A 24-year-old man drowned in the Royal Canal returning home after celebrating Donegal’s win in the All-Ireland football semi-final.

CAVAN U21 selector Ronan Carolan has accused the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) of blatant disregard for player welfare over its refusal to postpone Saturday’s All-Ireland football semi-final against Wexford.

THE controversial barrier being constructed in front of Hill 16 this week may have a short shelf-life of just two years if it proves successful in combating the surge of spectators onto the Croke Park pitch after games.

PAT GILROY has described the GAA’s plans to erect fencing in front of Hill 16 as “drastic” but he believes Croke Park officials must do what is best for the safety of its patrons.

IN what Cork fans will be hoping is not a portent of things to come in Sunday’s All-Ireland Football semi-final clash, Dublin has beaten Cork to the title of the top student in the country.

CORK attacker Pearse O’Neill believes they have to discover a method of dismantling Dublin’s defensive system if they are to triumph in next Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final.

THE GAA yesterday moved to combat the costly and dangerous tradition of pitch invasions and announced that they are lobbying the government to make such incursions illegal, possibly by this time next year.

DAVID GILLICK faces the most daunting if most exciting assignment of his career later today in the semi-finals of the men’s 400m at the World Championships in Berlin.

IT WAS interesting to reflect this week on the amount of tactical debate that’s been generated by last Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final between Waterford and Kilkenny.

WHATEVER about the contrasting emotions for Cork and Kerry players and supporters after the sensational climax to the All-Ireland football semi-final at the weekend, the replay will boost GAA central funds in a year in which revenue from the National Leagues took a serious hit because of a combination of factors.

Cork 2-11 Kildare 1-11

IN relation to Ryle Dwyer’s column dealing with the vagaries of post-match interviews, can I say that the piece in general left me a little confused (Irish Examiner, August 26).

THE GAA have indicated that they will not delay the second All-Ireland football semi-final on 4 September despite calls for it to be put back.

Cork are concentrating on themselves and not Kerry ahead of their All-Ireland football semi-final at the end of the month, according to coach Billy Morgan.

Fermanagh’s amazing run to the All-Ireland football semi-final this year was recognised at last night's Ulster GAA Writers awards banquet in the Great Northern Hotel.

Fermanagh’s amazing run to the All-Ireland football semi-final this year was recognised at last night's Ulster GAA Writers awards banquet in the Great Northern Hotel.

Mike Frank Russell has been dropped from the Kerry side to face Derry in Sunday's All-Ireland football semi-final at Croke Park.

Colm Cooper remains an injury worry for Kerry boss Jack O'Connor, but the star forward is expected to be named in the Kingdom side to face Derry in Sunday's All-Ireland football semi-final.

Fermanagh 0-12 Armagh 0-11

GAA President Sean Kelly has condemned the reported death threat on Sunday’s All-Ireland football semi-final referee Michael Monahan as "diabolical".

I READ a complaint by Jim Desmond (Irish Examiner letters, August 28) that Páidí Ó Sé's assailant at the All-Ireland football semi-final was not prosecuted because he was an ex-garda.

The GAA’s Games Administration Committee has charged Kerry’s Tomas O Se and Cork’s Philip Clifford with misconduct and dangerous play during last Sunday’s All-Ireland football semi-final.

GAA president Sean McCague has cleared the way for Kerry captain Daragh O’Se to play for his county in this weekend’s All-Ireland football semi-final against Cork in Croke Park.

Security will be stepped up around Croke Park for this afternoon’s All-Ireland football semi-final following a spate of loyalist pipe-bomb attacks on GAA clubs in Co Derry this week.