Heritage campaigners have backed calls for the fire-gutted remains of a listed Georgian villa to be taken into public ownership.

Last Saturday morning, Naomi Carroll left her home in Cratloe, Co. Clare and pointed the car in the direction of Cork, where her Harlequins team saw off Pembroke Wanderers 3-0 to keep their EY Hockey League title challenge alive.

This house is in walk-in condition, and within an easy walk of Douglas village’s services and shops and schools.

Bandon were again left to wonder what might have been after their hopes of EY Hockey League qualification were scuppered by Instonians.

Munster Hockey officials have again warned that the sport could grind to a halt in the province if key administration positions go unfilled.

Ashton and Catholic Institute will size each other up yet again in an overly familiar Munster Senior Cup semi-final clash at Rosbrien tomorrow (1pm).

THERE’s a good base to work with at the detached home 10, Grange Erin.

Pegasus were surprise winners of the women’s Irish Hockey League after edging out Leinster powerhouses UCD and Loreto at Grange Road.

Attic rooms have been created at 11 Frankfield, a detached early 1980s bungalow on a corner site, within a long-settled development up by Frankfield Golf Club, on the hills fringing Cork city and Douglas.

The fixture rows dogging Irish hockey have made their way to Munster after Ireland vice-captain Cliodhna Sargent waded into the debate. 

Irish Water contractors are in a stand-off with water charge protestors in Dublin.

Many roads are impassable this morning after torrential rain last night and two weather warnings remain in place.

UCC captain Fionn O’Leary hopes his side can be the ultimate spoilers as they make their Irish Hockey League debut at Instonians tomorrow.

Meteorologist Siobhan Ryan has offered some words of reassurance to revellers heading to the Longitude festival in a rainy Dublin today.

A 60-year-old man has appeared in court in Wexford in connection with a stabbing in New Ross on Thursday night.

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Two Lithuanians have been charged with the manslaughter of a UK father-of-two who was killed by a moving lorry after chasing robbers from his cash and carry store.

Check out this mid-terraced townhouse in a small development, Ballybrack Heights Tommy Barker reports

Gardaí have made two arrests as part the investigation into an armed robbery at a supermarket in Rathfarnham on May 16.

Julia O’Halloran made the crucial Irish Hockey League final intervention for Railway Union for the second year running as they saw off Loreto on sudden death penalties on a topsy-turvy finals day at Grange Road.

Cork Church of Ireland will be all out to prove to Irish coach Andrew Meredith their players deserve a better crack at international recognition as they take on YMCA in a vital Irish Hockey League clash at Serpentine Avenue tomorrow.

Two women and a man have been arrested over a spate of robberies.

Douglas, Cork €550,000

Munster swept the boards at the Irish Hockey Awards but it was again Ulster who tasted interpro glory over a breathless weekend in Dublin.

BISHOPSTOWN, CORK €335,000

A STUNNING 5-0 romp over Ulster proved the highlight of a thrilling ESB Electric Ireland Senior Women’s inter-provincials for Munster, as they annexed the title for the first time since 2003.

BANDON’S gut-wrenching loss to Three Rock Ladies was the only bit of bad news on a productive day for Munster women’s hockey in Irish competitions.

A health club supervisor has been given permission by the High Court to bring proceedings against the Equality Tribunal over its refusal to resume an investigation into her complaint that a less qualified male colleague was paid more and promoted ahead of her.

AN emphatic 5-1 Irish Trophy victory over last season’s quarter-finalists Catholic Institute kick-started UCC’s season in style at the Mardyke on Saturday.

WHEN two become three – or even more – it’s usually time to move house.

RACHAEL KOHLER believes any psychological scars from bygone days will not be a factor when her Cork Harlequins side meet Belfast powerhouses Pegasus in the semi-finals of the Irish Hockey League at Grange Road tomorrow (12.30pm).

IRELAND senior women’s coach Gene Muller has finally confirmed plans to centralise the team to Dublin from this October will go ahead.

CATHOLIC INSTITUTE will be keen to mark their centenary year in style as their men’s and women’s teams both contest the Munster Senior Cup finals on home turf at Rosbrien, Limerick today.

CORK HARLEQUINS will be keen to prove they are not a national force on the wane by making life difficult for holders Pembroke Wanderers as the second round of the men’s Irish Hockey League swings into action tomorrow.

UCC will bid to put off-field distractions behind them tomorrow when they lock horns with Belfast giants Pegasus in a game that has all the makings of a six-pointer in Pool B of the women’s Irish Hockey League.

GARDAÍ were zeroing in on the gang behind the Kilkenny tiger kidnapping last night and the criminal boss who is thought to have gone into hiding in his base in Dublin.

Gardaí in Kilkenny are investigating a tiger kidnapping involving a bank official and his family.

The winners of the Halloween Lotto Jackpot worth €8.5m have been revealed today.

There was one winner of last night's Lotto jackpot of €8.5m.

CORK HARLEQUINS andUCC got their ESB Irish Hockey League campaigns off to the perfect start as both picked up bonus-point wins on Saturday to lead the way after round one.

THE opening weekend of this season’s women’s ESB Irish Hockey League will have a distinctly local flavour to it on Leeside, where perennial rivals Cork Harlequins and Cork Church of Ireland will lock horns in Pool A tomorrow (Harlequin Park, 2pm).