Last weekend’s sixth round of five Premier Division fixtures attracted an overall turnout of 22,172 fans.

All the indications, including soundbites from Kenny himself, point towards Shane Duffy’s exclusion.

The empowerment felt by women to stand up and be heard is sure to manifest in further friction before a ball is kicked.

To be spoken of in the same company as the Donegal duo Packie Bonner and Shay Given is laudable in its own right but to be ahead of them at the same stage — in this most competitive of eras — amplifies his progress.

Rovers have a genuine task to retain their crown and become only the second team in history to secure four golds on the bounce.

Proof of the unpredictability is evidenced by the diversity of outcomes among switches we’ve chronicled over the past decade.

A veteran of 40 years to the game, fulfilling every role possible, Tom Browne deserved better than what amounted to a public humiliation at Saturday’s FAI annual general meeting.

Barrett shocked his fellow directors last week by announcing his imminent departure after three years.

Any doubts about the readiness of Evan Ferguson and Joe Hodge for senior international service have been quelled since the Premier League resumed, each contributing to their respective team’s revival.

The giddiness that had accompanied Kenny's U21s - with Aaron Connolly, Adam Idah, Michael Obafemi and Troy Parrott as the attacking options - quickly faded