The news was widely expected but football fans still struggled to accept that Gooch’s Kerry playing days were truly at an end.

Kerry footballing legend Colm Cooper has brought the curtain down on a 15-season county career.

The wording of the motion, released earlier today, states the restructuring will come in from next year to 2020.

Anybody who takes more than their share of sausages/goujons after a match will run laps.

The end is officially nigh.

GAA fans went into meltdown when Peter Harte scored this phenomenal point under pressure on Sunday.

"You can’t do a four-hour bus journey and perform."

“This year I think we have to have a crack at them."

The Gooch is a doubt for Kerry’s All-Ireland quarter-final, scheduled for the August Bank Holiday weekend.

The role of the sideline official in permitting Laois’ use of seven subs against Armagh in Saturday’s qualifier may see them avoid being dumped out of the championship.

Goalkeeper Bernard Power, cornerbacks Eoghan Kerin and David Wynne and forwards Johnny Heaney and Eamonn Brannigan all make their championship debuts.

Tipperary’s mugging of Cork in the Munster SFC semi final provided a needed shot in the arm for the ring-fencers of how things are.

The draw produced pairings for round one of the GAA Football Championship Qualifiers.

“But The Sunday Game is the Joe show, that’s the way he wants it and RTÉ use him for ratings.“

“We earnestly hope every referee that goes out to referee a match treats every player equally no matter of size. That goes without exception.“

"I’ve never actually been injured before, never missed a game, and to miss this as captain is tough."

Éamonn Fitzmaurice has confirmed that Anthony Maher and James O’Donoghue will not be part of the Kerry panel for the Division 1 final.

Cork could be in for a long afternoon in Tralee next Sunday, a very long afternoon.

Following last year’s Division Two success, Evans declared that Roscommon can go all the way and win the Sam Maguire Cup, comments that were met with criticism in some quarters.

“There was nearly as many cards as scores in Castlebar.”