Dublin forwards coach Jason Sherlock insists that the majority of the All-Ireland champions’ backroom team are volunteers and that much of the county’s success has nothing to do with “resources”.

Twenty games, 18 wins, 2 draws. Thus reads the league and championship record of Jim Gavin’s Dublin since March 7 last year when they drew with Tyrone. How much more is left in this run?

Brian Horgan hopes to be celebrating on the double tomorrow evening.

Gaelic Players Association chief Dessie Farrell has offered a damning assessment of the football championship, claiming it’s ‘lagging way behind’ hurling because of the restrictive provincial structures.

Jim Gavin’s former U21 selector Declan Darcy believes the 1995 All-Ireland winner is the stand-out candidate to succeed Pat Gilroy as Dublin manager.

Dublin enter Sunday’s All-Ireland MFC semi-final against Kerry as warm favourites but manager, Dessie Farrell is certain his charges are in for torrid test.

Laois manager Justin McNulty has, unsurprisingly, stuck with the same 15 players who started last week’s qualifier defeat of Meath for this Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against reigning champions Dublin at Croke Park.

Former All-Ireland winning Clare captain and current Dublin hurling boss, Anthony Daly

Former Dublin manager Paul Caffrey has warned the All-Ireland champions must accept the responsibility that comes with the title of being the best as they attempt to combat their recent indiscipline problems.

JON Kenny in his famous D’Unbelievables sketch immortalised the stereotypical GAA club manager.

DUBLIN attacking star Bernard Brogan has revealed he missed the majority of the immediate post-match celebrations of last September’s All-Ireland victory over Kerry as he was undergoing a compulsory drugs test at the time.

DUBLIN’S top GAA official has moved quickly to dampen speculation that a third major stadium for the capital is on its way.

URSULA JACOB led from the front to give champions Wexford their first victory in the second round of the All-Ireland senior camogie championship.

Veronica Curtin repeated her heroics from the bench of last week, scoring 1-3 after being sprung in the 48th minute to rescue Galway and earn them a 1-10 to 1-7 victory in the second round of the All-Ireland senior camogie championship.

FORMER Dublin defender Keith Barr has raised serious concerns about the level of manliness being permitted in Gaelic football after Sunday’s Allianz Division 1 and 2 finals.

AFL club Melbourne wants to stage a special international rules match with Dublin in Croke Park or Parnell Park next year to honour the sporting achievements of Jim Stynes.

HE will be 34 later this year and hasn’t played inter-county football in 11 months but Jason Sherlock isn’t prepared to admit his days as a Dublin footballer are numbered just yet.

THERE’S a familiar ring to Tipperary boss Liam Sheedy’s youth policy for tomorrow’s Munster SHC clash with Cork.

Dublin's jersey sponsors for the new season have yet to be confirmed, despite the capital's footballers having their first competitive fixture of 2010 next Sunday.

TEN years ago Cork and Offaly served up one of the games of the decade, a sensational All-Ireland semi-final played in teeming rain in Croke Park.

THE OLD-TIMERS up here have a saying; “There is only a while in anything and all good things must come to an end”.

Anthony Daly, the recently installed Dublin senior hurling manager, has drafted Richard Stakelum and Ciaran Hetherton into his backroom team for his first season in charge.

PADDY RUSSELL “felt sorry” for Kerry skipper Paul Galvin who missed most of the championship after slapping the referee’s notebook from his hands.

AFTER the first volley of shots rang out above the graveside, the momentary silence was broken by the sound of empty shell cases falling back to the ground like a trickle of rain.

1995 All-Ireland winner Jim Gavin has been given the nod to manage the Dublin Under-21 footballers next season.

Wexford are on the lookout for a new senior football manager after Paul Bealin's decision to resign from the role.

"You try playing in front of 82,000 people in a Leinster Final" that's the response from Dublin's 1995 All-Ireland winning senior footballer Jason Sherlock to the chorus of disapproval over the way some of Paul Caffrey's side celebrated their scores in the provincial decider.

1995 All-Ireland winning hero Jason Sherlock will start his first competitive match of the year on Sunday when Dublin take on Laois in the Leinster SFC final (Croke Park, throw-in 4.15pm).

Dublin manager Paul Caffrey has named an unchanged team for Saturday's NFL Division 1A encounter with Fermanagh in Parnell Park (throw-in 2.30pm).

1995 All-Ireland winner Paul Bealin has been re-appointed as manager of the Wexford senior footballers for a second year.

Dublin 1-12 Westmeath 0-5

Although he has made no public pronouncements, former Dublin star Paul Bealin is expected to remain in charge of the Wexford senior footballers for next season.

Former Dublin midfielder Paul Bealin has been backed to bag some silverware for Wexford next season.

Having won four AFL Premierships and waited 25 years to finally coach his country, Kevin Sheedy is determined to lead Australia to glory in this month's International Rules Series.

In a repeat of their 1995 All-Ireland final battle, Dublin and Tyrone go head-to-head at Croke Park today (throw-in 3.30pm) for the honour of making this season's last four.

Dublin are set to call on 1995 All-Ireland-winning hero Jason Sherlock for Sunday's Leinster SFC final against Laois.

Dublin's Darren Magee could end his 10-month absence from inter-county football in the Leinster SFC final on July 17 if he makes an impression in training tonight.

Robbie Boyle will don the Dublin jersey for the first time in six years after the Erin's Isle club man was named at full-forward for Friday night's opening round of the National League against Mayo at Parnell Park.

GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell has rubbished speculation that he has been touted as a potential successor to Tommy Lyons as Dublin football manager.