Hamilton High School Bandon have finished top of Group A following their win over Coláiste Choilm Ballincollig in the final round of the Corn Uí Mhuirí at Newcestown.

Coláiste Choilm Ballincollig and Hamilton High School Bandon have secured their places in the quarter-finals of the Corn Uí Mhuirí with a round to spare.

Gardaí were obstructed from gathering up horses in Cork but yesterday a 51-year-old man said his overreaction was because one of the horses was his last link with a son who had died a short time beforehand.

Dr Seán McCarthy, managing director of Hyperion Ltd, been appointed as Adjunct Professor in UCC.

A woman was put in fear when her ex-husband screamed at her to let their young son go to another soccer club after his team had lost yet again.

All-Star camogie player Ashling Thompson avoided criminal convictions for assaulting two young women at a nightclub in Cork on her undertaking to pay €6,000 to family refuge charities and to cover witness expenses.

Joshua Allen’s drug treatment is continuing, his lawyer said as the son of celebrity chef Rachel Allen confirmed his signed guilty plea to having cannabis for sale or supply at the Ballymaloe Cookery School.

Joshua Allen, 19, has been remanded to Cork Circuit Criminal Court after appearing before Midleton District Court on six drugs charges.

A man who was seen on CCTV having a 100ml bottle of Ralph Lauren perfume dropped into his hood by another man denied having anything to do with shoplifting and said he did not know the fragrance was in his hood.

Liam Heylin One of the two young women alleging that GAA All-Star Camogie player Ashling Thompson assaulted her in a nightclub has told gardaí she will not be able to attend for the case on May 1 because she is in Dubai.

Poteen was blamed by a man for assaulting two other men who intervened when he was rowing with his partner on the street in the early hours of the morning.

Tommy Barker on the many plusses of No 70 Kilbrody on a very popular Rochestown development.

One of the best remaining, compact prime redevelopment sites in Cork city has been sold for over €7 million, for 0.63 of an acre, or for the equivalent of €11 million per acre, to Dublin-based purchasers.

BUILDER and developer appetites for development sites, especially residential ones, are to be tested in several late, and significant, 2018 Cork city and suburban sales.

The World Rugby U20 Championship has been horrendous for Ireland but one of the few bright sparks has been the emergence of Jack Daly, the latest to come off the remarkable Currow conveyor belt in Kerry.

ONE of Cork city’s finest period homes, time-wrapped and time warped Lotabeg House, on 36 acres in Tivoli, has finally come to market two years after a hugely publicised auction of its contents that attracted 7,000 viewers to the property, over three days.

Under heavy cloud and against a bitter cold, they stood in silence.

A RENT roll of €72,000 a year from six tenants, plus 22 vacant business/industrial units stretching to almost 100,000 sq ft of buildings on over five town acres, is on offer for the all-in sum of €750,000.

Munster A have a mountain to climb following this B&I Cup result at Musgrave Park last night when Bedford Blues grabbed a crucial win to go five points clear at the top of pool 1.

If you are going to make changes in the aftermath of a crushing defeat you would be advised to have a few British & Irish Lions hanging around the place looking for some game time and that is just the luxury Rassie Erasmus has at his disposal this afternoon.

Skerries teenager Ciaran Frawley converted four of UCD’s five tries and kicked a penalty as they dished out a 36-8 derby defeat to Dublin University, moving to the top of Ulster Bank League Division 1A in the process.

Don’t be blinkered, there’s value and a great finish in this Passage West beauty, says Tommy Barker.

Cork Constitution advanced from a tough Bank of Ireland Munster Senior Cup tie against Shannon with a late rally at Coonagh on Saturday.

Munster 51 - Cheetahs 18: Munster coach Rassie Erasmus has warned against reading too much into the province’s eight try-rout of his native Toyota Cheetahs in a hopelessly one-sided Guinness PRO14 game at Thomond Park on Saturday.

If the old Páirc Uí Chaoimh had a snag list, it would have extended to reams but few other GAA stadiums could boast as many excellent vantage points, writes John Fogarty.

GAA chiefs are expected to take the lessons learned from Wednesday night’s opening game in the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh and apply them at this weekend’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals.

The volunteers of the Baltimore lifeboat have been very busy over the past four days.

An architect’s own one-off home in Cork

LATEST: Air Corps Captain Sean McCarthy says today has been a more successful one for crews trying to tackle the forest fire in Co Galway, before warning that dry conditions could yet cause the blaze to grow.

Dealmakers behind the €14 million purchase of the bulk of the City Quarter investment in Cork city centre from Nama have emerged as the just-re-branded MC2 Accountants, on behalf of private investors.

Injured second-row Dave Foley has played his last game for Munster after the province revealed he will be joining French Top14 club Pau at the end of the season.

A DEAL worth up to €14m is to be signed in coming days on the remaining investment — including the Boardwalk bar and restaurant — at Cork city’s seminal City Quarter. 

Sean McCarthy gives his advice on sinuses and recurring UTIs

Calls are mounting for a public statement from the developers of Cork’s stalled event centre, amid renewed reassurances that the project is still on track.

Munster director of rugby Rassie Erasmus still has more questions than answers surrounding the make-up and fitness of his squad as he attempts to prepare his players for Saturday’s Guinness Pro12 opener at Scarlets.

Former Leinster centre Collie O’Shea will partner Cian Bohane in Munster’s midfield tomorrow night as Rassie Erasmus begins his search for willing alternatives to the injured Francis Saili.

This two-storey property was built in the mid 1950s, and so will be newer than many of the neighbouring homes, and it has an elevated deck, facing south.