AS the various stages of post-championship exit grief kicked in through Saturday evening and on into Sunday it began to feel very much like the kind of wake Cork football would put together.
FOR the first time this season, Cork City boss John Caulfield has admitted that the countdown to the league title is underway.
CORK U17 hurling boss John Considine was delighted with the character that his players exhibited in last night’s All-Ireland semi-final victory over Galway at Semple Stadium.
MARK McNULTY wants to get the European hangover out of the system with a home win over Galway United and take a step closer to the title at Turner’s Cross tomorrow night.
PEADAR Healy touched briefly on a number of important topics after his final game as Cork football manager.
THE CORK U21s couldn’t be faulted for their effort, heart and honesty in Limerick.
CORK CITY legend Colin Healy has rejoined the club in a coaching role.
All-Ireland U17 semi-final: Cork v Galway, Semple Stadium, 7.30pm
IN HIS ‘Cork 103’ match commentary on Saturday night in Limerick, Paudie Palmer was hoarse by the time the match went to extra-time.
IT goes without saying that Cork boss John Meyler was very disappointed at the final whistle in Limerick last night as he reflected on a two-point Munster final loss for his U21 side.
PATRICK COLLINS will take to the field tonight with a Munster U21 medal in his sights, and with the aim of keeping the Rebel rising going.
JOHN MEYLER'S post-match interview on TG4 gleaned as much traction as Declan Dalton’s blistering penalty which won Cork a place in the Bord Gáis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship final.
TOMÁS O’Leary is the latest of a golden age of rugby players to retire.
IT only took 21 minutes for Seánie Maguire to show the Preston North End fans why he was such a hero at Turner’s Cross.
TWO leading managers are supporting calls for a defined season for club players in Cork.
AFTER all the talk of not wanting or accepting a performance and a glorious defeat/ moral victory, in the end it felt exactly like that here.
CORK hurling is on a roll right now but the intermediates weren’t able to keep the momentum going in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.
CORK football captain, Paul Kerrigan, spoke frankly after the loss to Kerry in the Munster final, where he said their performance simply wasn’t good enough.
PREVIEWING the game, I felt key factors to deciding the result would be Cork’s ability to start well start well plus both teams use of the ball as both defence’s had looked porous in recent games.
RIGHT now the name Meg Ryan may not much too many people.
IN his column the Sunday after the Munster final, Marc Ó Sé cut loose on Cork, gutting them like a fish with his razor-blade words, opening them apart with the serrated edge of his tone.
THOSE looking for some kind of confirmation on where exactly Cork football is perceived to stand in the overall scheme of things have been fairly bashed over the head these last few weeks.
PETER Stringer is to team-up with former Munster and Ireland colleague, Donncha O'Callaghan, at English Premiership club, Worcester Warriors, next season.
A DEJECTED and sweaty Cork City manager, John Caulfield, just like the rest of us, felt that his brave team will put last night’s narrow Europa League defeat to AEK Larnaca behind them immediately and concentrate their own domestic affairs.
