How are the finalists’ All-Stars stock after the drawn All-Ireland final? Honest broker John Fogarty tests the market.

Mayo footballer Andy Moran has announced that he has retired from inter-county football.

Quite frankly, only the most dogged of souls will survive. And even then, the bodies will be sore for days afterwards, you would imagine.

Galway boss Micheal Donoghue will face a sweat over the fitness of another All Star as Conor Cooney left the field on crutches, on an awful weekend for St Thomas’.

From Arkle v Mill House to Kauto Star v Denman to Native River v Might Bite, the Cheltenham Festival has produced some epic duels down the years. It’ll be no different this week and the three showdowns below certainly won’t be for the faint-hearted, says Darren Norris

A Daithi Casey point in the sixth minute of injury-time handed victory to Kerry at the end of which the hosts had 14 players on the field and Donegal one less.

Cuala (Dublin) 1-23 Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) 1-9: If it wasn’t for Mattie Kenny’s forensic attention to detail, we mightn’t read too much into the curious, 26-point score-lines that his Cuala team has been racking up lately.

Kieran Kingston last night dispelled rumours that certain demands of the Cork hurling squad were not being acceded to by the county board.

Every second year, there is an All Star trip and I was fortunate to be among the group to visit San Diego. Unfortunately, the camogie All Stars do not get to experience such trips or rewards and I hope this will change in the future, writes Valerie Mulcahy

The Star Wars Irish Tour of 2016 is on the move.

They’re a privileged bunch, and they know it.

Half an hour into the unforgettable game that made Dublin look like startled earwigs, Tadhg Kennelly was summoned from the cushioned dugout in the stand.

Star Wars fans hailed the trailer for the latest instalment in the franchise as “spectacular”, with plenty of drama to keep moviegoers on the edge of their seats as they await the full release later this year.

Ladies Football: Cork 1-13 Kerry 1-12

Kerry’s Paul Murphy believes Tommy Walsh’s Kingdom return will bring with it positives that ripple far beyond the field of play.

It mightn’t have worked out the way he intended but Lee Keegan at least cleared his name.

Donegal goalkeeper Paul Durcan has held his hands up for his All-Ireland football final error and admitted he simply duffed his kick-out.

The TG4 Ladies Football All Star Awards took place at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin last night with 15 All Star Awards presented to the winning players along with Player's Player of the Year awards.

C & S UCC Demons produced a solid performance to defeat Killester in the Men’s Premier League top of the table clash at Clontarf.

This year’s All-Ireland finalists represent over half of the 45 GAA-GPA All Star hurling nominations with 24, 13 going to champions Kilkenny and 11 to Tipperary.

It’s no surprise Kerry lead the way with 11 All Star nominations, two more than beaten finalists Donegal and National League and Leinster winners Dublin.

Last week was the centenary of the birth of Albert Camus. The great man grew up to become the second-youngest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1957 (can you guess the youngest?) for works such as The Outsider and The Myth of Sisyphus.

I was in Cork last Sunday at their county final, Midleton beating holders Sarsfields; I was in Ennis then yesterday as Sixmilebridge took the title from Newmarket-on-Fergus in the Clare final. In both games the teams did their absolute best, but I have to say I’m really annoyed.

A few weeks ago Dublin beat Kilkenny in the Leinster semi-final and the reigning All-Ireland and league champions, it was said, were on the ropes ready for the big knock out. One more big punch to put them out for the count.

Simon Cowell has said he will have a more hands-on role on The X Factor as he considers it to be his “baby”.

All Star David Burke is hoping to crown a remarkable year by guiding Galway’s St Thomas’s to a first All-Ireland club final appearance when they take on reigning champions Loughgiel Shamrocks on Saturday.

Michael Darragh Macauley has criticised former boss Paul Caffrey for being too slow to change his Dublin side.

This evening’s GPA fundraiser in New York, the Irish-American Heritage awards dinner, is sold out.

Donegal’s Karl Lacey was last night named the 2012 Footballer of the Year.

In the public memory, he’ll always be a moment.

Jenny O’Leary hasn’t played in a major final since Cork lost to Wexford in the 2007 All-Ireland.

2008 Olympian Peter O’Leary and David Burrows of Ireland have won the first race of the day for the Star class in the BACARDI Miami Sailing Week (BMSW) presented by EFG Bank.

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

KILKENNY are celebrating one of their highest All Star tallies ever under Brian Cody after picking up eight of the GAA-GPA awards sponsored by Opel.

ROI DU MEE made every yard of the running to trounce hot-pot Forpadydeplasterer in the three-runner, Grade 3 Star Chase at Punchestown yesterday.

IT’S in the nature of the GAA beast to get all post-modern when it comes to All Star nominations: what’s not in the text, hidden codes, all that jazz.

REVIVED just three years ago, tomorrow’s Tyre Stop Kerry Rallysprint has already found a perfect niche in the motorsport calendar.

FORMER All-Ireland winning hurler and All Star Michael Cleary will set out today to cycle a go-kart the length of Co Tipperary to raise funds to ease the suffering of sick children.

HOLLO LADIES is a bullish selection for the Bet Tote Direct At Star Sports Beginners’ Chase at Southwell today.

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Kilkenny's former All Star and All Ireland winner DJ Carey's raising questions about whether his native county will be able to cope with the loss of Henry Shefflin ahead of the 2010 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final against Tipperary.

EXPERIENCED defender Ronan Fallon has quit Dublin’s senior hurling panel.

LADIES Gaelic Football Association President Pat Quill has called for the introduction of electronic voting at all levels of the GAA.