The season may have ended in disappointment for the Kerry footballers with defeat to Dublin in an All-Ireland final replay but off the field, there was plenty to celebrate.

Kerry and Dublin isn’t just a heavyweight duel on the pitch. It’s a muscular collision off it between two global mega-corporations partnering two GAA superpowers, albeit via wholly different business strategies.

There are not too many Kerry GAA supporters who have won four All-Ireland medals for Cork, but Shauna Kelly is an exception to that rule.

The chairman of Kerry GAA, Tim Murphy, has said they have complete confidence in the integrity of the process which has nominated David Gough to referee the All-Ireland SFC final against Dublin.

Kerry GAA chairman Tim Murphy says their team have no issue with David Gough's appointment as All-Ireland final referee.

A Kerry publican with strong GAA associations has been convicted of after-hours drinking on two separate occasions when gardaí found the front door of his pub wide open and live music playing.

With over 20 years at the top of the Irish golf and leisure scene, Maurice O’Meara is a man who really knows golf.

Kerry GAA is today mourning the loss of three-time All-Ireland winner Jerome O’Shea, who passed away at the age of 87 yesterday.

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“Help us pull this red thread tighter” — that was the appeal from host and former captain Doug Howlett at the inaugural Munster Rugby New York dinner Tuesday night, when the province’s 2008 Heineken Cup-winning team were honoured on the 10-year anniversary of their victory over Toulouse.

Don’t judge me. If I’m on trial for soaking up the splendours of the south of France this week, looking out at the mile-high yachts of Roman Abramovich and the like, I am guilty as charged, writes Colm Cooper. 

New Kerry GAA commercial manager Maurice O’Meara feels the position presents him with the challenge he was looking for after years involved with golf in the county.

It won’t stimulate anything like the debate over Kerry’s defence for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final in Killarney, but it should.

Kerry GAA is set to appoint Maurice O’Meara as a full-time commercial fundraiser in the coming weeks, as the Kingdom step up efforts to generate new revenue streams.

Tributes have been paid to a young Kerry GAA player who died after an accidental clash during a school final.

The purists might be a bit off colour, but the new away Kerry jersey — which took supporters by surprise last weekend — looks set to create a literal pot of gold for the team.

Kerry's change strip, corporate soirees, refs on the rise and other league talking points. Our writers wrap up a packed Allianz League weekend.

Kerry's change strip, corporate soirees, refs on the rise and other league talking points. Our writers wrap up a packed Allianz League weekend.

Central Council delegates will discover tomorrow if one of Páraic Duffy’s last acts as GAA director general will be a recommended rulebook change to ban testimonials.

Colm Cooper maintains he made did nothing wrong in agreeing to the October testimonial that saw him pick up a sizeable cheque.

Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper has staunchly defended the decision to have a testimonial, one that has caused controversy in GAA circles.

Kerry footballer Brendan O'Sullivan failed a doping control test following the Allianz league final of 2016.

The Kingdom’s incredible winning streak over 90 years ago was all the more remarkable given the political tensions with the squad, writes Richard McElligott.

There was a changing of the guard at the Kerry GAA Convention in Tralee last night, with Tim Murphy (Brosna) assuming the chair as Patrick O’Sullivan completed his five-year term.

Kerry GAA secretary Peter Twiss has called for a county board draw to help meet the running costs of the new centre of excellence.

It has taken many years longer than it should to build a permanent home for Kerry GAA, so getting full value for their €8m Centre of Excellence is less a target than an imperative, writes Tony Leen.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

A hundred years to the day that Patrick Pearse stepped on to O’Connell Street and proclaimed an Irish Republic, the GAA will hold its extravagant commemoration of the most seminal moment in modern Irish history. 

Kerry bid for their second back-to-back All-Ireland in less than a decade tomorrow at Croke Park, but you’d have got long odds on that in 2012 after they’d lost a quarter-final to Donegal. No-one was putting their hand up to replace Jack O’Connor, something Kerry GAA chairman Patrick O’Sullivan recognised better than most. So what’s changed? And how much longer can the Kingdom stay top of the tree

Parents of children at a run-down school have expressed “bewilderment” at an error in a planning application which will lead to another setback in a long-running battle to construct a new building.

For some reason, I was never overly fond of the word ‘mobility’. 

Paul Galvin was attacked with a hurley during the Kerry senior hurling county final between Lixnaw and Kilmoyley yesterday.

Kerry GAA chiefs are investigating a violent attack with a hurley on former football star, Paul Galvin, during yesterday’s Kerry hurling final in Tralee.

In a quiet rural corner of Kerry, far from the celebrations of Sunday’s All-Ireland successes, the foundations are being poured to aid the development of future generations of Kingdom footballers.

Leading GAA figures in Kerry believe the county are behind the times in establishing a centre of excellence.

By John Fogarty

A war of words has broken out between Kerry GAA chiefs and a number of clubs in Gaeltacht regions.