Monaghan’s Sam Moffett (Fiesta R5) and his Bandon co-driver Karl Atkinson won the Acesigns Cork “20” International Rally following a pulsating battle with Josh Moffett/Keith Moriarty (Fiesta R5).

The celebrities who strutted their stuff on the opening day of the national ploughing championships in Screggan, Tullamore, yesterday had plenty of competition from unexpected sources.

Da langers.

Forget hyper-realistic, graphic war games. Forget high-spec computers.

A small village in mid-Cork is set to host the biggest model display of its kind in the world to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

IN A WORLD where everyone of Roy Keane’s self-serving, confrontational utterances is treated as if it were a recently-discovered Heaney poem on the nature of egomania.

The ancient tradition of ‘sean-nós’ singing has struck a chord with teenagers in Co Cork according to an expert in what was a dying art.

A Co Cork artist’s work as portrayed in a new film by Macroom native Dónal Ó Céilleachair is a reminder to us all to slow down and enjoy life.

Cork County Council and Irish Water have issued a boil water notice to almost 80 parts of the county due to fears that the supply was contaminated during Wednesday’s storms.

IN 1976 a truck pulled to a stop in the sleepy rural village of Kilnamartyra in West Cork. In the truck, which had travelled thousands of miles from Sweden, were newly-weds Lars and Gunilla Edman — and some mould-making machines.

The sudden death of young Shane Murphy last year after he collapsed playing football puts sport into perspective

Tributes poured in last night for little Cork girl who lost her brave battle against a rare cancer.

DAIRY farmer Ned McCarthy from Kilnamartyra, Co Cork, has been in the yogurt making business only for the past five months, but already he has tasted success with his artisan Labneh Yogurt, winning the Best Emerging Food Product Award at the recent Listowel Food Fair.

Jedward take to the stage at the Olympia from Wednesday December 19 2012 to Monday December 31 2012 for Jedward and the Magic Lamp.

More start-up “cocoon centres” for businesses are to be created in Co Cork towns and villages — where a fully equipped office can be rented for just €50 a week.

A 4-YEAR-OLD Cork girl will receive a rapturous welcome when she arrives back in Ireland tomorrow morning after spending nine months in the US battling a rare brain tumour.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl who has beaten cancer despite being given no chance of survival in Ireland has marked her final day of treatment by ringing a special bell at a Boston Hospital.

A FOUR-year-old Cork girl who has spent the past nine months battling a brain tumour will have the special honour of ringing the bell at New York’s Presbyterian Children’s Hospital, after she finishes her final course of radiotherapy tomorrow.

The parents of four-year-old cancer sufferer Megan Malone say she has been given the all-clear from doctors in Boston.

THE COST of treating a 4-year-old Co Cork girl for a rare cancerous brain tumour has been estimated at over €1 million though the final figure is expected to be around €820,000 following negotiations.

THE family of a 4-year- old Co Cork girl undergoing treatment for a rare brain tumour in the US are now preparing to move from New York to Boston, after doctors confirmed she will need radiotherapy, something her family had hoped wouldn’t be necessary.

THE family of a 4-year-old Cork girl undergoing treatment for a rare brain tumour in the US will discover this week whether she will require radiotherapy treatment.

TWO-YEAR-OLD Liam Heffernan, who underwent pioneering brain surgery to help him overcome the fatal Batten disease, arrived back in Ireland yesterday — a week earlier than expected.

THE family of a young Co Cork girl, undergoing treatment for a rare brain tumour in a New York hospital, have reportedly been asked by the US authorities for confirmation of what funds are available to them before their visas can be renewed.

THE treatment of a Cork toddler undergoing lifesaving chemotherapy for a rare brain tumour in New York could be jeopardised if her family’s living expenses are not met and they become a financial burden on the US.

THE parents of three-year-old Megan Malone, who continues to make a remarkable recovery from a rare brain tumour, have spoken of the huge risk they took in ending her treatment in Ireland and bringing her to the US.

The parents of brave Megan Malone have been told that she no longer has cancer traces in her brain.

A CORK toddler who was given just weeks to live last October continues to beat the odds and amaze her doctors after an MRI scan revealed that the cancer in her brain has almost completely disappeared.

THE parents of a Cork toddler, undergoing specialist treatment in New York for a brain tumour, say their wish for 2011 is their brave daughter will start playschool in September, free from disease.

A DONOR has come forward and offered to pay for the specialist US treatment needed to save the life of three-and-a-half year-old Cork girl Megan Malone.

GARDAÍ are searching for a gang who carried out a ram-raid on a toy factory and robbed a construction firm, hardware shop, tool hire business and carpet store.

A FACTORY in West Cork is proving a mecca for big boys as well as small ones and is exporting its miniatures to the four corners of the world.

GARDAÍ in west Cork have launched a major drive against cannabis growers which has already resulted in the seizure of 80 plants worth approximately €10,000.