Former All-Ireland winners John Cleary and Tony Davis believe Cork have nothing to lose heading into this year’s Super 8s on the back of a comprehensive victory over Laois.

A second tier championship is exactly where Cork senior footballers deserve to be at the moment, according to former defender Tony Davis.

Gardaí in Cork believe they have dismantled an organised car-theft gang which was behind a spate of incidents in the city and suburbs in recent months.

Gardaí arrested eight people involved in shoplifting incidents in Cork city over the weekend.

40 years after coaching a local minor combination to an historic first county title, John Fintan Daly is still fighting the good fight for football. At the weekend, Knocknagree celebrated their All-Ireland JFC success, but their manager’s not done yet, writes Tony Leen

Gardaí are investigating possible links between a gang arrested in Kildare and a spike in burglaries in Cork City.

Gardaí have issued a warning to businesses over an email scam involving false purchase orders.

Former Cork All-Ireland winner Tony Davis has expressed grave concerns about the social, emotional and professional development of young GAA players.

More than 20 years later, the 1994 Cork SFC final between Castlehaven and O’Donovan Rossa remains steeped in local lore.

The justice and data protection ministers have been asked to change data protection laws to help gardaí tackle shoplifting crime.

Gardaí are warning boat owners to protect their valuable outboard motors after a spate of thefts in the southwest by a highly professional gang, who it’s believed are smuggling them abroad for resale.

Kya de Longchamps looks at that first line of defence in home security — properly detailed windows and doors

Former Galway manager John McIntyre has predicted that his successor Anthony Cunningham is unlikely to remain in charge of the Tribesmen for much longer.

Elderly people are being warned to be vigilant for scam artists claiming to be post office or bank officials wanting to replace fraudulent notes mistakenly handed out to pensioners.

Gardaí are preparing to crunch crime data as a major tool in helping them deter and catch culprits in the future.

THE graphic scenes of Love/Hate on our TV screens every Sunday have gripped the nation. It’s close to the bone of what is happening in Ireland’s gangland. Cork Supt Barry McPolin and Crime Prevention Officer Sgt Tony Davis are the men charged with keeping an eye on Cork’s underworld.

Gardaí in Cork City are concerned about a spike in bicycle thefts, many of which people don’t bother to report even though some can be worth up to €1,500.

One of the best characters was Eamonn Coleman.

Gardaí are hoping to get a new database set up in Cork City which will help combat the rise in bicycle thefts.

Gardaí believe a 30% drop in shoplifting in Cork City centre can be credited to a new radio system being used by security personnel at a number of stores.

Cork dual star Eoin Cadogan faces a difficult choice the weekend after next — the Leeside hurlers face Offaly on July 7 in Páirc Uí Chaoimh while the next day, July 8, the Cork footballers face Clare in the Munster SFC final.

Joe Brolly insisted the GAA’s recent north-south divisive flashpoints have more to do with ignorance than racism.

Reigning champions Nemo Rangers put their City Division U21 football championship title on the line against rivals Douglas in tomorrow’s decider in Ballinlough at 11.30am.

MICHAEL MURPHY has branded some of the criticism of Donegal’s style of play as “disgraceful” and “disrespectful” and believes the county can take heart from the way Dublin claimed Sam Maguire on the back of similar reconstruction.

UNTAINTED is the word that springs to mind when it comes to Donal Vaughan.

CONTROVERSIAL GAA pundit Joe Brolly says he takes no pleasure from Cork’s defeat to Mayo in Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final.

THEY say you shouldn’t write anything online you wouldn’t like to see on the front page of the New York Times the next morning.

DONEGAL debutant Dermot Molloy’s first taste of championship football whetted the appetite before his summer was cut short.

I HAD a fair hand in Cork losing the 1993 All-Ireland final to Derry. It was a grim, dogged affair and everyone’s mood seemed to be as foul as the weather. Amid the niggle, I threw a left hook at Enda Gormley.

A SPECIAL panel of guests and experts will review the hurling and football championships on tomorrow night’s extended The Sunday Game (9.30pm).

Armagh will face Donegal in the opening round of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifiers, after the draw was made this evening live on RTE's Six One News.

CORK County Board chiefs last night warned that supporters who do not arrive in good time for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final replay between Cork and Kerry in Páirc Ui Chaoimh will not be guaranteed entry to the ground.

MONAGHAN midfielder Dick Clerkin has hailed Seamus McEnaney’s unorthodox decision to use his full-back in goals against Armagh on Sunday, describing it as a “masterstroke”.

THE year might have ended in disappointment for Cork, but the long-term prognosis is that football in the county has rarely been healthier.

THE last Corkman to lift the Sam Maguire Cup believes the Rebel county “have a massive chance” of bringing it back to the banks of the Lee after what it likely to be an epic encounter with Kerry tomorrow.

IT’S going to be a major talking point in GAA circles throughout the country – who was the best footballer who never won an All Ireland senior medal?

GARDAÍ are to mount a major campaign to tackle bogus tradesmen who are defrauding elderly people in Cork city out of tens of thousands of euro.

MANY Cork fans are angry about the role – and we do mean ‘role’, as in Hollywood films – of Kerry’s Aidan O’Mahony in getting Cork’s Donnacha O’Connor red carded on Sunday. Kerry ‘great’ Dara Ó Sé is criticised for his analysis of the incident on RTÉ’s ‘The Sunday Game’.

GARDAÍ are offering businesses in Cork city security checks following a 10% rise in burglaries in the first three months of this year.

Ballincollig's Brian Cotter will start for champions Cork in tomorrow night's Cadbury's Munster Under-21 football final against Waterford (Pairc Ui Rinn, throw-in 7.00pm).

Opel Ireland and the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) have linked up in an exciting new sponsorship to support GAA players.

GEORGIE FITZPATRICK was always a popular man in Kilkee. His easygoing manner and a phenomenal football service record for club and county is the type of stuff that gains you kudos in this part of West Clare.