WHEN Paul Caffrey stepped down as Dublin manager last summer, it was hard to escape the feeling he was bringing the curtain down on more than just his own career.

DUBLIN football manager Pat Gilroy has vows to keep an open mind on any players who may be looking to achieve dual star status this summer.

DUBLIN manager Pat Gilroy believes the GAA should consider completing the All-Ireland club championships prior to Christmas.

Tyrone 3-14 Dublin 1-08

Dublin's Collie Moran is due to bring his appeal against a four-week suspension before the Disputes Resolution Authority tonight.

Kerry’s Marc O'Sé will be free to participate in the Kingdom’s GAA All-Ireland SFC qualifier ties as the association’s Central Hearings Committee rescinded the red card he received in the Munster SFC last Sunday.

DUBLIN defender Collie Moran is likely to head to the Central Appeals Committee in an effort to have a four-week ban overturned before the Leinster final against Wexford on July 20.

Dublin have confirmed their intention to appeal the four-week ban handed down to Collie Moran following Sunday's Leinster semi-final.

After serving their eight-week suspensions, Bernard Brogan and Paul Flynn have both been brought straight back into the Dublin team for Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final against Westmeath (Croke Park, throw-in 2pm).

Dublin 1-22 Louth 0-12

Dublin 2-12 Longford 1-14

Padraig Clancy has said he and his Laois colleagues can't wait to get out onto the field for tomorrow's Leinster Football Final against Dublin.

Free-taking hero Mark Vaughan has been named at centre-forward in the Dublin team for Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final against Offaly (Croke Park, throw-in 4pm).

Fermanagh remain pointless at the foot of the Division 1A table after Dublin dished out a 17-point hammering to them at Parnell Park.

Jason Sherlock and Ciarán Whelan will return to the Dublin starting line-up on Saturday as Paul Caffrey's side go in search of some much-needed NFL points against Cork (Parnell Park, throw-in 7.30pm).

Donegal 0-9 Dublin 0-5

Experienced duo Ray Cosgrove and Jason Sherlock will start for Dublin in Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final clash with Laois (Croke Park, throw-in 2.00pm).

2005 Leinster championship-winning captain Paddy Christie has been included in the Dublin panel for a challenge match against Derry on Saturday.

New Dublin captain Collie Moran's long-awaited return from a groin operation has been put back to June.

ALAN KERINS will play no part in Galway’s bid for the Sam Maguire having committed himself to Conor Hayes’s hurling panel for 2006.

Dublin 0-14 Laois 0-13

Dublin 2-23 Longford 0-10

Cork 0-18 Dublin 1-06

YOU know you're in trouble when the five-year-olds start to question your chances. Underdogs captain Mairtin Ó Cinnéide was accepting a presentation from the under-fives he coaches in St Brigid's, Castleknock.

CORK’S disappointment at losing their Munster SHC title will be shortlived.

Westmeath 0-14 Dublin 0-12

Young corner-back Barry Cahill has been returned to the Dublin senior football team after a lengthy injury.

The Dublin footballers have made three changes to their side ahead of Sunday's NFL Div 1A clash with Galway at Parnell Park.

Dublin have rung the changes ahead of Sunday's NFL Div 1A clash with Tyrone at Parnell Park.

THEY tried to create a real sense of occasion yesterday. A record-breaking attendance of 54,432, bolstered by 13,000 freebies for schoolchildren, came to Croke Park.

Former Dublin captain Dessie Farrell has been drafted back into the Blues lineup ahead of Saturday's All-Ireland quarter-final replay with Donegal.

EVERYONE in Dublin these days seems to have an opinion on Tommy Lyons' side.

HE has been one of their obsessions for a while now.