Limerick dual star Stephen Lucey has announced his retirement from inter-county action.

Meath’s four-time All-Ireland-winning manager Seán Boylan says the rules of Gaelic football need to be simplified and changed to stop rewarding foul play.

Rookie Dublin midfielder Brian Fenton has revealed how he remembered his late mother, Marian, and Dublin GAA stalwart Dave Billings amid emotional scenes on All-Ireland final day.

JIM Gavin recognised the trap even before it had been fully laid.

Sigerson Cup semi-final

UCD GAA officer Dave Billings believes association chiefs should consider running the Sigerson Cup on a round-robin basis and excluding college teams from pre-season inter-county competitions.

NUI Maynooth held off a late challenge from 14-man UCD to forge a deserved victory in last night’sfloodlit Sigerson Cup quarter-final.

Cork IT served notice they’ll challenge strongly for Fitzgibbon Cup honours by outclassing a strong UCD outfit in a high quality game at Belfield last night.

DCU professor Dr Niall Moyna has warned the GAA is in danger of shortening inter-county players’ careers if it doesn’t regulate its fixtures calendar.

DUBLIN coach Mickey Whelan hopes yesterday’s victory will stop former All-Ireland winners criticising the team.

NOT surprisingly, there is a degree of quiet satisfaction among the Dublin management that their success in winning the GAA Leinster championship for the fourth year in a row was highlighted by arguably their best display of attacking football since Paul Caffrey took over.

Dublin midfielder Ciarán Whelan has backed a return for the International Rules Series but only if the issues surrounding indiscipline, which marred the last Series in 2006, can be addressed.

So, the Dubs have departed the football championship. Now, who will fans in the other thirty-one counties vent their anger on? ‘Late, drunken, coke snorting, abusive Cork / Kerry fans on the Hill’ doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. Referee John Bannon attracts Kerry and Dublin fans’ ire for his handling of the All Ireland football semi final. In hurling, Waterford fans are angry about ‘the system’ that beat their hurlers while Limerick anger continues at ‘sections of da meedja’ who don’t give their hurlers the recognition they feel they’ve earned. Tickets for the All Ireland? Not many of them about but plenty of anger about the 1000% ‘mark up’ by online ticket brokers.

Despite the lack of a championship match since their Leinster final win over Laois three weeks ago, Dublin selector Brian Talty believes his side are in the right frame of mind as they head into Saturday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Derry.

THE GAA’s Central Appeals Committee meet tomorrow night to hear the appeals of the seven Dublin and Tyrone players suspended in the wake of the Healy Park dust-up.

HOSTS UCC are injury-free for today's Datapac Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final against UCD at the Mardyke (12.30pm start).

DUBLIN and Tyrone are considering whether to appeal the penalties imposed by the Central Disciplinary Committee (CDC) yesterday.

Paul Caffrey has been named as the new Dublin senior football manager.

Diarmuid O'Flynn talks to UCD GAA's development officer, Dave Billings, about the thorny issue of third level colleges playing senior championship.

ONLY last weekend, it seemed you couldn't give the job of Dublin manager away. But last night in Parnell Park Paul Caffrey was officially rubber-stamped as the man to take over the capital's senior footballers.

Dublin footballer Dessie Farrell has urged county chairman John Bailey to exercise caution in the search for a football manager following Brian Mullins' decision to turn down the position last weekend.

DR NIALL MOYNA will take temporary charge of the Dublin footballers as the County Board continue their efforts to appoint a successor to Tommy Lyons.

DUBLIN GAA chiefs are confident of appointing a football manager within 10 days, despite first-choice Brian Mullins turning down the role following a dispute with the executive.

TOMMY LYONS ended his stint as Dublin football manager in Parnell Park last night in the very same manner he entered it almost three years ago — head held high and with a smile.

THE meeting of All-Ireland champions Tyrone and Galway is the mouthwatering clash served up by the draw drum for the third round of the Bank of Ireland SFC Qualifiers.

SELECTOR Dave Billings has rejected the notion that Dublin are simply the same old team underachieving with the same old faces as they look to continue their progress through the qualifiers in Leitrim tomorrow.

HOLDERS Waterford IT are concerned about the fitness of Michael Walsh for this afternoon’s Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final with UCD at Garrycastle, Athlone (2.15).

Dublin underage star Liam Og O hEineachain has been rewarded with a NFL Div 1A debut against Kerry on Sunday after a run of fine form.

Stand in Dublin boss Dave Billings has made two changes to his side ahead of Sunday's O'Byrne Cup semi-final tie against Kildare in Portmarnock.

Stand in Dublin boss Dave Billings has named a strong team to face Wicklow in the O'Byrne Cup on Sunday despite being without nearly half his squad.

UCD manager Dave Billings has revealed he has set his sights on an All-Ireland club SFC title with College.

NEWLY crowned Dublin senior football champions UCD are looking to bridge a 28-year gap by winning the All-Ireland Club title.

Dave Billings has revealed the extent of his feelings for St Vincent's ­ despite landing a crushing blow on them as UCD boss in Sunday's Dublin SFC decider.

UCD 0-16 St Vincent's 1-6

THE High Court adjourned yet again yesterday evening with the prospect of Dublin having no representative in the Leinster SFC becoming more likely by the day.

JOHN O’MAHONY could be forgiven for gloating, except that it would be totally alien to his nature!

DUBLIN defender Paul Curran, who missed the drawn All-Ireland SFC quarter-final meeting with Donegal through injury, is set to return to training later this week.