There was a familiar face in court that day.

Tyrone's 2008 All-Ireland-winning captain Brian Dooher feels that Ryan McMenamin is a victim of 'trial by media' as the defender appeals the severity of a suspension handed down following an incident involving McMenamin and Paul Galvin.

A former Church of Ireland primate and a one time Catholic priest were today appointed by the government to draw up proposals about how the North should come to terms with its bloody past.

EIGHTEEN months ago both Pierce O’Neill and Kieran Donaghy were two unknowns in terms of inter-county football.