DERRY chairman John Keenan has vowed a ‘zero tolerance’ investigation after star forward Eoin Bradley allegedly struck a referee after a club championship game at the weekend.

GLEN ROVERS and Bride Rovers were last night reinstated to the Cork SHC in a massive climbdown by the Cork County Board.

Damian Cassidy has stepped down as Derry Senior Football manager, less that a fortnight after the Oak Leaf county side exited the GAA All-Ireland SFC, following an 11-point Round 3 qualifier defeat to Kildare.

PADDY BRADLEY has sensationally quit the Derry panel after being dropped for today’s All-Ireland qualifier with Carlow.

Derry forward Paddy Bradley has revealed his plans to retire at the end of his county's 2010 All-Ireland Championship run.

Derry manager Damian Cassidy has handed debuts to Michael Bateson and Declan Mullan, after naming his side for Sunday's Ulster Preliminary round clash with Armagh at Celtic Park (2pm).

DERRY manager Damian Cassidy has called for the GAA to show the courage to take on the provincial councils and tackle the current All-Ireland championship format.

Derry 1-12 Mayo 2-12

The Bradley brothers, Paddy and Eoin, will feature for Derry in Sunday afternoon's Allianz NFL Division 1 encounter with defending champions Kerry in Tralee (throw-in 2.30pm).

TYRONE GAA chiefs may refuse future requests to screen their home league games live on TV as a result of recent suspensions handed out by the GAA after the review of video footage.

DERRY manager Damian Cassidy pulled no punches after this fixture, describing the disciplinary system which had deprived him of attacker Eoin Bradley as “a farce”.

DUBLIN football manager Pat Gilroy has described the decision to screen three of his side’s four NFL games live on Setanta’s subscription channel as “harsh” on the county’s supporters.

Derry boss Damian Cassidy and Tyrone manager Mickey Harte have named their starting line-ups for the NFL Division 1 opener at Celtic Park.

SYDNEY SWANS head coach Paul Roos has played down the significance of his trip to Ireland this month where he will take in Tadhg Kennelly’s attempt to win an All-Ireland title.

Monaghan 0-20 Derry 3-16

FAIR play to Damian Cassidy.

Tyrone 0-15 Derry 0-7

TOMORROW morning Seamus Downey will drive his two eldest sons to Belfast’s Casement Park for their first taste of the championship rivalry between Derry and Tyrone.

ALL THE necessary ingredients are in place. Take your early-summer eyesore of a championship opener, season well with the usual hypocrisy about foul play, some hand-wringing by officialdom, and roast the whole thing down with the usual backlash against the media.

DERRY manager Damien Cassidy last night made no apologies for the physicality of their Ulster SFC victory over Monaghan claiming “we are not in the business of entertaining people”.

TRY as he might, Gerard O’Kane couldn’t kick the habit.

WESTMEATH secretary Pat Lynagh has revealed Denis Glennon’s return to inter-county training on Tuesday night came as a result of a couple of meetings between the player, manager, Tomás O Flatharta, and county board officials.

MICHAEL SHIELDS continues at full-back, with Ray Carey and Anthony Lynch holding down the corner-back positions as Cork announce the same starting side that defeated Armagh in their final group qualifying game for Sunday’s Allianz NFL Division Two final against Monaghan at Croke Park.

Nominations for the position of Derry senior football manager closed last night and six men are in contention to replace Paddy Crozier, who ended his tenure last month.

KERRY County Board are likely to ratify the re-appointment of manager Jack O'Connor at their monthly meeting in Tralee on Tuesday night.

Residents today warned that any extension of a massive urban sewage treatment plant in Dublin would take place “over our dead bodies”.