St Val’s will bid to win their fourth Cork SFC title — and a first for Cork senior star Brid Stack — this evening.

I won’t be alone among my peers in broadcasting, and indeed in the ranks of the many sports stars that he interviewed, in saying that Jimmy Magee moved easily from his status as hero of mine to becoming first a colleague and then a friend whose warmth, kindness, and good humour was as legendary as his memory, writes Tony O’Donoghue.

THIS is the story of a narcissistic man who has suffered a midlife crisis which drove him to kill his wife, Val.

Fiann Ó Nualláin says the Carlow Garden Festival has something for all interests

This self-published romantic novel shows bags of potential.

There won’t be another year like 2015 for Valerie Mulcahy. A 10th All-Ireland with Cork, an active role in historic legislation on marriage equality, her own nuptials and a tearful end of an outrageously successful union with Eamon Ryan. Beat that, 2016.

FBD League - Mayo 1-12 NUI Galway 1-10: Late frees from goalkeeper Rob Hennelly and Kevin McLoughlin helped new Mayo manager Stephen Rochford get off to a winning start against the students of NUI Galway in Castlebar.

Chairman of St Vincent’s and deputising for the Lord Mayor, Thomas Gould said: “Parents are looking up to people like you, I’ve 2 daughters aged 9 and 6 it is girls like you I’d like them to emulate.”

Here's what's on the box tonight.

Waterford-born singer and TV entertainer Val Doonican, who became a household name in Ireland and Britain, has died aged 88.

A landlord in Cork City has had his house ruined by a family who blocked all the toilets in his house and kept maggot-infested human faeces in black bags on the floor.

Firefly Online is a game which will let you do what Browncoats around the world have been dreaming of since 2002 - get into the 'verse created by Joss Whedon with you very own ship!

Cork Alpine and Hardy Plants Society present a talk by Val Bourne, the award-winning garden writer, last year’s “Journalist of the Year” at the UK Garden Media Guild Awards; photographer; lecturer and columnist for the Telegraph newspaper, on Thursday, Feb 26.

Stories are king in this darkly delightful tale from journalist David Whitehouse. His second novel (his first, Bed, was published in 2012), starts at the end.

Odds-on favourites Alelchi Inois and Most Peculiar provided champion trainer Willie Mullins and Paul Townend with a double in Galway last night.

With more food tours and trails in Ireland than ever, there’s never been a better excuse to eat your way through a short break, says Pól Ó Conghaile.

A Scottish football team are to be sponsored by a famous crime writer from next season.

Danny Dyer has been shortlisted for Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards.

The Dairy Milk chunk is gone. And the COFFEE one is back. Controversial.

Visitation Street

A 62nd minute point by Katie Cahill saw The Banner of Clare win their first ever Munster Senior Championship title.

St. Val’s 0-11 Inch Rovers 1-07

It was business as usual for Ruby Walsh in Ballinrobe last night as he triumphed on his only ride, Call Me Bubbles, for Willie Mullins, in the Tipperary Water Hurdle.

Frank Lampard may equal Bobby Tambling’s Chelsea scoring record today, but the bond between the Stamford Bridge legends will always be stronger than stats. Kieran Shannon spoke to the Cork-based striker about Lampard, Jimmy Greaves and the swinging sixties in West London.

Members of a 2,000-strong audience have expressed their shock after comedian Billy Connolly told an award-winning photographer she was “a fucking c**t”.

Meg Johnston was remembered with fondness and laughter yesterday but, once the music started, the chords and notes amplified the feelings of loss and grief at a young life cut short.

An Irish fisherman has stunned medics by surviving almost 30 minutes — without a survival suit — after falling overboard into one of the world’s coldest and most treacherous oceans.

Mary Murray tells Pádraic Killeen about Fishamble’s latest short form project

Hollywood star Val Kilmer is take a guest role in a one-off special of TV comedy 'Life’s Too Short'.

Classy mare Blazing Tempo registered her ninth career success and sparked a double for champion trainer Willie Mullins and owner Susannah Ricci when justifying even-money favouritism in the Irish Stallion Farms Mares Hurdle at Kilbeggan’s final meeting of 2012 last evening.

A group of 40 campaigners gathered outside the American embassy in London today to protest against the incarceration of a US Army private accused of leaking information to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks

On an afternoon when Galway Hurdle hero Rebel Fitz paraded after the second race, the veteran Tommy Treacy took the riding honours with a double at Cork yesterday.

A US man confessed in his obituary that he'd stolen a safe.

Visitors were treated to a show of top class horses at last Saturday’s Belgooly Show which required lengthy deliberations before the judges could name their supreme horse champion.

Cavan captain Padraic O’Reilly insists the players never voted to get rid of Val Andrews.

Cavan will appoint a successor to Val Andrews from within the county.

Cavan will appoint a successor to Val Andrews from within the county.