Victory over Malta on Sunday will give the hosts the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries title

Two victories in a row for the hosts at the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries; next up Gibraltar on Saturday

Cork basketball coach Pa Curran driving bid to allow young players return to indoor training

Dayna Finn top-scored for Ireland with 17 points, seven blocks, two assists and one steal

James Weldon's side will play the final on Sunday evening in Cyprus

Cork's Edel Thornton, Áine McKenna, Claire Rockall, Gráinne Dwyer and Claire Melia were all on form

Jason Killeen is the team captain and Kyle Hosford is vice-captain for the tournament.

Ireland face Malta next in their second group game of the championship on Thursday

Jordan Blount hit 16 points in an 85-84 loss at the National Basketball Arena

Basketball Ireland and Local Area Associations have been putting protocols in place so that all participants can return to play in a safe member

Brunell, Carrigaline and Fr Mathew's are represented in Andy Gill's 12-player selection

Mr. O’Byrne joined Basketball Ireland in 2011. During his tenure he helped clear the organisation’s legacy debt of €1.2m. 

Hosford is presently part of the Irish Senior International squad and is a significant signing for the Sunday’s Well club.

Ballincollig were due to play in the Super League last season, but the present pandemic cancelled the entire campaign and O’Sullivan is now looking forward to helping his boyhood club.

Two players have been selected from Brunell, Rachel Lynch and Issy McSweeney, Rachel Bowdren is from Fr Mathew's, while Rebecca Sexton is from the Carrigaline club.

The five are Grainne Dwyer from Fr Mathew's, Claire Rockall, Claire Melia and Aine McKenna from Glanmire and Edel Thornton from Singleton's SuperValu Brunell.

Leo played with the Glen Rovers during his formative years but because of his family involvement with Neptune, basketball eventually took precedent as his sporting pastime.

The tournament takes place this weekend, with places at the 3x3 Europe Cup finals (Paris, Sept 10-12) at stake. 

Michael O'Mahony, Cillian O'Connell and Jack O'Leary will travel to Slovakia in August

'Hopefully we get back indoors sooner than later because it could be up to 18 months on the sidelines and that’s not good for the mentality of any athlete'

Cork-based veteran is as passionate as ever about hoops ahead of summer tournaments with Ireland

The work he did for the Cork County Basketball Board was massive and his absence will be greatly missed

A master organiser it will take six people to replace him as the workload he dealt with was simply amazing...

Cork’s UCC Demons returning to men’s National League Division 1 after dropping out in 2019

Conny started out playing with Iona boys club in the Blarney Street School, aged eight

Frustration at Basketball Ireland's decision not to enter U16 and U20 squads into tournaments this summer

 James Weldon’s team to face Malta, Norway and Andorra

Irish teams planning for European competitions, but men's U16 and U20 squads will not be participating

Kieran Doherty reflects on the great days in the Mon, which produced some of the best players and coaches we've seen on Leeside

Former Cork basketball underage star is ready for his move to US college Felician University

Irish international captained his club to the U18 National Cup as MVP

After a lifetime involved in the game, their passion for hoops hasn't diminished

'I am a huge fan of Irish Basketball. I love watching our national teams playing and competing in the Europeans.'

Gonkers landed an All-Ireland title in the 1980s and had a special connection to Ireland's most famous band through Joe O'Herlihy

'I think the amazing thing about the foundation of Demons is 60 years later many of us are still close friends'

Basketball Ireland still hopes to compete at tournaments this summer, with Limerick slated to host the men's competition

Derek Daly looks back at the history of Cork sport in the second half of the 1980s

Too often now every pass or shot is controlled by the coach or parents from the sideline at matches

Northsiders have thrived in recent years since forming in 1984

After gaining experience in America and Dublin, talented hooper is returns home for new season

Talented 16-year-old hooper followed in the footsteps of his cousins by moving to England

Basketball Ireland chief Bernard O'Byrne looks for a clear roadmap for re-opening of indoor sport

Hoops took the gifted guard to the States but now she's back to where it all started

At 77, his love for Neptune and hoops hasn't diminished

Blue Demons ace Noel McCarthy was one of the best players ever in Cork explains John Coughlan

From the CG All-Stars to St Vincent's and then Crosshaven, northsider left a mark on the hardwood

Cork duo making their mark on the hardwood with CD Carbajosa

U16 girls team and their coaches will dribble the distance to Tallaght on March 27

The 21-year-old will move to Marian University for his third season in the NCAA

Mary, Patsy, Dolores, Sandie and Denise Fitzgibbon were a joy to watch on the hardwood

Northside club is thriving in recent years with 130 females playing for the club from U6 upwards

Former Neptune and Coláiste Choilm player is playing Stateside

30 years ago rivalry exploded at Neptune Stadium in a repeat of the National Cup final

When the American was first offered a chance to come to Leeside he didn't realise we even played the sport in Ireland

Glanmire coach Mark Scannell is worried that the pandemic will see a generation of young players drop out of sport

Kieran O'Sullivan and his players never got the chance to play in the Super League after Covid saw the season called off

After 2020-'21 season was formally cancelled, the priority is 3x3 action from May for players and the FIBA tournament in Limerick

Gifted northside baller has made way for young guns to hit the court

Demons legend delivered in a succession of big games

FOR underage Irish basketball teams, it has been a particularly frustrating few months for players and coaches alike.

