Kerry star Darran O’Sullivan has described his black card dismissal against Mayo and subsequent one-match suspension as a “joke”.

Strange days. The RTÉ panel, not exactly a trio of giggly teenage girls at the best of times, are being sexist. Male-on-male sexist, that is.

Strange days. The RTÉ panel, not exactly a trio of giggly teenage girls at the best of times, are being sexist. Male-on-male sexist, that is.

Dublin manager Jim Gavin is standing over his claim that Diarmuid Connolly's good name was attacked last month by some TV pundits,writes Brendan O'Brien.

it might have been Jim Gavin who appeared in front of the media on Sunday but he could have been mistaken for Little Britain’s Vicky Pollard with his “yeah but, no but” defence of Diarmuid Connolly, writes John Fogarty.

Dessie Dolan and Joe Brolly have controversially suggested Pat Spillane was to blame for Dublin forward Diarmuid Connolly’s 12-week suspension, writes Ciara Phelan.

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Westmeath’s Kieran Martin believes they are in a better position to seriously challenge Dublin this year and has indicated they won’t rely on a blanket defence strategy.

North Leinster games manager Alan Mulhall cites the involvement of inter-county players in management positions as one of the prime reasons Moate Community College and St Peter’s College Wexford make up the novel pairing in today’s provincial colleges “A” final in Portlaoise (1pm throw-in).

Garrycastle have not ruled out organising a helicopter for Dessie Dolan to ensure he fulfils his Saturday Game duties after their Westmeath SFC quarter-final today.

Tongue firmly lodged in cheek, Tipperary’s Robbie Kiely tweeted in the closing stages of Sunday’s All-Ireland final: “Any black cards in this match yet?”

The GAA’s former referees chief Pat McEnaney insists there is nothing inherently wrong with the black card.

Trepidation has turned to anticipation in the Westmeath camp.

Former Westmeath All Star John Keane has described Sunday’s Leinster semi-final as the county’s make-or-break fixture for 2016 and believes victory over Kildare would dispel the dark clouds hanging over Tom Cribbin’s side.

Dessie Dolan reckons “now is the time” for Westmeath to look for an inside manager to pull the county out of the black hole it resides in.

Former Westmeath All-Star Dessie Dolan fears the Leinster championship is a waste of time because Dublin are too strong.

Ballyboden St Enda’s 2-9 Portlaoise 1-11: Not so much a game won as one frittered away.

Mayo’s dramatic late comeback against Dublin last Sunday will count for nothing if they fail to win Saturday’s replay.

Former Westmeath attacker Dessie Dolan has admitted he received vile hate mail after an infamous free-kick miss against Meath in the 2003 Championship.

RTÉ GAA pundit Martin Carney has defended his decision to award Kerry’s James O’Donoghue the man of the match award in Saturday’s Munster SFC final replay victory over Cork.

Saturday evening’s game being a replay and in awful weather conditions was a difficult game to referee and Maurice Deegan will be happy to get over it with no major controversy.

After two days of such turnover and upheaval, John Fogarty looks on those who have left us and those who remain.

Well that was good for the soul, and good for the championship.

The Leinster Senior Football procession takes centre-stage this Sunday, with few doubting Dublin’s progress to another final. Kildare stand in their way, while Meath or Westmeath will make up the final pairing.

Those who partitioned Meath from Westmeath around 500 years ago didn’t do the Lake County any favours, not in Gaelic football terms at least.

It may be six months since the word was uttered but with time it has become more powerful. Because it’s never been retracted. Never apologised for. And, let’s be honest, never denounced by a GAA official without any vim.

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It is a measure of the standards set by St Vincent’s that Tomas Quinn pronounced himself entirely ‘disappointed’ with their AIB Leinster club semi-final win.

All-Ireland champions St Vincents of Dublin will start next month’s Leinster club championship final as clear favourites against Rhode of Offaly after today's semi-finals.

Garrycastle 1-11 Mullingar Shamrocks 0-08

Dessie Dolan has announced his retirement from inter-county football at the age of 34.

Cavan 1-15 Westmeath 1-14

Westmeath footballer Dessie Dolan has announced he is to retire from inter-county football.

Niall McDermott's second-half goal proved the boost Cavan needed as they finally inflicted a 12th competitive defeat in a row on Westmeath.

Laois boss Tomás Ó Flatharta admits to having mixed feelings about his side’s Leinster quarter-final defeat by Dublin but is now solely focused on progressing through the qualifiers.

Chairman of the National Referee Committee Pat McEnaney has admitted that criticism of the application of the controversial black card rule is justified but has insisted that GAA officials are up to the task of implementing the rule effectively.

Louth 1-14 Westmeath 1-9

Louth 1-14 Westmeath 1-9

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice believes that his side would be unlucky to miss out on the Allianz Football League Division 1 semi-finals if they beat Cork in tomorrow’s clash in Tralee (3pm).

WESTMEATH 0-13 KERRY 2-15

WESTMEATH 3-9 MAYO 2-17