Last weekend, the hard work of members of Glanmire Macra, Knockraha Macra and Cork City Macra paid off as the long-awaited ‘Hit the Diff’ Vintage Car and Tractor Run took place.

I spotted him from a distance, and I knew instantly something was coming, I just wasn’t sure exactly what. This walking into town after a Kerry game was a whole new ball game to me: “Go home to youz bleedin’ cows and leave the football to us… Up the Dubs” was the exuberant proclamation that greeted me as I skulked away from Croke Park.

IT didn’t constitute a told-you-so but Kieran Donaghy’s excellence at full-forward in Armagh’s Athletic Grounds yesterday provided Jack O’Connor with grounds for justification.

IT’S the goals that are winning these games for Dublin.

WHEN they come to do their football audit for 2010 in Kerry, the McGrath Cup is unlikely to figure prominently.

There is at least one man that belies his years on the Kerry team for this Sunday's GAA Football All-Ireland Senior final against Tyrone.

TODAY, the Irish Examiner unveils a new generation of Irish sporting stars. Remember their names - the chances are if you haven’t already heard of them, you will before too long.