The Kerry minors wouldn’t have been able to reel in Galway’s eight-point lead were it not for the frights they were given by Cork and Monaghan earlier in the summer, according to forward Paul Walsh.

Dublin’s All-Ireland winning captain Stephen Cluxton took the opportunity in his acceptance speech to address claims the county are buttressed by their financial clout and 1.5 million population.

Ciaran Kilkenny had scratched plenty off his bucket list before this.

The enormity of the achievement hadn’t yet sunk in when Ciarán Kilkenny emerged from the Dublin dressing-room.

They don’t know it yet, but it’s their last time together.

Peter Keane was his usual coy self. He knew the question would be thrown at him and when he was finished addressing it, we were none the wiser as to will he or won’t he be the next Kerry senior football manager.

Margin of error is something a lot of observers don’t consider when analysing a referee’s performance. Refs don’t go out with a plan to make mistakes but neither do they believe they are going to get everything 100% correct.

Éamonn Fitzmaurice has detailed the contents of a letter one Kerry player received this summer which "crossed the line".

Two items stood out from John Meyler’s debrief.

“It's scary because people will not go to watch it.”

Sky say they did not, nor would they, make such a request.

He criticised the morals of the "Mormon Welsh and Irish" and defended the use of a homophobic slur.

Brian Cody took a seat in front of the media, after Kilkenny’s Leinster final stalemate with Galway, and planted his tongue in his cheek.

Arsenal, Manchester City, and Chelsea are on high alert after Cristiano Ronaldo’s buyout clause at Real Madrid was reduced from €1bn to €120m.

Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey has admitted he booked a player who asked for a caution so he did not miss a big top-flight derby game.

Former Disputes Resolution Authority secretary Jack Anderson believes Kildare have a strong case to contest the GAA’s decision to arrange their All-Ireland SFC qualifier for Croke Park instead of St Conleth’s Park.

Attendance figures for this year’s Munster SFC are up by 11%, but there has been a strong drop-off in Leinster and Ulster, with crowds falling by 29% and 20% respectively.

Clare co-manager Donal Moloney should learn today whether he will be able to man the sideline in this Sunday’s Munster SHC final against Cork in Thurles.

Galway midfielder Ciaran Duggan has emerged as a doubt for their opening Super 8 meeting with Kerry.

Kildare are reportedly refusing to concede home advantage for their Round 3 Qualifier against Mayo.

"The welfare of greyhounds comes first in all operational decisions."

Officials have opted to move the star pairings to headquarters.

Another three of the Super 8 teams were confirmed yesterday with the remaining four to be revealed the weekend after next.

Cork midfielder Daniel Kearney says the Rebels’ refusal to get frustrated was the key to their victory over Waterford in Sunday’s Munster SHC round-robin game.

If it counts for anything — and it should — Clare feel they are more deserving of their Munster final spot this year than last season’s appearance, according to Shane O’Donnell.

Such has been their dreadful inconsistency in recent years, any analysis of the Cork footballers tends to yo-yo from one extreme to the other.

Limerick sharpshooter Shane Dowling says the half-time ovation he and his teammates got in their Munster SHC win over Waterford gave them “shivers down the spine”.

You shall know them by the trail of diesel receipts. Or the plastic wrapping from €2.99 best-of CDs picked up in service stations. By the Supermacs cartons and the Frank & Honest coffee cups, all of the fuel necessary to get an army on the road and to keep it marching.

Like he did last year, Clare co-manager Gerry O’Connor delivered a stirring interview to RTÉ prior to facing Tipperary on Sunday.

There was additional focus on Galway as they got the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championship underway with a 1-16 to 0-9 win against Clare at Pearse Stadium on Saturday evening.

Mayo legend Cora Staunton has inked a new deal with AFL outfit Greater Western Sydney Giants — but won’t be returning to Australia until November.

As Alan Kelly returns to action as a linesman in next Saturday’s Kilkenny-Wexford Round 5 Leinster SHC game, GAA referees chief Willie Barrett wants to see HawkEye score detection technology extended to the goal-line.

The GAA should consider staging more Saturday evening games for the sake of attracting crowds and to help player welfare, says Anthony Nash.

Last week, I spoke about the importance of a referee’s team and unfortunately it was the topic of most discussions yesterday, writes Brian Gavin.

Can Munster and Leinster make it to an All-Irish decider in Spain?

Limerick manager Billy Lee has blasted GAA chiefs for their treatment of teams in Division 4.

Maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Éamonn Fitzmaurice was keeping a record of exactly what he was doing this spring.

Despite an “up and down” league campaign, the Cork footballers are heading in the right direction, according to midfielder Ian Maguire.

Dual star Libby Coppinger has spoken about the difficulties of getting dragged into a high-profile college versus county row between the managers of the Cork senior camogie team and UCC’s women’s football side.

His bet on his grandson winning a senior England cap before turning 26 is set to come good.

Nothing we saw at Cheltenham came close to matching the final-fence drama of this Cork point-to-point race.

Leitrim's league campaign ends after only five of their scheduled seven games were played.

Hazeltine hosted the last Ryder Cup in 2016 when the United States lifted the trophy for the first time since 2008.

Ipswich will clarify the future of manager Mick McCarthy before the end of next month, the Championship club have announced.

Edinson Cavani, winning his 100th cap, scored the winner for Uruguay.

Dublin selector Jason Sherlock has accepted an eight-week ban for getting involved in a sideline incident against Galway.

Cuala's famous All-Ireland Club Hurling win was tinged with disappointment for captain Paul Schutte who admitted after lifting the cup he’s facing up to six months out.

CAVAN 0-17 TIPPERARY 2-10: Super-sub Conor Madden’s 75th-minute winner broke Tipp hearts and sent spirited Cavan back into the league’s top flight.

A first win over Kerry since 2010, Tyrone rounded off their Division 1 campaign with a treasured scalp even if it ultimately counted for little.

All four Allianz Football League divisional finals will go ahead next weekend after yesterday’s results confirmed the Division 2 and 4 finalists, the 1 and 2 deciders on Sunday, and the 3 and 4 games the day before.