James O’Donovan grabbed the limelight with two great wins in the busiest bowling week of 2018.

David Murphy put down a serious marker for all with aspirations of winning the 2018 Munster senior championship when he dismissed James Buckley in a one-sided first round tie at Firmount on Saturday.

Parents in dozens of areas where new schools will open in the next four years will have to choose patrons online to run them because of past problems with the selection process.

Michael Harrington franked his All-Ireland intermediate credentials with an impressive win over Christy Mullins in the Cancer Research benefit at Shannonvale on Saturday.

There’s a sort of musical chairs series of moves afoot at several of Munster’s TV, audio and white goods retailers this month. As one Cork city centre retailer prepares to move to an edge-of town spot for a larger footprint in coming weeks, the first out of the traps to officially confirm a relocation is the well-known and long-established Soundstore.

All-Ireland champion Aidan Murphy narrowly beat Killian Kingston in the last shot at Pouladuff to secure his place in the Munster quarter-final.

Tony O’Sullivan led all the way against Declan O’Donovan in the Carbery Junior A final at the Marsh Road.

Patrick O’Donoghue just edged PJ Cooney in the last shot of their Munster intermediate championship clash at Templemichael on Saturday. 

A printing company is standing over a refusal to make invites for a gay wedding.

On Sunday, David Murphy beat Martin Coppinger by almost a bowl in the Denis McGarry Cup semi-final at Whitechurch, the feature score of a packed weekend that included four tournament finals and several cup ties.

John Creedon won a terrific joust with Edmond Sexton in the Munster senior championship at Templemartin on Sunday.

Actress Lindsay Lohan’s Irish ancestry could prove a worthwhile study for genealogists with reported family links to Cork and Galway.

New community policing clinics will be set up next month in a busy part of Cork City which saw its garda station close last year.

Aidan Murphy became the first holder of the Jim Geasley Cup when he beat Edmond Sexton in the last shot at Cobh on Sunday.

Gavin Twohig got the first win in the renewal of the Connie Killarney Cup at Skibbereen on Sunday when he beat Donal Riordan by over two bowls.

Two brilliant bowls from Corcoran’s bridge to the cottage secured Killian Kingston’s win over Gavin Twohig at Pouladuff on Sunday.

Every week Esther N McCarthy scouts around for interesting pieces for your interiors. Today she discovers wild designs and posters that are as easy as A, B, C.

Gardaí are preparing a file for the DPP after releasing a man following the seizure in Cork of cannabis weed with an estimated street value of €120,000.

DIY chain Atlantic Homecare has been placed in examinership following an application by the company to the High Court in Dublin today.

A NEW business cycle is hoped for at a Cork city building steeped in cycling and sporting lore — and an adjacent idle 1.3 acre site which housed another iconic Cork business is also on the letting market.

Cork’s famous Shandon St was reopened last night after building inspectors gave the all-clear following a partial roof collapse.

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GARDA ballistics experts are examining a loaded sawn-off double-barrel shotgun, found dumped in a bin on the southside of Cork city, to see if had been fired in previous crimes.

Bus Éireann has today outlined alterations to services in Cork during royal visit this Friday, May 20.

A CITY’S rapidly growing Muslim community will gather tomorrow to mark one of Islam’s holiest days.

CONVENIENCE to the city centre and to key roads and infrastructure is set to underpin sales at the Manor Farm house scheme in Cork’s Lehenaghbeg, just off the South Ring Road.

A COTTAGE, at Lehenaghmore, on the fringes of Cork city on a three-quarter acre site, might have been a country home up to recent years, but its proximity to the south ring road and Pouladuff has put it in a development spotlight.

WOODVIEW House is, perhaps unsurprisingly, a home hard to see from the road - the way in is blocked by trees.

YOU’D barely know it was there, but it is creating an immediate market stir.

A HOUSE up for sale has a DIY store almost on its doorstep, but the proximity is of absolutely no use to any new owners — there’s nothing left to do or spend on the property.