John Sheehan is the Lord Mayor of Cork at a time of living dangerously.

"But I am most proud to be the husband of a nurse who, along with her colleagues in the HSE, will be on the frontline at the national effort against coronavirus."

Wexford showed all their class as they eased to a comfortable 14-point victory over a poor London outfit in this Division 4 game at Chadwicks Wexford Park.

A seven-year jail term was suspended today in the case against a Lithuanian man on condition that he would leave Ireland by midnight tomorrow.

After seeing off Down with ease last Sunday week, Ronan McCarthy has named five alterations to the Cork team to face Tipperary in Thurles on Saturday.

Trish Dromey gets the low-down on a spacious-rated home ideal for a professional couple.

No prosecution evidence was offered yesterday against a member of An Garda Síochána on a charge of forging a document.

The Division 3 table-toppers have made just two marks across their opening three league fixtures.

This game was watched by a crowd of 1,658 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Champions UCC left it late but Mark Coleman fired the winning point from a 65th minute sideline cut to set up a Fitzgibbon Cup final with IT Carlow on Wednesday next and deny hosts DCU.

Turns out Ciarán Sheehan was tempted to come home to Cork from Australia. While making his way with Carlton, in Aussie Rules football, the All-Ireland medallist kept up with Éire Óg’s performance in the intermediate ranks.

Arriving at a venue his players were unfamiliar with, to take on something of the unknown in Leitrim on heavy underfoot conditions, Ronan McCarthy knew this would enlighten him further on the attitude of his troops.

Cork this afternoon continued their winning start to life in Division 3, the visitors to Carrick-on-Shannon recording their second league victory to remain firmly in the hunt for promotion.

The spirit of murdered Lord Mayor of Cork, Tomás MacCurtain, was honoured last night as Cork officially embarked on its programme of 1920 commemorations.

Fionnuala MacCurtain said she feels humbled and honoured that tomorrow night’s event also marks the start of the city’s 1920 centenary commemorative events.

You won’t be astonished to learn that here was not one of those matches where the scoreline failed to tell the whole story.

A couple of important firsts for the Cork footballers on Saturday.

A strong third-quarter showing - during which the hosts outscored Offaly by 0-6 to 0-1 - ensured Cork made a winning start to life in Division 3 of the Allianz football league.

John Fogarty previews Division 3 of the Allianz Football League.

Never-say-die Dromid Pearses ended St Mary’s dominance of the South Kerry senior football championship with victory, after extra-time, in Saturday's replayed final.

A sensational display from Danny Neville helped Limerick to their first McGrath Cup in 15 years with a shock win over Cork.

Put aside momentarily the gulf in strength and game experience between the two sides in Tralee yesterday. Any cursory examination of what Cork started with, brought on, didn’t use — or have away on club duty with Nemo Rangers — would lead one to conclude there’s impressive depth and breadth to the Cork football squad as 2020 looms.

Luckless Nathan Walsh’s injury woes continued Sunday in Tralee as Cork pummelled Kerry’s Under 20’s in the McGrath Cup.

Cork football selector Seán Hayes believes that the returning Ciarán Sheehan will bring his influence to bear on and off the field.

A visit to a district court here by a delegation of judges from the Eastern European country shows the advantages and disadvantages of both structures, writes Noel Baker.

“He was the difference between the teams today,” declared an ecstatic St Mary’s coach, Dan Shanahan. “His puckouts were good and he hasn’t conceded a goal in four games.”

Ciaran Sheehan’s inclusion in the Cork senior footballers’ plans is “a win all day long”, according to manager Ronan McCarthy, who says the Éire Óg clubman has an “awful lot to offer”.

Ciarán Sheehan is back as part of the extended Cork senior football panel for the first time since 2013.

A worker with a grievance against his supervisor took inspiration from the “Unsolved Crimes” TV programme to import poison and apply it to the handle of the boss’s car, confiding in colleagues that it would kill him within 24 hours.

Three Irish brothers who died fighting for the Canadians in World War Two are to be commemorated in a special ceremony in Belgium today and plans are being drawn up to build a monument to them in their birthplace in Co Cork.

Nothing will ease the pain of a year in which two of The Script lost parents, but the band are still glad to have music as a constant in their lives, writes Ed Power

Dr Crokes will play East Kerry in next Sunday’s Kerry SFC final after getting the better of South Kerry in today’s semi-final replay.

Just five years on from winning the Cork IFC grade, Éire Óg are Premier IFC champions after edging past St Michael’s on a beautiful autumnal day in Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Dr Crokes and South Kerry will have to face off again next weekend after a Michael Potts’ goal in the second half of extra-time saved the defending champions’ blushes.

Detections for possession of drugs for sale or supply locally have increased 14% on last year, rising from 325 to 474, according to the latest local garda crime statistics.

Good police work involves gardaí using their own discretion, including “squaring” minor prosecutions for members of the public who gardaí may depend on when investigating more serious crimes, a former garda has claimed.

Kilworth will hope it can be a case of third time lucky against Fr O’Neills after they moved past Inniscarra in today’s Cork PIHC semi-final at Páirc Uí Rinn.