THE diary: Before there was the social media void to shout into, you kept your thoughts to yourself and to a few others close by.

From young people stoned “all day long” to life-changing health benefits — the pros and cons of cannabis are scrutinised in a probing TG4 documentary due to air tomorrow night.

John Allen remains the last Cork hurling manager to win the All-Ireland — and the last Limerick manager to win the Munster Championship, yet his achievements and methods have tended to be underestimated.

Vera Twomey is terrified her daughter will revert to a life of “suffering and seizures” if the State continues to refuse to reimburse transformative cannabis oil treatments.

An isolated 54-year-old man caught with over €13,000 worth of cannabis at his home in Coachford was planning to draw cannabis oil from his plants for medicinal use.

Having worked as an estate agent in the vast expanse of Texas, there was no way the woman of this house was ever going to build small, or put up with pokey rooms, when she returned to her native Cork, writes Tommy Barker. 

Hundreds of supporters of the legalisation of medicinal cannabis will descend on Dáil Éireann this evening, writes Robert McNamara of The Evening Echo.

An expert group is to devise guidelines to provide clarity for doctors and patients on the safe use of cannabinoid derivatives to treat people with severe epilepsy at a time when debate on its merits is high on the political agenda.

A mother who has walked over 200kms from Cork and Dublin in a desperate bid to secure medicinal cannabis for her seriously ill daughter has vowed this evening to camp outside the Dáil until the law is changed.

Cork County Council was accused yesterday of adding insult to injury by alleging contributory negligence by a workman who was killed during tree-felling in November 2012.

Health chiefs have been asked to give scientific advice on the medical use of cannabis to the Government.

What a impressive track.

Cork County Council appeared as a defendant in court yesterday in a health and safety prosecution arising out of the death of a workman during tree-felling more than two years ago.

Mesmerising. That’s really the only way that one could justifiably describe the performance of the Michael Winters-trained For Carmel at yesterday’s well-attended Muskerry Foxhounds point-to-point fixture on Jack Murphy’s farm at Aghabullogue as the towering bay hardly broke sweat on his initial career outing in the five-year-old geldings’ maiden.

Coachford, Cork €1.25 million

Cork IFC: Mitchelstown 2-15 Aghabullogue 2-10

Sq m 277 (2,970 sq ft)

CORK IFC FINAL:

Aghabullogue 0-12 Glanworth 1-06

Aghabullogue 1-19 Dromina 0-17

It may have well happened that those in attendance at yesterday’s Muskerry Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Birch Hill witnessed the successful debut of a potential top-notch performer for Eugene O’Sullivan’s Shanahan’s Turn left many racegoers searching for previously unused superlatives following his stunning victory in the first division of the five-year-old geldings’ maiden.

Clonmel hotelier John Nallen has experienced a terrific run of success with his charges in point-to-points this season and the owner/trainer struck once more with newcomer Minella Friend in the four-year-old geldings’ maiden at yesterday’s Killeady Harriers meeting at Dromahane.

Adrian Maguire seems to have a rich source of talent at his disposal this season and, following Up The Ante’s facile debut success at the Kildorrery point-to-point on Saturday, the Laharn Cross-based operator sent out Sego Success to oblige in ridiculously-easy fashion at yesterday’s Carbery Hunt meeting at Kilpatrick outside Bandon.

There was just one race meeting in this country yesterday and that was the Ballinaboola point-to-point fixture which took place under the auspices of the Wexford Foxhounds.

A father of one who was crushed by a tractor and trailer in a workplace accident will be laid to rest today.

As a mark of respect to an employee who was killed in a work accident, members of Cork County Council adjourned their meeting in County Hall yesterday after offering their sympathies to the deceased’s family.

Gardaí, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and Cork County Council are set to launch separate investigations after a worker died after being hit in the head by a pole which was felled by a digger.

I have yet to come across a farmer this year who has managed to make hay.

A strong showing immediately before and after half-time was key for Aghabullogue as they earned a place in the last 16 of the Cork County IFC at the expense of Cloyne at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

Tracton 0-21 Aghabullogue 1-12

A highly-competitive Muskerry derby at Macroom on Saturday went Canovee’s way, repeating last year’s first round win over neighbours Aghabullogue in booking their place in the next round of the Cork IFC.

THE clash between this year’s semi-finalists Carbery Rangers and 2009 champions Clonakilty is the highlight in the draw for the first round of next year’s Cork SFC.

A NUMBER of months ago, I wrote here on the subject of potholes, and in doing so, I kicked up a proper stink. I tore into those in authority, and left no stone unturned as I rampaged on about their failure in sorting out the crater-ridden tracks that are our rural roads.