Jordi Murphy says tonight’s derby PRO14 clash against Munster is “as big as a European game” to Ulster as the northern province looks to build momentum into 2019.

Some of the movers and shakers of the Cork arts and entertainment scene tell Des O’Driscoll about their highlights of 2018, and what they’re looking forward to over the next 12 months.

Revenge is a dish best served on a cold wet Wednesday night in north London as Tottenham returned to the scene of their humiliating league defeat to win a place in the League Cup semi-final.

Bríd Cranitch is retiring from her 17-year tenure at the helm of the thriving cultural centre in Baile Mhúirne, writes Pet O’Connell

Fixity of tenure is a bit of a joke in this country, writes Michael Clifford.

On a night of chant and counter-chant at the Aviva, in the end neither set of supporters got to sing ‘There’s only one M O’Neill in Ireland’.

Ballygunner face Na Piarsaigh of Limerick this Sunday in the Munster Club hurling final, but that’s not where the conversation with Fergal Hartley begins.

Archaeologist Enda Flaherty has been documenting abandoned schoolhouses, thus providing a snapshot of those forgotten places where many of our predecessors were taught, says Dan MacCarthy.

No sooner had the plane carrying the New Zealand squad from Heathrow taxied to its arrivals slot at Dublin Airport the shadow boxing kicked off.

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His comments follow Ireland vice-captain Johnny Sexton saying the national team has "come on the wrong side of Wayne Barnes in the past".

Fianna Fáil’s Justice spokesperson Jim O’Callaghan is calling on the State to seek a contribution from former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan for legal fees to fight a case taken by whistle-blower Maurice McCabe.

A potentially historic week in the proud history of Christian Brothers College Cork got off on the brightest possible note at Thomond Park when they pipped Crescent Comprehensive in a thrilling Clayton Hotels Munster Senior Schools Cup quarter-final.

Munster coach Johann van Graan departed Murrayfield on Saturday a happy man.

The Lisbon coast: Kevin Markham visits a golfing destination to rival the best

The emotion on Nathan Breen’s face as he stood on the Hogan Stand podium on Saturday said it all. Looking down on his Beaufort team-mates, the joy of the captain who had moved to the home of his father after spending his first 13 years in Wales was unbridled.

Tipperary knew the implications of defeat here. Injury-ravaged and with only one point from a possible six, not to mention upcoming trips to Armagh and Newbridge, relegation to Division 3 would have been near unavoidable.

Quite what impact Saturday’s Murrayfield result has on the next time Ireland meet Scotland in September’s key opening World Cup pool game in Yokohama remains to be seen but, right now, Joe Schmidt has more immediate problems to address, writes Donal Lenihan.

A Bulgarian circus worker who had sex with an underage girl in Cork has received a prison sentence of two years with six months suspended.

No complaints, said a member of the Midleton backroom as he and his colleagues walked into the Páirc Uí Chaoimh tunnel yesterday, and a Cork senior hurling county final has rarely been summed up as succinctly.