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.

Parents who apply for places at numerous second-level schools for their children are making admissions and planning almost impossible for schools, a principals’ leader has warned.

A former president of NUI Galway has been accused of “inappropriately” supporting Aer Arann boss Pádraig Ó Céidigh in the Seanad elections by a leading member of the college’s governing authority.

Pobalscoil chorca Dhuibhne  1-12 Roscommon CBS 2-5: Patience, then enterprise. One without the other and Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne’s stay at the summit of schools football was at an end.

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 1-12

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne kept alive their Hogan Cup defence in dramatic fashion at Nenagh this afternoon.

Pobalcoil Chorca Dhuibhne, Kerry 1-14 St Patrick’s, Cavan 1-11 (AET): Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne kept alive their Hogan Cup defence in dramatic fashion at Nenagh this afternoon.

Munster Post Primary SAFC semi-final: Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 0-12 Clonakilty CC 0-6.

Pobalscoil Chorca Duibhne 0-14 Coláiste Chríost Rí 1-3

RTÉ Sport celebrate the battles for the Liam McCarthy cup in this rousing video narrated by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.

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

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 1-8 St Patrick’s, Maghera 1-6

The Heaney house on the Fair Hill in Maghera wasn’t exactly a palatial spread, but it did the job.

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 3-14 De La Salle 3-09

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 0-12 Coláiste Chríost Rí 1-6

Jimmy Deenihan had developed a grá for the Artane Boys Band long before he set eyes on the red and blue uniform.

Given the consensus that the business end of the Champions League only kicks off when the competition reaches its knockout stage, there has always been an unavoidable element of phoney war about what UEFA calls ‘Matchday 1’.

Kerry 2-14 Mayo 2-13

RTÉ broadcaster Colm Murray has passed away at the age of 61.

Think you talk a great game?

ESB International plans to focus on the Far East in a bid to deliver growth.

Ceann Sibéal Golf Club will host a weekend to honour the broadcasting achievements of one of its most famous members Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh.

Seamus Hayes, Clare Champion sports editor, on the heady Ger Loughnane days, email disasters and poorly planned media days.

He defeated America’s finest athletes at New York’s Madison Square Garden and other venues in the USA, and now Timothy Jerome O’Mahony, aka ‘The Rosscarbery Steam Engine’, is to receive final official national recognition with a new headstone unveiling ceremony in Glasnevin cemetery on May 13 — 98 years after the Cork runner’s death in Smithfield, Dublin.

John Egan was hailed as one of the ‘unsung heroes’ of Kerry football yesterday as former team-mates, GAA officials and admirers joined in paying tribute to the player credited with “terrorising defences”, for an innate ability to get “vital scores at vital times” and for perfecting the role of the corner-forward.

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne’s golden season continues.

He returned ‘home’ expecting to attend a retirement party for his brother Liam, but former Cork dual star supreme Brian Murphy was the centre of attention at the Nemo Rangers complex on Saturday night where he was honoured for his remarkable sporting achievements.

GAA broadcasting legend Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh has followed in the footsteps of former RTÉ colleague Gay Byrne after announcing he will not be launching a bid to become President.

Veteran sports commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh has put an end to speculation that he was considering running for the presidency.

ON the first day of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s visit to Ireland they had lunch at Áras an Uachtarain, invited by President Mary McAleese as part of a small group that included Michael Ó Muircheartaigh, the GAA commentator.

SPORTING legend Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh has claimed he has a “vast” range of support from businesses and politicians for his candidacy for his presidency but says he will wait until next week before deciding whether to run for the Áras.

Retired GAA broadcaster Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh has said the President of Ireland should have a strong appreciation for the Irish language.

The voice of the GAA has said he will announce late next week whether he will throw his hat into the ring in the race for the presidency.

The reason why Tyrone manager Mickey Harte, Kildare boss Kieran McGeeney and Laois' Justin McNulty all refused to give post-match interviews to RTÉ last Sunday has now emerged.

SOME of the country’s leading GAA inter-county managers are on a collision course with RTÉ because they believe the station’s GAA Correspondent and commentator Brian Carthy’s duties on Sundays have been downgraded.

HAVING genes from Fiji and Fermanagh — neither of them hurling strongholds — has proved no bar to a GAA legend getting the highest accolade his adopted city can offer.

CELEBRATED sports commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh got a rousing welcome in sunny Killarney where he was parade Grand Marshal.

THE VOICE was arresting people. We were in an alcove in a Cork hotel, killing a pot of tea, and those hurrying past kept slowing down and peering in when they heard the soft tone drifting out.

MOMENTS after the final-whistle blew at Croke Park yesterday, signalling the end to the Rebels’ 20-year football title famine, Micheál O Muircheartaigh stood out of his familiar seat in gantry for the last time on All-Ireland final day.

LEGENDARY broadcaster Mícheál O Muircheartaigh has said he was humbled by the wave of glowing tributes sparked by his retirement.