False modesty may be something Jim Gavin can occasionally leave himself open to being accused of, but no such thing is at play when he insists that Kevin Heffernan’s team of the 70s will always hold pride of place in the Dublin football pantheon.

TRIBUTES flowed from all quarters at the ploughing championships for the Irish Examiner’s Agribusiness Correspondent Ray Ryan whose colourful 48-year career in journalism is drawing to a close.