Tyrone won’t be playing football this weekend, but when they do there’s another unspeakable tragedy to overcome. All Star defender Ryan McMenamin spoke to John Fogarty

BARELY had Sars captain Alan Kennedy lowered the Sean Óg Murphy cup from over his head in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday afternoon, but he was already thinking ahead to November 14 and the Munster club championship date with whoever is crowned champions of Waterford.

BARELY a week after Giovanni Trapattoni appeared to place a question mark on Steven Reid’s ability to recover fully from injury, the Irish camp has sought to placate the Blackburn Rovers midfielder who has gone public with his shock at hearing the manager’s gloomy prognosis.

BARELY had the ballot boxes opened than the recriminations started in the Cork South Central constituency.