The father and son killed in a horrific crash in Co. Offaly yesterday have been named locally as 29-year-old Vincent Rossi and his five-year-old son Sully.

Cork city’s Clancy’s bar is set to rise again, in time for its 195th birthday, part of a c€3.5/€4m total investment by its new consortium of owners.

Sully, service dog to George HW Bush has become somewhat of a viral sensation after a photograph was posted online of him lying next to the former US president's casket.

Damien Cahalane says Cork’s championship opener against Clare has “no relevance” ahead of the sides’ clash in Sunday’s Munster final.

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages.

If it’s All-Ireland final memories you’re looking for, Niall Healy has a plentiful supply. Regrets, too. Plenty of them.

Dónal Óg Cusack will be in the Clare dugout at the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh when the Banner take on Tipperary in the All-Ireland quarter-final, but he hasn’t yet set foot in the revamped stadium. 

A ninth birthday present of a go-kart has propelled Shanagarry’s Lucca Allen towards his ultimate dream – competing in Formula 1. 

The chance to have their own soup recipe to get selected for commercial production is on offer for teenagers who take up a challenge to grow their own vegetables.

Oscar night is nearly upon us and there have been a few surprises — and some apparent snubs — in the shortlist, says Esther McCarthy.

This isn't the first times a major awards show has been called out for a mistake.

"Would you be open to dating a 300-year-old ghost haunting a tap?"

A brewery in Kilkenny has come up with a hilarious Halloween prank to promote their revival of a beer set up 300 years ago in the city by ’Ghost Sully’.

Sharon Ní Chonchuir reports on ‘Give Peas a Chance’ — a competition that encourages workers to grow food at their desk and in turn get them to grow their own food at home

The Miracle on the Hudson is being tackled in a major new film starring Tom Hanks and directed by Clint Eastwood - and this is a first look.

More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the Cork Midsummer Festival, which features a diverse range of events from opera to comedy.

Uncharted 4 A Thief's End was recently delayed into May 2016, but it looks like it will definitely be worth the wait in the latest gameplay video.

Heedless/headless hurling

England’s Danny Willett set his sights on a place in the Ryder Cup after holding his nerve to win the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and take a massive step towards a place in the world’s top 10.

After his success on Misfits, writer Mike O’Leary turns his attention to Irish life, writes Padraic Killeen

Martin O’Sullivan was born in Sligo but lived and played his teenage rugby in Limerick with St Munchin’s College and Bohemians. 

Everyone’s been talking about tomorrow’s marriage equality referendum - even some of the birds on the Lough in Cork.

Des Woods has children older than some of the guys he’ll be racing against during the eight-day An Post Rás which rolls out of Dunboyne, Co. Meath on Sunday.

JUST a week to go to the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine May 15-17, there’s a mouthful! 

The eve of another cup final weekend and with it a sense of history about it for those of us steeped in Irish hoops, writes Kieran Shannon.

David Bridgwater was in the news for the right reasons at Plumpton yesterday when Bravo Riquet followed up a recent victory at the course in the TV Focus At timeform.com Handicap Chase.

Considering it is a hurling-only club, it’s interesting that oval balls have an influence at Sarsfields.

Granary Theatre, Cork

All the world’s a stage for playwright and journalist Liam Heylin, whose latest play, West for the Weekend, is about a lawyer with a gambling problem.

IF you are an old hurler, your Sunset Boulevard moment is picking out the jumper to go up to Dublin on All-Ireland weekend.

Former Cork hurling star Wayne Sherlock, right, believes the Rebels won’t suffer from a lack of experience due to the retirement of Brian Murphy.

By his own reckoning, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín was probably the least skilful hurler to ever put on a Cork jersey — but has there been a more dedicated person to wear it? “That’s what made me survive,” he suggests. Now with his life thoughts put to paper, he’s ready to reflect, without bitterness, without rancour. Anyone looking for sly digs won’t find them here.

NOBODY is quite sure when John Spillane began his residency in De Barra’s Folk Club in Clonakilty, West Cork.

Some of the leading lights of corporate twitterati gathered at UCC yesterday to discuss the most effective methods of representing a company in the networked world.

The Irish Examiner and Mediacontact.ie have joined forces with UCC to launch Cork’s inaugural Social Newsmaker conference.