The Gaelic football championship season started last weekend. Maybe it should finish the same weekend it starts.

Saturday's League final is mostly about the Banner. Their state of mind. Their ambition. Their scope. Their true panel depth.

It wouldn't be the worst of outcomes for Kilkenny to keep the Allianz HL semi-final margin under 10 points.

The Festival may not be what it once was but there's still money to be made, it seems.

The former Ireland back was an ideal presenter for the RTÉ documentary.

The All-Ireland champions will be interested in the fare at Semple Stadium and on Leeside this weekend

The forthcoming hurling season will, yet again, take place on terms of Limerick’s choosing. It will, yet again, unfold at their pleasure and at their leisure.

As they close the book on another sporting year, where are we at? What is the state, the future, for mainstream, reliable journalism and the businesses that sustain it. Surely better to enjoy the sublime than roll our eyes at the ridiculous?

So four years after the departure of He Who Must Not Be Named, the FAI still can’t be left to their own devices. Who’da thunk it, eh? Even Jonathan Hill, appointed as the next CEO and general new broom, wound up getting sucked into the hellmouth.

It's the same old story at the same World Cup stage but the memories will last forever.