Between leading Munster to a first European Cup a decade ago and assuming the head coach’s role with the province six years later, Anthony Foley was responsible for guiding Munster’s next generation as ‘A’ team head coach. In this 2011 interview, reproduced in full, he distils his ethos into one succinct sentence: ‘My influences are Shannon, Munster and Ireland.’

Almost €4 million was transacted in a Cork-based property auction, with 15 of 25 lots selling under the hammer, at an inaugural DTZ/Sherry FitzGerald southern auction with a further DTZ commercial property auction due with 15 more lots, on July 27 in Dublin.

Over €5 million could be netted from the sale by auction next month of more than 25 mixed lots in a DTZ/Sherry FitzGerald auction that includes a former city pub, a former suburban Douglas shop, and bundles of apartments, aimed primarily at investors.

The Rebel county is set to give the boys in green a huge Euro 2016 send-off at tonight’s international friendly against Belarus in Turner’s Cross.

MUSIC NEWS: Max Martin is Sweden’s greatest contribution to pop music since Abba, so it’s probably appropriate that some sort of Eurovision circle gets squared tomorrow when one of his songs is performed at the interval in Stockholm. 

Eoghan O’Sullivan shares the latest news from the world of showbiz

Since its inception 35 years ago, an event run by Cork Lions Club has raised more than €400,000 for various worthy causes.

A former sweet factory is destined to add new vibrancy to Limerick city centre, it emerged yesterday.

I DON’T think anyone was blowing kisses or throwing bouquets when JJ Hanrahan left Munster, writes Ronan O'Gara.

A man and woman have been hailed "heroes" after helping to rescue a woman on the River Shannon during terrible weather conditions last night.

It was butterbeers, firewhiskey and pumpkin juice all round as hundreds of UCC’s best witches and wizards attended the magical Yule Ball.

Here’s a quick summary of some of the events that you could go along to during the Startup Gathering in the coming week.

Gardaí in Cork are trying to establish if a Frenchman died as a result of an alleged attack in the city centre.

Auction action is set to gather pace in the coming two months, with agents DNG Creedon in Cork city entering the process with two multi-lot auctions in September and October.

THE director of Cork’s Underground Film Festival, Darren O’Mahony, says that while film-makers are delighted that there are three film festivals in Cork — not including the French Film Festival and the Fastnet Short Film Festival in Schull — it’s a lot of competition for limited funding sources.

Motorists have been warned to expect delays and consider diversions as one of Cork City’s busiest bridges closes for two months of maintenance from Monday.

A conference hosted this week by UCC will hear calls for certain fossil fuels to remain in the ground to limit future global warming.

The Irish Planning Institute has called on the Government to hire more professional planners to avoid planning delays and to ensure the State can capitalise on the fragile economic recovery.

Irish companies will benefit from Britain’s continued membership of the EU but it is too early to quantify the scale of the potential losses should it leave, according to the country’s export chief.

The next time you hear anyone moaning about the lack of prize money in racing then just refer them to February, 2015.

Chatting with Donal Lenihan at the Irish Examiner Ronan O’Gara Ruby Walsh Breakfast at the Clarion Hotel, Cork, O'Gara wondered if England kicker George Ford might prove a weakness Ireland can exploit in Sunday’s Six Nations clash.

Join us on irishexaminer.com tomorrow morning where Irish Examiner sports desk staff will be providing live updates as Ronan O’Gara and Ruby Walsh field a range of questions at the Irish Examiner Ronan O’Gara Ruby Walsh Breakfast in the Clarion Hotel in Cork.

The questions have been flooding in ahead of Friday’s Irish Examiner Breakfast. Here are 10 of the best for each of our guests.

A long-term homeless man has been given the best present of all this Christmas — a reunion with his family.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday heralded the turning of the sod on what will be the biggest office block ever constructed in Cork as an exceptional day for the city.

Two Dublin-based gardaí were last night cleared of assault charges at Limerick District Court.

We’ve all been in the dark at some point — fumbling for a light switch, a phone, or a door knob. But what if that darkness never went away?

The world’s largest international airline returns to Ireland this month, hosting Cabin Crew Open Days across the country.

The Underground Short Film Festival, which takes place in Cork from Saturday to August 16, will, for the first time in its four-year history, screen five feature films.

The body of a man who entered the River Shannon in Limerick city two days ago, sparking a major search, has been found.

They dubbed it “the almost impossible journey” — and it very nearly was.

Limerick women make great models due to their beauty and are far more stylish than women from Dublin or Cork, fashion queen Celia Holman Lee has said.

Cork is set to lead a national drive towards greater transport energy efficiency over the next decade.

A leading environmental campaigner has given her seal of approval to a plan to make safe a toxic dump in Cork harbour and transform it ito a public park.

Up to 60% of bank loans given out during the boom years do not have the correct documentation to enforce the security on which they were lent, according to Nick Leeson, the former rogue trader.

Economist Jim Power said that he is loath to challenge Professor Morgan Kelly but he can’t see why the European Central Bank would take a ‘big bang’ approach to Irish SME debt.

Plans for a major clean-up at a toxic dump in Cork harbour are to be the subject of a Bord Pleanála oral hearing.