UCC Demons produced a display of champagne basketball to surprise Griffith College Swords Thunder in the Men’s Super League on Saturday night.

Cork-born poet, Liam Ó Muirthile, was inspired by his journey along the Camino, writes Marjorie Brennan

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The new President of University College Cork, Professor Patrick O’Shea, has promised that the institution will "continue its rise among the great universities of the world" during his tenure.

Taking over today, Patrick O’Shea discusses student funding, the arts and science, and how UCC benefits the community. He talks to Education Correspondent Niall Murray.

The Cork-born head of research at a United States university is to become president of University College Cork (UCC) next February.

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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.

Tommy Barker says No 14 Frankfield Villas has three bedrooms, views of hills and sports fields, and scope at the rear for play or gardening.

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An initiative aimed at reviving colleges hurling in Cork city is being spearheaded by Leeside GAA legends.

Exceptional 800m running proved the highlight of the first day’s South Munster Schools’ Track & Field which took place in sunny conditions at Cork IT track.

Two young men lost their lives in separate accidents over the Easter weekend.

Veteran broadcast journalist PJ Coogan is set to go head-to-head with his former colleague Neil Prendeville after he was appointed the permanent host of Cork’s 96FM’s flagship talk show.

I try to keep a positive mental attitude and to stay around positive people.

Coaches and teachers who have helped Rob Heffernan since he was a boy paid tribute to an athlete who started out in Togher and went all the way to the top of the world.

“Professional sport is funny, because it’s a business, but if you refer to it as a business you can strike the wrong note.”

ONE of the world’s most acclaimed set and costume designers, Corkman Bob Crowley was a mere five-time Tony Award winner before he signed up to design Once.

“The climate is always right for a good show about consumer rights.”

“LEARNING is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” That is the Chinese proverb adopted as its motto by St Aloysius’ College in Carrigtwohill, Cork.

HE never planned on straying too far from Nemo. Ephie Fitzgerald’s football roots are with the aristocrats of the Cork club game, his playing days spent kicking ball in Capwell and when the time came to hang up the boots, he moved seamlessly into management.

CHRIS MINTERN (Coláiste Chríost Rí) warmed up for next weekend’s attempt to win the national triathlon title in Fingal by winning the intermediate 3,000m title at the opening session of the South Munster Schools track and field championships at the CIT track in Bishopstown yesterday.

THE President described a community group supporting thousands of people across the northside of Cork city for three decades as a “remarkable story of care”.

TOP marks in the Junior Cert went to Cork, which has claimed five of the eight students with 12 or more higher level As in their exams this year.

THE ownership of eight Presentation Brothers’ schools has been taken over by a board of lay trustees. They include seven Cork schools.

A PRINCE is expected to visit a Cork school next year which his mother, the late Princess Grace of Monaco, helped nearly 50 years ago.

SPORTS competitions for second-level schools look set to be abandoned because of education cuts to substitution budgets, despite a partial U-turn on the issue by Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe before Christmas.

MORE than 80 students celebrated top marks with at least 11 As in their Junior Certificate results.

STUDENTS never know when their number will come up in the lottery that is the Leaving Certificate’s second mathematics’ paper.

LAST year’s winner Craig Murphy did not compete but Douglas CS kept the senior boys’ individual title thanks to an impressive performance from Richard Quirke at the South Munster Schools cross-country championships hosted by Midleton CBS yesterday.

THERE were few complaints from Cork students after yesterday’s first instalment of Irish in both State examinations.

A year ago, few had heard of Paul Galvin. Now, the Kerry Allstar is facing a new set of challenges. He spoke to Jim O'Sullivan.

TOMORROW will be a crucial day for many schools competing in the Irish Examiner Dr Harty Cup.

IT may be a little pricey for a starter home, but 83, Capwell Road is neat, well-maintained and just a walk from the city. Most importantly, it has valuable parking for two cars.