A very safe presumption to make would be that Damien Comer has much fonder memories of his last trip to Ruislip than Galway manager Kevin Walsh.

Roscommon, the only senior football team yet to confirm a manager for 2019, are hoping to recruit a successor to Kevin McStay from outside the county.

Castlebar Mitchels 3-13 Knockmore 0-10: Their failure to perform in the All-Ireland club final last March was a major driving force for Castlebar Mitchels as they retained their Mayo SFC title on Saturday night at MacHale Park.

Mayo may have annexed their fifth Connacht championship title in a row last month, but it was also their most low-key campaign. 

Niall Carew has reinvented Sligo. The Kildare native experiences his first Connacht final tomorrow at Hyde Park, as the county renews rivalries with Mayo, three years after losing narrowly to their neighbours in the decider at the Roscommon venue.

Former Roscommon captain Shane Curran has launched a blistering attack on current manager John Evans and called for his departure.

Sligo 1-14 Roscommon 0-13: Underdogs Sligo had too much bite for an under-performing Roscommon in Saturday’s absorbing Connacht SFC semi-final at Markievicz Park.

Mayo’s chances of Connacht Championship success this summer received a big boost yesterday when All Star forward Cillian O’Connor made his first competitive appearance for 11 weeks.

It says much about the state of Sligo football when their own players suggest it’s the pull of Sky Sports’ coverage at Markievicz Park this evening that will bump up attendance figures.

“Suarez has gone down like he’s been crucified.”

Larry Ryan brings you the daft controversies, wacky conspiracy theories, memorable quotes and some of the craziest lines from the sporting year.

Eamon Dunphy perpetual trophy for post-match entertainment: Davy Fitz

Mutual consent.

St Brigid's (Roscommon) 2-10 Tourlestrane (Sligo) 0-09

Former Mayo star Kevin McStay is fearful “too many referees are deciding who wins the big matches.”

Title favourites Tourlestrane will square off against south Sligo neighbours Tubbercurry in the SFC final following their respective decisive semi-final victories at the weekend.

Jim Gavin has drafted Paddy Andrews back into the Dublin starting 15 for tomorrow’s All-Ireland semi-final.

Ulster Council secretary Danny Murphy has called for an immediate cessation of what he terms “manager bashing” by RTÉ pundits in particular.

It’s a growing list of the irritated that Kieran McGeeney added himself to this past weekend.

The man highlighted on The Sunday Game throwing his glasses off before entering a melee during Longford’s qualifier loss to Wexford has defended his actions.

Wexford chairman Diarmuid Devereux has slammed The Sunday Game for gross inequality in their analysis of games.

They may be down right now but Mickey Harte insists Tyrone aren’t out and has guaranteed that they will recover to reach the championship’s last eight.

RTÉ will not apologise to Kevin Walsh in the wake of his stinging attack on The Sunday Game.

Kevin Walsh has vehemently objected to Eamonn O’Hara’s criticism and insisted he was in no position to take him to task after removing himself from the panel.

RTÉ pundit Eamonn O’Hara has defended his outburst on The Sunday Game and claimed the attack was not personal.

Sligo secretary Gerry O’Connor has brushed off Eamonn O’Hara’s criticism of Kevin Walsh as “kneejerk” and claimed his comments were consistent with having a personality clash with the manager.

GAA president Liam O’Neill has defended the rule which prevented London from playing two challenge matches in Ireland recently, saying that the county’s success against Sligo in the Connacht SFC shows that they do not need special treatment anymore.

If Eamonn O’Hara was feeling a little sheepish after only his second ever appearance on The Sunday Game, it would be completely understandable.

Former Sligo footballer Eamonn O’Hara called on manager Kevin Walsh to resign immediately following yesterday’s shock loss to London.

A leader, a fearless operator and a gentleman — those were just some of the themes running through the tributes to Sligo great Eamonn O’Hara who called time on his inter-county career yesterday after almost 19 seasons.

Dónal Óg Cusack and Eamonn O’Hara will join RTÉ’s GAA Championship panel for the summer.

The nature of drugs tests in top level GAA is under further scrutiny after a Kilkenny player was detained for around two hours after Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

The calm before the perfect storm.

Kildare 0-13 Sligo 0-4

Kerry face Cork in Sunday’s Munster semi-final with 11 of the team that beat Tipperary last Sunday week. Bryan Sheehan has been ruled out with a knee injury, while there’s a recall for Kieran Donaghy, a used substitute in Thurles.

The AIB Connacht Club SFC final will be a Galway-Roscommon affair after Corofin and St. Brigid’s came through today’s semi-final encounters.

RONAN CURRAN will make his first championship start of the year for the Cork senior hurlers in Saturday’s All-Ireland SHC qualifier against Galway in Semple Stadium.

Wicklow 1-18 Sligo 0-16

GALWAY manager Tomas Ó Flatharta is not certain if Michael Meehan will be fit to see action in Sunday week’s Connacht semi-final against Mayo.

FEARLESS Leitrim provided the first shock of the summer when their stylish and high-octane performance stunned last year’s beaten Connacht finalists Sligo at Markievicz Park yesterday.

Sligo 0-10 Leitrim 1-10

SLIGO almost produced a great escape but in the end, it was results on other days that manager Kevin Walsh was ruing as his side were relegated in Newbridge yesterday.

Kildare 0-16 Sligo 1-12

SLIGO star Eamonn O’Hara regrets not making a move to Australia to try forge an AFL career.

THIS is almost surreal.

IT WAS the fairytale story of the 2007 season but not everyone was overjoyed by the pictures of Eamonn O’Hara waving the Nestor Cup about in joyous celebration in one of the Dr Hyde Park dressing rooms.

KERRY GAA chiefs are adopting a ‘wait and see’ policy before commenting on television coverage of incidents involving defender Tomás O Sé in Sunday’s Munster SFC final as the An Ghaeltacht defender looks set to be the second high-profile Kingdom player to be slapped with a retrospective suspension this summer by the CCCC.