Having twice been shortlisted for the top individual award, six-time All-Ireland winning captain Stephen Cluxton is in the shake-up to claim his first footballer of the year as one of Dublin’s 13 PwC All-Star nominations.

How are the finalists’ All-Stars stock after the drawn All-Ireland final? Honest broker John Fogarty tests the market.

If you were lucky enough to get a seat in Croke Park yesterday then you certainly can’t quibble about value for money.

The Kerry forward line can do serious damage but you’d have to worry about the supply of ball they are going to receive, which makes this All-Ireland final a bridge too far for them.

The 5/1 outsiders for Sam Maguire must challenge the five-in-a-row-chasing champions with imagination and intensity, says Éamonn Fitzmaurice.

Former Kilkenny star Michael Fennelly is set to be appointed as the new Offaly senior hurling manager.

Declan O'Sullivan, Ray Cosgrove, and Oisín McConville preview the All-Ireland football final with Mike Quirke.

Fenn resigned from his position as Longford Town boss last week and watched City get knocked out of the FAI Cup by Galway United on Friday.

In the 2017 Division 1 final, Kerry brought Dublin’s 36-game unbeaten record across League and Championship to an end. Next Sunday, they aim to prevent Jim Gavin’s men from extending their defeat-less Championship run to 36. Thirty-three Championship wins and two draws have brought Dublin to the brink of creating GAA history. Here are 15 facts and figures behind their remarkable five-in-a-row tilt:

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If you weren’t glorifying, you were gulping.

Dublin do the simple things extremely well.

Getting the match-ups right has gone a long way for Kerry and Mayo in recent years. We think of Aidan O’Mahony on Michael Murphy in the 2014 final, Lee Keegan on Enda Smith in the 2017 All-Ireland quarter-final replay and just last weekend Patrick Durcan tagging Ryan McHugh.

Fenton versus Menton; it’s the midfield battle that from Meath’s perspective could make or break their challenge in Sunday’s Leinster final.

The GAA world yesterday began to pay its respects to Dublin football great Anton O’Toole, 68, following his death after a 15-month battle with cancer.

Former Dublin forward Charlie Redmond has claimed Jim Gavin might only field his strongest team twice this year, and not until the five-in-a-row is within touching distance.

Dublin’s second-half revival secured a deserved five-point win at a damp Dr Hyde Park, a result which was harsh on their hardworking hosts.

Around the 40m line on the open terrace in Tralee, two feet frozen but the heart warming, we ticked off the little tests this new Kerry side were passing, one by one. Work-rate and support? Yes. Gameplan? Yes. Young lads standing up? Absolutely. Decision-making under pressure? Mainly, writes Colm Cooper.

Saturday, in case you didn’t realise, was Groundhog Day in the US, the 133rd installment of a rodent climbing out of a burrow to predict the weather.

Deadly radon gas claims six victims every week on average, yet plans formulated more than 16 years ago to develop a remediation scheme for affected houses have never been implemented.

Former Cork hurler John Fenton believes the Unesco decision to award hurling special cultural status will strengthen the game’s appeal, both at home and abroad.

When Alan Brogan recently selected the 15 footballers he felt should be honoured at Friday’s All-Stars, he ran out of superlatives for Brian Fenton.

St Francis College, Rochestown 1-13 Coláiste Chríost Rí 0-14

Hurling took a step closer to Intangible Cultural Heritage recognition from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) last night as a GAA delegation made a presentation to members of the body in Paris.

The term ‘Tiger-proof’ entered golf’s lexicon after the aforementioned Eldrick Woods claimed the US Masters by 12 shots.

Dublin 2-17 Tyrone 1-14

Before the majority of people had left Croke Park yesterday, the talk had turned to another All-Ireland final: The 2019 edition and if Dublin can land the elusive five in a row of senior titles.

Last week the PwC All-Star players of the month for July and August were revealed.

Fenton was punished for the possession of anabolic steroids.

Dublin 1-25 Laois 0-10

Dublin 4-25 Wicklow 1-11

The social media maxim began to gain traction around 2011 and, for a few years, was beloved of the Breffni faithful.

An employer’s liability life assurance letter covering a fatal fall from Youghal’s famed clock tower over 120 years ago has resurfaced in the east Cork town.

Former Dublin defender Coman Goggins has insisted the All-Ireland champions are not unbeatable as they narrow their focus on four-in-a-row.

Fools us if we considered Dublin were going to struggle after going a man down with 20 minutes of normal time to go.

John Fogarty, Eoghan Cormican and Michael Moynihan discuss the weekend’s talking points

I can remember a time, in the not-too-distant past, when the Dublin football team were a curiosity. They had turned into something of a novelty act, whose supporters would fill Croke Park a few times each year, but more for the craic than out of any serious expectations of winning.

It’s been a fiery inter-county baptism for Donegal’s Nathan Mullins but the 2017 Dublin club footballer of the year has no intention of letting recent disappointments upset him.

Table-toppers Dublin continued their relentless march through this Allianz League campaign with a routine victory over beaten All-Ireland finalists Mayo in Castlebar.

A test, yes, of sorts for Dublin.

John Divilly on the takeaways from the opening weekend of league action.

For the first time in the history of the PwC All-Stars, there are four candidates for the footballer of the year including two goalkeepers, David Clarke and Stephen Cluxton, writes John Fogarty.