A 43-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the possession of child pornography after he was found with a copy of the first book to be banned here in almost two decades.

Douglas won by a single point in yesterday’s low-key Cork SFC first round at Páirc Uí Rinn. A repeat of the 2018 tie that went the way of Bishopstown, but this city derby never rose to any great heights and while the winners were the better team, they failed to capitalise with some really bad wides.

A High Court judge has ordered the winding up an Irish aviation leasing consulting company over the alleged non-payment of a multimillion-dollar loan owed in relation to the purchase of a luxury jet which the court heard was later used by former Indian Premier League boss Lalit Modi to fly around that country.

A High Court judge has ordered the winding up an Irish aviation leasing consulting company over the alleged non-payment of a multi-million dollar loan owed in relation to the purchase of a luxury jet which the court heard was later used by former Indian Premier League boss Lalit Modi to fly around that country.

John Young won the JJ Murphy Cup at Bauravilla following a brilliant contest with Jimmy O’Driscoll.

The Wild Atlantic Start-up Conference was held at the the University of Limerick last week. Kehlan Kirwan looks at the main talking points from a conference aiming to become the place for start-up convergence in the West.

A CORK city office investment comes for sale this week for €2.5 million, just as a law firm in Ireland’s Top 20 prepares to move into it.

C&S Blue Demons will face the might of Killester this afternoon in the first semi final of the Senior Men’s National Cup at Neptune Stadium.

After last week’s column with Shane McCarthy on growing a startup ecosystem in Limerick, Kehlan talks with Eoin Costello of Startup Ireland about the budget

This week, Kehlan Kirwan chats with Shane McCarthy from BlueChief Social. Shane is a rising star in the Mid-West startup scene. After the Startup Gathering last week he sat down to discuss startups, pipelines and Limerick.

Valley Rovers 1-14 Ballinhassig 0-15: The graph remains on an upward curve for Valley Rovers. Despite looking vulnerable earlier in the season, they delivered yet again in the Cork Premier IHC semi-final.

Carrigaline 1-6 Éire Óg 0-9: A magnificent long-range point four minutes into injury time by Daniel Goulding earned Éire Óg a second chance in a lively Cork Premier IFC semi-final at Brinny yesterday.

O’Donovan Rossa 2-11 Beara 0-8 (Cork SFC): If the outcome of this fourth-round clash was ever truly in doubt, then one sweeping passage of play on 41 minutes laid to rest all uncertainty.

Around 80 jobs are expected to be lost at Irish Pride — one of the country’s leading bakery businesses — despite it being rescued.

Cork 0-20 Limerick 0-18: The Cork intermediate team last night ensured at least one Munster hurling crown would reside on Leeside this summer – Ronan Dwane’s charges scoring a deserved two-point win over favourites Limerick.

SHC (Divisions/Colleges) second round, Duhallow v Carrigdhoun, Cloughuv, 8pm

Bantry Blues 2-8 Na Piarsaigh 0-6: Richard Harrington wore the look of a man who just had his shoulders relieved of a heavy load which had stubbornly sat there since the first Friday in May.

In this week’s article, Kehlan Kirwan looks at Start-up Weekend Limerick, which has become more than simply a 54-hour start-up event for developing new business ideas and is becoming part of an entrepreneurial movement    

Basketball: C & S Blue Demons 62 Moycullen 59: President’s Cup Final: Three-pointers from David Murphy and Shane McCarthy sealed a famous win for C & S Blue Demons over Moycullen in a magnificent President’s cup final.

A Munster senior title-winning hurler turned up at Ennis Garda Station last Christmas with his head bloodied and bruised after being struck by a beer glass and a stick.

The closure of the well-known sports pub co-owned by former rugby international Peter Clohessy coincided with a receiver being appointed to assets owned by the business, new documents show.

Dublin pensioners Martin and Violet Coyne were "illegally" evicted from the house they had rented for 15 years, a court has been told.

An elderly couple have been evicted from the home they were renting in Carpenterstown in west Dublin this morning.

Sarsfields 0-14 Carrigdhoun 0-11

A judge has refused to jail pensioners Martin and Violet Coyne, who faced prison for contempt of court by defying a judge’s order to have left their home by midnight on Tuesday.

Carrigdhoun 0-18 Carbery 1-12

Douglas 0-09 Newcestown 0-05

Cork SFC (Divisions/Colleges) preliminary round

Kerry, Cork, Cork IT and UL got off to winning starts as they claimed quarter-final wins in the McGrath Cup today.

St Finbarr’s 1-13 Ballinhassig 0-15

Ireland may be left with a large portion of the former Anglo Irish Bank’s loans even as sovereign wealth funds, private-equity funds, and banks circle the first assets for sale, said Kieran Wallace, joint liquidator of the failed lender.

Douglas 1-10 St Vincent’s 1-05

The first female sheriff in Ireland tells Dan Buckley she opposes positive discrimination

Blue Demons (Cork) 62 St Mary’s, Castleisland (Kerry) 47

Gavin Twohig brought his recent good form into 2013 with an impressive win over Arthur McDonagh in the Billy Molloy Cup at Whitechurch.

An interim examiner has been appointed to the five-star Ritz Carlton Hotel in the Powerscourt Estate in Co Wicklow.

Castletownbere 1-12 Éire Óg 0-13

Ballinhassig 1-19 Bandon 1-15

Ballinhassig 2-18 Inniscarra 0-9

Ballinhassig stormed into the last four of the Premier IHC on Saturday night after a terrific four-point victory over Ballyhea in Mallow.

Another belter of a match between these sides in Kilmichael on Saturday as Naomh Abán kicked a goal and two points in the dying embers of the Cork Premier IFC fourth round replay to win by one.