An iconic Cork restaurant was one of a record 23 food outlets forced to close in November over hygiene concerns.

Age is but a number, says 38-year-old Sarsfields full-forward Emer Fennell as she bids to extend what has been a fairytale season.

While the Cork SHC title dominance of Imokilly and Glen Rovers have garnered the headlines in recent years, the achievements of Sarsfields in the past decade have been too quickly overlooked.

Michael Moynihan looks ahead to five intriguing games taking place this Easter weekend.

A 59-year-old man who suffered serious injuries in a car crash has settled his High Court action for €3.5m.

Anxious householders and businesses in a Cork satellite town will have to wait until the year-end before finding out if Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, will approve an €8.5m spend on a flood prevention scheme.

A €14m plan has been drawn up to ease traffic gridlock in one of Cork’s most congested suburbs.

A residents’ association plans to seek a judicial review after Bord Pleanála granted permission for one of the biggest housing developments ever planned in Cork.

Connacht 47 Leinster 10: On a day when Connacht bade farewell to their talisman from Portumna, along comes another farmer’s son from a few miles away on the other side of the River Shannon to lay down a marker and offer hope for the future with hooker Shane Delahunt producing a remarkable display on a day of celebration in Galway.

The setting up of a life-saving community first responder (CFR) group on the outskirts of Cork City could become a template for the roll-out of similar groups across the country.

A veteran taxi driver has been cleared of not bringing passengers on the shortest journey from Dublin Airport to Temple Bar after demonstrating to a court that the longer route he picked was cheaper.

An All-Ireland winning professional road bowler got an award of zero plus costs against him yesterday arising out of a road accident where the judge said he did not believe one word of the bowler’s evidence about his injuries.

A garda has warned there could be “a serious loss of life” if gangs of youths continue rampaging at a municipal park in a Cork satellite town.

New information released by Cork County Council supports claims by a major business association that it pays vast amounts of rates, but has got little or nothing back over the years to improve its creaking infrastructure.

A talented boxer who used his skills to attack young men he encountered on the street and rob them, was jailed yesterday.

A man who walked around Cork City “beating the lard” out of people and who shown no remorse has been labelled “disgraceful” by a judge.

Imokilly 3-20 UCC 1-11: Séamus Harnedy starred as Imokilly put together a fine all-round performance to better UCC at Riverstown in the opening round of the Cork SHC last night.

Watergrasshill 1-15 Blarney 0-14: Watergrasshill deservedly took the spoils from an exciting Cork PIHC first round tie at Riverstown yesterday, but only after a late goal from William Connolly put this game beyond the reach of battling Blarney.

In light of all the recent negativity relating to the ambulance service and the accident-and-emergency department at Cork University Hospital, I feel I have to express my gratitude, and praise, following recent personal experience with my 80-year-old mother.

An alleyway on the outskirts of the city is to be closed off to congregating gangs, allegedly involved in a number of assaults, drug dealing, and underage drinking.

Four-bed semis are, for the most part, out of the price range of first-time buyers in the Cork City area — but 14 Orchard Manor at Riverstown in Glanmire could prove affordable.

Most of the detailed design for a €7.7m flood prevention scheme in Glanmire, Co Cork, has been completed and it is expected construction will get under way next spring.

Sarsfields 4-15 Erin’s Own 1-14: Sarsfields’ remarkable level of consistency in the Cork senior hurling championship continued at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday when the Riverstown club reached an incredible seventh final in eight seasons.

Murphy is a common surname among the Sarsfields and Erin’s Own squads.

Bishopstown 1-20 Killeagh 1-11: Bishopstown retained their Cork senior hurling status in style at Riverstown on Saturday. One wondered how they were ever in this relegation decider such was their assertive and forceful play.

Fr O’Neill’s 1-13 Mallow 2-10: Mallow and Fr O’Neill’s have to do it all over again in the U21A Hurling Championship quarter-final having ended all square in Riverstown last night.

Group to issue recommendations on local government in September, says Eoin English

A Cork community is trying to comfort the family of a young woman whose life was tragically cut short when she drowned in West Cork on Tuesday night.

Eoghan Keniry scored 1-3 and Dan Landers contributed eight points as Killeagh inflicted a second successive defeat on county champions Sarsfields in the RedFM SHL at Riverstown yesterday.

“You had a smile for everyone, hands for boxing and a face for the ladies. We can’t picture our family without you.”

More than 60 householders and business owners, whose properties had been severely flooded nearly three years ago, will this week examine proposed “preferred flood relief options” for their area.

The chair of the expert group reviewing Cork’s city boundary and possible merger of the city and county councils has promised full engagement with stakeholders.

The environment minister has given an expert group nine months to review the case for the first extension of Cork’s city boundary in 50 years.

A Cork drug lord who was found slumped in his cell in Mountjoy Prison died from heroin intoxication, an inquest has heard.

Last week, as this final drew near, questions exercised the minds of both sets of supporters. Sarsfields’ fans wondered if they could continue the winning pattern established since 2008 of a championship victory every second year, writes Donal O'Grady.

With three county SHC titles since 2008 and another one to be possibly added next Sunday week, Sarsfields are now a bona fide Cork hurling superpower.