Alastair Campbell opens with a compliment about an old mate. Kind of. 

On it goes, with no indication of ever coming to an end. Gaelic football is over, gone, done and dusted, and the apocalypse is upon us, writes Michael Moynihan.

 

The game in Croke Park hadn’t been on 10 minutes when Christopher Joyce tumbled 20 metres from his own goal, challenging for a ball with Dublin’s Liam Rushe.

You could probably assemble your own Davy Fitzgerald/Clare discipline piece at this stage. If you need help, just root around in this bag — letter, players, statement, Banner, humiliation, breach, policy — and put the words together in no particular order.

Last week, in these pages, it was interesting to read the thoughts of Donegal footballer Eamon McGee on the upcoming marriage referendum.

In 2007 John Carter published a book about horse racing, following a group of people involved in the sport around one major course.

I was delighted to see Pádraig Harrington pick up a title during the week, as the golfer still comfortably tops my list of interviewees index-linked according to accomplishment and manners, writes Michael Moynihan.

Earlier this week, in these pages, Paddy Heaney wrote about the Kerry football conveyor belt of talent — the headline, ‘Kingdom’s unique structure keeps them well ahead’, conveys the general spirit of the piece.

The great revival is well underway in West Kerry schools football.