A winning margin of 20.4 seconds by Monaghan’s Sam Moffett and co-driver James O’Reilly (Ford Fiesta R5) in the Crafted Fitted Furniture Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally, masks a tremendous battle with fellow countyman Barry McKenna and his Wexford co-driver Andy Hayes (Ford Fiesta R5) that wasn’t resolved until the penultimate stage.

There is light at the end of the tunnel for a drought-stricken village and for a community where women have had their hair turned green by the water supply.

David Murphy and Arthur McDonagh contest next Sunday’s Munster senior final at Grenagh.

Deora Dé in Bweeng, Co Cork, is full of visual quirks, appeal, and art — it’s an upgraded, once-modest cottage B

Viewings are being held 3-7pm most days and this weekend in particular.

Antrim’s Desi Henry (Skoda Fabia R5) and his Millstreet co-driver Liam Moynihan netted their second win in this season’s Valvoline National Forest Rally Championship as they cruised to victory in the Mallow based Crafted Furniture & Joinery Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally, the fourth round of the series.

A ‘Good Samaritan’ who stopped to assist a man on the side of the road could not have known that he was on bail for armed robbery and high on drugs — he responded to the woman’s offer of help by pulling out a screwdriver and hijacking her car.

A woman who stopped to assist a man on the side of the road was the victim of a hijacking and yesterday the sentencing judge said the case was too serious to impose sentence without giving it further consideration.

They marched in their hundreds, retracing the footsteps of the volunteers who took to the roads of Co Cork on Easter Sunday 1916.

The State’s 100th anniversary commemoration of the 1916 Rising takes place at the graveside of the 14 executed insurrection leaders at Arbour Hill, Dublin, tomorrow.

Killian Kingston won the Mother Hegarty Cup final at Lyre where he beat defending champion Edmond Sexton in the last throw.

Reclusive Irish twin brothers who died within weeks of each other in London are to be buried separately.

You might go a bit adrift, on a first trip at least, out to Ballyglass, Grenagh to this dormer home up for sale, but as any local will tell you, the roads quickly become very familiar.

AFTER Macroom, the biggest numbers to mobilise in Cork on Easter Sunday gathered at Bweeng, between Blarney and Mallow.

Despite being cleared of any dereliction of duty, the failure of the Cork Brigade to take part in the rebellion weighed heavily on the minds of Tomás MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney, writes Gerry White

Today is the perfect day to take advantage of the quiet roads and pedal your way along some of Munster’s best cycling routes, says Dan MacCarthy

Like many other prisoners after the Rising, Diarmuid Lynch had to have correspondence to family and loved ones smuggled out of prisons and military barracks.

Reclusive elderly twin brothers from Cork, who were facing burial in a pauper’s grave after dying alone in London, could be brought home for a dignified funeral after a cousin came forward.

The last time a Bweeng house development featured in these page was August 2006, when a 46-unit scheme was launched, one of three in the location back then being touted as a commuter location for Cork city, though it’s 30 kilometres distant.

Latest: 23-year-old Vincent Morey - who is originally from Gurranabraher but has been living in Bweeng, appeared in court this morning and was remanded in custody for a week.

A woman who offered a man a lift was held at knifepoint before her car was hijacked.

Éamon Bowen secured the last semi-final place in the Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads with a clear win over Aidan Murphy in the Mick Barry Cup final at Ballincurrig on Sunday.

Children in a community with strong links to the Irish Volunteers in Easter 1916 were among the first in Cork to receive the national flag from Defence Forces personnel.

A lament to Thomas Kent, the displaying of an anchor from gun-running ship SS Aud, and re-enactments of marching Volunteers are among more than 300 events and projects being planned in Cork for next year’s 1916 centenary commemorations.

More than 240 families renting council houses in North Cork will be feeling a lot cosier this winter following the announcement that insulation and draft-proofing works are to start on their homes.

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

Gary Daly and Séamus Sexton secured places in the Munster senior championship quarter-final draw at the weekend and Éamon Bowen Jnr revived his hopes with a brilliant show against James Buckley, writes Séamus Ó Tuama.

Martin Coppinger opened the 2015 Munster senior championship with a bowl of odds win over Séamus Sexton at Clondrohid.

Gardaí believe more than one person was responsible for the violent death of a north Cork man and that they must have used some form of transport to get to and from his isolated home.

Gardaí have confirmed there was foul play involved in the death of a man in north Cork at the weekend.

Gardaí are still officially treating as “suspicious” the death of a 36-year-old man in Co Cork who dabbled in drugs, but it is likely to be only a matter of time before they upgrade the case to a murder inquiry.

The owner of a car crashed and abandoned in Bweeng, Mallow, Co Cork, made a statement to gardaí that his car had been stolen on the night. Yesterday, he pleaded guilty to a charge of making a false report.

Armagh bowlers had a double in the Mick Barry Cup when Thomas Mackle beat Christy Mullins and Bryan O’Reilly beat Trevor O’Meara at Ballincurrig on Sunday.

Following last weekend’s All-Ireland series in Armagh the 13 premier titles of 2014 have been decided with Ulster ending the series on seven wins to Munster’s six.

Séamus Sexton and Willie O’Donovan will contest what promises to be an exceptional Munster intermediate final at Jagoes Mills on Sunday.

Fiddane, Mallow €549,000

The clash of Martin Coppinger and David Murphy in Sunday’s Munster senior semi-final at Ballygurteen has quickly shifted bowling fans’ attention towards next month’s second All-Ireland series in Port Mór-Blackwatertown.

Donal Riordan and William O’Driscoll had good wins in the Munster intermediate championship, beating brothers Anthony and Noel Gould respectively.