League One Fleetwood Town welcome the live television cameras and Leicester City to their Highbury Stadium for today’s lunchtime FA Cup third round tie. 

Recently one of my children has spoken of the possibility of leaving home to work in Dublin. I was only a little younger than she is when I left to live in Cork.

Unless you live under a stone you will be familiar with the talk of the gardaí and questions about their maths? Well, I too have a question: Where were these less-than-diligent guards when I needed them?

A disputable additional time free ensured Donegal extended their unbeaten record in Ballybofey to 16 games.

All-Ireland final preview special featuring Barry Cahill, Paul Clarke and Eugene Lavin.

Unlike the mass deaths caused by natural disasters, the deaths of thousands of refugees trying to reach Europe comes in installments, dripping slowly into our far safer world.

Leinster SFC final

Republic of Ireland 0 Switzerland 1

Dublin 0-26 Galway 2-14

Young Dáire Gorman had the best day ever yesterday as he got to meet his hero, Irish wrestling superstar Sheamus from the WWE.

Colm Cooper counts himself fortunate to be from a town in Kerry as rural clubs in the county battle for survival.

Former Mayo All Star John Casey believes Dublin will test Cillian O’Connor’s shoulder early in Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

The odds will be against Dublin grabbing a devouring bite of the cherry in Portlaoise on Saturday but a defiant Anthony Daly is used to upsetting the bookmakers.

Dublin football boss Pat Gilroy admits they got some breaks in the All-Ireland final and semi-final wins over Kerry and Donegal.

Bernard Brogan is unlikely to make his return from injury against Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday week but the 2010 Footballer of the Year is confident of being fit for league semi-finals, provided Dublin get there.

MAYO in 2006. Kerry in 2007 and Cork in 2010. None of those are days that any Dubliner would care to remember with any great fondness but Bernard Brogan believes all three semi-final defeats served his side well against Donegal on Sunday.

TRIPS to Croke Park for Tommie Joyce have generally been in a playing capacity but the Killererin man will occupy a different role tomorrow afternoon.

DUBLIN are better positioned to deal with the hype going into this All-Ireland knock-out game against Donegal than when the counties met nine years ago, believes Ray Cosgrove.

MICK O’DWYER repeated claims he once accepted the Dublin manager’s job only to change his mind the following day.

WINNING silverware is rarely straightforward and Dublin can certainly attest to that after dragging themselves over the winning line to claim a 13th Leinster MHC title at Croke Park yesterday.

YOU know the old proverb, ‘Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it?’

DUBLIN begin the defence of their Bord Gáis Energy Leinster U21HC crown when they travel to Dr Cullen Park tonight to face Carlow in the quarter-final stage at 7.30pm.

DUBLIN’S hurlers won’t be at the receiving end of a tanking for the foreseeable future, according to Brian Cody.

A FULL-BLOODED Allianz Hurling League encounter in Croke Park on Saturday evening, two honest and whole-hearted teams giving their all in conditions made treacherous by the ferocious hailstone showers that fell before the half time whistle.

Dublin 3-10 Kerry 1-15, Croke Park

ALAN BROGAN is hopeful Dublin’s All-Ireland U21 football success last Saturday night can be the springboard for a future assault at senior level.

JIM GAVIN has backed several of his Dublin U21 players to be future stars after qualifying for a first final at the grade since 2003.

CADBURY’S ALL-IRELAND UNDER-21 FC SEMI-FINAL:

PAT GILROY believes last week’s loss to Cork was a salient reminder that his Dublin mission remains a work in progress.

Offaly 3-19 Dublin 1-18

GARETH SMITH insists he has no regrets about his decision to turn his back on his native Dublin in favour of Cavan, despite Pat Gilroy’s extensive sweep of the Leinster county for new talent.

Marc O Sé is free to line out against Dublin in Monday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final as the Kerry county board received no correspondence from the Central Competitions Control Committee yesterday regarding the An Ghaeltacht defender.

New Dublin football manager Pat Gilroy has been more open with the media than his predecessor Paul Caffrey ahead of their Leinster SFC final clash with Kieran McGeeney’s Kildare in Croke Park on Sunday.

IF Clontarf win a first AIB League title this season, they cannot be accused of taking the easy route.

Bryan Cullen believes 2008 can be the year that four in-a-row Leinster championship chasing Dublin can make the All-Ireland breakthrough and bring the Sam Maguire Cup to the capital for the first time since 1995.

Dublin are certain to be without midfielder Darren Magee when they clash with Laois in next Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final.

ALLIANZ NFL DIVISION 1A: HALF-TIME:

Monaghan 1-07 Tyrone 2-14

Down 2-7 Dublin 0-9

Dublin 1-11 Donegal 0-13