St Vincent’s 0-12 Ballymun Kickhams 0-11: A 57th minute point from Albert Martin proved decisive as St Vincent’s narrowly defeated Ballymun Kickhams in their absorbing Dublin SFC semi-final at Parnell Park last night.

Dean Rock spent much of his teenage years kicking goals for Catholic University School’s Junior and Senior Cup rugby teams but no-one had to look very far even then for evidence of his GAA background or signs as to his future sporting path.

Dublin defender Philly McMahon has come out fighting in the face of All-Ireland final eye-gouging accusations, insisting he didn’t do it and stating he doesn’t ‘give a s**t’ what his critics think.

At this stage of the game, with two All-Irelands under his belt, Philly McMahon could have been forgiven for putting himself and his career first.

A couple were winched to safety on rescue helicopters after becoming stranded in Dublin Bay; a hoax bomb in Cork may have been a warning to a guest; Ballymun went from high hopes to broken dreams; and the post-mortem on Cilla Black has not revealed why she died. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com.

Dublin 1-9, Tyrone 0-12: Sometimes it’s as much what you don’t say as what you do.

Vicky McElligott danced with a Maasai warrior under the African night sky. The stars above might have been the same she could see from her home in Ballymun, but she knew her journey was far greater than the miles that separate Dublin and Dar Es Saalam.

Sylvester Hennessy crunches the numbers from the weekend’s big Allianz League games.

Allianz FL Division 1 Round 2: Dublin 2-10 Donegal 0-11: It’s only a couple of weeks since Karl Lacey sat down with the media and talked about Donegal’s evolving style of play under Rory Gallagher.

It was only earlier this month that Bernard Brogan was providing Jim McGuinness with a most back-handed sort of compliment on his departure as Donegal manager.

Check out the 18 brilliant young women making Irish soccer history with a UEFA Women's Under-19

A Sinn Féin surge in Dublin City has left a bruised Labour party with just a fraction of its seats and the loss of some of its high-profile councillors.

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A court has heard how a DCU student broke his leg after jumping from a computer lab window while trying to steal computers to design a game to rival Angry Birds.

Burnout has become a huge issue for GAA players and few are as qualified to talk on the issue as Dublin defender and qualified strength and conditioning coach, Philly McMahon.

Eoghan Cormican takes a look at each county ahead of the club championship.

Though they’ve had little rest the last few years, Brian Looney still has the appetite

Four years ago he stood defeated in a Dr Crokes dressing room in Fitzgerald Stadium. Two broken ribs helped to focus his mind: enough, he was done.

St Vincent's 1-9 Ballymun Kickhams 1-8

Boss Paul Curran insists Dublin SFC holders Ballymun Kickhams haven’t handed vital momentum to St Vincent’s ahead of tonight’s county SFC final replay.

Ballymun Kickhams 0-20 St Vincent’s 1-17 (aet)

For the past two decades, Dublin theatre company, Smashing Times, has engaged with social issues.

Ballymun Kickhams and St Vincent’s will contest the Dublin SFC final after respective semi-final wins over St Jude’s and Ballyboden St Enda’s at Parnell Park last night.

He’s his son, so it goes without saying Barney Rock feels Dean should be starting for Dublin on Sunday.

Dublin manager Jim Gavin has announced an unchanged starting line-up for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final encounter with Cork at Croke Park (throw-in 7pm).

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD, has confirmed that Ballymun in Dublin has been selected as one of the first Youth Guarantee Schemes to proceed in the EU.

St Brigid’s (Roscommon) 2-11 Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 2-10

At the 10th time of asking, St Brigid’s coach Liam McHale finally became an All-Ireland winner, and manager Kevin McStay was only too happy to acknowledge his fellow Mayo man’s perseverance.

Every team starts out a year with targets and goals.

St Brigids (Roscommon) 2-11 Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 2-10

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We could grow to like these footballers turned pundits turned managers.

Dean Rock insists that the “experience of a lifetime” with club side Ballymun Kickhams is more than worth harming his Dublin senior prospects for.

Paul Curran will attempt to have his college players released from Sigerson Cup semi-final duty on Friday as he prepares Ballymun Kickhams for their first All-Ireland SFC club final next month.

Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 1-10 Dr Crokes (Kerry) 0-9

The Dr Crokes press evening was coming to a close when Brian Looney fielded a ball lobbed in about the Kerry club’s style.

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Dr Crokes 3-12 Tir Chonaill Gaels 0-06

Colm Cooper, the standout footballer of his generation, has questioned the amount of rules tinkering taking place in Gaelic games at the moment, suggesting that if the current laws were enforced, then most problems would be solved.

Ballymun Kickhams 0-11 Portlaoise 0-08

He might have been kicking the odd sideline flag in frustration towards the end of the game but Paul Curran was never in doubt his Ballymun Kickhams team were going to come away from Mullingar with the Leinster title.