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A COUPLE are set to celebrate their wedding anniversary after marrying 60 years ago in Southampton.

The tale of the team of 40-year-olds from Cork who rattled Bayern Munich Thirty years ago, the draw for the first round of the Uefa Cup paired the Bundesliga giants with Cork City. By Paul Dollery Saturday 8 May 2021, 8:00 AM 2 hours ago 11,792 Views 13 Comments THE GAME WAS only a few minutes old, but it already had the look of one that Stefa...

One of the all-time greats in Cork - saluting the career of a nine-time All-Ireland winner The42 looks back on the inter-county career of Cork legend Gemma O’Connor. By Sinead Farrell Thursday 1 Apr 2021, 8:00 PM Thu 8:00 PM 21,796 Views 4 Comments AT THE END of it all, it seems there isn’t one game that can sum her up. Nine All-Ireland me...

From cub reporting to finding the love of my life: a look back on 40 years at the Leader Henry Bauress, who retired on February 8 after four decades in journalism, reflects on his career Reporter: ); XX Earlier this month, I formally hung up my boots on full-time paid journalism, most of it with the Leinster Leader newspaper. I write that carefully because curiosity and a love of writing are in the blood and will continue to be so in the period I will loosely call ‘retirement’. The opportu...

Gemma O’Connor made her senior inter-county debut for Cork in 2002.

TRIBUTES have been paid to one of the Lancashire Telegraph’s own after the death of former journalist Raymond Horsfield at the age of 85. Mr Horsfield’s journalistic career spanned across the 20th century as he worked his way up from cub reporter to becoming news editor of Blackburn’s Evening Star and later associate editor of the Evening Echo in Bournemouth. Despite his relocation to the South, the lifelong Burnley FC fan remained a Lancashire man at heart. Raymond Horsfield  Da...

Anna Caplice, Ireland rugby international. \ Sportsfile Back in 2008, I interviewed Anna Caplice for the Evening Echo to mark her appointment as the captain of the Munster women’s U18 rugby team. Even then, there was a maturity to the teenager, who expressed the hope that an Ireland women’s team at U18 level could become a reality before too long. “There’s none yet, but they are looking into it, and even though I’ll be too old for it, it would be a very good development,” she said b...

A CROWD-PLEASING fish and chip shop is overjoyed after being crowned the winners of the Echo’s Takeaway of the Year competition.

Community, to call on our citizens to honor that history. in my conversations with leaders from neighborhoods across the city, i have heard the exact same thing. and i know all of those who are gathered with us this evening echo those sentiments because at the end of the day, we are one baltimore. we need to support peaceful demonstrations and continue to enforce in our communities that rioting, violence and looting will not be tolerated in our city. together we can be one baltimore and seek ans...