The contribution of Corofin’s younger brigade has been central to their Croke Park return, according to manager Kevin O’Brien.

Things we learned

The discussion in the staff room at Our Lady’s, Templemore on Wednesday morning centred on the long list of household names who passed through their doors without ever pocketing a Harty Cup medal.

Everything now is measured and governed by numbers and statistics, writes Anthony Daly. 

It was the end of the world as we knew it. That’s what we were told, anyway. That the reprieve offered to Diarmuid Connolly by two of the three men sitting on the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) panel had taken a match to the GAA’s disciplinary system.

Kerry starlet Mark O’Connor says Geelong’s similarity with his native Dingle was the main reason he inked a deal with the AFL club over other suitors.

Ulster champion Thomas Mackle beat Christy Mullins on Sunday in the feature score of the benefit festival for the cancer unit at Cork University Hospital in Shannonvale.

Those of you who’ve been keeping a close eye on Waterford of late will know what to expect tomorrow. Those of who you haven’t merely need to study the photograph above.