Christmas holidays don’t come a whole lot better than the one recently enjoyed by John Ryan.

In 10 years time, one wonders where Munster will be drawing players from.

He may not have got the chance to do what he loves most and scrummaged against the Scots last week but just being on the pitch at Murrayfield making his Six Nations debut was a dream come true for John Ryan given the journey he has taken of late.

Tributes have been paid to a 21-year-old Corkman who drowned in a swimming pool, hours after jetting out to Spain on his first foreign holiday.

Thomas Mackle is Ulster senior champion following a last shot win over his uncle, Martin Toal, at Port Mór-Blackwatertown.

He’s been a hero in their eyes for decades — but now he’s got the award to prove it.

MUCKING about a farm is probably not how the British royal couple are spending the eve of their wedding, but for one Kate and William getting married today — wedding or no wedding — farming comes first.

ONE of the Government’s night-time rural bus services which was piloted in a handful of north Cork villages could be expanded across the region to combat rural isolation.

WITH more and more restrictions being put on development in metropolitan Cork, permission for one-off houses is difficult to achieve.

SEVERAL childcare providers in Cork City and county are to receive grants totalling €1.15m.