It’s 2001 and Carrickmore are out on St Colmcille’s Park about to train ahead of their county final replay against Errigal Ciarán.

THE late Dermot Earley’s family were honoured at the GAA’s president’s awards last night with the creation of a new category, named after the former Roscommon footballer, which they won.

Tyrone senior football manager Mickey Harte is set to remain in the role until 2012, following the confirmation of a two-year extension for the Errigal Ciaran clubman.

Mickey Harte has been given a three-year extension to his tenure as manager of the Tyrone senior footballers.

IT was a busy, yet memorable weekend for the Magee family from Raphoe, Co Donegal.

PETER CANAVAN, who revealed yesterday that he had intended to retire at the end of this year’s championship regardless of the outcome, was initially opposed to coming off at half-time in Sunday’s final against Kerry.

STUDENTS at Waterford Institute of Technology will now have even less money in their pockets. But it won’t have any impact on their spending power.

TYRONE manager Mickey Harte believes the talismanic Peter Canavan is fit and ready to take his place in the dream full-forward line for Sunday’s All-Ireland final against Kerry.

AT 6’4” he lords it over Mickey Harte’s Tyrone panel. One look at Pascal McConnell and you sense there was never any doubt that he would be a goalkeeper.

AFTER 119 years, there were still some who couldn’t catch a glimpse of Sam. So Peter Canavan, who acted like a big, smiling child all evening, did the proper thing.

ARMAGH were praised yesterday for accepting their defeat in Sunday's All-Ireland final with dignity.

MICKEY HARTE, red-eyed with emotion, is talking about the real world. He will wake up this morning in a different world.

THIS could have all been so different. This September evening, he might have been sifting through another year of unfulfilled Tyrone promise, rather than holding court in Carrickmore as the pitch quakes under the weight of a ravenous tribe.

THEY are so close now, they can almost reach out and touch Sam.

WHEN Kerry and Tyrone last met in a championship game, the world was a different place.

The pressure is mounting on Tyrone to deliver the elusive All-Ireland title, with many pundits believing this may be the breakthrough year. But Cormac McAnallen has endured the expectation before and now he is taking things one game at a time. Mark Gallagher reports.

THERE is no prize for guessing which manager has most reason to be optimistic about the season ahead facing into tomorrow’s opening Allianz NFL encounter in Hyde Park.

Tyrone chiefs took the opportunity of the county convention to praise managerial duo Art McRory and Eugene McKenna for their sterling service.

Newly-installed Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has named Paddy Tally as his assistant.

THE chairman of Tyrone County Board has issued an impassioned public apology to Eugene McKenna and his family for the hurt and anxiety they have suffered as a result of the controversy over the county management saga.

Mickey Harte has been appointed manager of the Tyrone senior football team.

Five candidates have been short-listed for the vacant Tyrone football manager's position.

Eugene McKenna has hit out at the handling of Art McRory's departure from his role as joint Tyrone football manager this week.

ART McRORY’S resignation as Tyrone joint manager took a bizarre twist yesterday when it emerged that county board chiefs had forced his hand on stepping down.

Underage sensation Mickey Harte has revealed he'd be interested in stepping up to the senior Tyrone manager's position.

Paul O'Kelly looks set to take over as Offaly Senior football boss.

Art McRory has stepped down as joint Tyrone football manager for "personal reasons".

It has been confirmed that Tyrone's joint managers Art McRory and Eugene McKenna will continue in the job for another year.

Joint Tyrone managers Eugene McKenna and Art McRory will stay on for at least another year at the helm.

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