ON Sunday he will battle to book Donegal’s berth in the All-Ireland senior football final and defender Anthony Thompson will be able to reflect proudly on his own role in shaping the development of some of the county’s young talents.

IT took almost four hours of energy-sapping action to separate them, but Tyrone finally triumphed to qualify for the Ulster U21 Football Championship semi-finals.

MUNSTER Council chairman Sean Walsh has admitted that attendances at the province’s championship games have been disappointing thus far but the Kerry native has predicted an abrupt about-turn in the coming weeks.