There wasn’t a whole pile more Kieran O’Leary could have contributed to Dr Crokes’ near-perfect Munster semi-final performance.

The same evening that both Kerry’s involvement in the 2018 championship and Eamonn Fitmaurice’s tenure as manager ended, the last two players to leave the home dressing room in the bowels of Fitzgerald Stadium were Kieran Donaghy and Darran O’Sullivan, writes Kieran Shannon.

Conor Gormley gave us ‘The Block’. Fifteen years later and its claim as the most iconic and influential split second in modern Gaelic football remains pretty robust.

A Kerry construction company, involved in school and other public building contracts, has paid €5,000 into the court poor box to avoid a conviction for breach of health and safety legislation after it pleaded guilty to failing to properly fence off a site during the building of an extension at a secondary school in Killarney, Co Kerry last year.

Advantage Kerry is Eoin Brosnan’s assessment of their delicately balanced All-Ireland semi-final replay with Mayo — even if he knows the Kingdom have already used up their get-out-of-jail card last Sunday.

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EX-Dr Crokes stalwart John Galvin will face his old club in next Sunday's Kerry SFC final after guiding Kenmare District to a thrilling 0-20 to 0-19 victory over Rathmore in Sunday's semi-final.

Kerry SFC Round 2A - Dr Crokes 2-16 St Kieran’s 3-12: After a facile passage to Round 2 the previous weekend, Dr Crokes were given a much sterner examination of their Kerry SFC credentials as they just sneaked past a dogged St Kieran’s side in Cordal on Saturday.

Dr Crokes 5-19 West Kerry 1-09: A masterclass from Dr Crokes’ Tony Brosnan was one of the few highlights of this dreadfully one-sided Kerry SFC first round clash in Killarney on Saturday night.

Four boy racers were yesterday fined a total €15,000 after gardaí in Kerry mounted a covert operation near Killarney two weeks ago.

Dr Crokes 3-15 Austin Stacks 3-9: Dr Crokes came out on top in a feisty Credit Union Kerry County SFL Division One clash at Lewis Road that doubled as the 2015 Kerry County League final.

Dr Crokes 1-11 Austin Stacks 1-10: Experience was what Martin Byrnes cited at the finish.

Donnchadh Walsh has become the first of Kerry’s thirtysomethings to publicly make themselves available for next season. Touted for his first All-Star, the Cromane man, who is 32 next summer, confirmed he hopes to be lining out in the green and gold again in 2016.

A Killarney coach and luxury transport company, associated with Kerry senior footballer Johnny Buckley, was yesterday convicted on 10 counts of offences relating to tachograph and the organisation of drivers’ time.

It became an iconic image, the day football changed forever. 

They just grinded it out. And in their manager Kerry have someone who continues to extract every last drop out of them.

Could your county board do with an extra €5m? Would your county board like this €5m to come in the form of one of those great Fifa loans that don’t actually have to be paid back?

Austin Stacks 2-9 Dr Crokes 0-13: Goals win matches, they say, and this was well and truly borne out at Connolly Park yesterday evening where Austin Stacks overcame Dr Crokes in the Credit Union Senior Football League Division 1 Final (2014) after a game that went to extra-time.

Paul Galvin’s former Kerry team-mate Sean O’Sullivan has questioned why the 35-year-old has surprisingly chosen to revive his inter-county career.

Kerry County Councillor and publican Danny Healy Rae has pleaded guilty to allowing people to consume alcohol “after hours” in his Kilgarvan premises.

Limerick stalwart John Galvin is thankful for a career that was short of glory but full of honour. He has made peace with the disappointments and is ready to revisit them, writes Kieran Shannon.

A Fine Gael senator has had a summons for illegal parking against him dismissed after he told the court he never saw the notice placed on his windscreen or any follow up warnings — and his wife would have made him pay the fine if the notice arrived at the house.

Kerry County Councillor and publican Danny Healy- Rae has been summonsed for allegedly having his public house at Main St, Kilgarvan, open after hours on two occasions.

Dr Crokes 4-13 Killarney Legion 1-9

Kerry’s All-Ireland winning campaign, in manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s second season in charge, was an amazing, transformative journey, according to eight-time All-Ireland winner Pat Spillane.

It’s set to be one of the closest fought All Ireland football clashes in recent years — but Donegal’s die-hard fans may have already shaded it in the battle of the flags.

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Birthdays can be a time for some reflection, some box-ticking maybe prior to a quiet chat with yourself to copper-fasten the priorities in life.

Take a look back on the Jimmy’s Winning Matches documentary — it’s on YouTube — and it’s clear Donegal in 2012 took more stock out of beating Kerry than any other game.

It wasn’t just Mayo who benefited from Donie Buckley’s expertise last Sunday, according to Eoin Brosnan.

The nagging fear that Kerry are hatching a plan is always there.

The nagging fear that Kerry are hatching a plan is always there.

The chill factor in Killarney tomorrow won’t be the western breeze but the cooling of jets.

It’s in Boston instead of Castlebar where a number of Kerry officials and its football greats find themselves this weekend, pressing flesh with the county’s diaspora.

Strange as it might seem, it’s difficult to be hyperbolic about the impact of Colm Cooper’s injury on Kerry’s 2014 season.

Three seasons. Three All-Ireland semi-finals.

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The proof will come on Saturday but Eoin Brosnan is confident Dr Crokes are better prepared for this All-Ireland semi-final than those in the last two years.

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