Deora Dé in Bweeng, Co Cork, is full of visual quirks, appeal, and art — it’s an upgraded, once-modest cottage B

Considering that the average household has 17 part-used cans of paint lying about, a local authority is anxious to get them recycled so they can be used by charities and community groups.

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Ambassador UCC Glanmire will have an opportunity to regain outright leadership in the Women’s Super League when they travel to play reigning champions Liffey Celtics tomorrow.

Basketball is poised for its annual Cork extravaganza, as almost 500 players from across the country head south for the National Cup semi-finals weekend.

Connacht 15 Worcester Warriors 8: You suspect the more Kieran Keane settles into life in Galway the more he appreciates exactly what his predecessor Pat Lam achieved, not just with limited resources but the manner in which he got them to play in the difficult climatic conditions.

As many complaints about illegal dumping have been made this year to Cork County Council as were made in the whole of 2016.

Trish Dromey casts an eye over an elegant 1780 Co Cork home which has been restored and updated

Ambassador UCC Glanmire have been crowned regular season champions of the Women’s Super League following a comfortable 92-49 win over NUIG Mystics.

Garvey’s Tralee Warriors produced the performance of the weekend in the Men’s Super League.

It’s not €88m — but it’ll do nicely. Just days after Cork’s Euromillions jackpot hopes were dashed, a player from the Rebel city has scooped a €500,000 lotto jackpot, writes Eoin English.

It’s not €88m — but it’ll do nicely. The owner of a €1m winning ticket, which was sold in Cork City, has yet to claim the prize.

Tralee Warriors produced the shock of the weekend in the Men’s Super League, defeating UCD Marian on a night to remember at the Tralee Sports complex. 

Templeogue coach Mark Keenan hopes his team maintain their winning start to the Men’s Super League with victory over unbeaten UCD Marian on Sunday.

More than 11,000 cases of self-harm presented at hospitals in Ireland in 2014.

England 45 Ireland 21: Twenty-one points was enough to win each of the two previous World Rugby U20 Championship finals and only twice has a team scored more than that and lost, but you got the impression at the AJ Bell Stadium on Saturday evening that no matter what Ireland scored, England would nab more.

C & S UCC Demons completed their Men’s premier league campaign with a resounding 99-74 win over basement side Eanna at the Mardyke Arena yesterday.

Templeogue will be hoping to get back to winning ways in Basketball’s Men’s Superleague when they travel north to play Belfast Star tomorrow.

The Irish Aviation Authority has said it has been informally approached about drone-testing, which could open up the way for the future use of commercial drone delivery operations.

A white man suspected of killing nine people in a Bible study group at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, was arrested yesterday. Officials are investigating the attack as a hate crime.

Conor Meany of UCD Marian produced a season best for an Irish player in the Men’s Premier League when amassing 40 points in his team’s shock 97-86 win over Travelodge Swords Thunder.

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Killester were crowned Men’s Premier League champions after a comfortable 63-44 win over Bord Gais Neptune at Upper Glanmire yesterday.

Killester had little trouble accounting for Dublin rivals DCU Saints 84-71 in a disappointing game at Clontarf.

A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a student outside a dormitory at South Carolina State University, according to police.

Singleton’s Supervalu Brunell and Glanmire will contest the Women’s U18 National Cup final following semi-final wins over Meteors and WIT Wildcats, respectively.

Another man is suing the former Elmo puppeteer who resigned amid sex abuse allegations, claiming the voice actor befriended him in Miami and promised to be a father figure before flying the teenager to New York to have sex with him.

Showhouse in North Cork development gives viewers an idea how eight remaining houses on offer can look, writes Tommy Barker

Kilmacrane’s timber-frame, timber-clad design has a cosy Scandinavian feel on 15 private acres, says Tommy Barker

BORD Gáis Neptune coach Mark Scannell set his side a target of 80 points against defending champions 11890 Killester in yesterday’s Nivea for Men SuperLeague clash at Neptune Stadium and, while they did not achieve that, a close 73-72 victory was more than satisfactory.

Kilmurry 3-13 Scoil Eoin, Innishannon 4-3 (aet)

Director and producer John Singleton is suing Paramount Pictures and MTV Films for at least $20m, claiming fraud and breach of contract.

THE flood crisis, which has left 18,000 households without water in Cork, has brought out the best and the worst in people.

THE market might have peaked, but there’s an affordable period home on offer at Peake, Coachford, in Co Cork.

A Tesco customer who is being sued by a delivery driver claiming he injured his ankle on the man’s driveway today described the situation as “a disgrace”.

JULIA McFARLANE’S QC told the Law Lords earlier this year that she was entitled to £250,000 (€366,000) a year for life because she had put the “spadework” into her 16-year marriage to her husband Kenneth.

A football fan today admitted in court to racially abusing Birmingham striker Dwight Yorke.