This isn’t a retirement statement per se. Writing this started off as my way of coping with GAA retirement. It was my way of expressing my emotions to myself. But I realised pretty quickly that there were some pretty important messages worth sharing, says Michael Sheehan.

Martin Coppinger beat Gary Daly by almost a bowl at Glanworth in preparation for his meeting with David Murphy in the RNLI benefit at Castletownbere.

Gardaí in Cork are investigating three armed raids this morning.

Gavin Twohig beat Éamon Bowen by almost a bowl in the first round of the Munster senior championship in driving rain at Templemartin on Monday.

Gary Daly bowled well at Fermoy to take the first win of the 2017 Munster senior championship at the expense of James Buckley.

When is a tree house not a tree house? When it’s a play tower, says Rose Martin, who went to the village of Glanworth to see what you can do when you don’t have a tree to hang a house on top.

Michael Harrington beat Seán Murphy by two bowls at Shannonvale to advance to the Munster Intermediate quarter-final.

Nicholas Carey secured the first win of the 2017 Munster Intermediate championship after a strong finish against PJ Cooney at Ballincurrig.

A county councillor is in the doghouse with some of his female colleagues following a suggestion that Men’s Sheds could be shared — with women.

Gardaí are hunting for a Waterford gang responsible for a spate of burglaries in Cork, writes Ann Murphy of the Evening Echo.

Almost €4 million was transacted in a Cork-based property auction, with 15 of 25 lots selling under the hammer, at an inaugural DTZ/Sherry FitzGerald southern auction with a further DTZ commercial property auction due with 15 more lots, on July 27 in Dublin.

Gavin Twohig bowled well at the Marsh Road to secure his place in the 2016 Munster intermediate final at the expense of Donal Riordan.

Over €5 million could be netted from the sale by auction next month of more than 25 mixed lots in a DTZ/Sherry FitzGerald auction that includes a former city pub, a former suburban Douglas shop, and bundles of apartments, aimed primarily at investors.

A key figure before the Rising, Thomas Hunter is hardly known outside his native north Cork, reports Niall Murray

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Glowing tributes were paid to Michael John Shinnick at his funeral in Glanworth, Co Cork yesterday.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Willie Duggan has been on the Mitchelstown CBS staff since 1982 and, with over 30 years of service in the classroom and in promoting GAA amongst the school’s small student populace, today marks CBS’s biggest day in sport– its inaugural appearance in an All Ireland colleges final.

How this week 100 years ago was spent by the men and women behind the Rising

The remaining six Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-final spots will be decided this afternoon, with the final round of group games across the province.

With 20 titles, St Brendan’s College’s position at the top of the Corn Uí Mhuirí roll of honour is assured for a while yet.

The victim of a violent burglary has been left in such fear that he now goes to bed with a hurley by his side.

A Corkman who has never run a high-altitude marathon in his life will attempt one of the world’s most gruelling ones in the Himalayas next month in an effort to raise money for the victims of last April’s Nepal earthquake.

Two separate investigations are under way following the death of a young man in a tractor accident in North Cork early yesterday.

A man has been killed in a road accident in Co Cork shortly after midnight.

Fianna Fáil has avoided a Milliband-type moment after a candidate decided to withdraw from a selection convention contest where he was to be pitted against his brother.

Conor McGuigan beat All-Ireland champion Aidan Murphy by almost a bowl in the final of the Joe McVeigh Cup on Sunday, the feature event of the Ból-Fada festival on the Markethill Road near Keady, Co. Armagh. 

Kian Anthony Bourke, who weighed in at 3.31kg, became the first baby arrival in Ireland for 2015, popping into the world just four seconds after midnight.

A truck driver’s decision to pass a cyclist on a bad stretch of road, at a time when he knew his lorry was in bad condition, beggared belief, a judge said yesterday.

A truck driver has been jailed for three years for hitting a cyclist and leaving him paralysed in Co Cork.

Mitchelstown go into tonight’s Cork IFC clash with Billy Morgan in their corner, but with a big task ahead of them against their rural neighbours, Kildorrery.

A former 25-mile section of railway line which features a bridge made famous by the 1966 World War One film, Blue Max, could be opened as a walkway-cycleway.

A local election candidate has died unexpectedly, just a fortnight after launching his bid for a seat on Cork County Council.

Amongst his more familiar but less tactful friends, Donal Leahy is oft jokingly referred to as The Nearly Man. Mafi Magic and Two Excuses must accept their share of the blame for that.

Wayne Callanan is the Hughie Desmond Cup champion following an impressive two bowls of odds win over Seamus Sexton at Curraheen on Saturday.

Gardaí are planning to introduce a text messaging service to communities in North Cork which will aid them in the fight against crime.

Heartless thieves were yesterday branded “evil” after they robbed a grieving family just two days after burying their 14-year-old son.

A hurling helmet along with a model of a combine harvester and football boots were some of the offertory gifts presented at the requiem Mass of a popular 14-year-old who died after he fell from a tractor.

Independents and Sinn Féin are likely to be the biggest winners come next year’s local elections in Co Cork.