations managing director of a major European financial services company has said.

TODAY

Coláiste na Sceilge progressed to the Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-finals as winners of Group 1 after they made it two wins from two by beating Clonakilty Community College at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

Gavin Twohig returned to competitive bowling with an impressive win over David Hubbard in the Ballinacurra tournament on Saturday.

Two men have been jailed for eight years each for their part in an international drug smuggling operation to bring almost €5m worth of cocaine into Ireland.

Motorists face months of disruption in West Cork’s gateway town as works begin tomorrow on a multimillion-euro drainage scheme.

A German and a Corkman admitted yesterday to having €4.8m worth of cocaine in North Cork last year.

Coláiste na nDéise cruised into the Dr Harty Cup final with victory in the all-Waterford affair which started bizarrely at Fraher Field, Dungarvan on Saturday.

A man and woman have been charged with murdering a young father-of-one in Bandon, near where an Englishman has also been found killed.

A father-of-one killed after being beaten and dumped in a river escaped death more than two years ago.

A post mortem is to be carried out later on the body of a 27-year-old man which was recovered from the River Bandon in west Cork last night.

TWO men have appeared before a special sitting of Fermoy District Court in connection with one of the largest finds of cocaine in the history of the state.

A VITAL youth information service which was virtually wiped out by a devastating flood will celebrate the official opening of its new centre tomorrow.

FOLLOWING an emergency meeting of the town council, Bandon’s town manager is to write to Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) asking them to reconsider their outright opposition to the dredging of the River Bandon.

AN early warning plan is being drawn up in Bandon so the town will never again suffer the millions of euro of damage that it did last November.

THE FIRST thing to say was how fantastic to see Plan B going up in lights at Croke Park again yesterday.

A TOWN council count in west Cork had to go to a second recount, with a first-time FF candidate finally unseating a veteran FG member last night.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern faced fresh pressure tonight to release a report his Government commissioned on the Omagh bomb after a County Donegal policeman was cleared of six corruption charges.

ELECTRIC entrance gates are designed to keep the unwanted out — but they can also lock you in.