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.

AS the well known saying goes, America is the land of opportunity. Cork couple Paul Manning and his wife Natasha certainly took their opportunity with both hands when they landed there 12 years ago.

The passionate Neptune club man was heavily involved in coaching, both at club level and with Irish teams, and passed away after an illness.

WHEN people mention or talk about the best female basketballers of this or any generation, the name Niamh Dwyer must be very high on the top of any list. As a player she is one of the greatest basketball players of this era.

FOR the last 40 years, basketball critics have been fast to point out that the basis for the success of the game in this country was American players.

CORK’S Stewart Joyce has been named ‘referee of the year’ by Basketball Ireland. It was a fitting tribute to veteran Joyce for his dedication to the sport, as a player and administrator and, later, as a referee. He was surprised to receive the honour.