At 23, it is unfathomable to consider what David Clifford might do over the next few years. He is a father now, settled into part-time teaching at the Sem in Killarney, and sage enough to keep most hawkers at arm’s length.

That Kerry outlasted their greatest rivals, surviving a late tempest that saw them take on water fore and aft, is easily the most significant element of their win over the Big Blue

There may be trouble ahead for some of Armagh’s extended group when Croke Park begins the review, but that will matter less to Galway now

You will read next to nothing new here. To all intents and purposes, Gaelic football’s risk for reward has been flushed down the pooper

Monday's quarter-final draw has delivered the sort of lop-sided draw that will have Galway, Armagh, Derry and Clare salivating at the very real chance of a road to the All-Ireland final. 

Cork triumph over Kerry in Munster MFC final with barnstorming performance

When O’Sullivan insists he’s never trained as hard in his life ahead of the WBA world middleweight title fight on Saturday, he is saying it less as a boxing trope and more as a cold matter of fact

Kerry have eyes on a bigger prize. For Cork, a hum-drum qualifier against moderate opposition is the sort of next step that frequently brings out the dishevelled worst in them

Whether the County Board executive in Cork was on the same page as their footballers and management is a moot point now – they’re duty-bound now to climb into the foxhole

That things are ‘different’ has been sold as better, as if to indicate that Stephen Kenny is the only way we can move beyond working the channels and second balls.