A VIDEO launched for Cork Pride featuring well-known Cork faces flips the world of discrimination to show straight people what it’s like to live as a marginalised element of society.

Two prisoners at Cork Prison were caught in possession of mobile phones during routine searches and each got a two-month term added his sentence.

The sold-out Electric Picnic, which heralds the end of the summer and had Hozier play a surprise gig, came to an electrifying close last night with The Prodigy and their ‘Firestarter’.

Da, da, dump, dump, ba, da, da, da, daaaaaa.

You can have the backing of the BBC and the goodwill of a city behind you — but it doesn’t mean the Irish weather will be on your side.

The Everyman, the famous Victorian theatre in Cork, is celebrating 120 years of entertainment with 12 special anniversary shows this year.

Shane Casey is from Cork and stars in The Young Offenders, in cinemas from tomorrow, September 16. He has also been touring with God Bless The Child, finishing its current run tonight at the Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire.

Dungourney (Cork) 1-17 Fenor (Waterford) 0-8: A classy second-half goal from Dungourney corner-forward Jack Griffin was the spark the East Cork club needed to claim control of this Munster junior club hurling final yesterday in Mallow.

Dungourney 1-21 Cloughduv 0-11: Dungourney are the Cork junior hurling champions for the first time in their history after a fully-merited 13-point victory at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

Dungourney 1-23 St Ita’s 2-12 (East Cork JAHC final): The Jamesey Kelleher Cup travelled home to Dungourney on Saturday after the men in the gold sashes demolished St Ita’s hopes of a fairytale ending to a first Junior A decider in their 114-year history.

A stolen car was driven at high speed though Cork suburbs in rush-hour traffic, crossing to the wrong side of the road, mounting a footpath where families were walking, and later ramming a Garda car.

CORK actor Ciaran Bermingham’s unique selling point is that he is “a small, chubby, balding guy. There’s not many actors like me around”.

Three of Frank O’Connor’s stories have been combined for the stage, writes Colette Sheridan

Love, Peace and Robbery

CORK actor Aidan O’Hare’s year is off to a good start with the return of the hit play Love, Peace and Robbery in which he stars. It opens at the Everyman this evening and runs for a week.

Live Music: Philip Chevron Testimonial, The Olympia, Dublin

A fast-moving contemporary tale that promises to have audiences at the edge of their seats is opening tonight in Cork.

Wexford 2-21 Antrim 1-12

The steep slopes by Carriganore, on the way into Waterford city, are an odd place to recognise the end of your sporting career.

Liam Heylin’s comedic crime caper gets a new airing at Cork Arts Theatre this month. Colette Sheridan talks to actor Aidan O’Hare

Cork showed good character in coming from behind to beat Waterford.

There are two very good reasons why Cork can count themselves lucky to be in an All-Ireland semi-final today.

Waterford hurlers suffered a massive pre-championship blow with the news Pauric Mahony has been ruled out for the entire campaign.

The opening round of group games in the Waterford SHC dominate the GAA scene in the Déise this weekend, with four of the six scheduled ties set to go ahead in doubleheader programmes at Dungarvan’s Fraher Field.

Waterford were worthy winners of this senior hurling challenge at Fraher Field, Dungarvan on Saturday night to mark the official switch-on of the venue’s new floodlighting system by GAA president Christy Cooney.

TODAY

Waterford 1-17 Galway 1-16

A WIN for Waterford, but a redemption of sorts for the Model County men in Wexford Park.

Wexford 0-12 Waterford 1-11

Waterford 3-16 Dublin 2-19, Walsh Park

A MORE mature and experienced Waterford side deservedly retained their Waterford Crystal senior hurling tournament trophy in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

The Cork hurlers beat a student side for the second week running, overcoming the challenge of a well-organised UL outfit at Pairc Ui Rinn.

SECOND-HALF goals from substitutes Noel McGrath and Patrick Maher proved decisive as Tipperary defeated Munster finalists Waterford by five points in a keenly-contested senior hurling challenge at Semple Stadium last night.

IN a game that provided plenty of food for thought for manager Davy Fitzgerald, Waterford turned in a substandard performance in going under to Wexford in a senior hurling challenge to mark the official opening of new dressing rooms for the Brickey Rangers club outside Dungarvan last night.

DAVID CUNNINGHAM, Glen Rovers, takes over the full back slot left vacant by the injury to Eoin Cadogan for Cork’s last game in the preliminary rounds of the Allianz NHL against Galway at Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

GAA chiefs yesterday clarified an issue relating to the mandatory wearing of helmets at senior inter-county level which arose in Sunday’s Kehoe Cup match between Roscommon and Wicklow, by insisting helmets have to be worn at all times during games.

The Waterford hurlers got their 2010 campaign off to a winning start as they ran out comfortable 1-26 to 1-11 winners over Cork IT.

Davy Fitzgerald has made two changes to his side ahead of Sunday’s semi-final meeting against Kilkenny at Croke Park.