JIM Gavin recognised the trap even before it had been fully laid.

Michael Darragh Macauley has admitted being axed for the first time in his Dublin career came as a ‘wake up call’ and attributed it partly to training too hard earlier in the year.

Robbie Kelleher brings a double perspective to bear on Dublin and the GAA.

Republic of Ireland 2 England 0: First-half goals from Eleanor Ryan-Doyle and Saoirse Noonan got the Republic of Ireland off to a winning start in the elite qualifying round of the UEFA Women’s U17 Championships at Turner’s Cross last night.

Last January’s list of players to shine in the year ahead featured Kerry’s Paul Murphy, who would be man of the match in the All-Ireland SFC final. So, no pressure then on these bright young things...

UCD Waves 1 Raheny United 2 (AET)

Football success has visited the McCabe household over many years but Katie has designs on taking it to the European pinnacle with Ireland’s U19 women’s team.

Raheny United 3 Castlebar Celtic 2 aet

Controversy reigned at the All-Ireland Féile na nGael Under-14 competition in Dublin last night, with Cork side Aghabullogue thrown out of the Division 1 camogie competition.

Raheny United have usurped Peamount United at the summit of the Bus Éireann FAI Women’s National League with a 2-0 win at Greenogue yesterday afternoon.

DAVID HENRY won’t be follow in the footsteps of Conal Keaney, Shane Ryan and Ross O’Carroll and switch to the Dublin hurlers after deciding to end his inter-county football career.

Peamount United continued their impressive start to the Bus Éireann Women’s National League with an astonishing 7-0 victory over Wexford.

BLACKROCK COLLEGE, Gonzaga, Belvedere, St Mary’s, St Michael’s, these are rugby schools.

FOR David Henry, the seasons must be starting to blend into one another.

FOR James Brogan, 2010 is a chance to see to some unfinished business. Or, to look at it another way, an opportunity to kickstart an inter-county career that ground to a cruel halt last season.

CONOR O’MAHONY is set to captain Tipperary in Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final against Kilkenny at Croke Park.

The rumour mill went into overdrive after last month's horror show against Kerry, but Dublin midfielder Ciaran Whelan has finally confirmed that he is retiring from inter-county football.

MARK CARROLL, who held national records from 3,000m to 10,000m and represented Ireland on the track at every level up to and including two Olympic Games, will make a belated European cross-country championship debut in Brussels next month.

CIARÁN WHELAN has given new Dublin manager Pat Gilroy a huge boost by committing himself to the cause for another year.

VINNY MULVEY (Raheny Shamrock), the winner two years ago when he also won the national senior cross-country title, will go to the line as the favourite when the phenomenon that is the “Ballycotton 10” gets under way on Sunday.

SEAMUS POWER has conceded defeat in his battle to be fit for Sunday’s European cross-country championships near Milan and will be replaced by national inter-clubs champion Vinnie Mulvey on the Irish senior squad.

Dublin midfielder Ciaran Whelan is expecting today's All-Ireland SFC final to go right down to the wire, with Kerry to "pip it".

IRISH striker Laura Hislop misses Saturday’s FIFA Women’s World Cup encounter against Scotland due to college exams in the United States.

Dublin midfielder Ciaran Whelan has withdrawn himself from the provisional Ireland squad for next month's International Rules trip to Australia.

Dublin will continue to leave their fans guessing about who the new county football captain will be, just a fortnight away from their championship opener.

GARDAÍ were yesterday hunting down a fugitive gang boss believed to have returned to the country to avenge the murder of an associate.

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.

THE GAA’s legal wrangles in Dublin and Donegal deepened yesterday after court cases brought by clubs from both counties, Na Fianna and St Eunan’s, were adjourned.

Dublin club Na Fianna has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing tomorrow's Dublin Championship semi-final between Raheny and UCD going ahead at Parnell Park.

GAA president Sean McCague has set up a sub-committee to review the association's rule-book following the huge number of club and county controversies this year.

NA FIANNA will appeal the decision by the Dublin County Board to eject them from the county championship, following their use of six substitutes in their quarter-final against Raheny last weekend.

The Na Fianna GAA club is reportedly considering an appeal after being expelled from the club championship for fielding six substitutes in the Dublin county quarter-final against Raheny.