Over the next few years, we will find ourselves in a whirlwind of War of Independence centenary commemorations. It was a nationwide fight for freedom and here the rebel streets of Cork city heaved with revolution.

A judge has ordered that a psychological report be prepared on a 57-year-old Tipperary man who pleaded guilty to the attempted coercion of the former president of Muintir na Tíre, Martin Quinn.

“SAM is coming home,” that was the triumphant chant around Kerry, last night, as preparations were being made to welcome home the victorious All-Ireland football champions.

AS I was walking on Fr Matthew Street in Cork recently I once again came across a homeless man sleeping rough in appalling conditions.