IT was interesting to learn that the Gaelic Players Association havealigned themselves with theEuropean Sports Umbrella group.

I GOT the 6am train out of Killarney last Saturday for the GAA’s Special Congress in Dublin.

NEXT Saturday, top GAA officials head to Dublin for another Special Congress.

A GOOD few years ago, when my good friend Fr Jim Kennelly (now PP in Boherbue) was training teams in St Brendan’s College, we were playing Coláiste Chríost Rí in Macroom.

THE Lisbon Referendum is over and the Treaty has been overwhelmingly endorsed by the Irish people. Many will be wondering what happens next.

IN HIS recently published autobiography, Brian Cody states the following: “I’m regularly asked which success has given me the most satisfaction during the years I have been lucky enough to manage Kilkenny.

THE AIRWAVES were full all last week of a “major controversy” over the clash of the Cork county SFC final and the Ladies Football decider in Croke Park.

IT WAS nice to see O2 renewing their sponsorship of Cork inter-county teams last week.

I WAS glad the GAA authorities saw sense and abandoned the idea of presenting the Sam Maguire Cup on the field last Sunday.

WELL, it’s all over for another year and the Special K’s reign supreme for another year.