Egotism is a terrible thing. What follows is the chilling and cautionary tale of a boy who flew too close to the TV cameras and — well, you’ll see next spring what became of him.

Former Louth manager Paddy Carr believes referee Brendan Gorman “lost control of everything towards the end” of the county’s remarkable qualifier defeat to Meath in 2002.

Louth captain Adrian Reid says that today’s game against Meath “is our Leinster final, make no mistake about it.” But he doesn’t say it for purposes of revenge. You know - Joe Sheridan, Martin Sludden and all that.

Temper tantrums, racist remarks and missed opportunities are among the regrets shared by some of the GAA’s best-loved football stars when quizzed by schoolchildren for a book due to be published later this month.

Trevor Hogan is a Tipperary man. His background is rugby. On those two counts, some may disqualify him from commenting on the defeat of his county but they shouldn’t.

If you’re in Dublin today, you may have spotted some interesting objects in the sky.

The trend of the Meath SFC title not being retained since Dunshaughlin completed a three-in-a-row in 2002 continues, with Wolfe Tones sending holders Summerhill packing, 2-11 to 0-8, in a quarter-final clash at Páirc Tailteann on Saturday.

There are nine teams left in the race for the Meath SFC following the concluding round of group games over the weekend when holders Summerhill recovered from two defeats and a draw to advance to the knockout stages.

Leinster SFC final

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Meath SFC: Reigning Meath champions Summerhill revived their prospects of back-to-back SFC titles following a comprehensive 2-12 to 0-9 win over Rathkenny at Walterstown yesterday.

NUI Maynooth 2-19 IT Blanchardstown 1-5

Graham Geraghty will be a 40-year-old Sigerson Cup virgin when he lines out against Footballer of the Year Michael Darragh Macauley early next year.

Davy Fitzgerald is set to remain as Clare senior hurling manager for another three years following last night’s county board meeting.

Meath GAA legend Graham Geraghty is to make an All-Ireland come-back of his own this month when he competes for the new High King of Tara title.

When Seamus McEnaney resigned from the hot seat of Meath football last August, Mick O’Dowd had a gut reaction.

Nicholas Murphy brought the curtain down on his distinguished inter-county career with his usual unfussy style, writes Michael Moynihan

The ratification of Mick O’Dowd as Meath’s new senior football manager took place at a County Board meeting in Navan last night.

Dublin football fans got their wish last night with confirmation that highly rated underage guru Jim Gavin will take charge of the senior team.

Andy McEntee has declined to be interviewed for the vacant Meath senior football manager's role, leaving four candidates left out of an initial list of 10.

Meath legends Colm O’Rourke, above left and Graham Geraghty, above right, are among the nominations for the county’s vacant senior football post.

Colm O’Rourke is among the nominations put forward for the Meath job.

John Evans has declared an interest in the Meath football manager vacancy.

GAA president Liam O’Neill has suggested he would not be uncomfortable with match officials referring to replays on a giant TV screen when making major calls — so long as the decision reached proved to be correct.

Tough year for Meath football?

Graham Geraghty revealed Meath’s victory in Sunday’s Leinster semi-final was more for the players than anybody else.

Tomorrow sees the start of July, the month when all the major All-Ireland contenders like to see themselves move into some bit of form.

They may have dusted Graham Geraghty’s boots off last summer but Colm O’Rourke’s comeback won’t stretch any further than a one off club game.

Embattled Meath manager Seamus McEnaney insists he was never distracted from getting his team ready for their Leinster SFC opener against Wicklow on Sunday.

The longest serving footballer in the country is relishing the start of his 19th championship campaign.

Meath player/selector Graham Geraghty has slammed the county board for embroiling Seán Boylan in the managerial controversy.

Wexford goalkeeper Anthony Masterson fears the new square ball rule will create a whole new set of problems for Gaelic football.

Seamus McEnaney’s position as Meath football manager looks fatally weakened following an emergency county board management committee meeting on his future.

Seamus McEnaney has overseen 12 defeats in 18 league and championship games as Meath manager.

Nightclub operator John Reynolds, who is the nephew of the former taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, has been forced to hand over almost €500,000 as part of an investigation into tax defaulters.

Impresario John Reynolds’ nightclub business has been forced to hand over almost half a million euro as part of an investigation into tax defaulters.

Allianz Football League Division 2: Westmeath 0-5 Meath 0-17

Meath 1-15 Monaghan 1-9

Dromid Pearses are seeking legal advice after both they and Derrytresk were hit with heavy punishments arising from incidents in their All-Ireland club JFC semi-final last Sunday week.

GRAHAM GERAGHTY believes Meath manager Seamus McEnaney should be judged on his achievements this season and not on the controversies of last year.

DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY manager Niall Moyna was happy with this result, although it gives him a fixtures headache.