Everywhere I turn recently, somebody somewhere is prescribing the antidote for the terminal ills of gaelic football. But I’m not so sure the sickness is as widespread and as life-threatening as has been suggested, writes Michael Quirke.

Family fun with maths and science are promised this weekend in a town making a name for itself as a mathematics education hub.

Arriving into Mallow GAA grounds on Saturday morning, the rise in prominence of the Munster U15 Supertouch competition becomes instantly evident.

Giving members more time in which to increase their shareholding in line with their output would alleviate one core issue with Dairygold Co-op’s contentious new Milk Supply Agreement (MSA), says one milk supplier.

Those who predicted the 2011 Cork county JHC champions Charleville would thrive at the intermediate grade were proved correct in Mallow GAA complex on Saturday.

It’s a little-known fact but before there was an All-Ireland club championship at any grade in the modern era there was a Munster equivalent, with Glen Rovers of Cork beating Mount Sion of Waterford in a replay in 1964 to become the first champions.

Cyclists are saddling up for a fundraising tour through one of the most scenic regions of Cork to help fight homelessness.

It may centre on three days of bumper-packed horse racing but the Easter weekend in Mallow will offer festival fun for all the family.

CORK cruised into another All-Ireland final last night as their Vocational Schools' team hammered a shell-shocked Galway side by 20 points at Mallow GAA grounds.

NEMO RANGERS’ Paul Kerrigan will today undergo a scan to ascertain whether he suffered damage to his leg during Sunday’s Munster Club SFC final victory over Dr Crokes in Mallow.

DENIS WALSH’S Cork development squad breezed past Davy Fitzgerald’s LIT side at a bitterly cold Mallow GAA complex last night by 5-15 to 2-14.

MUNSTER Council officials are confident tomorrow’s showpiece club senior football decider will go ahead despite the need for second pitch inspection of the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick today.

IT IS all quiet on the adult inter-county hurling scene this weekend as the nation prepares for the mother of all battles when Kilkenny and Tipperary face off in Sunday week’s All-Ireland SHC final.

FOR most of his adult working life Pat O’Shea wore a tracksuit to work, a Games Promotion Officer based in Kerry, loving every minute of it as he went around to the various clubs and schools spreading the GAA gospel.

LAST Saturday, in the magnificent Mallow GAA complex just outside the town, around 200 club coaches gathered for an all-day coaching seminar sponsored by the Munster Council.

THE GAA recently outlined its latest figures for attendances and revenues. As Croke Park says farewell to the Six Nations this evening, Michael Moynihan enlisted academic and All-Ireland-winner John Considine to look beyond the figures.

A TRANSFORMATION bordering on the miraculous by South Liberties in the second half of an exciting Munster Club IHC final at the Mallow GAA complex yesterday powered them past Cork champions Douglas.

A 41-YEAR-OLD Co Cork farmer has launched his campaign for election as deputy president of the Irish Farmers Association.

RECESSIONARY times everywhere, but the Munster Council yesterday announced the creation of 23 new full-time jobs in the province, with the appointment of Games Development Administrators (GDAs).

“VERY happy,” declared Cork manager Gerald McCarthy following last night’s senior hurling challenge win over Waterford, “especially in the circumstances in which we found ourselves.