Cases arising out of a spate of thefts of full kegs of beer from pubs around Cork City during the summer of 2013 were heard in court yesterday.

NO alarms and no surprises in Conor Counihan’s post-match press conference.

SENSUAL, gritty, raw, real — you could literally smell the soul in Counihan’s pub where Mary Stokes, arguably Ireland’s best blues singer, took to the stage several times over the weekend in a traditional series of free gigs as part of the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival.