He’s on the sideline now. There was a time not so long ago when Dara Ó Cinnéide was the tip of the spear as An Ghaeltacht collected Kerry senior titles and made it to the big show on St Patrick’s Day, but now the prolific forward is part of the club’s management team.

The Irish Examiner's sports editor, Tony Leen, convenes a roundtable on what to expect from this year's senior football championship.

Staff at a home and garden store in Co Cork yesterday recalled how the premises shook in the aftermath of an explosion that hospitalised two people at the café next door.

The great revival is well underway in West Kerry schools football. 

Cistercian College, Roscrea 31 St Mary’s College 14: Leinster Schools’ Junior Cup: Adi Donovan was the hero at Donnybrook yesterday, as his hat-trick of tries helped Cistercian College Roscrea to make a perfect start to their Leinster Schools Junior Cup campaign.

Cistercian College, Roscrea 31 St Mary’s College 14: Leinster Schools’ Junior Cup: Adi Donovan was the hero at Donnybrook yesterday, as his hat-trick of tries helped Cistercian College Roscrea to make a perfect start to their Leinster Schools Junior Cup campaign.

Waterford football boss Tom McGlinchey says there’s merit in Dara Ó Cinnéide’s proposal for a two-tier inter-county football championship but warns the structure and marketing of such a competition would be crucial.

Dara Ó Cinnéide says there is sufficient evidence to support a revitalised Tommy Murphy Cup-style competition.

When news broke of Colm Cooper’s torn cruciate last February, Dara Ó Cinnéide still managed to find some positives.

Inter-gaeltacht friendly rivalries will be aired as Kerry face Donegal, writes Donal Hickey

As Father’s Day approaches, Sharon Ní Chonchúir talks to some well-known dads about the role they play in their children’s lives.

Dara Ó Cinnéide says the gauntlet has been thrown down to the Kerry attack to prove their worth in the absence of injured captain Colm Cooper.

Austerity has reduced the safety net for the poor, elderly, and even those at work, according to a report from the Council of Europe that poses serious questions about Ireland’s social welfare system, health services and its care of the elderly.

Graham Canty does not really enjoy giving interviews, so much so that he recently gave one about why he’s not such a fan of them.

It’s a growing list of the irritated that Kieran McGeeney added himself to this past weekend.

My first memory of Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta is from 1984, when An Rinn was full of talk about Willie Joe Padden.

I really enjoy reading Dara Ó Cinnéide’s column with the breakfast of a Saturday morning.

It is in Dingle where the loss is being hardest felt.

Three Munster Club SFC titles in eight years is a feat Castlehaven can be very proud of — yet for one of the country’s most storied GAA clubs, 15 years since their last win is just too long.

Under the stanchions of the stadium, far away from the glare of the cameras, Martin Carney stood toe-to-toe with Paídí Ó Sé in the Kerry dressing room.

Former Cork footballer Diarmuid Duggan, the player out of pocket by almost €7,000 due to medical costs, warned young GAA stars about the potential burnout problems they face by playing for too many teams whileeligible for the minor and U21 ranks.

FISHERMEN have criticised as “perverse” plans to reduce the amount of some fish they can catch next year, under European Commission proposals that would shut the cod fisheries in the Irish Sea.

ONE All-Ireland winning captain believes the privacy of the GAA dressing room is sacrosanct.

FORMER Kerry captain Dara Ó Cinnéide is disappointed with Tomás Ó Sé’s latest act of indiscipline and insists everything must go right if the Kingdom are to finish as All-Ireland champions.

Any search for the vital ingredients to make a successful club starts with tomorrow’s Munster Club SFC finalists. Tony Leen examines Dr Crokes’ recipe for success as they prepare to meet the ace of clubs

IF YOU want proof of how Tyrone have disturbed the Kerry psyche, consider the last words Dara Ó Cinnéide said to me earlier this year.

FORMER Mayo star David Brady has forecasted a barren spell for All-Ireland champions Kerry following the retirement of midfield talisman Darragh O Sé.

The Munster rugby phenomenon has stretched to every corner of the province – and beyond. Diarmuid O’Flynn visited the Corca Dhuibhne club, west of Dingle, and found them in celebratory mood.

So, the Dubs have departed the football championship. Now, who will fans in the other thirty-one counties vent their anger on? ‘Late, drunken, coke snorting, abusive Cork / Kerry fans on the Hill’ doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. Referee John Bannon attracts Kerry and Dublin fans’ ire for his handling of the All Ireland football semi final. In hurling, Waterford fans are angry about ‘the system’ that beat their hurlers while Limerick anger continues at ‘sections of da meedja’ who don’t give their hurlers the recognition they feel they’ve earned. Tickets for the All Ireland? Not many of them about but plenty of anger about the 1000% ‘mark up’ by online ticket brokers.

NEWSPAPER bosses at The Kingdom in Killarney last night stood over the contents of a controversial interview this week with former Kerry captain, Dara Ó Cinnéide.

OVERFISHING continues to be a major problem in the EU - some stocks are threatened with extinction - and Ireland had one of the worst records for 2004, according to the EU.

Kerry's 2004 All-Ireland winning captain Dara Ó Cinnéide has announced his retirement from inter-county football.

Tyrone 1-16 Kerry 2-10

WHERE DO you go after scaling the highest peak? Last year Dara Ó Cinnéide captained Kerry to an All-Ireland victory, scoring eight points for good measure. He talked to Michael Moynihan about giving another year to the green and gold.

THE importance of a reliable free-taker is a key issue behind last night's decision by Kerry to recall Dara Ó Cinnéide to the starting fifteen for Sunday's All-Ireland final against Tyrone.

THERE's no easy way to tell a player he's not playing in an All-Ireland semi-final. "It's the least palatable part of the job," Kerry coach Jack O'Connor said yesterday.

Brendan Larkin and Michael Ellard

LAST YEAR’s winning captain, Dara Ó Cinnéide may lose out in an attacking reshuffle by Kerry for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against Cork.