Michael Creed From taste trails to Michelin Star restaurants, Cork ticks all the boxes, writes Minister Michael Creed

It’s tough being a Rose - spending hours in high-heels, posing for selfies at every turn, the constant smiling and waving, as the tour trundles towards Tralee.

Almost one in five primary school children were in classes of 30 or more last year, with six schools recorded as having classrooms with 40 or more pupils.

Gardaí are seeking help from the public in locating the whereabouts of 44-year-old Tim Dennehy who is missing from his home in Ballyhea, Charleville, Cork.

The battle between the junior hurling champions of the last two years went the way of 14-man Cloughduv in the first round of the Cork IHC at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

Munster GAA referees’ committee secretary John Sexton says a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of match officials must extend to club level.

Rapidly growing satellite town Carrigaline could be divided into two local election areas.

ITS membership of approximately 11,000 is drawn from Charleville, Ballyhea, Newtownshandrum, Ballagran and Effin, taking in parts of Co Cork and Co Limerick, but it seems few knew about the precarious state of Charleville Credit Union’s (CCU) finances.

Euromillions jackpot winner Dolores McNamara has collected €8,401 after taking a court case over a road traffic crash.

Ireland’s biggest ever Euromillions winner, Dolores McNamara is “heading down to the pub” today in her quest for justice over a road traffic accident.

Ailín Quinlan talks to two parents who are battling to raise funds to treat the multiple rare illnesses afflicting their little boy Fionn Barry

Friday, July 22

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

The fight will continue, said Ballyhea residents, as the North Cork village wrapped up five unbroken years of weekly Sunday protests against the bondholder bailouts yesterday.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Diarmuid O’Flynn still wants to burn bondholders, except now he aims to take his fight to the Dáil, writes Michael Clifford

Since Sunday March 2011, over four years ago, a small group of determined people have marched every week in protest at the imposition of private bank-debt on the Irish people.

There’s no sitting on the fence from Eamonn Sheehy; today’s Munster intermediate hurling final is “the biggest day” in Newcestown’s 56-year history.

This year’s Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver of the Year Award rests between the trio of Monaghan’s Josh Moffett, Killarney’s Rob Duggan and Omagh’s Patrick O’Brien, who successfully came through the interview process earlier this week.

Tralee’s Mercy Mounthawk staged a remarkable comeback to overcome Coláiste Choilm of Ballincollig by 2-16 to 3-10 in their Corn Uí Mhuirí Group D clash in Millstreet.

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne will begin the quest to make Corn Uí Mhuirí history today, but their opponents will be writing a new chapter of their own.

The man who led the ‘Ballyhea Says No’ campaign against paying the bondholders has announced he is to run in the general election as an Independent Alliance candidate in Cork North-West.

John Lennon and Yoko had a love for Ireland, buying an island off Co Mayo. His visits to the area caused a mighty stir as chef, Johnny Carroll tells Jonathan deBurca Butler

Ballyhea on the Cork-Limerick road near Charleville is a sort of ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ village, but it has risen to some stature thanks to its weekly ‘Ballyhea Says No’ public marches, rejecting the banking bailout terms.

Five men have now been arrested in connection with the violent death of a 36-year-old man in north Cork last February.

Cork defender Lorcan McLoughlin looks certain to miss Cork’s Munster Championship opener with Waterford after sustaining a suspected broken collarbone playing for his club Kanturk last night.

Eyes welled with tears in a packed congregation as two sisters lovingly embraced each other in front of their mother’s coffin yesterday.

Gifts presented at the altar for the Requiem Mass of Valerie Greaney signified the great loves of her life.

Michael and Valerie Greaney, who died in a murder-suicide, are to be laid to rest side by side after separate funerals.

The families of Michael and Valerie Greaney, who died as a result of a murder-suicide, have asked for donations to be made to a group which works with people who are considering suicide.

Water charge protesters have vowed to continue their campaign after the Government refused to abolish the levy following a massive rally in Dublin.

Diarmuid O’Flynn, founder of the ‘Ballyhea Says No’ protest movement, has been appointed parliamentary assistant to MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan.

Two youngsters, aged 17 and 15, evaded capture in a stolen car for nearly five hours speeding on roads around Cork City. They rammed a Garda car twice before being arrested.

Welcome to your Monday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

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On Monday evening last, The Bridge Bar, an institution in Ballyhea for a century, closed its doors.