It's 'as you were' for both the Cork hurling and football starting line-ups as the teams prepare for their respective semi and quarter final clashes at Croke Park this coming Sunday, August 10.

The decision to award funding for a new €5 million garda barracks in Ballincollig has been put on hold in the wake of recent government cutbacks.

Members of the Board of Bantry's Harbour Commissioners have vowed to fight plans which could see the Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners consigned to history.

A decision on whether or not plans to develop a private hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital should be given the green light, has been delayed.

The enrolment of a female student to the all-boys Nagle Community College in Mahon this week on the instructions of the Department of Education is likely to see schools around the country urgently rewording their enrolment policies.

The 2008 Meteor Munster Sevens Tournament officially kicks off: Sevens International Star, Denis Hurley along with Heineken Cup Heroes, Liefi mi Mafi and Alan Quinlan joined Meteor's Head of Communication, Amanda Carroll from Patrickswell, Co Limerick, to launch the 2008 Meteor Munster Sevens Tournament at Charleville RFC.

The latest birth at Fota Wildlife Park, Finn (pictured), a male giraffe, was officially announced yesterday (Wednesday). Finn has settled in extremely well at Fota, and is thriving. Finn is now one of 15 Giraffe present in Fota Wildlife Park. As the herd continues to grow the view of the extensive herd in the park is very impressive.

The Government have pledged to make €273,000 available to a number of regions in West Cork to ensure that drinking water there is of the very highest quality.

Fianna Fáil councillors were among those who called on Minister Gormley to resign over what they claim is the Minister's poor handling of the toxic contamination scandal at Haulbowline in Cork Harbour.

A 50-year-old Corkman who cannot be named to protect his victims has been jailed for four years for raping his two sisters more than 30 years ago.