PLEASE, please Willie run Benie Des Dieux in the Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham and give us the battle that will light up the festival.

Christmas shoppers have been warned to take extra steps to ensure they don't leave valuables in view of "travelling gangs" that are targeting vehicles, including those parked housing estates, in the rup-up to Christmas.

Attractively gable-fronted with a three-sided bay window and a mix of arched and dormer windows on its top floor, Number 3 Church Hill in Innishannon is a very modern property with a distinctively Victorian style appearance.

The West Cork ladies footballers had some difficulty in securing a pitch to train on last Wednesday evening. Four days out from their county senior final date with Mourneabbey, it was hardly an ideal scenario to arise.

The Munster woman scooped the €5.3m jackpot but her broadband was out on the night of the draw so she didn't check her ticket.

The jackpot was won last Saturday with a ticket sold in Innishannon, Co Cork.

Would-be buyers will be delighted at the return to market of this jewel by the sea, writes Tommy Barker.

The first Monday in September may not trip off the tongue the way the first Sunday did, but those in Mourneabbey in Cork last night will wax lyrical about that date for some time to come.

All roads lead to Cork for a host of inspiring gardening events this week. An acclaimed documentary that reveals how one of the world's most revolutionary landscape designers upends our conventional notions of nature, public space and beauty, will be screened in Nano Nagle Place, Cork, next Saturday, June 29, 2pm-5pm, admission free (www.eventbrite.ie)

With large crowds about to descend on Body & Soul, which is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary this weekend, Pat Fitzpatrick introduces five Boho types who come out of the woodwork every summer.

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Memories of regular sea crossings with her seriously ill husband lingered with Majella O’Neill Collins, the Sherkin artist whose work has been bought by George Clooney, writes

A superb second-half display from Kilworth - during which they outscored their opponents by 0-13 to 0-4 - comfortably advanced Shane Tobin’s charges to the third round of the Cork PIHC.

A teenager is in a critical condition and three others have been left seriously hurt after a collision between a car and a truck in Co Cork this afternoon.

A young mother disqualified from driving failed to stop at a Garda checkpoint and was pursued by a patrol car for 45 minutes from West Cork to Cork City while she was “stoned” from cannabis.

A man among a group caught in a vehicle in a church car park with a hammer and two large knives has been given an eight-month prison sentence.

Aidan Coleman has carved out a solid career since moving to England from Cork over a decade ago but it wasn’t until Paisley Park won the JLT Hurdle last December that he finally joined the Grade One club. Now the 30-year-old is hoping the Stayers’ Hurdle favourite can double his tally of Cheltenham Festival successes later this week

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Helen Kelleher visits a home near Innishannon which is architect-designed and finished to the highest standards

There were a number of flakes of silver paint on the road, indicating where the car driven by Sean Collins hit cyclist Stefan Cooper from behind.

There’s gallops on the strand, music in the air and heavenly gardens on display. And that’s just among some of the activities in West Cork this weekend.

is this Ireland`s tallest snowman?

"Victor's driving skills were amazing. There were lots of obstacles in his way. We passed dozens of crashed and abandoned cars. There is just no way I could have gotten home without him."

Trish Dromey reports on homes in Glanmire, Rathpeacon, Crossbarry, Glasheen.

Joe McNamee brings you the latest news from the Irish food world. 

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Cork PIHC Round 3: Valley Rovers 1-21 - Blarney 1-8: Cork panellist Chris O’Leary scored 12 points as Valley Rovers took victory last night in the first game in the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

With loads of space and stunning gardens, Brinny House is a rural paradise, writes Trish Dromey

Trish Dromey reports on a beautiful dwelling with attractive views of the Bandon Valley

The route of the first Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon to be staged on a Sunday has been tweaked to avoid clashing with morning Masses.

Tommy Barker reports on a rural, riverside and generously sized apartment on Kilmacsimon Quay.

A schoolboy who was sexually assaulted by a primary school teacher when he was nine years old has urged other sex abuse victims to come forward and reveal what happened to them.

A 77-year-old retired primary school teacher was jailed yesterday for a disgraceful breach of trust where he sexually abused a 9-year-old boy eight times in the early 1990s.

Linda Kenny tells Colette Sheridan about her upcoming singalong show of classic hymns.

Ask Audrey has been sorting out the people of Cork for years.