CORK'S elite women's basketball teams, The Address UCC Glanmire, Singleton's SuperValu Brunell and Fr Mathew's, are hoping to see their players on the court by St Patrick's Day.

THE Covid pandemic has caused difficulty for sports across the globe, with Fr Mathew's basketball club no exception despite their ambitious expansion in recent seasons.

AMERICAN Dave Beckom is celebrating a special milestone this year, the 40th anniversary of when he came to play basketball in Ireland as a professional player with Blue Demons.

CORK basketballer Darragh O’Sullivan has made a very bright start to his full scholarship with Florida Tech, under the guidance of former Neptune coach Bobby Mims.

THERE will a strong Cork presence at this Saturday's Basketball Ireland Performance Conference.

CORK basketball ace Jordan Blount has put pen to paper on his new deal with Spanish side Força Lleida CE. Blount, 23, set sail for the Catalan side last week, eager to make his club debut in the Spanish second division, the LEB Oro.

CORK basketball clubs have been left hugely concerned about the return to full training and the viability of the season after comments by the CEO of Sport Ireland on Wednesday.

MICHAEL O’LEARY has dedicated his life to Blue Demons basketball club. He was a very accomplished player from a young age, then a trophy-winning coach, and is now in his second stint as chairman of the senior committee of the Sunday’s Well Club.

SPORT in 2020 has been dominated by Covid-19 and its restrictions. The virus has decimated all sports, however, for one man, 2020 has seen him reach a special milestone in his sport of basketball. That man is the legendary coach Dommie Mullins.

CORK basketball star Lainey Nolan is back playing in Cork for Fr Mathew's following a very successful time playing hoops in America. The talented teenager embarked on a scholarship programme to the Hun School in New Jersey last year.

LESS than two weeks ago, Irish basketball stopped on instruction from Sport Ireland. The deferral of the season was in compliance with the Government’s ‘Plan for Living with Covid-19’ scheme.

THE Cork basketball community is in mourning following the death of popular referee and coach Gary Blount over the weekend. Blount and his family are steeped in Cork basketball.

BASKETBALL clubs in Cork and beyond have been dealt a serious blow with news no indoor training of any sport will be permitted for the next six weeks under Level 5 restrictions.

THEY may be gone from our thoughts and minds a long time now, but, despite its brief period as one of the most successful underage basketball clubs in the country, Iona Basketball Club has left a lasting legacy in the sport.

THE O’Donoghue family has been the backbone of Neptune Basketball Club from the day it was formed. Brothers Donal, Leo, and Jim have been key members of the club over the years.

THE news, just two days ahead of tip-off, that Basketball Ireland had to defer the national leagues was met with widespread disappointment by Cork clubs.

BASKETBALL Ireland has announced the new national league season is on hold, just two days before it was due to begin.

The national basketball leagues begin this weekend, with 25 teams signed up to a new streaming service.

SIX Cork basketball teams are ready for the start of the national season on October 17. These are extremely uncertain times for the sport on Leeside and beyond.

FR Mathews Women’s Super League and Men’s National League teams are going to compete in a series of fun basketball challenges over two weeks from August to raise funds for the new season, with 50% of all donations received going to help Cork Simon ...

That, according to Mark Scannell, is what youngsters missed during the sporting hiatus. That is what they badly need now.

The international ace has just finished four years in Chicago with UIC, where he competed against the elite college basketballers in Division 1.

BASKETBALL Ireland will allow clubs to begin preseason training from July 20.

RACHAEL Vanderwal is without doubt one of the greatest women’s basketball players ever to play on these shores. Rachael came to Cork to play with Donoughmore in 2007, and that started an amazing journey for the Canadian native.

POPULAR Northside native Denis O’Gorman has just finished walking eight marathons for the charity Cork Missing Persons Search and Recovery, a group very close to his heart. Denis explains how the adventure came about.

AFTER five years living in the United States and residing in basketball communities in Ohio and Chicago, Jordan Blount fully supports the 'Black Lives Matter' movement currently rocking the country. "It's about time," he states plainly.

AMERICAN basketball player Lennie McMillian came to Ireland over 30 years ago to begin his professional basketball career with the Blue Demons on the northside of Cork.

THE Cork Ladies Basketball County Board have made a decision to finish the current season.  They awarded league titles to the teams who were on top of their respective league tables.  However, in some cases, clubs shared the league crown.

THE current pandemic has certainly put the majority of sports clubs all over this country under financial strain. Luckily for the northside of Cork, Tomás Singleton intends to help his present crop of clubs.

CORK man Liam Harris traveled to the United States on a joint basketball, and athletics scholarship to Kent high school in Connecticut Southern New England.

SEANIE Murphy was one of the best Cork basketball players ever. The Blue Demons and Ireland star of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s is still working with his club, coaching at nursery level.

BASKETBALL has given Northside native Jessica Scannell the opportunity to travel all over the world to play as a professional basketball player.

TWO of Neptune’s most talented young basketballers are heading Stateside at the end of the summer. Sean McCarthy and Eli Lenihan were outstanding for the northside club back in January when they lifted the U18 National Cup.

THE death last weekend of former Neptune player and coach Martin ‘Ernie’ Aherne at the age of 55 brought sadness to his wife Martina, daughter Áine, family, and the many friends he encountered during his life.

CORK BASKETBALL is on hold until at least August 10.  While the national league was effectively complete when sport was halted in March, there was a host of local competitions from U12 up still to be finished from the 2019-'20 campaign.