James Nagle won the Josie Crean Cup at Whitechurch on Sunday, beating Denis Murphy in the last shot, having led at all but one tip.

Dan O’Halloran edged out John Shorten in the last shot of the Ballinacurra final, with Cian Boyle a bowl off the pace in third.

Gary Daly opened the renewal of the Willie Whelton Cup with a comprehensive bowl of odds win over Michael Bohane at Grange.

David Murphy’s dream of winning four successive European gold road-bowling medals is still alive as he is named on the Irish team to contest next May’s European Championships in Garding, Germany.

It is all eyes on Fianna Fáil in Cork North-Central where the party is scrambling to continue its presence in the wake of Billy Kelleher’s departure to Europe.

Christy Mullins had the first win in the renewal of the Johnny Holland Cup at Bauravilla where he beat Seán Murphy by over a bowl of odds.

Audrey's been sorting out Cork people for ages.

Ryan McCarthy gave an exceptional display of accuracy from placed balls, the Killeagh man firing 12 points from frees and a superb sideline cut.

She’s come a long way since her Cork Opera House debut, aged 11, as Little Red Riding Hood. Next week, the actress tells Marjorie Brennan, she returns to the same stage in Angela’s Ashes.

Aidan Murphy and Cathal Toal contest what looks an evenly balanced All-Ireland senior bowling final at Tullysaran in Armagh on Sunday.

TWO land offers in Cork that have residential development prospects come to market this week, with agents CBRE, in Whitechurch, close to Cork city, and in Mallow, in north Cork.

A large and ambitious collaboration between dance-theatre company Junk Ensemble and Belfast musical production company Dumbworld saw 80 Cork choristers, young and old, take to the cavernous stage of the Opera House for a Dance Opera that set out to explore our deepest, darkest fears.

Twin choreographers Megan and Jessica Kennedy explore the innermost fears of Cork people for their ambitious dance opera, writes Ellie O’Byrne

An eight-year-old boy was brought to Cork University Hospital earlier this evening with non-life threatening injuries after he was hit by a car in Whitechurch, north of Cork city, just after 7pm.

UCC clinched the Munster Senior League Premier Division crown after a three-way title-deciding night of action.

Raymond Ryan and Donal O’Riordan had the first two wins in the 2019 Munster intermediate championship.

Paul Buckley won the feature Carbery-South West festival score in the last shot from Michael Bohane at Ballygurteen on Monday.

Darren Santry finished strongly to win the Béal na Blá final in a three-way battle with Noel O’Regan and Tom O’Donovan.

Aidan Murphy and Gary Daly progressed in the Mother Hegarty Cup at Lyre.

A dangerous junction on a main road in Co Cork, where two tourists died, will remain closed at least until the end of the month, despite protests by locals.

Arthur McDonagh replaces Martin Coppinger in next weekend’s King of the Roads following his bowl of odds win over Colm Rafferty in Sunday’s play-off at Ballincurrig.

Fears at rapidly depleting water supplies with no rain forecast.

The country continues to sizzle in the sun with temperatures expected to exceed 30 degrees today and tomorrow.

Gardaí have appealed for help tracing the movements of a high-powered car which may be linked to a crime spree across Munster in recent weeks.

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.

Arthur McDonagh bowled impressively at Newcestown to beat Gavin Twohig by a bowl of odds in the Munster Senior Championship.

Cork’s city councillors have cleared the way for the construction of up to 30 homes on a former car showroom site in Cork’s western suburbs.

ZONED land bought for €21m in 2004, at the height of the boom when Munster developer John Barry of Castlelands Construction was building up to 700 houses a year, has eventually come back to market for just 7% of that peak value, €1.5 million.

Gavin Twohig closed with a brilliant bowl at Grange to grab a last-shot win over Michael Harrington in the Willie Whelton Cup.

A member of An Garda Síochána yesterday successfully appealed a conviction on a charge of assault causing harm to his ex-girlfriend.

Mick Hurley’s star continues to rise with another fine performance which got him past John O’Rourke in the Ballinacurra tournament.

Many rural villages in Co Cork continue to suffer in the aftermath of Storm Ophelia, with some, such as Carrignavar, still without power, water, phones, and internet connection, and hampered by fallen trees blocking roads.

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.

Rathpeacon Guild arrived at Cork Federation AGM last month with a cheque for €630 for Special Olympics Munster.

James Cooney was the star of the Munster Junior A action last weekend, beating Michael Murphy by three bowls after a scintillating 10 shot salvo at Whitechurch on Sunday.

Michael Harrington beat Seán Murphy by two bowls at Shannonvale to advance to the Munster Intermediate quarter-final.

Donncha O’Brien closed with three sensational bowls to snatch the Marshall Clarke Cup from Mick Hurley in the last shot at Derrinasafa.

Donncha O’Brien finished strongly to advance at the expense of Denis O’Driscoll in the John-Joe Murphy Cup at Bauravilla.

Cathal Toal secured his place in the Ulster final of the Joe McVeigh Cup qualifier for the Ból-Fada with a line-to-line win over Bryan O’Reilly and Eddie Carr.

James O’Donovan is the first name on the Willie Whelton Cup after a sensational performance saw him beat All-Ireland champion Thomas Mackle by three bowls of odds at Grange.

Time was that road bowling wasn’t so much a tradition in Cork as a birthright. It’s a sport surviving in changed times and changed lives, but only just. Isn’t there an onus on us all to preserve native tradition and heritage?