Next to Frank Murphy, there are very few who have given as much service to the GAA as Joan Cooney.

Frank Murphy was a two-time Olympian and European Championship silver medalist.

So, the king’s tenure is dead — though long live JBM. Above all, long lives the kingmaker.

It was a small thing but it told us a lot.

The ‘devastation’ knows no bounds, it seems.

Cork County Board favours the possible introduction of “a second competition” for weaker counties in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship after their participation at provincial level has come to an end.