Strolling along the Salthill promenade tomorrow afternoon, in and among the thousands headed for Pearse Stadium, will be a most surreal experience for Mark Breheny.

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.

JAMES CONWAY will learn later this week if he will be part of the Derry senior football panel for the All-Ireland qualifiers, after his controversial eight-week suspension was lifted at an appeals meeting.