Irish actor Colin Farrell has launched his production company with a film adaption of Irish crime novel "The Ruin", by Dervla McTiernan.

Just once have Dublin failed to score a goal against Mayo and their nine points were still enough to win in a dour

For their week-long residency in Perth’s Duxton Hotel November two years ago, the Ireland International Rules team had their own recreational area in the lower ground floor.

Colm Collins blamed a frozen pitch in Páirc Esler for the horrific ankle injury sustained by Dermot Coughlan, while Kieran McGeeney was unhappy three key decisions went against Armagh in an action-packed Division Two draw in Newry.

Two former All-Ireland football final referees, Paddy Russell and Mick Curley, believe the three handpass limit will be extremely difficult to police by match officials.

“The referee was saying, ‘you’re on three, you’re on three’ and then you’re thinking about it"

As has been their habit since the innocent summer of 2011, the Mayo football team hasn’t been short of takers lining up to bury and praise them in recent days.

Cavan 1-14 Down 0-15

Five Munster finals, four wins and one draw; Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s championship managerial record against Cork is almost as good as it gets.

What’s seldom is wonderful.

Galway football captain Damien Comer has credited Paddy Tally with bringing greater directness to the county’s attacking play.

Smiles all round after this encounter even if Kerry’s were more of the wrier variety having been on the wrong end of a harsh penalty call.

Malachy O’Rourke felt Shane Murphy made a clean, legitimate tackle on Niall Kearns despite his team being awarded a penalty, which Conor McManus slotted to the net.

Goal drought continues

If the Mayo-Kerry dynamic awaits a true turning point, at least it now has a sore point.

Mayo 1-12 Donegal 0-13

Your home ground is meant to be your fortress but Patrick Durcan has acknowledged Mayo haven’t experienced much in the way of home comforts at MacHale Park lately.

Allianz FL Division 2

Kildare 0-22 Clare 1-14: Despite losing out to Kildare in a high-octane shootout, Clare will still join their conquerors in Division 2 next year.

Seamus O’Shea admits he baulks when he hears people blame referees for Mayo’s 2014 and ’15 All-Ireland semi-final replay defeats.

The Mayo pitch invader banned for 12 months after the county’s All-Ireland semi-final replay defeat to Kerry insists he has no regrets about his actions.

September dawns and the GAA’s disciplinary system finds itself occupied in a month in which it is usually dormant.

About 10 minutes into the second half yesterday, an unmistakable salty air wafted into Croke Park. Tyrone couldn’t be collared for it. Not this time.

As Conor Mortimer said earlier this week, the needle between Dublin and Mayo started back in 2006 with Warm-up-gate.

It’s the penultimate minute of first-half injury-time in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final replay in Limerick.Mayo lead by a point when Colm Boyle appears to make a genuine and fair challenge on Barry John Keane only for Cormac Reilly to think otherwise. Keane points the free to level it up and Kerry never look back.

You wouldn’t want to be a camogie referee in Wexford now. Make a wrong call or two in a tight game down there, sorry, but it’s all your fault, the whole thing will have to be played again.

In February of last year, Kerry were chasing a late equalising point against Dublin in their opening Division 1 game in Croke Park when Aidan O’Mahony fell to the ground in the hope of persuading David Coldrick to award him a free.

Mayo may have annexed their fifth Connacht championship title in a row last month, but it was also their most low-key campaign. 

Conor Lane came in for a lot of criticism from Derry manager Brian McIver after Saturday’s qualifier against Galway. Was it with justification?

Sean Quigley and Tomas Corrigan combined to save the day for Fermanagh as they came back from the dead to snatch an unlikely victory over Roscommon at Brewster Park.

In recent years, lots of people, including myself, have been looking for linesmen and umpires to get more involved in assisting referees with making disciplinary calls.

Laois and Kildare couldn’t be separated and have to meet again next Saturday at O’Connor Park, Tullamore after this rip-roaring Leinster championship clash.

In one of the many great scenes in the film On The Waterfront, Charlie played by Rod Steiger, tells his younger brother, Terry (Marlon Brando) that he needs to be getting up a bit in the world — "You’re getting on. You’re pushing 30. You know, it’s time to think about getting some ambition," says Charlie.

Allianz FL Division 1 Round 2: Westmeath 2-12 Galway 2-13: It’s an awful pity that Paddy Sweeney didn’t live to see this day. A stalwart of the Killannin club which also produced Kevin Walsh, Sweeney also served as an officer of Galway football board but was killed in a work accident over a year ago.

If Mayo hoped the GAA would do them a favour after last year’s All-Ireland semi-final replay staging in Limerick, the message came back loud and clear when they were drawn away to Kerry first day out in this year’s league.

Laois 1-11 Dublin 1-12: Jim Gavin was fulsome in his praise for midfielder Emmet Ó Conghaile after he scored the winning point with the last kick of the game in Portarlington.

Pat McEnaney says he feels let down by Cork secretary Frank Murphy’s criticism of inter-county football referees.

Cork GAA secretary Frank Murphy has expressed concern at the standard of officiating in Gaelic football this season.