The parents of a man who died while taking a shortcut through fields have thanked the volunteers who helped find his body.

Munster and Ireland legend Paul O’Connell is Danny Lynch’s favourite player, writes Sam Boland.

With everything from karate for kids to computers for the silver surfer, this year’s Cork Lifelong Learning Festival is fun, fascinating and — best of all — free.

Peter Cherrie hopes to emulate fellow Scot Tom McNulty and help Dundalk secure a league title.

SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Dundalk v Cork City Friday: Oriel Park, 7.45pm

It was all about the ballots early in the morning as weary count staff wrestled their way through just over 657,000, 16.5in ballot papers in the Ireland South count centre yesterday.

* Kanturk Flower and Garden Club will meet on Wednesday May 14 at 8.00pm with guest speaker Rachel Budd, Organic Horticulturalist. Everyone welcome, €5 with refreshments served.

Aspiring pole-dancers, poets, and photographers can take some free lessons during Cork’s Lifelong Learning Festival next week.

The critically acclaimed two-hander, Fred & Alice, is back on the road with a seven-week national touring grant from the Arts Council.

The long and sometimes rocky road to Hollywood began in simple schoolboy settings for actor Michael Fassbender, 36, nominated for an Oscar tomorrow night for his role in 12 Years a Slave.

Cork City Ballet’s artistic director, Alan Foley, recently announced a long-cherished ambition: a full-time dance college opening in Sept 2014.

The Government’s budget cuts to post-Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses make a mockery of commitments to tackle youth unemployment, a youth work organisation has claimed.

Hurling with the Barrs.

The education minister has signed off on the demotion of the principal of a Cork college following a disciplinary process.

Despite losing Arts Council funding, Cork City Ballet’s Alan Foley is refusing to give up on his dream, says Jo Kerrigan

Cork’s famous Shandon St was reopened last night after building inspectors gave the all-clear following a partial roof collapse.

AN art student has cried foul after teachers pulled part of her politically charged work about the role of bankers in the country’s economic doom and gloom.

THE build-up to Cork’s 30th jazz festival began yesterday with the first of a series of free public concerts designed to broaden its appeal.

THE good news for Munster rugby continues, with the Higher Education and Training Awards Council announcing yesterday that it has validated the Diploma in Professional Rugby run by Munster Rugby.

THE unsung heroes of Cork Fire Brigade proved their worth recently during the inferno at the Sunbeam plant in Blackpool.

TWO students have been given backstage passes to Slane by Lord Henry Mountcharles after completing a 200-mile charity walk.