Pre-championship favourites Ballymun Kickhams got their Dublin SFC campaign off to a winning start as they recorded a comfortable victory over Naomh Olaf at Parnell Park last night.

ST BRIGID’S manager Mark Byrne conceded he thought his team were dead and buried at half-time of this Dublin SFC semi-final on Saturday.

DUBLIN boss Pat Gilroy’s preparations for their Leinster SFC opener against Wexford on June 13 are being upset as doubts emerge over the fitness of attackers Blaine Kelly and Conal Keaney.