Two men have been jailed in connection with the "execution" of Aidan "The Beast" O'Driscoll, who was killed on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit as part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA.

Father Fintan Gavin, 53, will become the fourth bishop to be appointed by the Vatican to join the Diocese of Cork and Ross, since it was formed in 1958.

Aidan 'The Beast' O'Driscoll was "executed" on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit that was part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Cork hurling selector Donal O’Mahony and John Meyler go back quite a bit.

Having lit the fire for a taste revolution in Ireland, Cork start-up Rebel Chilli is now exporting fresh hot chilli sauces to both Dubai and the UK.

From modh choinníollach to Mandarin Chinese — Gaelscoil pupils are about to wrap their tongues around the world’s most spoken language.

A PHOTGRAPH from the Irish Examiner archives is instructive. Sean O’Gorman, Ger Cunningham, Brendan O’Sullivan, Denis Walsh and Canon Michael O’Brien stand on the steps of the Hogan Stand amidst a sea of red and white, apart from Walsh who wears Galway maroon. 

The sporting community in Cork and beyond turned out in force yesterday to honour the memory of renowned hurling coach Archdeacon Michael O’Brien, whose funeral took place in his native Innishannon following Mass in St Mary’s Church yesterday.

All-Ireland winning coach Archdeacon Michael O’Brien, whose death occurred Friday after a long illness, was described by Cork secretary Frank Murphy as ‘a wonderful priest deeply devoted to his calling’ and a man with ‘very special talents’ in the management of teams at a variety of levels.

Joe Walsh, the former agriculture minister who was acclaimed as being equally at home in the parish hall or in the gilded buildings of Brussels, was laid to rest yesterday.

Joe Walsh, the former Agriculture Minister who was acclaimed as being equally at home in the parish hall or in the gilded buildings of Brussells, was laid to rest today.

The Bishop of Cork and Ross has confirmed his intention to submit his letter of resignation to the Pope within two weeks.

Indepth data reveals the truth about the second largest city in the State, writes Noel Baker.

Size: 133 sq m (1,425 sq ft)

Only 5% or 6% of adults in the Knocknaheeny and Churchfield areas of Cork City have college degrees and one in three in some parts of the northside have only been educated to primary level.

The trustees of Cork’s northside primary schools have been urged to consult properly before making any new proposals to deal with enrolment issues in the area.

The trustees of a Cork city school whose management and parents oppose plans to close it are being asked to explain their proposal to TDs and senators next month.

Parents at the second of two Cork city primary schools proposed for amalgamation have voted unanimously against the move.

The Department of Education has not been approached about reform plans for four northside Cork schools that include closing the North Monastery primary school.

Parents of pupils at Cork’s North Monastery primary school have vowed to chain themselves to the gates as they insist plans to move the boys into a merger with a nearby convent school will not go ahead.

The proposed merger of two of Cork’s oldest primary schools is causing controversy on the city’s northside.

The President unveiled a striking sculpture on the grounds of one of the country’s most famous secondary schools yesterday to mark the 125th anniversary of its foundation.

A former farm manager will be tending to new flocks after becoming the first Catholic priest ordained in the Diocese of Cork and Ross for two years.

He was apprehensive, he says now.

Blackrock and Glen Rovers, two of hurling’s biggest club names in the country, will battle each other to avoid relegation from the senior grade if they lose their championship games tonight.

A bid by two men, who claimed they were “stitched up” by gardaí, to have their appeal against their convictions for the possession of heroin worth €43,000 heard by the Supreme Court has been dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

A five-year-old boy could have been blinded and seriously disfigured if a package containing an incendiary device had ignited after it was delivered to a family home, according to gardaí.

The Army Bomb Disposal Team has made safe a quantity of unstable chemicals in Cork City.

You think you know Bill O’Herlihy. He’s like that inoffensive ornament on the living room mantel that blends in against a beige wall. The background noise you’ve got used to.

Owen O’Callaghan is one of the few property developers who is still trading successfully five years after the property market first fell off a cliff.

THE mother of former garda Daniel Hickey spoke in court yesterday of how the family have always been proud of her son, who is the second of five children.

An appeal brought by two men who claimed they were “stitched up” by gardaí for the possession of heroin worth €43,000 in a wooded area in Co Cork more than two years ago has been dismissed this morning by the Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA).

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of two men who claim they were “stitched up” by gardaí for the possession of heroin worth €43,000 in a wooded area in Co Cork over two years ago.

TIM HORGAN told us to crack open the Catcher in the Rye.

PROVIDING round-the-clock armed protection to witnesses in gang trials is putting a serious strain on Garda resources, Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said yesterday as he revealed police were targeting 15 major gangs countrywide.

A DEVELOPER driving a bishop’s multi-million plan to transform a former diocesan college into a training and educational campus has slated the city’s plans for the site.

By expressing admiration for interviewers who listen and develop conversations, Bill O’Herlihy might have been talking about himself. The TV Personality of the Year spoke to Michael Moynihan.

A RARE picture of Eamon de Valera in unfamiliar garb while visiting the Great Blasket in 1947 is one of the fascinating photographs in a new book that gives insights into life in other days in the Dingle Peninsula.

PROFESSOR Michael Murphy will become president of University College Cork on February 1 next, following his appointment by the governing body yesterday.

ONE of Ireland’s biggest property developers was given a blank sheet yesterday to draw up plans for a Cork secondary school which closed this year.

MOST Reverend John Buckley, Bishop of Cork and Ross, has announced a number of changes to appointments of priests in the diocese.