The GAA wasn’t found wanting when it came to cancelling all activity because of the coronavirus pandemic — a precedent was set over 100 years when the Great Flu swept the country, writes Joe Ó Muircheartaigh.

Gritty Colaiste Treasa, Kanturk staged a commendable second-half comeback to edge past Scoil Pól, Kilfinane in a thrilling Munster Colleges C SHC Final played at Ballyagran.

Audrey's been sorting out Cork people for ages...

THE past festive season was extra special for newly- weds Yvonne Coleman and James Twohig as it was on a December 26 night out that the couple first laid eyes on each other.

Right across the road from the imposing 17th-century pile of Kanturk Castle (built, but never fully completed, by McDonagh McCarthy as a defence against the English), a 23-acre roadside land parcel is new to the market with Blarney-based auctioneer Dan Fleming.

Éamonn Fitzmaurice and Tony Leen ran the rule over both teams alongside Colm O'Connor in the commentary box.

The corridors of power in the GAA have proven a tougher battleground than anything Liam Griffin experienced on the field of play when leading Wexford hurlers to All-Ireland glory in 1996.

That 2020 campaign will officially begin this Sunday with the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League game against Clare at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh, which will be broadcast live on the Irish Examiner Sport Facebook page.

Ruby Walsh and Pat Smullen were the stars at last night’s Horse Racing Ireland Awards, each receiving the Racing Hero Award.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after two separate road crashes in Munster since Monday that left one man dead and another fighting for his life.

The single vehicle collision occurred in the Taur area of Newmarket where the man, the only person in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Last Sunday’s Cork county final made it real for Donncha O’Connor.

The National Hunt season is getting into full swing and already a number of horses, four to be precise, have been identified that may well help to keep us cruising along.

The Qipco Champion Stakes is the headline act on a stellar card at Ascot this afternoon and Magical can provide Aidan O’Brien with a belated birthday present by winning the last of the four Group 1s up for grabs.

As Ireland’s most successful sportsperson celebrates a landmark birthday tomorrow. Darren Norris counts down Aidan O’Brien’s 50 greatest moments.

Fr Harry Bohan is 80 but you wouldn’t know it.

There are times when Aidan O’Brien would break your heart.

A strong, all-round performance from Duhallow in wet Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday evening, indicated their determination to get back to the Cork SFC final this year.

There’s a revealing story well told by the writer Alice Taylor about the day a neighbour gave a present of a poached salmon to her family.

Gardaí from the Mallow District Drugs Unit, Regional Support Unit and Regional Dog Unit, carried out a search of a house in the Newmarket area last night.