Aidan Murphy’s early season form continues to impress following his late surge to deny Martin Coppinger in the Willie Whelton Cup at Grange.

Fermoy bowlers Arthur McDonagh and Gary Daly scored a double in the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig in the race for a semi-final place in next month’s King of the Roads.

At Grenagh on Sunday, Kelly Mallon joined Gretta Cormican on the top of the national roll of honour with seven All-Ireland senior titles.

Tim Young gave a sensational display at Caheragh where he progressed to the Bill Barrett Cup final at the expense of Denis Wilmot.

Edmond Sexton opened his 2017 campaign with an impressive win over James O’Donovan in the first score in the renewal of the Dennis McGarry Cup at Whitechurch.

Martin Coppinger won the Noel Phair Cup at Shannonvale, ending James O’Donovan’s fantastic run of wins.

Latest: An internal family dispute is believed to have triggered a tense four-hour hostage stand-off on the northside of Cork city this morning which resulted in armed gardaí making a forced entry into a house and tasering a man.

Gurranabraher-based Jack Lyons, 71, is a former postman, busman and cohort of The Who. He is co-curating an exhibition on the Sir Henry’s venue for Cork City Library through August which will be on display from Saturday as part of Cork Heritage Week.

This three-bedroomed family home at 27 Sandown Crest, Togher, in Cork is located in a cul de sac estate near CUH. 

They were generous with gardens, back in the day when houses were built along CorkCity’s Cathedral Road, up above Shandon Street. 

Gary Daly kept his Munster championship dreams alive when he beat James Buckley with a huge last shot at Ballincurrig on Sunday in the last score of Pool C.

All-Ireland champion Martin Coppinger was awesome in the opening score of his title defence at Grange on Friday beating Brian Wilmot by three bowls of odds.

David Murphy is strong favourite to lift the first classic of 2013 when he contests the Caledonian Inn Joe McVeigh Cup at next weekend’s Ból-Fada festival on the Markethill Road near Keady, Co. Armagh.

Martin Coppinger was handed a difficult route to defend his Munster and All-Ireland senior titles at last Wednesday’s Munster championship draws.

It saddens me to write this letter, however, it involves a lot of ladies in Irish life today. Lately, we have been exposed to the horror stories of the Magdalene Sisters, especially in Cork, and how they treated young girls in their so-called convents.

John Creedon maintained his perfect record in 2013 when he beat Edmund Sexton by a bowl of odds at Baile Mhuirne on Sunday to complete an early season three-in-a-row.

Brian Wilmot beat Liam O’Sullivan by over a bowl in the Marsh Road final on Sunday.

This week street trend meets Tabitha Smith and Rebecca Cassidy, both from Cork.

JOHN CREEDON bowled well to beat Aidan Murphy and Eamon Bowen Jnr in the Kealkill Cup final on Sunday.

SEÁN MURPHY won the Ballinacurra Christmas Tournament by two bowls of odds after a powerful second half display saw him burn off the challenges of Wayne Calnan and Raymond Ryan respectively.

DAVID O’MAHONY beat David Hubbard by a bowl of odds in the Champy Deasy Cup final at Grange on Sunday.

World Champion Aidan Murphy hit pay dirt at Drimoleague on Saturday when he won the resumed Con Kelleher-Dan Hurley Cup final from what looked certain defeat and followed up with a convincing win over Martin Coppinger.

THOMAS BOYLE beat Olan Noonan by over a bowl of odds in the Sean Scanlon Cup at Donoughmore on Sunday, on a weekend where few fixtures survived the severe weather.

GARDAÍ are investigating two suspected arson attacks which occurred yesterday morning in Cork.

GARDAÍ are investigating a petrol bomb attack on a house in Cork city yesterday morning which resulted in a mother and daughter being taken to hospital.

Gardaí in Cork have released a man they were questioning about a stabbing in the city.

A man is in a critical condition after suffering multiple stab wounds during a row at an apartment complex on Cathedral road in Cork city last night.

JOHN O’ROURKE won the John Cronin Cup at Cloyne on Sunday where he beat Gary Daly and Ger Fitzpatrick.

THE flood crisis, which has left 18,000 households without water in Cork, has brought out the best and the worst in people.

THE no victory is truly remarkable when you consider that that all Dáil members except six or seven were in the yes camp.

THE 74-year-old whose remains were found in his home, with his hands and legs tied, may have been the victim of a robber or someone who bore a grudge against him.

A WOMAN found dead in her back garden by a son, possibly fell and suffered a heart attack while she hung out her washing, an inquest heard yesterday.

A MAN who broke his leg and couldn’t move around on his crutches died from a massive blood clot which formed under his cast due to deep vein thrombosis, an inquest heard yesterday.

A series of early morning arrests were made today as part of an investigation into money-laundering by Cork drug-dealers.

A NEW generation is in the ascendancy in Ulster following Eddie Carr's win over Michael Toal in last Sunday's senior semi-final at the Cathedral Road.