Cork’s win over Waterford may have bordered on the routine, but it is one that will be banked with real satisfaction given how unforgiving Division 1A has become since its reduction. Relegation once felt like a remote threat for the top sides, but it’s far more cutthroat under the new format. Two from seven will … Read more
Cork manager John Cleary has confirmed that defender Seán Brady will miss the next few weeks due to a hand injury. The Ballygarvan player suffered the injury during the Allianz Division 2 Football League win over Cavan on Sunday afternoon at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Brady had to cry off after 59 minutes. The Rebels … Read more
Not bad for starters, not bad at all. The Cork hurlers, under the baton of a new management team, began their voyage of rediscovery in the aftermath of how disappointingly the previous season had ended. Driving down the Centre Park Road last Sunday for the league opener against Waterford one could easily have been back … Read more
It was a night of celebration for Éire Óg ladies footballers recently, and they had every reason to celebrate. The night was five years in the making as they finally won the Cork Credit Unions Club Senior Ladies Football championship for the first time. It has been heartbreak after heartbreak for the Ovens side, having … Read more
A season that ends in a relegation play-off after just three group games will almost always be framed as a failure. That much is unavoidable. And yet, when Castlemartyr’s 2025 is examined in full, the picture is not nearly as bleak as the bare outcome would suggest. That is where the Premier Intermediate Championship complicates … Read more
The Cork footballers are up and running in the Allianz Division 2 Football League after a topsy-turvy Round 1 game with Cavan. It had looked like that the visitors would emerge from SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday afternoon with a win. They led by seven points before Cork landed the last eight scores with … Read more
In Ben O’Connor’s post-match interview on TG4 after Sunday’s win against Waterford, Micheál Ó Domhnaill asked the Cork manager if he felt the squad had a point to prove considering the hurt and disappointment the group suffered last year. “No, I don’t think they’ve any point to prove,” said O’Connor. “This is 2026. We can’t … Read more
Ballyphehane 3-14 Ballinacourty 0-6 A quality and spirited team display carried Ballyphehane to a victory in the opening round quarter-final, of the Munster Junior B football Championship, having plenty to spare over Ballinacourty of Waterford on Sunday. This clash was played at the home of the Munster series, Knockaderry grounds in west Limerick. Goals from … Read more
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