The Tyrone County Board last night turned down Mickey Harte’s request for an extension to his term as senior football manager.

Mickey Harte is to have talks with the Tyrone County Board over his future as manager of the Tyrone senior team.

Before we talk about Tiernan McCann, and we need to talk about him because no other topic in the GAA seems to be worth ventilating, an observation.

Ulster Council chairman Martin McAviney insists referee Maggie Farrelly’s championship debut on Sunday was not a once-off, predicting a bright future for the Cavan official on the men’s inter-county scene.

Mickey Harte could miss Tyrone’s relegation clash with Kerry in Omagh tomorrow due to a minor operation he underwent this past week.

Derry manager Brian McIver last night claimed Kerry have provided the greatest example to teams that the best way of countering defensive systems is to mirror them.

Mickey Harte has told the Tyrone County Board that he is not stopping any of his players conducting interviews with RTÉ.

The recent appointments of Roisin Jordan and Tracey Kennedy to the chairman and vice-chairman of their respective counties appear to indicate the GAA’s growing acceptance of women in high office.

Seán Cavanagh admits he cried for hours after their All-Ireland defeat by rivals Armagh in July.

Seán Cavanagh has launched a scathing broadside against the Tyrone County Board and Eglish, club of his late county team-mate Cormac McAnallen.

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Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has confirmed that the county will be appealing the one-match bans proposed for Martin Penrose and Conor Gormley.

A one-match retrospective ban could keep experienced defender Conor Gormley out of Tyrone's All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Mayo on Sunday week.

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Kerry GAA chiefs have heaped praise on their Tyrone counterparts following Sunday’s Allianz League clash at Healy Park, Omagh.

Tyrone goalkeeper John Devine has decided to retire from inter-county football at the age of 29.

GAA President Liam O’Neill has reiterated his belief that spitting is “disgraceful behaviour” after the latest flashpoint in Carrick-on-Shannon.

The Tyrone County Board has moved swiftly to take action against the spectator accused of spitting at Donegal star Karl Lacey at the end of last Sunday’s Allianz FL tie at Omagh.

GAA president Liam O’Neill said there is no place in the organisation for the person who spat at Karl Lacey at the Tyrone-Donegal Division One game in Omagh on Sunday.

Kevin Hughes is the latest Tyrone player to call time on his inter-county career.

GAA President Christy Cooney says the Association's disciplinary systems will deal with those who were involved in the violent scenes which marred last Sunday's All-Ireland JFC semi-final between Derrytresk and Dromid Pearses.

ULSTER Council delegate Pat Darcy has warned other counties to stop pointing the finger of blame at his native Tyrone, and the province, following the violence that marred Sunday’s All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final.

GAA president Christy Cooney has reaffirmed the Association’s reluctance to introduce fencing in a bid to prevent incidents like those witnessed in Portlaoise on Sunday when fans entered the pitch and contributed to a melee.

TYRONE star Seán Cavanagh believes the GAA must do more to deal with ill discipline in their games.

WHEN a GAA president expresses his confidence clubs will identify their troublemakers you know he’s not putting his hand out to be slapped.

ANOTHER potential embarrassment in the ugly controversy dividing Donegal GAA has been averted by Kevin Cassidy’s absence from a Sligo IT Sigerson Cup reunion on Saturday.

Tyrone legend Peter Canavan was officially appointed as the new manager of the Fermanagh senior footballers last night.

THE Competitions Control Committee of the Tyrone County Board is to meet tonight to study the referee’s report and view the video of last weekend’s Division Oneleague final, which ended inviolence.

DISCIPLINARY officials in Tyrone have moved quickly to get to the bottom of the violent scenes which marred last Sunday’s Division One league final.

The Tyrone County Board have released a statement on behalf of Mickey Harte and his players, regarding their lack of co-operation with RTÉ Television and Radio this summer.

LADIES FOOTBALL chiefs in Tyrone have launched an investigation into horrific attacks which left two people unconscious at the end of the county senior football championship final.

THE Tyrone GAA board are to investigate an incident that left double All-Ireland winner Joe McMahon with a broken jaw in a league game with his club Omagh St Enda’s on Sunday afternoon.

The murder of Ronan Kerr in Omagh must be deplored as an attack on democracy and civilised society.

ONE of the biggest secrets in the western political world is that the British Prime Minister David Cameron is a GAA fanatic.

‘OF ONE BELIEF’ founder Mark Conway has warned the GAA will have learnt nothing from Ireland’s economic disaster if it backs the proposed €8 million plus five-year official recognition deal with the GPA.

MICKEY HARTE somehow found the strength to return to football management yesterday, less than a week after the funeral of his daughter Michaela.

TYRONE’S participation in the Dr McKenna Cup was thrown into doubt last night following the tragic death of team manager Mickey Harte’s daughter Michaela while on honeymoon in Mauritius.

DONEGAL GAA chiefs are set to investigate recent claims that young players around the county are risking their lives by driving recklessly to and from matches.

There has been speculation this afternoon that three-time All-Ireland winner Enda McGinley is set to retire from the Tyrone senior football panel.

Tyrone senior football manager Mickey Harte is set to remain in the role until 2012, following the confirmation of a two-year extension for the Errigal Ciaran clubman.

More county chairmen have joined the backlash against the GAA’s efforts to end mass pitch invasions, expressing their reservations with recent attempts at on-field presentations.

IT’S going to be a major talking point in GAA circles throughout the country – who was the best footballer who never won an All Ireland senior medal?

Tyrone's Ryan McMenamin has failed in an appeal against a six-week suspension imposed following an incident in the county's league meeting with Kerry earlier this month, with the GAA last night instead increasing the ban to eight weeks.