Niall Coakley was a content man driving back to Dublin on Wednesday night.

New Meath senior football manager Andy McEntee has slammed the proposed introduction of a round-robin series at the quarter-final stage of the All-Ireland SFC, labelling the plans a “money racket.”

Closing the margin between Meath and Dublin is Andy McEntee’s main aim as he embarks on a three-year term as manager of the Royals.

Bruce Springsteen isn’t going to be a popular man in Dublin club football circles this summer.

Dublin SFC final

By Rónán Mac Lochlainn

Gardaí investigating the stabbing of Dublin footballer Jonny Cooper say they are examining CCTV footage in an effort to identify his attacker.

Dublin senior footballer Jonny Cooper is out of hospital after he was stabbed early this morning.

Dublin senior footballer Jonny Cooper is recovering after being injured in a knife attack in the city in the early hours of this morning.

St Vincent's 1-9 Ballymun Kickhams 1-8

Ballyboden St Enda’s advanced to the to the Dublin SFC quarter-finals following a controversial win over Kilmacud Crokes on Saturday.

Dick Hearns is perhaps the greatest Mayo sportsperson you have never heard of.

Paul Curran is optimistic Ballymun Kickhams’ season will go from strength-to-strength following their Dublin SFC success against Kilmacud Crokes last Monday night.

FOOTBALL Player of the Year nominee Darran O’Sullivan believes the GAA should have helped those caught in a club versus country tug-of-war due to the International Rules series.

THE Irish International Rules management team will not “put a gun to any player’s head” if they face the dilemma of whether to stay at home to fulfil club commitments or fly out to Australia next weekend ahead of the upcoming test matches in Melbourne and the Gold Coast.

MEATH are unlikely to object to the Leinster Competitions Control Committee’s (CCC) recommendation to push back their club champions’ provincial opener by three weeks.

A DUBLIN club has defended its decision to send their U14s to Portugal before last weekend’s Féile tournament.

NEMO RANGERS manager Eddie Kirwan has warned that the club will look to the Munster Council to postpone Sunday’s provincial final against Dr Crokes until February if the game is called off for a second time.

Ballyboden St. Enda's 2-12 St. Jude’s 1-13

LAOIS duo Colm Parkinson and Darren Rooney played a telling role in Parnells 0-12 to 0-11 win over St Mark’s Tallaght in round three of the Dublin SFC in O’Toole Park last night.

Anthony Daly, the recently installed Dublin senior hurling manager, has drafted Richard Stakelum and Ciaran Hetherton into his backroom team for his first season in charge.

KILMACUD CROKES 1-10 ST. OLIVER PLUNKETTS/EOGHAN RUADH 0-13

IRELAND and Australia may be renewing their tetchy rivalry in Perth this week but an altogether more ancient struggle will get its latest airing at Parnell Park tonight when the best the northside and southside can muster battle for the Dublin SFC title.

1995 All-Ireland winner Jim Gavin has been given the nod to manage the Dublin Under-21 footballers next season.

Dublin's Alan Brogan will be free to play in next month's International Rules series after a scan on his wrist showed only bruising.

Dublin manager Tommy Naughton has delayed his team selection for Sunday's NHL Division Two final against Kerry.

2005 Leinster championship-winning captain Paddy Christie has been included in the Dublin panel for a challenge match against Derry on Saturday.

Na Fianna 1-10 St Jude’s 0-10

After almost four months of dispute, there is an end to the Mark Vaughan saga.

Colm O’Connor

The Leinster Council have upheld St Brigid's appeal into the eligibility of Mark Vaughan playing in the Dublin SFC.

ST BRIGID’S have lodged an objection against Kilmacud Crokes following their one-point defeat in the first round of the Dublin SFC at Parnell Park last Friday.

Jubilant St Brigids boss Paddy Clarke has revealed he's on the trail of a Leinster club title after Sunday's historic Dublin SFC win.

THE county championship schedule winds a little closer to conclusion this weekend with a handful of finals and replays to be decided before the provincial campaigns can begin in earnest.

CONOR GALVIN’S goal six minutes before the half-time break helped Kilmacud Crokes to a seven point win over Ballymun Kickhams (1-10 to 0-6) and progression to the last eight of the Dublin SFC at Parnell Park on Saturday evening.

Dublin County Board Chairman John Bailey has revealed Saturday's SFC final between UCD and St Vincent's will be finished on the day - at all costs.

Leinster Council chiefs have told the Dublin SFC champions they must play two hectic ties in 48 hours this weekend.

NA FIANNA officials last night extended their best wishes to those remaining teams in the Dublin SFC, after their High Court appeal ended in disappointment yesterday.

Dublin champions Na Fianna are out of the Dublin SFC after the High Court threw their appeal out this afternoon.

A ruling in the Na Fianna High Court case is expected this afternoon.